Last night might have been the last Wednesday that the Cantab year-rounders had to ourselves (welcome back, students! there are empty seats in the front), and we surely made the most of it: poets from the last decade of slam at the show, including much-missed host April Ranger, turned out to see 2019 Boston Poetry …
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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 21, 2019: Zeke Russell and an Open Poetry Slam
Zeke Russell of the 2019 Boston Poetry Slam Team. The feature will be followed by an open poetry slam with 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.
OBERON Slam on Thursday, August 8, 2019: Boston vs. NYC Tender Match
Our biggest show of the year! Boston and NYC face off in an utterly Tender top-notch head-to-head slam. Produced by the Boston Poetry Slam and the Bowery Poetry Club at Oberon in Harvard Square.
Sunday, July 7, 2019: Boston Poetry Slam Team @ The Roost in Northampton
Late-breaking news, poets! Are you in Western Mass this weekend? If so: you’ve got a chance to catch the 2019 Boston Poetry Slam team in a last-minute set at The Roost in Northampton.
Starting at 4:00 p.m. at 1 Market St. in Northampton, the team will read short sets, accompanied by special local guests …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, May 15, 2019: Team Selection Finals
Come select YOUR 2019 Boston Poetry Slam Team! Eight poets are qualified and the top four will earn a spot on the 2019 team. $5 cover charge to help fundraise for the team.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, April 24, 2019: Team Selection Semi-Finals
Top qualified poets slam two poems each to see who advances to Finals for the 2019 Boston Poetry Slam Team. Slamming tonight: Dahlia, Yehya, Mugs, Zeke, Lip, Max, Kieran, Myles, George, Arianna, Meaghan, Joshua, and Terah. $5 cover tonight to support the team.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Happy National Poetry Month, Cantabbers! We are beyond pleased to announce our semi-finalists for the 2019 Boston Poetry Slam Team. After a two-round, four-minute slam, we qualified eleven poets who are ranked as follows:
1. Terah Ehigiator
2. Joshua Elbaum
3. Meaghan Ford
4. Arianna Monet
5. George Abraham
6. …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 13, 2019: NO ROMANCE Open Mic and the Lovers vs. Leavers Slam
A celebratory February open mic at which NO ROMANCE will be allowed, followed by a head-to-head Grudge-Match-style Lovers vs. Leavers poetry slam.
Introducing our first FEMS team!
Yehya Barakat, Brittany Frederick, Myles Taylor, and Joshua Elbaum will represent the venue at the 2019 Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam in Boston on October 19-20! Click here for more info about the team. Photo by Kelsey Chaplain at Moonlighting.
Come see the 2019 Boston Poetry Slam Team!
The 2019 team is: Terah Ehigiator, Joshua Elbaum, Zeke Russell, and Arianna Monet. Catch the team performing with VLA Dance and RebeccaLynn on November 22 at Urbanity! Illustration by Jen Epervary! Wow!
Upcoming Shows
- Cantab Feature for Wednesday, October 23, 2019: Jess Rizkallah
Editor-in-chief at pizza pi press and Kundiman Fellow Jess Rizkallah. - Moonlighting: A Queer Open Mic and Reading Series on October 27, 2019
TENTATIVE DATE for our freshly relaunched monthly queer reading, Moonlighting. Curated by Myles Taylor and Ilyus Evander.
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