Tag: Angel Nafis

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, November 26, 2014: Ken Arkind (was: Angel Nafis)

Denver poet and national slam champion Ken Arkind. Photo by Woody Roseland.

SCHEDULE CHANGE: National champion poet Ken Arkind visits from Denver. (Canceled show: Angel Nafis.) Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, March 6

The Association of Writers and Writing Programs is in town, and you know what that means… 10,000 writers want to get into the Cantab, that’s what! Our co-founding SlamMaster Patricia Smith was back for a visit last night, and she brought about ten AWP folks along with her who are just as comfortable on the …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 6: Patricia Smith and Special Guests

Patricia Smith. (Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths.)

Patricia Smith features along with a huge troupe of AWP all-stars! Doors at 7:15, first open mic/feature set at 8:00 sharp, second set at 9:45. THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT.

Radio Recap for Monday, August 27

We said goodbye to our little weekly show at Radio bar in Union this week… But we’ll be saying hello to the Davis Square Theatre for the monthly Encyclopedia Show: Somerville, starting with a show about BEARS on Monday, September 3!

Radio Features for Monday, August 27: Angel Nafis and Shira Erlichman

Dirt choir members Angel Nafis (from Ann Arbor) and Shira Erlichman (from Boston) are making so much artistic noise in NYC that we can hear them up and down the Charles! Get excited: these incredibly talented poets are coming for a double feature, along with Shira’s ukelele and a whole lotta good vibes. This will be our last show at Radio. Stay tuned for details on the monthly Monday Encyclopedia Show!

Radio Recap for Monday, August 21

Comedy! Poetry! Poetry! Comedy! We like to mix it up at New & Improved, so naturally we brought a poetry magazine editor and a nationally acclaimed comic together for last night’s show. Stevie Edwards and Joe Wong rocked it out (figuratively speaking) last night at Radio, following up on a great mix of comics and …

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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Cantabbers, is your heart broken? Does your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth when you try to string two metaphors together? Do you find that your inner monologue has taken on the rise and fall of a New York City barker selling incense on the streets of Ann Arbor? Well, you may be …

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Feature for February 22, 2012: Angel Nafis

Brooklyn poet Angel Nafis.

Brooklyn poet Angel Nafis features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.