the Café Gallery

Below are videos from a December 4 2013 (12/4/13, or 20131204)
evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret...





the open mic 12/4/13
at the Café Gallery
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Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13)
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Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13)
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length poem
shoe prints on the toilet seat
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shoe prints on the toilet seat
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Janet Kuypers reads her poem
unclean left hands
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unclean left hands
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length poem
Vengeful Phone
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Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Us, Actually Touching
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Us, Actually Touching
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Janet Kuypers reads her prose
Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility
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Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility
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During the evening, Janet Kuypres read a number of poems from the cc&d magazine (Volume 246, the November / December 2013 issue) as well as Down in the Dirt magazine (Volume 120, the November / December 2013 issue).

Janet Kuypers reads poetry from
cc&d magazine Volume 246, the November / December 2013 issue
“The Modigliani Daughter” by Caroline N. Simpson, “Lonely” by Jeff Stinson, “The Doctors Were Wrong” by Jeff Stinson, “Apocalyptic Haiku”
by Neal Wilgus, “A Suggestion” by George Gott, “Lost” by Mel Waldman, “Buried in the Snow” by Mel Waldman, “The Secret Jar” by Roger Cowin, “Morality tale” by Kelley Jean White MD,
and “In the End” by Holly Day
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of Janet Kuypers reading poetry Volume 246, the November / December 2013 issue of cc&d magazine (including the poems “The Modigliani Daughter” by Caroline N. Simpson, “Lonely” by Jeff Stinson, “The Doctors Were Wrong” by Jeff Stinson, “Apocalyptic Haiku” by Neal Wilgus, “A Suggestion” by George Gott, “Lost” by Mel Waldman, “Buried in the Snow” by Mel Waldman, “The Secret Jar” by Roger Cowin, “Morality tale” by Kelley Jean White MD, and “In the End” by Holly Day), live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (C)




Janet Kuypers reads poetry
Down in the Dirt, v. 120, the November / December 2013 issue
Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility” by Janet Kuypers, “Daddy’s Lil’ Toy” by Kelly Haas Shackeford, “Drunk Father” by Roland Stoecker, “Poppy” by S. R. Mearns, “Down in the Dirt” by Marlon Jackson, and “Mentor” by Jason D. Cooper
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of Janet Kuypers reading poetry Volume 246, the November / December 2013 issue of cc&d magazine (including the poems “Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility” by Janet Kuypers, “Daddy’s Lil’ Toy” by Kelly Haas Shackeford, “Drunk Father” by Roland Stoecker, “Poppy” by S. R. Mearns, “Down in the Dirt” by Marlon Jackson, and “Mwntor” by Jason D. Cooper), live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (C)




Janet Kuypers reads Cara Losier Chanoine’s poem
Need
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During the evening, other people read Scars Publications poems from the 2014 literary date book don’t forget it (a spiral-bound ISSN# book which is now available for sale) as well as 2013 literary date book After the Apocalypse (a spiral-bound ISSN# book which is still available for sale).



Tim reads the Christopher Hivner poem
Louder and Noisier
from the After the Apocalypse 2013 literary datebook
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Tim reads the Russel Rowland poem
Black Friday
from the After the Apocalypse 2013 literary datebook
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Jerry Pendergast reads the first part of his poem
Letter to a Stranger
from the 2014 literary date book don’t forget it
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the Café Gallery




    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 performances 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 performances 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.



    There is also a 4 CD set of the final performances from J. Kuypers at the Café, collected into this release. This 4 CD set of live performances are included in “hmmm” includes not only recordings from 2010 and 2011, but it also contains recordings of different performance art shows, including her final show ever performed at the Café on 27/271/11, titled “hmmm”. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Cafe Ballou, Cafe Mestizo, Beach Poets, and more... You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations, including amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

 
“hmmm” - 4 disc set live at the Café



the Cafe







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