the Café Gallery

Below are mp3 files and videos from a May 9, 2012 (5/23/12) evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret...





the open mike 5/23/12
at the Café Gallery
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Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Cocoon I’ve Created
with live piano music by Gary
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Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Missed the Clicks and Scratches
with live piano music by Gary
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Missed the Clicks and Scratches
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Missed the Clicks and Scratches at the open mike 5/23/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) from the Sony camera.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Missed the Clicks and Scratches at the open mike 5/23/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) from the Canon camera.




Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Under the Sea
Rather read it? Then read Under the Sea
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ADDED BONUS:
Jenene Ravesloot reading her poem from 3/12 cc&d magazine

Jenene Ravesloot reads her poem
Something Slides over the Water (Sestina Variation)
from the 3/12 issue of cc&d magazine
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of Jenene Ravesloot reading this poem at the open mike 5/23/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the issue




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

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