Cantab Feature for Wednesday, September 18, 2019: John Pinkham

John Pinkham, bartender and 2018 Boston Poetry Slam Team member.

John Pinkham, bartender and 2018 Boston Poetry Slam Team member.

John Pinkham is a spoken word poet from Boston. He represented Slam Free or Die at the 2017 National Poetry Slam in Denver and the Boston Poetry Slam at the 2018 National Poetry Slam in Chicago. In 2019, he has done nothing remarkable except pet an alligator. He is a social worker, ofttimes bartender, and generally exhausted.

Tonight’s show is part of our Back to School series, offering an early-bird workshop every week in September before doors open for the open mic! Click here for more information on John Pinkham’s generative workshop on exploring and highlighting humor.

This show in our weekly Wednesday series takes place at the Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge. Doors for the show open at 7:15. The open mic begins at 8:00 and the feature performs at approximately 10:00. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3.