the Café Gallery

Below are writing links and videos from a February 1, 2012 (2/1/12) evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret...





the intro to the Café Gallery
her poem “Quiet for a While”, and Bob Rashkow
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of Kuypers’ intro to the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her reading her poem “Quiet for a While” (w/ music & video from the HA!man of South Africa), and Bob Rashkow.




Janet Kuypers reads
Quiet for a While
from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Quiet for a While”from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music & video from the HA!man of South Africa / Francois Le Roux)
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Janet Kuypers reads
Feel Comfortable
from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Feel Comfortable” from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music & video from the HA!man of South Africa / Francois Le Roux) from Samsung
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Feel Comfortable” from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony cam)




Janet Kuypers reads
Push Your Button
from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Push Your Button” from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Push Your Button” from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony cam)
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Push Your Button” from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music & video from the HA!man of South Africa / Francois Le Roux) from Samsung




Janet Kuypers reads
Under my Fingers
from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Under my Fingers” from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony cam)
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Under my Fingers” from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music & video from the HA!man of South Africa / Francois Le Roux) from Samsung




Janet Kuypers reads
Under Your Total Control
from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series
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of Kuypers reading her poem “Under Your Total Control” from the “this poem is about” (everyday objects) 2012 poetry series at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago




Janet Kuypers sings
What we Need in Life
with John on guitar
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of Kuypers singing her her Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What we Need in Life” with John on guitar (tonight as the Second Axing) at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago
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of Kuypers singing her Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What we Need in Life” with John on guitar (tonight as the Second Axing) at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ the Samsung cam)




as an added bonus...
Scars Publictions 2/12 magazine issue poems

Janet Kuypers reads the Brian Looney poem
Escape Artist
from the 2/12 issue (v103) of Down in the Dirt magazine
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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago




Janet Kuypers reads the Bob Johnston poem
the Seven Deadly Colors: Gray
from the 2/12 issue (v229) of cc&d magazine
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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago




Janet Kuypers reads the Dan Fitzgerald poem
Optimist
from the 2/12 issue (v229) of cc&d magazine
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Janet Kuypers reads the Jacob Kreutzer poem
the Wisest Man in Oak Park
from the 2/12 issue (v229) of cc&d magazine
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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago




the Café Gallery




    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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