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Cafe Cabaret Announces This Month's Performers- Including Roberta Miles and Special Guest Host G.P.A.

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"Cafe Cabaret" CafeCabaret is an eclectic variety/cabaret show with a rotating cast of performers. With a new cast every month, the show is always fresh. From poignant to funny, mirth to disaster it all happens at Cafe Ballou. Cafe Ballou is located @ 939 N Western. The show begins @ 7pm. This month's Cafe Cabaret will be hosted by Roberta Miles and guest host GPA.

G.P.A. (Greatest Poet Alive) hails from Chicago's South Side. He has published four books of Poetry and is currently working on his first novel, "The Middle School Adventures of Bobo". G.P.A. has won the Black Essence Award for Poetry and Charity, the Poetry Pentathlon, and Moth Storytelling Championship. He has been nominated for Poet of the Year three times. And both The Book of 24 org*sms and The Mind of a Poetic Unsub have both been nominated Book of the Year as well.

Roberta Miles and her irreverent autobiographical monologues make up a tell-all expose of her quirky, edgy life. Her one woman show, "I Want a Banana and Other Desperate Love Stories", will be hitting the road in 2013. "Bawdy & Soul: Memoirs of a Loose Chick" a memoir compilation is due for completion in 2013. Roberta is an award winning monologist, a published poet and a well known Jazz singer in Chicago. Her CD; "Body & Soul" has sold over 1000 copies and is available on CD Baby. Roberta is also a visual artist with works hanging in major collections across the Midwest.

Thanks to Cafe Ballou for hosting this magical hour. Located at 939 N. Western Ave, Cafe Ballou is a cozy cafe with a European flair. The staff is always ready to have good fun. You can satiate your taste buds with great soups, and sandwiches as well as rock 'em, sock 'em pastries, along with a long list of coffees and exotic teas. You'll feel cared for and satisfied in this neighborhood cafe. There is always street parking. Cafe Ballou supports local artists and is open Monday thru Friday 8:30am -8:30pm and weekends 8am-6pm. Cafe Ballou is open late for special occasions.

September Performers include: this month features:
Elizabeth Chidester, Kristen Toomey, Anthony Whitaker, Robin Fine, Roberta Miles, with special guest host G.P.A.





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