the Café Gallery

Below are mp3 files and videos from a May 29 2013 (5/29/13, or 20130529) evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret...

the open mic 5/29/13 at the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 5/29/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago

Janet Kuypers says her poem as the intro to the poetry open mic: Occupy

Rather read it? Then read Occupy

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Occupy live 5/29/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Occupylive 5/29/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

Janet Kuypers performs her poem from Hydrogen to Nothing

Rather read it? Then read from Hydrogen to Nothing

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem from Hydrogen to Nothing live 5/29/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) with 2011 Hotel music “playing with blocks and whotnot” by the HA!Man of South Africa

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem from Hydrogen to Nothing live 5/29/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) with 2011 Hotel music “playing with blocks and whotnot” by the HA!Man of South Africa

Janet Kuypers says her just-written twitter-length poem at the end of the evening like conversation Oklahoma water-surfing

Rather read it? Then read Oklahoma water-surfing

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Oklahoma water-surfing live 5/29/13 at the end of the evening like conversation at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Oklahoma water-surfing live 5/29/13 at the end of the evening like conversation at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

During the evening, Janet Kuypers read poetry and prose from the After the Apocalypse 2013 date book, as well as select writings from the newly-released issues of cc&d magazine, available through Scars Publications (she read her own writing as well as writing from other artists from these books throughout the night)...

Janet Kuypers reads the Brian Looney poem Flicker from cc&d magazine

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading the Brian Looney poem Flicker in cc&d magazine live 5/29/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (S)

Janet Kuypers reads the Lily Gardner poem Innocence from the After the Apocalypse 2027 date book

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Lily Gardner poem Innocence in the After the Apocalypse 2027 date book live 5/29/13 at the Café Gallery poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago

Janet Kuypers reads the Allen M Weber poem caller id from the After the Apocalypse 2027 date book

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Allen M Weber poem caller id in the After the Apocalypse 2027 date book live 5/29/13 at the Café Gallery poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago

As an added bonus, Erren Kelly (who just recently had poems accepted for publication in future issues of cc&d magazine — where Janet Kuypers is the Editor in Chief — at Scars Publications) came to the open mic, and read his poetry scheduled for cc&d publication...

Erren Kelly reads his poem Black Man in Paris (scheduled for publication in cc&d magazine)

See YouTube video of Erren Kelly reading his poem Black Man in Paris (scheduled for publication in cc&d magazine) live 5/29/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic

Erren Kelly reads his poem Linda (scheduled for publication in cc&d magazine)

See YouTube video of Erren Kelly reading his poem Linda (scheduled for publication in cc&d magazine) live 5/29/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic

Erren Kelly reads his poem Train to Leon (scheduled for publication in cc&d magazine)

See YouTube video of Erren Kelly reading his poem Train to Leon (scheduled for publication in cc&d magazine) live 5/29/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic

...And thanks to John for taking some photos during the evening...

There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Café, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live poerformances are included in Live at the Café 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, including iTunes.

There is also a (more recent) 4 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Café, collected into this release. This 4 CD set of live poerformances are included in Dobro Veče (“Good Evening” in Serbian) includes not only recordings from 2006, 2007 and 2008, but it also contains past Poetry Wheels, and recordings of performance art shows like Twitter Inside at Regina’s Place in Logan Square 5/21/10. Bonus tracks include live recordings from at the Chicago State University Power Networking for Success show, as well as Café Ballou (Waiting4the Bus). You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations, like iTunes.

There is also a 4 CD set of the final performances from J. Kuypers at the Café, collected into this release. This 4 CD set of live poerformances are included in “hmmm” includes not only recordings from 2010 and 2011, but it also contains recordings of different performance art shows, including her final show ever performed at the Café on 27/271/11, titled “hmmm”. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Cafe Ballou, Cafe Mestizo, Beach Poets, and more... You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations, including amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.