Tag: Kevin Spak

The Encyclopedia Show: Somerville for Monday, February 4 — S1V5: THE FUTURE

Encyclopedia Show: Somerville -- S1V5: THE FUTURE

An all-star cast in a wildly edutaining variety show: this month featuring Kemi Alabi, Gary Hoare, Speaker for the Dead, Christopher Lee-Rodriguez and MORE creating all-new original poetry, music, comedy, and performance art on this month’s topic: THE FUTURE!

The Encyclopedia Show: Somerville — S1V4: EXPLOSIVES

The Encyclopedia Show: Somerville -- S1V4: EXPLOSIVES

An all-star cast stars in an entertaining and educational variety show, plus local artists are invited to create all-new original poetry, music, comedy, and performance art on this month’s topic: EXPLOSIVES.

The Encyclopedia Show: Somerville — S1V3: THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM OF COLORS

Encyclopedia Show: Somerville -- S1V3: The visual spectrum of COLORS!

An all-star cast stars in an entertaining and educational variety show, plus local artists are invited to create all-new original poetry, music, comedy, dance, and performance art on this month’s topic: THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM OF COLORS.

The Encyclopedia Show: Somerville — Monday, October 8, S1V2: THE MOON

Encyclopedia Show: Somerville -- S1V2: THE MOON

An all-star cast stars in an entertaining and educational variety show, plus local artists are invited to create all-new original poetry, music, comedy, dance, and performance art on this month’s topic: THE MOON.

The Encyclopedia Show: Somerville — Monday, September 3, S1V1: BEARS

Encyclopedia Show: Somerville -- V1S1: BEARS!

The debut installment in our new monthly series! Come see seven performance artists –that’s poets, theatre performers, musicians, and comedians– plus our all-star cast in an entertaining and educational variety show. This month’s topic will be BEARS.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, August 1

Melissa says yes. Photo by Marshall Goff.

You might think it wouldn’t have been possible to upstage the 2012 Boston Poetry Slam Team send-off feature last night…

Radio Recap for Monday, July 2

Happy birthday, America! At New & Improved, we celebrated it with our first-ever Presidential Smackdown Slam, a head-to-head poetry debate judged by the electoral rabble at the Radio bar. We had a great crowd turn out to see Millard Fillmore, (b)Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Bill Clinton, and a wild cast of founding and …

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Radio Features for July 2, 2012: Presidential Smackdown Slam with The Woodrow Wilsons!

The Rough Rider himself wouldn't miss this special holiday slam at Radio on July 2!

Happy Fourth of July week! To celebrate, Kevin Spak produces an all-original-work poetry competition that casts your favorite local poets as presidents throughout history, pitting them against each other in a lyrical and rhetorical throwdown centuries in the making. Musical guests The Woodrow Wilsons have been tempted out of retirement to open up the night!

Radio recap for Monday, June 25

At the New & Improved reading, we like to say that we are encouraging cross-genre collaboration and thinking, not just between poets, but among all kinds of self-directed performance artists. Last night, our wish came true in a beautiful way as storytellers, poets, prose writers, comedians, and who-knows-who-else congregated around workshop leader Michael Mack. Michael …

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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Guest host Erin Jackson encourages the crowd to voice their opinion. Photo by Marshall Goff.

The Team Selection Semi-Finals have narrowed the field to next week’s nine finalists! Check out how your favorites fared, plus enjoy another great gallery of photos from Marshall Goff.