The Wednesday between Christmas and New Years proved to be an end-of-the-year extravaganza at the Cantab! After getting a copy of the newly-debuted “Cantabernacle,” a newsletter curated by many wonderful Cantab folk, both regulars and first-timers took their seats. The open mic this week included some wholesome reflections on the year, some poets paying homage …
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Recaps from the Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge's weekly show.
Wednesday Poetry at the Cantab Starts March 23, 2022!
Real quick, poets: the Boston Poetry Slam is still on hiatus, but we’re so glad to send you to a new reading sprouting up in time for spring at the Cantab.
Did you hear? Your friend and the slam’s, Dawn Gabriel (longtime host, 2005-2006 National slam team member) will be coordinating a Wednesday poetry …
Extremely Online for Wednesday, April 8, 2020: Allison Truj
Ploughshares editor and light of the world Allison Truj kicks off our Extremely Online show. Founded by Lip Manegio, co-curated with Myles Taylor.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Cantabbers! Elbow bumps and hygienic waves to everyone who came out last night for a warm and supportive night. A half-dozen early birds perched expectantly on chairs for torrin a. greathouse to workshop the unreliable narrator: and boy-o, did she come through with a wonderful series of prompts and guidelines. This poet was only in …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Happy Love & Death week, Cantabbers; we are super-grateful to our sixteen intrepid slammers who came out to represent the Valentine’s entity of their choice for this dead-of-winter warm-n-cuddly mid-winter week. In a twist surprising absolutely no one, after an intensely wrought sacrificial round, a highly subjective intro by an outrageously death-aligned slam host, and …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 5, 2020
It is always an occasion when we are lucky enough to have longtime Boston-area working poet Tatiana M.R. Johnson in the house! Tatiana ran a stellar and carefully crafted workshop for us to start the night, and was a warmly welcoming listener to our star-studded open mic; her feature was an exciting combination of tested …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 22, 2020
It’s been an exceptionally sweet January on the open mic, and this past week was a great highlight: lots of newcomers, lots of returnees, and a warm feeling of listening and being listened to all night. The night was headlined by writer and teacher Devin Kelly, a storyteller with a long-reaching arc of poetics and …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 8, 2020
What a warm and wonderful night full of full hearts at the Cantab this week, folks. 2018 Boston Poetry Slam Team member and NPS semi-finalist Meaghan Ford generated a brand-new chapbook for the feature slot, put together brand-new content for the stage, and oh btw basically put on a performance clinic for anyone needing a …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Happy new calendar year, Cantabbers! We kicked off 2020 this past Wednesday with a cozy and enthusiastic group cheering their hearts out for Suzanne O’Toole, our steadfast and super-smart perennial open mic opener. Suzanne squeezed a record amount of poems into her set, but also a record amount of tenderness and welcome: a happy beginning, …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Happy old year, Cantabbers! We’ve closed our calendars a little bit early with a celebratory double-feature: huge thanks to Cam Awkward-Rich and Franny Choi, who’d be sold-out solo features on any night of the year, for packing the house this week with a grand workshop and shared show. Our open mic was filled with celebrants …
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