the Café Gallery

Below are mp3 files and videos from a September 26, 2012 (9/26/12) evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret...





the open mic 9/26/12
at the Café Gallery
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of Kuypers’ open mike 9/26/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry.




Plus, to start the show, Kuypers read work-related poems while “on the phone”, as they complain about life to each other in “Listening In”...

Janet Kuypers performs many short poems together in
Listening In
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of Kuypers’ “Listening In” 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon).
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of Kuypers’ “Listening In” 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony).




Janet Kuypers performs her poem
Quitting is Always an Option
as if she were having a conversation with someone
on her cell phone, in “Listening In”
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone




Janet Kuypers performs her poem
On that Summer Day
as if she were having a conversation with someone
on her cell phone, in “Listening In”
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone




Janet Kuypers performs her poem
Just Beyond Those Front Doors
as if she were having a conversation with someone
on her cell phone, in “Listening In”
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone




Janet Kuypers performs her poem
Cliques Gathered Together
as if she were having a conversation with someone
on her cell phone, in “Listening In”
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone




she did a poem in the middle of the open mic
and at the end of the open mic...

Janet Kuypers performs her poem
Too Far
(with an Ani DiFranco twist)
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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon).
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Janet Kuypers performs her poem
Glomming off
the Wrestling World
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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 poerformances 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



 
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 poerformances 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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