the Café Gallery
Below are videos from a July 22 2015 (7/22/15, or 20150722)
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the open mic 7/22/15 at the Café Gallery |
  See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the poetry open mic 7/22/15 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
| Janet Kuypers covers the Morrissey song All You Need Is Me with John on guitar |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers covering the Morrissey song All You Need Is Me (Cfs) live 7/22/15 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers covering the Morrissey song All You Need Is Me (Cps) live 7/22/15 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago |
| Janet Kuypers reads her prose Soybeans from the Down in the Dirt magazine 2015 issue collection book Adrift (available in both the issues edition and the issues and chapbooks edition) |
| Rather read it? Then read the prose Soybeans |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ prose Soybeans (Cfs) from the Down in the Dirt magazine 2015 issue collection book Adrift, the issues and chapbooks edition live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ prose Soybeans (Cps) from the Down in the Dirt magazine 2015 issue collection book Adrift, the issues and chapbooks edition live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago |
| Janet Kuypers reads her poem Violent Affair from the cc&d magazine 2015 issue collection book Salvation (available in both the issues edition and the issues and chapbooks edition) |
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Rather read it? Then read the poem Violent Affair |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem Violent Affair (Cfs) from the cc&d magazine 2015 issue collection book Salvation (issues and chapbooks edition) live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem Violent Affair (Cps) from the cc&d magazine 2015 issue collection book Salvation (issues and chapbooks edition) live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago |
| Janet Kuypers reads her poem he makes me think about these things from the mid-August 2009 v199.9 issue of cc&d magazine |
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Rather read it? Then read the poem he makes me think about these things |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem he makes me think about these things (Canon fs200) live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the mid-August 2009 v199.9 issue of cc&d magazine |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem he makes me think about these things (Canon Power Shot) live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the mid-August 2009 v199.9 issue of cc&d magazine |
| Janet Kuypers reads her poem Couldn’t Reach It from the November 2009 v202 issue of cc&d magazine |
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Rather read it? Then read the poem Couldn’t Reach It |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Couldn’t Reach It live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the November 2009 v202 issue of cc&d (filmed with a Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Couldn’t Reach It live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the November 2009 v202 issue of cc&d (filmed with a Canon Power Shot) |
| Janet Kuypers reads her poem Value from Nothingness from Down in the Dirt v129, “a Bad Influence” |
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Rather read it? Then read the prose Value from Nothingness |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Value from Nothingness from Down in the Dirt v129, “a Bad Influence” live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Value from Nothingness from Down in the Dirt v129, “a Bad Influence” live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (from a Canon Power Dhow) |
| Janet Kuypers reads her poem Escape from the October 2009 v201 issue of cc&d magazine |
| Rather read it? Then read the poem Escape |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Escape live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the October 2009 v201 issue of cc&d (filmed with a Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Escape live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the October 2009 v201 issue of cc&d (filmed with a Canon Power Shot) |
ADDED BONUS: Robin Fine read a Janet Kuypers
Periodic Table poem, “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash”.
| Robin Fine reads Janet Kuypers’ poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash |
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Rather read it? Then read the poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash |
See YouTube video of Robin Fine reading Janet Kuypers’ poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (recorded with a Canon fs200 video camera) |
See YouTube video of Robin Fine reading Janet Kuypers’ poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200, with a Hard Light filter) |
After the open mic and feature, Janet Kuypers sang (and John played acoustic
guitar) 7 songs in their last scheduled Chicago music set performance.
| Janet Kuypers sings (and John plays guitar) in their last scheduled Chicago music set |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing (with John on acoustic guitar) 7 songs in a mini-music set, including the Eurythmics’ I Need You, Janet’ poem/song (and John’s music) Made Any Difference, Sinead O’Connor’s Black Boys on Mopeds, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Life By The Drop, Janet’s Mom’s Favorite Vase song What We Need In Life, George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), and Fiona Apple’s Criminal (Cfs) live 7/22/15 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago |
See YouTube video of some of the set of Janet Kuypers singing (with John on acoustic guitar) 4 songs in a mini-music set, including the Eurythmics’ I Need You, Janet’ poem/song (and John’s music) Made Any Difference, Sinead O’Connor’s Black Boys on Mopeds, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Life By The Drop (cut off) live 7/22/15 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Cps) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 10/101/11, 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. |
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