Our new series continues at Radio, 379 Somerville Ave. in Union Square, Somerville! Mckendy Fils-Aimé leads a workshop at 7:00. Open mic begins at 8:00, then Mckendy shares feature time with Simone Beaubien at 9:00 p.m. $5, 21+.
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Feature for April 25, 2012: Team Selection Finals
The best of the best will slam off in the last three rounds of the Team Selection Slams. Last five left standing will comprise the 2012 Boston Poetry Slam Team!
We’re Slamming at the Mass Poetry Festival!
The fourth annual Mass Poetry Fest welcomes us to their roster! Saturday, April 21, you can sign up at 1:30 for the 1:45 Youth Slam at the Old Town Hall, or come to Victoria Station at 9:30 for a good old-fashioned all-star slam at the bar.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Behind the link: scores, rankings, and highlights from the 2012 Team Selection Preliminaries. There’s also a fabulous gallery of images by photographer Marshall Goff!
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Last night, we had one of our favorite features stop by for a set: Jamaal May brought us his thoughts on the process of writing and being a writer… And, of course, some damn fine work read and performed, too! Can’t get enough? You can check out his press, Organic Weapon Arts, to order books …
Feature for January 18, 2012: World Qualifier Semi-Finals
Qualified poets slam off in the annual grand speed slam: two rounds of 2- and 1-minute poems to see who will advance to World Qualifier Finals. $5 cover.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 28, 2012
We had a special treat for the last Wednesday of the year folks: Champion of Champions Adam Stone slammed off against challenger (and SlamMaster) Simone Beaubien in a best-of-seven title match! A remarkable open mic crowd was on hand to watch, including a few much-missed travelers back from college, and a few all-stars visiting for …
Feature for December 28, 2011: Champion of Champions Poetry Slam with Adam Stone
Adam Stone slams against challenger Simone Beaubien in a best-of-seven Champion of Champions match.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 21, 2011
This past Wednesday, we had not one feature (Amethyst Arsenic), not two (including editor Samantha Milowsky), but nine! To celebrate the magazine’s winter issue release, Samantha put together a super line-up of poets who were published therein: Tony Brown, Sam Cha, Karen Locascio, Michael Lynch, Gordon Marshall, Jacqueline Morrill, Alexander Nemser, Tara Skurtu, and Jade …
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