Janet Kuypers’ Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas”     Below are writing links and video links from a October 1st 2016 (10/1/16, or 20161001) poetry performance (with costume changes for every poem reading) of Janet Kuypers’ Austin poetry feature through Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (at 2215 E M Franklin Ave, Austin, TX 78723). The usual host for this event (Thom Woodruff) was out of town at another event in Waco TX, so he asked Janet to take over the reigns and host this evening, where she chose the theme of costumes (since for this monthly event, October ends with Halloween).     Before the show started she also released copies to most everyone there of a chapbook of the writings she was performing in her show (in the order they were performed), and all of the pieces from this reading were also released electronically in a “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” chapbook, which you can download as a PDF file for free any time.     There is also a YouTube playlist of the videos of this show, and there are also two additional web page listings for the videos from this show — one is at Scars Video (at www.artvilla.com/scars), and the other is from the main listing at artvilla.     Below are video links to the live performance of “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes in Austin.

preceding the show, Janet Kuypers started the evening with a poem. Masquerade See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Masquerade” at the beginning of the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (video recorded from a Sony camera). See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Masquerade” at the beginning of the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (from a Canon Power Shot camera). The full show: the “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” feature with Janet Kuypers 10/1/16 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 10/1/16 show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes in Austin reading her poems “Curium”. “This Halloween”, “This Halloween Again” and “Salesman” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 10/1/16 show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes in Austin reading her poems “Curium”. “This Halloween”, “This Halloween Again” and “Salesman” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow Masquerading in Costumes & Personas Get the free PDF chapbook containing the poems “Curium” “This Halloween”, “This Halloween Again” and “Salesman”. On to the show poems (in the order they were performed)... Curium See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Curium” in her show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (Sony camera). See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Curium” in her show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (Canon PS). This Halloween See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This Halloween” in her show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (S). See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This Halloween” in her show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (Cps). This Halloween Again See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This Halloween Again” in her show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (S). See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This Halloween Again” in her show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (Cps). Salesman See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Salesman” in her show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (Sony camera). See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Salesman” in her show “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” at the Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes show at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center (Canon PS). After the features (and the pot luck), Janet Kuypers read at the open mic... See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Observations: Nine and Six” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (video filmed from a Sony camera). See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Observations: Nine and Six” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera). Vanishing Scars See YouTube video 10/1/16 of the poem by Janet Kuypers “Vanishing Scars” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (video filmed from a Sony camera). See YouTube video 10/1/16 of the poem by Janet Kuypers “Vanishing Scars” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (from a Canon Power Shot camera).

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