the Café Gallery

Below are mp3 files and videos from a August 29, 2012 (8/29/12) evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret...





the open mic 8/29/12
at the Café Gallery
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of Kuypers’ open mike 8/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry




Janet Kuypers performs her poem
Fifteen Minutes
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Janet Kuypers performs her poem
Everyone has a Choice
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After the show...
Janet Kuypers sang a poem/song and her original song (with John on guitar) at the singer/songwriter night event that followed the open mic.

Janet Kuypers performs her poem/song
with an original song by John)

Made Any Difference
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of Kuypers performing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” (w/ John’s original song on guitar) 8/29/12 at the singer/songwriter night at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (from the Sony).




Janet Kuypers performs her poem/song
with an original song by John)

What We Need In Life
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of Kuypers performing her song “What We Need In Life” (w/ John on guitar; original music by Warren Peterson) live 8/29/12 at the singer/songwriter night at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (from the Sony).




ADDED BONUS:
Readings from the August 2012 issue of cc&d magazine (v235),
and the July-August 2012 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine (v108)

John reads the Joseph Hart
August 2012 (v235) cc&d magazine poem

Comparison
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of John reading this poem straight from the August 2012 issue (v235) of cc&d magazine,
live 8/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s
the Café Gallery open mic in Chicago)




John reads the Robert D. Lyons
August 2012 (v235) cc&d magazine poem

the Horror Show of Earth Swarms with Them
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of John reading this poem straight from the August 2012 issue (v235) of cc&d magazine,
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the Café Gallery open mic in Chicago)




John reads the Denny E. Marshall
July-August 2012 (v108) Down in the Dirt magazine poem

a Ship in Flight
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the Café Gallery open mic in Chicago)




John reads the Travis Green
July-August 2012 (v108) Down in the Dirt magazine poem

Fall
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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

the Cafe







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