The Cafe
Below are mp3 files and videos from a August 18, 2009 evening of poetry...
Charlie Newman (host of the Cafe weekly open mic) made this announcement during this poetry evening:
In January 2010, Janet Kuypers will start hosting the poetry/prose/music/performance art open mic and feature venue at The Cafe.
Weekly Cafe poetry readings were started by David Rubin at the Cafe Aloha on Montrose umpteen years ago. In 1997, Janet Kuypers read there and became a regular (starting with a feature with Jason Pettus of alternating poems, which can be found at http://www.janetkuypers.com and http://scars.tv).
Janet Kuypers bring the outrageous energy she is so well-known for as well as her almost obsessional planning. Frankly, her long-time association with The Cafe, her unbeatable work ethic, and her willingness to try new things made this an easy decision [for Charlie Newman, the current host of the open mic at the Cafe].
Since Charlie Newman is the current host at the Cafe, Kuypers read poems from Charlie Newman (as well as a poem of her own) at the Charlie Newman Bizarro Feature at Waiting 4 the Bus on August 17th 2009.
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 poerformances 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 for only $12.95 by sending an e-mail to Scars Publications.
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