For Valentine’s Day this year, the Boston Poetry Slam presents an ultra-safe NO ROMANCE open mic, forbidding one-off stylings of any would-be Casanovas and offering optional BINGO CARDS for those truly invested in enforcing a romance-free evening. Proper erotica (note that consent is a non-negotiable component of erotica), fanfic/shipping, or professions of aromantic love to your best friend, dog, or favorite comfy sweater will be warmly welcomed.
Our headlining feature for the evening is exempt from the preceding condition:
San Antonio poet and Academy of American Poets prizewinner Ariana Brown. Photo by Adam Hamze.
Ariana Brown is a queer Black Mexican American poet from San Antonio, Texas, with a B.A. in African Diaspora Studies and Mexican American Studies. She is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Prizes and a 2014 collegiate national poetry slam champion. Ariana, who has been dubbed a “part-time curandera,” is primarily interested in using poetry to validate Black girl rage, in all its miraculous forms. Follow her work online at arianabrown.com or on Twitter and Instagram.
This show in our weekly Wednesday series takes place at the Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge, with one flight of stairs to access the basement room (click for directions and accessibility information). 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.
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