Janet Kuypers' prose "The Apartment" in the Cafe feature in Chicago 06/22/10

On June 22nd 2010 (06/22/10 Janet Kuypers' birthday), Janet Kuypers was the feature at the poetry/performance open mic at "the Cafe" in Chicago (hosted by Janet Kuypers, but on this evening, Charlie Newman was the guest host). Part 1 of the series of 4 parts of the Janet Kuypers feature contains the poem "Too Far" (where she started the show wearing a blond wig and talking in a southern accent), the prose poem / short prose / flash fiction "the Apartment," and the poem "Leaving". Part 2 of the series of 4 parts of the Janet Kuypers feature contains the poem "A Socially Accepted Target" (read by C Ra McGuirt and shown on projected video), the twitter-length poem "for Better or for Worse", "Most Accurate Metaphors" (read by C Ra McGuirt and shown on projected video), "I'm Really Going This Time" and "Precinct Fourteen". Part 3 of the series of 4 parts of the Janet Kuypers feature contains the poem "Loss", the Janet Kuypers / Mom's Favorite Vase song "My Love For You Will Stay the Same" (music originally by Warren Peterson). Part 4 of the series of 4 parts of the Janet Kuypers feature contains the 3 travel poem "Keep Them Apart", "Only For One Night" and "Got On The Road Again" and then finally the Janet Kuypers / Mom's Favorite Vase song "What We Need In Life" (music originally by Warren Peterson). John played the acoustic guitar for the the Janet Kuypers / Mom's Favorite Vase songs, and said the male lines in "the Apartment" and "Leaving". Musician Victor Sanders played the electric guitar for back-up music for most of the poems throughout the feature, and played accompanying electric guitar in the songs performed in this show.

You can always get information about the Cafe at http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ to see links to features and video links from performances.

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