Tag: Stevie Edwards

Moonlighting Recap for January 2, 2014

After a last-minute change of venue (our hosts at Fazenda had to close up shop due to the inclement weather), a small crowd gathered in Dorchester to hear feature Corrina Bain and spotlight performer Stevie Edwards share the poems they’d bundled with them through the snowstorm. Luckily some of our Moonlighters are as persistent as …

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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Before you ask, folks… Yes, tonight’s Moonlighting show is on, but our venue has changed! Please see the info at the bottom of this post for more details.

Happy New Year, Boston Poetry Slam fans! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to celebrate with us and Stevie Edwards, a truly lovely performer, poet, …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 1, 2014: Stevie Edwards

Stevie Edwards, poet, editor, and educator.

Ithaca visitor and editor of Muzzle Magazine: Stevie Edwards. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Cantabbers, for the last Wednesday show of the year, we were super-proud to bring you a feature from a not-so-long-ago local favorite, David Winter. Now a resident of New York City, David returned home for the season and brought us the impeccably crafted, carefully delivered poems that have always landed so beautifully in our listening …

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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, August 22

The weather may be cooling off a bit, but the Cantab is definitely heating up for the end of the summer: Chicago-gone-Cornell editor Stevie Edwards drew a packed house last night, reading from her Write Bloody book Good Grief. She took us on a sweet, sad, and sometimes whiskey-soaked journey to come out with just …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 22, 2012: Stevie Edwards

Stevie Edwards, editor-in-chief of MUZZLE Magazine.

Stevie Edwards, editor-in-chief of MUZZLE Magazine features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Radio Recap for Monday, August 21

Comedy! Poetry! Poetry! Comedy! We like to mix it up at New & Improved, so naturally we brought a poetry magazine editor and a nationally acclaimed comic together for last night’s show. Stevie Edwards and Joe Wong rocked it out (figuratively speaking) last night at Radio, following up on a great mix of comics and …

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Radio features for August 20: Stevie Edwards and Joe Wong

Comedian Joe Wong.

Stevie Edwards, editor-in-chief of MUZZLE Magazine, features and leads a writing workshop. Nationally acclaimed comedian Joe Wong will perform– and half our open mic will be devoted to comedy tonight! This will be our penultimate show at Radio.

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 …

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Radio Recap for Monday, August 13

Sometimes the show must go on… Even when a pipe bursts in the bar where you have your show. Robbie Q Telfer and Marlon Carey were gracious enough to bring their words to a little backyard house show last night instead of Radio, and it was a great success! If you missed it, don’t worry: …

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