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 …
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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
Hello poets and friends, we had a unique show last week at the Central Square Theater! Thank you to everyone who came out to read and support our venue-for-the-night, especially first-timers Christopher, Zack, and Natalia. We got to hear from our longest-tenured open mic readers Sue Savoy and Charlie R, new favorites Erica Garcia and …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
Hi Poets! Before we talk about last week’s show, please note that this week’s show (on 10/30) will take place at THE CENTRAL SQUARE THEATRE at 450 MASS AVE! This is only three blocks away from The Cantab/Central T stop. It will be inside and it is ALL AGES. We will be back at the …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
Amy: We had quite the Wednesday last week, with a TON of first timers on the mic showcasing their work. We even broke a small 2024 record for most first timers in a row! Benny Alexander (all the way from Canada) read a beautiful poem about love and acceptance and relying like an outsider. Johnathan …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
Hello Cantabbers! We had a great show this past Wednesday, with open mic highlights galore. March Penn gave us a poem leading with “I’m trying to have a kink, but it’s hard,” Cameron brought a PSA on forgiveness, newcomer Erica Garcia did an extended look into modesty panels, and Sam Bucci moved us all with …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Hi Cantab! This week was full of love, which brought a lot of sunshine to this rainy Wednesday evening. The mic had a larger than normal amount of “new shit,” but also some prized “old shit” too. We had the infamous horny dentist poem from Kai, and we had the return of Lindsey Michelle with …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
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 …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
What’s up Cantabbers!? We had a wicked, wacky Wednesday for you all last week! Cameron not only performed a poem for us, but we were serenaded in song as well! We had great debuts from Phoebe and Apollo, a Cantabverssary poem from Shawn, and a poem from Jack Chassay that left us floored and left …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
Amy: Happy first Wednesday of Spring Cantab! We had a lovely show last week. Georgia came back after not just years, but decades, to perform a poem. Second-timer Dave read some absolutely killer wordplay on the perils of dating apps. Shout out to first-timer Rin who unofficially wins the also-unofficial “getting the crowd going” award …
Cantab Recap For Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
Amy: What a week Cantab! I’ll just get straight into it. The open mic was full, sold out, and electric with excitement! The night started off with Cameron performing two pieces, one of which being a completely memorized reciting of “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll, which turned into an unintentional group piece, with several audience members …
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