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Open Mic Highlights
• Ember’s “My Body Is Not A Temple—It’s A Dive Bar Bathroom”
• Jack’s “Health Scare Boyfriend” who may or may not have erroneously convinced him that he had cancer
• Roxy’s returned with an advertisement for their coffee roaster cafe that turned into a poem, and Cameron …
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Open Mic Highlights
• The passing of Andrea Gibson led to an outpouring of support for this performance poetry legend, we had Andrea-inspired poems and tributes by Caroline Sims, Hunter, March Penn, and our hosts.
• Meredith’s “What do I do with all this spite” poem, featuring the line “Spite is …
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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 …
Hi Cantabbers! It’s me, your pilot, back at it again to guide you through what was a sky-high Wednesday last week at the Boston Poetry Slam. As we took off, we had several old and new faces fly up to the mic. We had not one but two gorgeous love poems, with newcomer Ian Frank …
Cantab… upstairs? You heard that right! Because of repairs taking place in the basement over the next couple weeks, we held our open mic in the upstairs of the Cantab last week. Despite the slight change of scenery, we still had poets in the audience, poets at the bar, and poets at the mic! Kaitie …
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I am unofficially titling this recap “Oops – All Bangers!” because that is exactly what transpired in the basement of the Cantab Lounge last week. Everyone, and I mean all 39 poets on the open mic, waitlist, and staff section had certified fire bangers. It was incredible to witness.
We had first timers heating …
It was another jam-packed January night at the Cantab Lounge, as an eager-eared crowd took in another full open mic with lots of memorable moments! Poem topics included being a hotline operator, changing your name back to what it previously was, and the metaphors found in an elaborate terms-of-service agreement. Honorable mention goes to Oliver, …
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