Tag: Nora Meiners

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 4, 2014

So it turns out that if every person who said they’d been inspired by Nora Meiners wrote a poem about it, we’d have a two-hour open mic every Wednesday… Yeah, that’s right: Wednesday’s open was a glorious layering of connections missed and made, stories from the newspaper’s back pages, and a pretty sweet love-fest all …

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Tips from the Bar: Nora Talks to the Bartender

Tips from the Bar

You dedicate your latest artistic endeavor to one of your inspirations, who doesn’t show up to see it. Now what do you say?

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, December 4: Nora Meiners

Nora Meiners, 2013 Boston Poetry Slam Team member.

Cantab/Lizard Lounge crossover and crowd favorite Nora Meiners. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Happy National Day of Matthew Richards, everybody! No, seriously: the joy you get from a Matthew Richards feature should justify an annual event. This beloved local took his kind heart, sharp wit, and well-crafted work to the stage for a crowd that was thrilled to welcome him. We don’t see Matthew at the Cantab as …

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Tips from the Bar: the Nora Meiners Prompt

Write about a scene from a movie that changed your life. Consider how your take was different than what the director may have intended.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Oh, you just knew it was going to be crazy in the Cantab on the first near-winter night of the year. The house was packed early with folks hoping to get a good seat for the feature… Which meant the open mic was packed with hard-working, sweet-talking folks, including a couple of wonderfully performed covers, …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 7, 2013: Boston Poetry Slam Team

The 2013 Boston Poetry Slam Team in a post-Finals candid by Marshall Goff.

An extended feature from your 2013 Boston Poetry Slam Team: Ed Wilkinson, Jade Sylvan, Omoizele Okoawo, Nora Meiners, and Sean Patrick Mulroy! $5 cover charge.

Congratulations to the 2013 Boston Poetry Slam Team!

Ed Wilkinson, Omoizele Okoawo, Jade Sylvan, Nora Meiners, and Sean Patrick Mulroy held down the top five scores at the end of the nine-poet, three-round Finals. Excellent! Many thanks to our judges and fabulous audience. (Full recap forthcoming.)

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 6

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

Boston Poetry Slam

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.