It’s been a tough week in the world, Cantabbers, and, once again, we are deeply relieved to have a community to come home to. Our open mic was thoughtful and extra-welcoming this week, and our feature, Brendan Constantine, really knocked it out of the park with a heartfelt, intelligent, funny, and impeccably performed set. If …
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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, June 15, 2016: Brendan Constantine
Surreal and super-dope performing poet Brendan Constantine. Fifth open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, June 9, 2016
Our five-poetry-payday month continued last night with NOLA poet Desireé Dallagiacomo, who’s in town on a whirlwind New England tour. Desireé brought us some of the performance work that’s already earned her a top-three spot at every major national slam tournament, as well as some vulnerable new poems she was inspired to dare reading by …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Well, that was awesome: Brendan Constantine came from the left coast to take over our stage last Wednesday and took us on a wild ride through the possibilities of language. What a great feature! The man has three books and tons of work to share, so even if you saw him this week, you might …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, June 25, 2014: Brendan Constantine
Los Angeles poet and performer, Write Bloody author: Brendan Constantine. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, June 18, 2014
So many new folks turned out for the NorthBEAST 4×4 last night at the Cantab! …Well, actually, we think they turned out to get a spot on what was a super-fun and thoughtful open mic, but the room was still packed with excited listeners when slamtime rolled around. The Boston Poetry Slam team was prepped …
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