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It was packed night at the Cantab this past week, not only for the open mic and open slam, but as we said goodbye (for now) to beloved staff member / bartender / poet Kat Anderson, who is moving to New York to be closer to their family. We had a …
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We had another sold-out show this past Wednesday, with an open mic that simultaneously showcased how well the fun and mournful side of poetry can co-exist…3 minutes apart from each other! Donovan and first-timer Elizabeth brought us poignant odes to their LA homes amidst the ongoing fires, Max opened the mic …
Hi Cantab! Last Wednesday was a beautiful show. On a day when many people in our community woke up disappointed, shocked, and scared, we all still came together and put on a showcase of our art and voices. Many poems centered on the theme of community, which is now more important than ever. As we …
Hey Cantab! Hope everyone had a wonderful week. I’m writing this recap from Ireland, making this the first official Recap from Overseas™️. Last Wednesday was a busier Wednesday than most, with a crowded open mic list and bar, making for a crowded basement! As several of our regulars were competing in the slam, it left …
Hello Cantab! We had a unique night this past Wednesday (Juneteenth!), with a slightly shortened open mic to allow room for four spotlight features (and a merch table) from black poets in our community. Our first spotlights were from new regulars Left Eye (who brought down the house with a poem on colonialism) and Donovan …
Happy May, Cantab!
We had a lovely workshop, open mic and feature last week, with Sam Bucci serving up an incredible poem from said workshop, Otto Vock returning after their team came in second at the Midwest Mashup (congrats Otto, Meaghan, McKendy, and Alex), and Daniel Letona with a powerful piece on heritage. We also …
Welcome back to another Cantab Recap! Lines wound around the bar upstairs for both the usual open mic and the first installment of our monthly workshop series! We began with a workshop by Myles Taylor (who was also our feature,) where we analyzed poems that had different takes on names and what they can and …
Hey Cantabbers! It was a very fun night this past Wednesday, with an open mic highlighted by jellyfish poems, Mortal Kombat poems, Generational Trauma/Karate poems, and two very different poems about Firefly.
We had a lot of Slam Free or Die regulars in the audience (shoutout to Greg Smith and Mica Rich) and a very …
We like to think every Wednesday at the Cantab is unique, where anything can happen on the open mic or in the slam, and the thrill of that unpredictability is one of the reasons our audience keeps returning, and listening closely to the poetry that is happening in real time. And so, during this week’s …
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