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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

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Open Mic Highlights

• The passing of Andrea Gibson led to an outpouring of support for this performance poetry legend, we had Andrea-inspired poems and tributes by Caroline Sims, Hunter, March Penn, and our hosts.

• Meredith’s “What do I do with all this spite” poem, featuring the line “Spite is …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

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Open Mic Highlights

• Alex Kist’s ode to friendship / “you are who you surround yourself with” that not only invoked our feature Meg Ford but also many others in the audience!

• Otto Vock revisiting a poem they wrote when they were 16, which had the audience doing a call …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

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FYI: Our show this Wednesday 5/14 is at Pandemonium Books, located at 4 Pleasant St in Cambridge, one block from the Cantab lounge. This is an all ages show!

It was another unique night at the Cantab this past Wednesday, with a batch of new regulars on the mic, and a …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, October 9th, 2024

Amy: We had quite the Wednesday last week, with a TON of first timers on the mic showcasing their work. We even broke a small 2024 record for most first timers in a row! Benny Alexander (all the way from Canada) read a beautiful poem about love and acceptance and relying like an outsider. Johnathan …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

Hello Cantabbers! We had a great show this past Wednesday, with open mic highlights galore. March Penn gave us a poem leading with “I’m trying to have a kink, but it’s hard,” Cameron brought a PSA on forgiveness, newcomer Erica Garcia did an extended look into modesty panels, and Sam Bucci moved us all with …

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