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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

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Open Mic Highlights

This week’s open mic kicked off with a few first timers who brought great energy, including the legendary “If you can feel it… you can speak it” call and response by D. Ruff. The audience was especially attentive, listening to each and every line, such as Carl’s question, …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 14th, 2025

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This past Wednesday, Boston Poetry Slam was around the corner at Pandemonium, an excellent home for our Nerd Slam event. The open mic included references to worms, meteorites, dinosaurs, video games, Pokemon, nominative determinism and more!

Open Mic Highlights

First timer Scott delivered a moving poem about worms that …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, April 9th, 2025

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Hey folks! We had a beautiful night here in our favorite basement. Our open mic was packed with a surprising percentage of first-timers: Mikumari visited us from NYC with a piece about his mother’s sunshine, Niveen rocked the mic with a memorized piece on injustice & genocide, Gavin gave us a …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

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We had quite a Wednesday last week! Before I get into a brief recap, I wanted to acknowledge the passing of Jeff Taylor, a beloved poet in the local scene who we lost far, far too soon. His impact was wide-reached and he inspired several poets. We encourage you to check …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

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Hey Cantab! We had quite the open mic and quite the feature last week! The open mic featured very unique performances from several newcomers, including Autolycus performing a wonderful and hauntingly beautiful David Lynch cover. On the flip side, Edie reprised their classic poem that tells the story of a…. close-call …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, February 26th, 2025

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Michael: We did it, we survived team selection finals night! First of all, THANK YOU for showing up, because not only did we sell out as soon as we opened, but so many dedicated people waited upstairs to get in! Finals night may officially be too big for our basement dive …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, February 5th, 2025

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Michael: February is the hottest month in the world of the Boston Poetry Slam, and we had a very packed show and slam this past week! Before we get to our epic slam, our open mic did feature some amazing highlights, like Marissa’s sexy-and-fun piece revolving around rhymes for “ratatouille”, River’s …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

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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 …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, January 1st, 2025

Happy New Year, Cantabbers! We rang in the new year last week with our first-ever New Year’s Day GALA! Thanks to our partners at Trident Booksellers, we were able to put on a fabulous event, where guests could participate in a great book-bundle raffle; make broadsides, mingle, and of course, hear some poetry!!

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

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Hey Cantab!! What a Wednesday! We had a very smooth night, with regulars doing their regular irregularly fantastic work, such as an incredible blackout poem from Siraj from a job rejection email. We also had a fabulous impassioned memorized debut from Rein Carnation, as well as a string of other debuts …

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