the Café

Below are text links and videos from a December 14, 2010 (12/14/10) evening of poetry at the Café...





the introduction to the Café
and 3 poems
video Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the open mic at the Café in Chicago, and Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Packing”, “Just Can’t Breathe” and “Tribal Scream” read live 12/14/10 (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersthecafegallery




the Janet Kuypers poem
Packing
read from the full color book Living in a Big World
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Watch this YouTube video (:59) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Packing”, read from the full color book “Living in a Big World” live 12/14/10, live at the Café in Chicago.




the Janet Kuypers poem
Just Can’t Breathe
poem written just hours before the reading
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Watch this YouTube video (1:37) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Just Can’t Breathe” (written just hours before the reading) live 12/14/10, live at the Café in Chicago.




the Janet Kuypers poem
Tribal Scream
read from the full color book Living in a Big World
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(1:21) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Tribal Scream”, read from the full color book “Living in a Big World” live 12/14/10, live at the Café in Chicago.




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




the Cafe







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