A celebratory send-off feature for the 2015 Boston Poetry Slam Team, Oakland-bound for the National Poetry Slam. $5 cover to help raise funds for the team’s travel and lodging at NPS.
Tag: Bobby Crawford
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Sure, sure, it’s blisteringly hot, swelteringly humid, and super-obviously only just past the midway point of the calendar… Still, it seems constantly surprising that July even exists and is happening to us right here. This past Wednesday, five teams prepping for the National Poetry Slam in August (so! soon!) got down on our dirty basement …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Another great night of slam at the Cantab, folks! We kicked off the night with a really solid open mic, followed by the excellent and up-and-coming Anthony Ragler from New York. Anthony brought us a slew of family poems, plus a little preview of what we might hear from him this year when he reps …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, May 13, 2015
The results of our fourteen-poet super-grand speed slam are in! After just three minutes of poetry (in two poems) each, standings are as follows:
1. Janae Johnson 54.5
2. Sean Patrick Mulroy 53.1
3. Kylie Noelle 51.3
4. Meaghan Ford 50.9
5. Nora Meiners 50.5
6. Zeke Russell 50.3
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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Just so you know, Cantabbers: sometimes, when we say a reading was “intimate,” we don’t mean that nobody was in the room. We mean that the feature held us in the palm of his hand as though we were the only bar in the world, and his the only poems that mattered. Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib did …
The Boston Poetry Slam and the House Slam Present: THE GRUDGE MATCH, April 19, 2015
Special Sunday show at OBERON in Harvard Square! Poets from the Boston Poetry Slam take on opponents from the House Slam across the river, featuring a host of all-star poets, special guests, and celebrity judges. Hosted by Aimee Rose Ranger and Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Announcing the 2015 Boston Poetry Slam Team! After three nail-biting rounds at last night’s Finals, including more than one upset and some terrifyingly tight scoring, the final standings are as follows:
1. Mckendy Fils-Aimé 84.8
2. Marshall Gillson 84.6
3. Bobby Crawford 84.4
4. Sophia Holtz 84.1
5. Sean Patrick …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, April 1, 2015: Team Selection Finals
Final night of the Cantab’s famed Team Selection Slams! The top five poets at the end of three insanely competitive rounds will comprise the 2014 Boston Poetry Slam Team. $5 cover tonight to raise funds for the team’s travel to the National Poetry Slam in Oakland this August.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The results of our grand Team Selection Semi-Finals are in! Rankings going into Finals:
Poets in bold are …
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