10/04 Chicago Calling the Cafe! Come watch Collaborative performances!

October 4, 8:30PM

Chicago Calling at The Cafe!
5115 N. Lincoln Ave.
$2 & 2 drink minimum (any drink, even bottled water or soda)

The Cafe (5115 N. Lincoln Ave.) hosts a weekly poetry/performance art open mic (hosted by Janet Kuypers). On October 4th the Cafe sponsors a night with Chicago Calling!

The Sixth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival happens in October 2011, and the Cafe is thrilled to host a night of performances for Chicago Calling. One purpose of Chicago Calling is to create opportunities for Chicago-based artists to collaborate with artists who live outside of Chicago. Any medium (theater, music, film, dance, photography, and so on) is acceptable. Each collaboration can occur within one medium, or it can be interdisciplinary.


All performers who have in the past done collaborative work with people outside of Chicago are welcome to perform this collaborative work (external video or audio could be brought in for the performance, so we can know the collaborative work) Tuesday evening (October 4th) at the Cafe. If anyone is interested in performing, let Janet Kuypers know (contact her where you can request an entry form for this show at thecafe@scars.tv, or if you have difficulty getting an email though, you can always contact her at janet kuypers at gmail dot com, or contact her through her Janet Kuypers page on facebook - and be a part of this collaborative evening!).



Get ready of the Alice/Catherine/Whitney collaboration with the show titled "Loss, Survival, Remembrance", material from Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels, film from Stan West (Columbia College in Chicago) with film with Kurt Naiker (South Africa), a performance from Steven Teref, Elizabeth Marino (Chicago) & Sally Evans with "a Mess O Poems", Tom Roby (with accompanying art from artist Linae Frei of Scottsdale Arizona), John Yotko (of Chicago) performing with poetry from C Ra McGuirt (once from Nashville, now in Alberta Canada), and Janet Kuypers poetry (with video of cello musician the HA!man of South Africa), and more at this one-time only event!





the line-up is still expanding, so this should be an EXCELLENT collaboration feature event that no one will want to miss! So check out schedule listings at the Cafe site http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/2011schedule.htm#chicago-calling, and keep in mind that at any time you can always check out the main page at http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for the weekly podcast, feature videos or future schedules, where you can also get email connections to ask to be a part of an electric, eclectic show at the Cafe!





We are also posting updates and details about this event on the Chicago Calling at the Cafe facebook page http://www.facebook.com/janetkuypers#!/event.php?eid=242697109101772 that you can check out any time.

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But the event was GREAT SUCCESS, with video accompanying half of the performers. The podcast for the Cafe (the podcast link is on line at http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/mp4podcasts/the_cafe_mp4_podcasts.xml, though you can also see an iTunes link for the podcast at main page for the Cafe at http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe), and there is even a youtube link for the ENTIRE SHOW (minus performers who wished to not be video recorded)!

Aug 27: Sophie Robinson & Nathanaël

Saturday, August 27th
7pm at Myopic Books
1564 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

SOPHIE ROBINSON is a poet and performer living and working in London. Her work has been featured in numerous anthologies, and her debut book, A, was published by Les Figues in 2009.

NATHANAËL’s books include We Press Ourselves Plainly, Carnet de délibérations, Absence Where As (Claude Cahun and the Unopened Book) and The Sorrow and the Fast of It. Formerly published under the name Nathalie Stephens, Nathanaël has translated works by Catherine Mavrikakis, Gail Scott, John Keene, and Édouard Glissant. She lives in Chicago.

Red Rover Series / Experiment #49

Red Rover Series
{readings that play with reading}

Experiment #49:
Full-Body Poetics

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26th
7:30pm / doors lock 8pm
**please note change from usual time**

Featuring:
Geof Huth
Steve Roggenbuck

at Outer Space Studio
1474 N. Milwaukee Ave
suggested donation $4

logistics --
near CTA Damen blue line
third floor walk up
not wheelchair accessible

GEOF HUTH writes frequently about poetry, visual and otherwise, at his blog, dbqp: visualizing poetics. His poetry consists of one-word poems, poems written in unintelligible scripts, poems painted onto canvas or assembled within boxes, poems sung and audio- or videorecorded during the moments of their creation, poems created within nature and left to disappear back into it, and even syntactic text separated into lines. Each of his poetry performances attempts to use his entire body fully to examine the possible extent of poetry. His latest book is "ntst: the collected pwoermds of geof huth", a book of 775 one-word poems.
http://dbqp.blogspot.com

STEVE ROGGENBUCK, i started writing in 2006 as a poet, and now i’m not sure if i’m a poet or something else. i am 23 years old and i live in chicago. i grew up in rural michigan and played in a death metal band in high school. i am a vegan and a buddhist. everything i make is available free online, self-published into the public domain. i have two short books: one of msn messenger excerpts set in large helvetica, "DOWNLOAD HELVETICA FOR FREE.COM", and one of minimalist plain-text poems, "i am like october when i am dead".
http://livemylief.com

RED ROVER SERIES is curated by Laura Goldstein and Jennifer Karmin. Each event is designed as a reading experiment with participation by local, national, and international writers, artists, and performers. The series was founded in 2005 by Amina Cain and Jennifer Karmin.

Email ideas for reading experiments
to us at redroverseries@yahoogroups.com

The schedule for events is listed at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redroverseries

12/04 poetry open mic at the Cafe and Charlotte Hart feature

December 4, 3:00PM

The Cafe open mic
5115 N. Lincoln Ave.
$2 & 2 drink minimum (any drink, even bottled water or soda)

The Cafe (5115 N. Lincoln Ave.) hosts a weekly poetry/performance art open mic (hosted by Janet Kuypers). On Sunday, December 4th, the Cafe has Charlotte Hart as the feature, following an open mic. All features are videotaped for the Cafe weekly podcast (and for youtube video release, of course), but after the open mic, we would love to see everyone there in person for the live feature!

For info about the open mic and the 2011 schedule (or getting the chance to sign up for your OWN feature, or even to check out the menu for the great food at the Cafe, because we have a collection of books to choose from for anyone who orders food at the Cafe during the poetry evening), you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for weekly podcasts, feature videos or future schedules.

11/27 poetry open mic at the Cafe, plus the Tom Roby & Jenene Ravesloot feature

Sunday, November 27, 3:00PM

The Cafe open mic
5115 N. Lincoln Ave.
$2 & 2 drink minimum (any drink, even bottled water or soda)
plus donation for the feature

The Cafe (5115 N. Lincoln Ave.) hosts a weekly poetry/performance art open mic (hosted by Janet Kuypers). On Sunday, November 27th, the Cafe has dialog poetry and poetry in the Tom Roby and Jenene Ravesloot feature, following an open mic.

For info about the open mic and the 2011 schedule (or getting the chance to sign up for your OWN feature in 2012), you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for the weekly podcast, feature videos or future schedules.

09/06 mini feature night at the Cafe in Chicago!

September 6, 8:30PM

The Cafe open mic
5115 N. Lincoln Ave.
$2 & 2 drink minimum (any drink, even bottled water or soda)

The Cafe (5115 N. Lincoln Ave.) hosts a weekly poetry/performance art open mic (hosted by Janet Kuypers). September 6th has a mini-feature night, where throughout the open mic people can read up to 10 minutes of material. The last mini feature night was such a success (and so loved by the audience) that we are thrilled to do it again...

And all people who did NOT get a youtube video link of their mini-feature reading at the Cafe in the past can even get a youtube video link of their reading!

For info about the open mic and the 2011 schedule (or getting the chance to sign up for your OWN full-length feature, you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for the weekly podcast, feature videos or future schedules.

09/13 poetry open mic at the Cafe and Rochelle Holt feature

September 13, 8:30PM

The Cafe open mic
5115 N. Lincoln Ave.
$2 & 2 drink minimum (any drink, even bottled water or soda)

The Cafe (5115 N. Lincoln Ave.) hosts a weekly poetry/performance art open mic (hosted by Janet Kuypers). September 13th has Rochelle Holt as the feature, following an open mic. With multiple Rochelle Holt books published over the years through Scars Publications ( http://scars.tv) and two Rochelle Holt books currently available for sale from Scars (the 2nd printing of Anais Nin: an Understanding of her art: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/anais-nin-an-understanding-of-her-art/10294449, and the 2011 poetry book Death of an Angel: https://www.createspace.com/3476878), this intimate evening should be a truly enjoyable event to share with Rochelle!

For info about the open mic and the 2011 schedule (or getting the chance to sign up for your OWN feature, or even to check out the menu for the great food at the Cafe, because we have a collection of books to choose from for anyone who orders food at the Cafe during the poetry evening), you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for weekly podcasts, feature videos or future schedules.

08/16 mini feature night at the Cafe in Chicago!

August 16, 8:30PM

The Cafe open mic
5115 N. Lincoln Ave.
$2 & 2 drink minimum (any drink, even bottled water or soda)

The Cafe (5115 N. Lincoln Ave.) hosts a weekly poetry/performance art open mic (hosted by Janet Kuypers). August 16th has a mini-feature night, where throughout the open mic people can read up to 10 minutes of material. The last mini feature night was such a success (and so loved by the audience) that we are thrilled to do it again...

Like the last mini-feature night at the Cafe, we may consider setting up the stage at the back wall (and not at the arches to the left side), and if we can pull it off, we will also have a video display of random art from around the country (and around the world) on the back wall to accompany all open mic readers during their mini-features.

And all people who did NOT get a youtube video link of their mini-feature reading at the Cafe in the past can even get a youtube video link of their reading!


For info about the open mic and the 2011 schedule (or getting the chance to sign up for your OWN full-length feature, you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for the weekly podcast, feature videos or future schedules.

Red Rover Series / fall 2011

RED ROVER SERIES
{readings that play with reading}

FALL 2011
Chicago, IL

Experiment #49: AUGUST 26TH
Full-Body Poetics
Geof Huth & Steve Roggenbuck

Experiment #50: SEPTEMBER 24TH
Bad Date America - 100 Thousand Poets for Change
Dan Godston, Laura Goldstein, Philip Jenks,
Jennifer Karmin, Francesco Levato, Anthony Madrid,
Charlie Newman, Larry Sawyer, Don Share, Tony Trigilio,
Lina Ramona Vitkauskas & more TBA

Experiment #51: OCTOBER 1ST
Encyclopedia Volume 2 (F-K)
Tisa Bryant, Gabrielle Civil,
Carina Farrero, Krista Franklin & John Keene

Experiment #52: NOVEMBER 6TH
Small Press Publishing Forum
Charles Alexander, Patrick Durgin & Susan M. Schultz

at OUTER SPACE STUDIO
1474 N. Milwaukee Avenue
near the CTA Damen blue line
suggested donation $4

RED ROVER SERIES is curated by Laura Goldstein and Jennifer Karmin. Each event is designed as a reading experiment with participation by local, national, and international writers, artists, and performers. The series was founded in 2005 by Amina Cain and Jennifer Karmin.

Email ideas for reading experiments
to us at redroverseries@yahoogroups.com

The schedule for events is listed at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redroverseries

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Red Rover Series
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theG O O D

E V E N I N G readingseries

presents:

Stephen James Dvorak,

Joseph Mains,

&

Ashley Toliver

Friday, August 19

7:00p.m.

T H R E E P E A S L O U N G E

75 E. 16^th Street

Easily accessible from Michigan Avenue buses & a few blocks south of the Roosevelt Redline at 16^th (between Michigan and Wabash).

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S T E V E N J A M E S D V O R A K has the strength of 100 men. He has an MFA from the University of Miami and works as a shipping clerk in Chicago.

J O S E P H M A I N S received his MFA from The University of Arizona, where he served as Chief Poetry Editor of Sonora Review. He is the author of the chapbooks To Live Don's Life: A Film in 15 Creams, and Poum Poum Tralala. His work appears in Forklift, Ohio, Cream City Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Front Porch, Shampoo, Spork, and Poor Claudia, among others. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where, along with Zachary Schomburg and Drew Swenhaugen, he co-curates the reading series Bad Blood.

A S H L E Y T O L I V E R’s recent work can be found in Caketrain, elimae, DIAGRAM and Third Coast journals. She has received fellowships from the Cave Canem Foundation and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Until 5 days ago, she lived and worked in Portland, Oregon. Now, she’s driving across the country to Providence, RI where she will be studying in the graduate Literary Arts program at Brown University.

Molly Malone's

Lost in the lingering wheels of Mythology, the two headed dog has been all but expunged from the cultural history of many ancient peoples. In Ancient Egypt the beast is mentioned as a child of Anubis and was charged with guarding the 13 steps to the afterlife. One legend claims the mighty creature ate the heart of the cat goddess Bast, and condemned her to eternal suffering.

The Most compelling of the old tales regarding the two headed dog is from the Greeks. The only stories to give him the name Janus. Made from solid Orichalcum by the hands of the god Hephaestus. Janus was meant as a gift for Hera, queen of the gods. Hera charged the beast with the task of guarding Ambrosia (food of the gods), so no mortal should ever rise to be as powerful as the residents of Olympus.

In early Christian Mythology, a two headed dog was the guardian of two doors. One door led to heaven and one door led to hell. Souls on their way to the afterlife would choose a door and seal their fate. All who approached could ask the dog one question for guidance. The trick being that one head always lies and the other always speaks true.

In Germanic folklore there is a tale of a girl encountering a two headed dog on her way to see her grandmother. The beast is tethered to the mighty world tree called yggdrasil by the unbreakable chain of heaven. The dog is said to guard the Golden Apples of Idunn and to keep travelers from straying from the forest path and stumbling into the garden of the goddess.

In the 1880's a young doctor stumbled across the cult of Baskerville who were said to worship a dual headed canine beast with green glowing eyes.

In more modern times, blues man Robert Johnson claims that he went to the crossroads and sold his soul to a man whose only companion was a gigantic and ferocious beast with two heads and a thousand teeth.

The iconic creature permeates many cultures. It has never been revealed whether the dog is a force for good or evil, or if it just stands as a balance between order and chaos

7:00 -- open mic sign-up begins

7:30 -- open mic (5 minutes per reader)

9:00 -- featured reader

Molly Malone's Irish Pub

7652 Madison Street

Forest Park, IL

708-366-8073

W4tB presents Open Mic at the Bus Stop:

7:30pm - 10:00pm

Cafe Ballou

939 N Western Ave.

W4tB presents Open Mic at the Bus Stop

Cafe Ballou

939 N Western Ave

7:30 sign up-10pm

featuring: Susan Swanton

suggested theme: Important Women in History