the Café Gallery

Below are videos from a March 26 2014 (3/26/14, or 20140326)
evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret...





the open mic 3/26/14
at the Café Gallery
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of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic 3/26/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago




On to the individual performances...



Janet Kuypers covers the Leonard Cohen song
Coming Back To You
(with John on guitar)
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Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Holding Hands
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Holding Hands
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haikus (listed in the order they were performed)

Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
force
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
everyone
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
energy
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energy
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
you
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you
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
jobless
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jobless
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
this is only a test
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
misogyny
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misogyny
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
knees
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knees
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
ourselves
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ourselves
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku
errors
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ADDED BONUS...
Robert Lawrence read his poem that was accepted for publication
in a bonus anniversary issue issue / book release
for cc&d magazine, “a new era”...

Robert Lawrence reads his poem
a Philosopher’s Reaction
to seeing Schindler’s List
the First Time
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And thanks to Tom Roby for taking photos during the evening!



the Café Gallery




    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 performances 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.

 
“hmmm” - 4 disc set live at the Café



 
Dobro Veče - 3 disc set

    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 performances 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 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Café, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances 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.

 
Live at the Café - 3 disc set




Janet Kuypers’ “40” “40”
(iTunes release) Sexism and Other Stories (Janet Kuypers)

“40” is a CD of the live performance art show at “the Café” in Chicago 06/22/10, with bonus clips from other live performances at the Café.

Janet Kuypers’ “40” Also get “40” direct as an amazon dot com CD


Seeing a Psychiatrist (3 CD set) Seeing a Psychiatrist
(3 CD set)

Janet Kuypers - Seeing A Psychiatrist

Seeing a Psychiatrist was originally a 2008 performance art show (with music from the HA!man of South Africa), but in 2010 an 3 CD set was released of all of the material in this show, plus bonus tracks. The links provided here are to track sales from iTunes.

the 2009 Poetry Game Show (audio CD set) the 2009 Poetry Game Show (audio CD set)

Janet Kuypers - The 2009 Poetry Game Show

the 2009 Poetry Game Show was originally a 2009 performance art “game show”, but in 2010 an 3 CD set was released of all of the material in this show. The links provided here are to track sales from iTunes.


SIN - Scars Internet News SIN: Scars Internet News

Janet Kuypers - SIN (Scars Internet News)
9/20/05 live Chicago performance art show

How Do I Get There? CD, 2005 performance art How Do I Get There?
Janet Kuypers - How Do I Get There?

live performance art show, 2/15/05


Dreams, 02/03/04 performance art Dreams

Janet Kuypers
performance art show 2/3/04

Changing Gears Changing Gears
Janet Kuypers

studio CD and live performance art show 6/17/03


The Other Side The Other Side

Janet Kuypers
Chicago poetry performance art show 10/21/03

Death Comes in Threes Death Comes in Threes

Janet Kuypers

Chicago poetry performance art show 3/18/03



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