the Café Gallery
Below are text links and videos from a October 24, 2012 (10/24/12, or 20121024) evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret... |
| the open mic 10/24/12 and Dave Gecic feature at the Café Gallery |
  See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 10/24/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry. |
Plus, to start the show, Kuypers read poems while “on the phone”, as if she was flying from one town to another, in an effort to say childhood poems to her son in her “Airport Phone call”... |
| Janet Kuypers performs many short poems together in Airport Phone call |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ “Airport Phone call” 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon). |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ “Airport Phone call” 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
| Janet Kuypers performs her poem Mulberry Zoo as if she were having a conversation with someone on her cell phone, in “Airport Phone call” |
| Rather read it? Then read the original writing |
 See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone. |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone. |
| Janet Kuypers performs her poem Space Journey as if she were having a conversation with someone on her cell phone, in “Airport Phone call” |
| Rather read it? Then read the original writing |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone. |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone. |
| Janet Kuypers performs her poem Worms as if she were having a conversation with someone on her cell phone, in “Airport Phone call” |
| Rather read it? Then read the original writing |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone. |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone. |
she did a poem at the end of the open mic
just before the feature...
| Janet Kuypers performs her poem Precinct Fourteen |
| Rather read it? Then read the original writing |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon). |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/24/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony). |
ADDED BONUS:
Readings from the October 2012 issue
of Down in the Dirt magazine (v111)
and cc&d magazine (v237)...
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Janet Kuypers reads the Denny E. Marshall October 2012 (v111) Down in the Dirt magazine poem the Pork Belt |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem straight from the October 2012 issue (v111) of Down in the Dirt magazine, live 10/24/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery open mic in Chicago. |
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Janet Kuypers reads the Harlan Richards October 2012 (v237) cc&d magazine poem What Prison Teaches |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem straight from the October 2012 issue (v237) of cc&d magazine, live 10/24/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery open mic in Chicago. |
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Janet Kuypers reads the Joseph Hart October 2012 (v237) cc&d magazine poem Americans |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem straight from the October 2012 issue (v237) of cc&d magazine, live 10/24/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery open mic in Chicago. |
one more surprise...
John reads his twitter-length political poem/rant
that is accepted for the November 2012 issue of cc&d magazine (v238)...
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John reads his poem Still Hoping for Change |
See YouTube video of John reading his poem live 10/24/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery open mic in Chicago) |
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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. |
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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 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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