the Café

Below are mp3 files and videos from a May 17, 2011 (5/17/11) evening of poetry and prose on mini-feature night at the Café...





enjoy two mini-features the Café
from Janet Kuypers

The 1st feature of her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, and finally Before it Occurred to Me (last poem read with Jenene Ravesloot).

The 2nd feature (at the end of the evening) of her short story Stalker (read with John Y.)
video video See YouTube video of two mini-features at the 5/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, 1st of her poems <End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, then of her short story Stalker




the introduction to the Café
and then her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, and finally Before it Occurred to Me (last poem read with Jenene Ravesloot), then (at the end of the evening) her short story Stalker (read with John Y.)
video video See YouTube video from the intro to the 5/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, & her short storyStalker




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
End of an Empire
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Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Escape my Brain Somehow
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Escape my Brain Somehow
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Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Elephants Carry the World
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Elephants Carry the World
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(1:41) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Elephants Carry the World live 5/17/11 at the Café in Chicago




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
one by one, the beech trees fell
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one by one, the beech trees fell
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(1:17) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one by one, the beech trees fell live 5/17/11 at the Café in Chicago




Janet Kuypers reading her poem w/ Jenene Ravesloot
Before it Occurred to Me
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Janet Kuypers reading her short story w/ John Y.
Stalker
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(7:20) of Janet Kuypers reading her short story Stalker w/ John Y. live 5/17/11 at the Café in Chicago




Dan Cleary even donated a drawing he made that evening from the event...

Dan Cleary drawing May 17th 2011



the Cafe

    There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 06/22/04, and Stripped from 06/07/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone’s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations.

Live at the Cafe - 3 disc set




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