the Café Gallery
Below are videos from a February 12 2014 (2/12/14, or 20140212)
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the open mic 2/12/14 at the Café Gallery |
  See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic a2/12/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
On to the individual performances...
| Janet Kuypers reads her poem Depth of Field |
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Rather read it? Then read the twitter-length poem Depth of Field |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Depth of Field live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Depth of Fieldlive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
| Janet Kuypers reads her “two-tweet” poem even if the Pope claims it from v247 of cc&d magazine (titled “a ink in the Chain”) |
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Rather read it? Then read the twitter-length poem even if the Pope claims it |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem even if the Pope claims it from v247 of cc&d magazine (titled “a ink in the Chain”) live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem even if the Pope claims it from v247 of cc&d magazine (titled “a ink in the Chain”) live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
| Janet Kuypers reads her prose a Life Goes By read from the book Don’t Listen. Read. |
| Rather read it? Then read the prose a Life Goes By |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose a Life Goes By from the book Don’t Listen. Read. live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose a Life Goes By from the book Don’t Listen. Read. live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
| Janet Kuypers covers the Peter Gabriel song Washing of the Water (with John on guitar) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers covering/singing the Peter Gabriel song Washing of the Water (with John on guitar) live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers covering/singing the Peter Gabriel song Washing of the Water (with John on guitar) live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
Haikus and poetry...
| Janet Kuypers reads her poem Human Construct of Time from v121 of Down in the Dirt magazine (titled “I Pull the Strings”) |
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Rather read it? Then read the poem Human Construct of Time |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Human Construct of Time from v121 of Down in the Dirt magazine (titled “I Pull the Strings”) live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Human Construct of Time from v121 of Down in the Dirt magazine (titled “I Pull the Strings”) live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C, Threshold) |
| Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku forever |
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Rather read it? Then read the twitter-length haiku forever |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku forever live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku foreverlive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
| Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku over |
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Rather read it? Then read the twitter-length haiku over |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku over live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku overlive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
| Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku rescue |
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Rather read it? Then read the twitter-length haiku rescue |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku rescue live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku rescuelive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
| Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length haiku timing |
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Rather read it? Then read the twitter-length haiku timing |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku timing live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku timinglive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
ADDED BONUS... Jerry Pendergast read his poem that was previously accepted in cc&d magazine...
| Jerry Pendergast reads his poem Letter to a Stranger |
See YouTube video of Jerry Pendergast reading his poem “Letter to Stranger” live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
... And thanks to Oroki Rice for taking snapshots during the evening!
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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. |
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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 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. |
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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 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. |
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“40” is a CD of the live performance art show at “the Café” in Chicago 06/22/10, with bonus clips from other live poerformances at the Café.
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“40”
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Seeing a Psychiatrist
the 2009 Poetry Game Show (audio CD set)
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live performance art show, 2/15/05 |
SIN: Scars Internet News
How Do I Get There?
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studio CD and live performance art show 6/17/03 |
Dreams
Changing Gears
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Chicago poetry performance art show 3/18/03
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The Other Side
Death Comes in Threes
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