Whoa, semi-finals! It was a super-hot room at the Cantab last night, folks, as thirteen of our top slammers faced off to see who would secure the coveted nine spots at the upcoming Team Selection Finals in March. After two rounds of slam, much of it filled with brand-new work from our performers, the field …
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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 6: Team Selection Semi-Finals
Night two of the Cantab’s famed Team Selection Slams. The top twelve poets from Preliminaries are cut to nine in this two-round slam. $5 cover tonight to raise funds for the 2013 National Poetry Slam.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 9
Boston Poetry Slam fans! If you weren’t at the Team Selection Preliminaries back on January 9, you might have missed some results. Likewise, if you were there, you might be wanting the updated information. Lo, for you, we come through with both! After two rounds of 21 poets (yowza!), here are the rankings from the …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, October 10
It was an exceptionally big night at the ‘tab last night, folks, as tons of audience turned out for our open mic, double feature, and Champion of Champions poetry slam! The night started off with some open mic standouts, including lots of slammer entourage from Portland (Maine), a least a couple of local newcomers, one …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, September 26
It was a special night at the Cantab last night, as regulars and newcomers alike turned out in force for Mckendy Fils-Aimé‘s IWPS send-off feature. The open mic was an exceptional one, the kind that’s given us our reputation as the best in the country, with a short and fine spotlight from Richmond-via-NYC poet John …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, September 26: Mckendy Fils-Aimé
Mckendy Fils-Aimé performs an extended set before taking off to represent the venue at the 2012 Individual World Poetry Slam. No open poetry slam tonight. Cover charge $5.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, September 19
It was an exceptionally fun night at the Cantab this week as we welcomed NYC/New Jersey poet Omar Holmon to the stage. Omar absolutely slayed the room with his set, showing off his emotional range from serious to sarcastic, but always returning to home base: screwball nerd comedy that had the room in stitches for …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, August 15
There was a line around the block last night for our little dive bar poetry show! Was it because people heard the open mic would be packed with great work? Or did they know that featured poet Ross Gay was going to be an exceptional feature? Or perhaps they heard that the slam would fill …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, August 1
You might think it wouldn’t have been possible to upstage the 2012 Boston Poetry Slam Team send-off feature last night…
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 1: 2012 Boston Poetry Slam Team
The 2012 Boston Poetry Slam Team features: Kemi Alabi, Antonia Lassar, Omoizele Okoawo, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, and Melissa Newman-Evans. No open poetry slam tonight. Cover charge $5.
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