Stimulus Package Benefit Show on Thursday, July 2, 2009

Join Bombshell Betty and Fromagique as they put on a show to help the SF Bay Area performers who are struggling to make ends meet during this deep recession. This Thursday, there will be plenty of burlesque and musical entertainment, plus the first 100 guests will receive a free gift bag from Whole Foods. You could use them to hold the rotten tomatoes that MC Randy is inviting you to bring to throw at him! Ha ha!

$timulus Package Benefit Show

Raffle, Catering, Free Whole Foods Gift Bags, Vendors, Go-Go, Burlesque, Comedy, Dancing, Variety, and more!

The economy is tough and everyone knows people that have been having a hard time making ends meet. 100% of the door money, tips for catering, raffle money, and donations will be donated to local SF Bay Area performers that are having just that same trouble. Almost all of the performers are donating their talents for this show. Last time we raised $600+ to benefit an injured performer. This time we are hoping to raise $1,500.

The first 100 guests will get a gift bag from Whole Foods who has also generously agreed to match a % of the funds raised in Whole Foods gift cards so come out and help us get every penny we can for out-of-work, recently-laid-off, under-employed actors/dancers/comedians/musicians/variety performers! All beneficiaries will receive gift cards to whole foods with a guide to "buying on a budget" at Whole Foods.

FREE catering provided by:
Sweet Petite Baking! All tips will be donated to the benefit.

Annie's Social Club
917 Folsom St (@ 5th)
$10 (larger donations gladly accepted)
21+ w/ Valid ID
9PM - Midnight

Starring:
Bombshell Betty
Mynx d'Meanor
Red Velvet
Lil Eyeful
Milkshake
Foxy Chartreuse
Bottoms Up
Fina Fatale
Holly Highbeams
Tiger Von Claus
Dia Bolique
Pearl Anne Corset Shop
Cheeky Sweets
Ultra Violet
Fromagettes
Burlesqueteers

And an EXTRA SPECIAL naughty reading by:
Agnes O'God!

PLUS:
Several more Burlesqueteers who are so fresh, they haven't even chosen stage names yet!

Plus burlesque to LIVE MUSIC from Fromagique:
Bombshell Betty
Randy Johnson
Patina DeCopper
Ezekiel Sudonimo
Jimi Jat

MC: Randy Johnson (bring your rotten tomatoes!)




http://www.myspace.com/fromagique
http://www.bombshellbetty.net
http://www.anniessocialclub.com

Looks like a fun evening for a good cause. Plus there's free catering! Yummy! :-P

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of June 29, 2009

It's post-Pride, post-heat wave week here in the Bay Area. Does that mean that things are cooling off. Not at all! From catching the Cheesecake Burlesque Revue at Uptown Hubba Hubba on Monday, to supporting some SF Bay Area performers at the Stimulus Package Benefit Show on Thursday, to catching A Wink and a Smile's the Shanghai Pearl and Fabuluxe at Baxtalo Drom on Friday, there are lots of shows to fill your hunger for burlesque this week. Before you fulfill your hunger for hot dogs on July 4th! ;-)

• Monday, June 29, 2009: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. It's a celebration of Canadian goodness at Uptown Hubba Hubba with Cheesecake Burlesque Revue of Victoria, British Columbia. You hosers better catch these white-hot snowbirds before they flock back to the Great White North, eh?! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, July 2: Stimulus Package Benefit Show at Annie Social Club in San Francisco, 917 Folsom Street. 100% of the door money, tips for catering, raffle money, and donations will be donated to local SF Bay Area performers that are having trouble making ends meet. Starring Bombshell Betty, Mynx d'Meanor, Red Velvet, Lil Eyeful, Milkshake, Foxy Chartreuse, Bottoms Up, Fina Fatale, Holly Highbeams, Tiger Von Claus, Dia Bolique, Pearl Anne Corset Shop, Cheeky Sweets, Ultra Violet, Fromagettes and Burlesqueteers. Burlesque performed to live music from Fromagique. The first 100 guests will get a gift bag from Whole Foods who has also generously agreed to match a % of the funds raised in Whole Foods gift cards so come out and help us get every penny we can for out-of-work, recently-laid-off, under-employed actors/dancers/comedians/musicians/variety performers! Show at 9pm. $10 (larger donations gladly accepted), 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, July 3: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Dottie Lux brings you a different show every single week! Each event promises the seductive and spicy, absurd and amusing all from local and visiting talent. Show at 7:30pm. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: First Friday Follies at The Stork Club in Oakland, 2330 Telegraph Avenue. Join emcee Margaret France for this post-Art Murmur free show. This month featuring Bunny Pistol, Little Eyeful, Mable Sugar, Miss Bella Trixx, Sparkly Devil, Monifa, Ruby White, Cupcake, and Lady Satan! With music by Mugg Muggles! Doors 8:30, show at 9:30. Free, but donations welcome and encouraged. 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Baxtalo Drom, The Lucky Road: Special Edition at DNA Lounge in SF, 375 11th Street. SF's premiere Gypsy Punk Dance Party brings you Fabuluxe, a spectacular show featuring some of Seattle’s most prominent burlesque & cabaret stars! Fuchsia Foxxx, Sassy Delure, Ben DeLaCreme and The Shanghai Pearl have created a mind-blowing show featuring belly dance, burlesque, drag and comedy! Also featuring DJ Global Ruckus, Mira Betz, and Rose Harden. Check out the gypsy bazaar! 9pm to 2am. $10, 21+ w/ID.


• Saturday, July 4: Burlesque n' Brass at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland, 1621 Telegraph Avenue. The Hot Pink Feathers & Blue Bone Express with Guest MC Simone de la Getto! Doors at 8:30, show at 9:30 sharp. $10, 21+ w/ID.

As always, for more information, please check the calendar above. Also, you may want to check back during the week to see if there are and late additions to this schedule. And if you have a burlesque show or information about a show you would like to add to the calendar, please email me at sfbr AT gmx DOT com.

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, June 29, 2009

Whew! Was it hot in the Bay Area this weekend, or was it just the burlesque at SF Pride 2009? ;-)

Well, the vixens from the True North strong and free shall be continuing their tour through our fair region of the world. Oh, Canada! Yes, the Cheesecake Burlesque Revue (www.cheesecakeburlesque.com) of beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, will be performing at the Uptown Club this Monday fresh off their victorious performances at Red Hots Burlesque, The Bearded Lady's Trans March Freakshow, and the Second Annual Dyke March After Affair this weekend. They're so groovy that they are the whole show.

So catch these fetching lasses before they flock back to their native Canada!

Howdy Friends!

June 29th, it's a VERY SPECIAL Monday at The Uptown Club, as we welcome an *entire troupe*, THE CHEESECAKE BURLESQUE REVUE, from Victoria, BC, to come show us how they do the ol' Bump & Grind in beautiful, far-off Canada!

Hubba Hubba Revue is mighty proud to welcome...

THE CHEESECAKE BURLESQUE REVUE!
Champagne Sparkles!
Kitten Kaboodle!
Ricky Hard!
Midori Colada!
Wild Honey!
Lolly Lushbottom!
Mz. B. Haven!
Ginger Kittens!
Maya Papaya!

with Savage Man-Beast, Zip the What-Is-It?

and everyone's favorite drunks/MC's, Kingfish & Eddie!

STILL JUST FIVE BUCKS!

See The Show That Made Oakland Famous!
Doors 9PM, Show 10:15PM
21 & Up w/ID


THE UPTOWN CLUB
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(just 1 block from 19th Street BART!)


http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com
http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue
http://www.uptownnightclub.com

SF Pride Sunday with the Diamond Daggers, Twilight Vixen Revue and more

It's Pride Sunday (sfpride.org) and you'll get to see some of your favorite burlesque performers in an unusual environment: outdoors when the sun is still up! Heh.

The parade itself starts at 10:30am at Market Street and Beale, and concludes at Market and 8th Streets.

Entertainment on the main stage begins about noon. The Diamond Daggers are scheduled to take the stage at 5:40pm. Vinsantos will follow them.

The Diamond Daggers will also be performing at the Women's Dance & Performance Pavilion (www.sfpride.org/celeb/womensdance.html), which will be located at Turk and Larkin. Performances are scheduled to be from 1pm until 3. Entertainers will include Amy Adams, Beth Elliott, ButchTap, Carrie Gerendasy, Diamond Daggers, Fella-Fem, Jay Walker, Jen Cross, Jukie Sunshine, Kentucky Fried Woman, King McQueen Royal Revue, Lady Gravity, Lady Monster, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, MOMMA'S BOYZ, Simone de la Getto, and Twilight Vixen Revue. Plus tjhere will be a dance party afterwards.

For more information, please visit sfpride.org. And don't forget to bring lots of water and sunscreen, as well as a hat. The forecast calls for lots of sun and and temperatures of about 80!

Dyke March, After Affair, and King of Boylesque Pageant on Saturday, June 27, 2009

Pride 2009 continues with the Dyke March (http://www.thedykemarch.org/) on Saturday along with pre- and after-parties. Then, SF Boylesque presents KÖNIG - [king of boylesque], which is a boylesque pagaent with a $500 prize at stake.

The Dykes on Bikes (http://www.dykesonbikes.org/) Pink Saturday Party at Eagle Tavern (http://www.sfeagle.com/) will kick things off before the Dyke March. Catch the Twilight Vixen Revue, the Fella-Fem Drag Kings, and live music from Blair Hansen while enjoying food, beer, and good company. It'll start at 1pm (or noon if you wanna get there early), and you can watch the Twilight Vixen Revue ride off on some motorcycles. It'll be worth the $5 (food only) or $10 (food, soda, beer) price of admission! The Eagle Tavern is at 398 12th Street in San Francisco, and is a 21+ w/ID facility.



The March rally and entertainment will start at Dolores Park at 18th Street at 3pm. The March itself will begin at 7pm. It will end at 16th and Market Streets. Please see thedykemarch.org/pages/2009info.html for more information.

In the evening, Amelia Mae Paradise presents Dyke March After Affair at Paradise Lounge in San Francisco, which is located at 1501 Folsom Street. The doors open at 8:30pm, and the show will begin at 9:30. It will be a live music dance party featuring the burlesque troupe The Diamond Daggers and, from Vancouver, Cheescake Burlesque Revue:

The Second Annual Dyke March After Affair!

Presented by Amelia Mae Paradise

Saturday June 27, 2009
Paradise Lounge, 1501 Folsom @ 11th Street, San Francisco, CA
Doors at 8:30, Show at 9:30 & $15

A Live Music Dance Party featuring the area's HOTTEST all-female line-up!!!



On The Main Floor

* WOOD - Hard Rock, Fake Cock!
* DIAMOND DAGGERS - The Bay's Favorite Queer Burlesque!
* MIGHTY SLIM PICKINS - Vintage Country, Rockabilly Punk Outfit

Hosted by the Incomparable and Hilarious Tommy Salami

In the Upstairs Dance Lair:
* DJ Ryan spins sexy dance grooves all night long!
with Special Appearances by Vancouver's Cheesecake Burlesque Revue!


http://thedykemarch.org/
http://www.diamonddaggers.com/
http://www.paradisesf.com/

Over at SOMArts (http://www.somarts.org/), SF Boylesque (http://www.sfboylesque.com/) will be having their pagaent, KöNIG [king of boylesque]. See contestants Bobby Bryce, Chad Benjamin Potter, BJ Brown, Gideon Green, Smokin' McQueen, Cohdi Harrell, Barron Von Tease IV and Alvin McGee compete before celebrity judges including Kingfish of Hubba Hubba Revue, Kellita of Hot Pink Feathers, Simone de la Getto, and others. There will be a $500 prize at stake! SOMArts is located at 934 Brannan Street, and the price of tickets is $15. Advance tickets may be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66013.

Also catch the guys of SF Boylesque as they staff a gate or volunteer at Pride. Saturday you can see them at the corner of Polk and Grove. Sunday they'll be a host party at the biggest gate of pride. Right by the UN Plaza, near Fulton and Leavenworth. Perhaps you can get one of their new t-shirts!

Joshua Ellingson art exhibit with Kitten on the Keys (and chocolate!) on Friday, June 26, 2009

Heading on out for the Upper-Haight Art Stroll? Make sure to stop on by Coco-luxe Confections from 5 to 8pm. The artwork of Joshua Ellingson featuring Kitten on the Keys will be on display. She'll also perform live! And it's all free. Plus, from this Coco-luxe ad, it looks like there will be samples of chocolate available. :-P

Haight Street Art Stroll Co Co Luxe Presents: Joshua Ellingson and Kitten on the Keys

Date: Friday, June 26, 2009
Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Coco-luxe Confections (www.coco-luxe.com)
Street: 1673 Haight St.
City/Town: San Francisco, CA

We are so lucky to host artist Josh Ellingson and my favorite frisky feline Kitten On The Keys for this months Art Stroll.

Josh Ellingson lives and works as an illustrator in San Francisco, California. He has contributed artwork to popular publications and websites worldwide and worked with clients ranging from toy makers to tequila companies.

In addition to his illustration and design business, Josh Ellingson is the director for The Local 303, a studio/collective of illustrators and designers in San Francisco, California. The Local 303 provides a professional working environment as well as a space for collaboration, critique and art exhibition. Josh Ellingson also contributes editorial writing and reviews to Hi-Fructose, a contemporary art and culture magazine.

Known as Kitten on The Keys, Suzanne Ramsey is a firkeytoodlin' frisky feline galloping with uber kittitude. As seen on HBO, E! , IFC, Queer TV , MTV, Bravo, and other media outlets, she embodies the spirit and style of those days of decadence gone by. Pianist and chanteuse, expect a racy ragtime romp when this little kitty sharpens her claws on a meow mix medley of mad cap gems of yesteryear with a naughty whimsical edge.

This internationally known versatile comedic performer MC's , sings, dances, tickles her ivories, plays the ukulele and accordion in gorgeous getups! She's a little Cabaret, Burlesque, and Vaudeville all in one! Her charming voice channels a saucy Betty Boop coo to a gritty Mae West ommph! Clever, Kinky, and Cute!

From Tin Pan Alley, Classical, Broadway, Power ballads, remakes of punk classics, and her original "punky cabaret" ditties, this little kitty puts on one heck of a live show! She lists her Fave female role models as Alice Cooper, Freddie Mercury, and Liberace!
http://www.suzanneramsey.net/

These two talented artists have been collaborating for 6 years now! Check out Josh's case study of Kitten at:
http://www.joshuaellingson.com/blog/2008/10/27/case-study-kitten-on-the-keys.html

Come on out and join us. We'll be serving chocolate treats all night!

Trans March and After Parties on Friday, June 26, 2009

It's time for Trans March 2009 (www.transmarch.org)! Not only is there the March itself, but there'll be after parties, too! And where there are parties, you'll find burlesquers!

The Trans March starts at Dolores Park in San Francisco. From 3pm until 7, there will be a "See and Be Seen" event. Then at 7, the March starts from Dolores Park, down 19th Street, makes a right on Valencia, then ends at 26th Street. (www.transmarch.org/route).

Starting at about 8pm at El Rio (www.elriosf.com), 3158 Mission Street, there will be the official after party. Entertainers will include performers seen at burlesque events such as Charleston Chu & Thisway/Thatway, King TuffNStuff, plus many others! Cover at the after party will be on a sliding scale from $5-50, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. But you will be turned away if you are under 21, as all events at El Rio are 21 and older.

Not only will there be an after party at El Rio, but Red Hots Burlesque (www.redhotsburlesque.com) is also on the schedule! For the usual $5-10, you can catch Dottie Lux's weekly show in the room off of the patio in back. I haven't received the lineup yet, but the only week that I can remember when there wasn't an RHB show was after Thanksgiving last year when El Rio was closed!

If that's not enough activity for ya, there's also The Bearded Lady's Trans March Freakshow! Yes, Amelia Mae Paradise brings you an evening of drag and burlesque to quench your wants and needs for entertainment post-March. And it'll all be at the Elbo Room starting at 9pm. How convenient! Here are the deets:

Amelia Mae Paradise Presents . . .

THE BEARDED LADY'S TRANS MARCH FREAKSHOW
Friday June 26, 2009
Live Onstage: AMAZING FEATS OF TRANSGRESSION!!!

Death Defying Drag from
* Sir Loin Strip (Diamond Daggers)
* Glammamore
* Rusty Hips
* Lil Miss Hot Mess
* Jupiter
* Fella Fem

Unbelievable Burlesque from
* Amelia Mae Paradise (Diamond Daggers)
* Kentucky Fried Woman & Savory Sweet
* Vera DeVille
* Lola Peacock

IN YOUR EAR:
* The Glory Hole for the Ear will be in full operation, so stick your ear to the hole and get a brain infused with naughtiness, or maybe use it as a confessional for your freakiest fetishes!

Elbo Room (Upstairs)
647 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
Doors at 9:00
Show at 9:30
$12-20, sliding scale
21+ w/ID



http://www.diamonddaggers.com
http://www.elbo.com

Wow! What a start to the weekend! :-)

Lair of Lady Monster with Isis Starr this Saturday, June 27, 2009

Catch Lady Monster's radio show "Lair of Lady Monster" this Saturday, June 27, from 2 to 4pm on 107.3FM in San Francisco. The show may also be streamed from FCC FREE RADIO's website at www.fccfreeradio.com.

This week's special guest is one of the Living Legends of Burlesque, San Francisco's own Isis Starr! Here's a brief description of the guest from the Lair of Lady Monster blog (ladymonsterlair.blogspot.com):

Isis Starr: Goddess of Vintage Burlesque

Isis has been around the world-twice on a g-string and is now the Goddess of Vintage Burlesque. She has performed on every continent of the world, excluding Antarica. In Paris, she performed at The Crazy Horse and did 3 months at the Moulin Rouge. In London, she worked the Windmill Theatre and Paul Raymond Revuebar, as well as the olde Latin Quarter. Other places include: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Spain, Portugal, Morocco in the Casbah, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, Hawaii, Alaska, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Boston and even Guam.

Isis redefines the Art of Burlesque, with Style and Grace, Form and Face. Her performances are an outpouring of Feminine Power and Sensuality. Burlesque is the Art and she is both the Artiste and the Dance.

For more information about Isis go to: http://www.myspace.com/isisstarr

Here is a recent video of her performing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5eS7lm1ek

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of June 22, 2009

SF Pride 2009 is here! Many of this weeks shows are part of the celebration, and most of them are happening on the weekend. There are a variety of shows to check out, though. Many of your favorite acts will be performing this week! So check out these events, some of which are free!

• Monday, June 22, 2009: Hot Pink Feathers in The Cat's Pajamas at the Makeout Room in San Francisco, 3223 22nd Street. See excerpts from the HPF's Bollywood number & see them parade through the room to the live music of Eggplant Casino! 8pm-10. Free, 21+ w/ID.
  


• Also Monday: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Uptown Hubba Hubba kicks off the official start of summer with a sizzling show! See Sparkly Devil, Flame Cynders, sASSy Hotbuns, Ariyana La Fey, Calamity Lulu, Miss Balla Fire, Josie Starre, and Vicar Vixen heat up the stage. Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, June 26: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Dottie Lux brings you a different show every single week! Each event promises the seductive and spicy, absurd and amusing all from local and visiting talent. Show at 7:30pm. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Kitten on the Keys and Joshua Ellingson Exhibit at Coco-luxe Confections in SF, 1673 Haight Street. As part of the Upper-Haight Art Stroll, Joshua Ellingson will be exhibiting some of his artwork featuring burlesque performer Kitten on the Keys, who will also perform live. Chocolate treats will be available. Sounds yummy! 5pm to 9pm. Free.
  


• Also Friday: Trans March and Afterparty at Dolores Park, 19th Street, Valencia Street, 3158 Mission Street, San Francisco. The 2009 SF Trans March kicks off at Dolores Park from 3 to 7pm with "See and Be Seen". The March itself starts at 7pm, and proceeds from Dolores Park down 19th Street, makes a right on Valencia, then ends at 26th Street (http://www.transmarch.org/route). The After Party will take place at El Rio, 3158 Mission Street. Entertainers will include Charleston Chu & Thisway/Thatway, King TuffNStuff, and many others! After Party is $5-50 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds), 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: The Bearded Lady's Trans March Freakshow at The Elbo Room in SF, 647 Valencia Street. See amazing feats of transgression! Death Defying Drag from Sir Loin Strip (Diamond Daggers), Glammamore, Rusty Hips, Lil Miss Hot Mess, Jupiter, Fella Fem. Unbelievable Burlesque from Amelia Mae Paradise (Diamond Daggers), Kentucky Fried Woman & Savory Sweet, Vera DeVille, Lola Peacock. Doors at 9pm, show at 9:30. $12-20 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.
  


• Saturday, June 27: Dykes on Bikes Pink Saturday Party w/Twilight Vixen Revue at Eagle Tavern in SF, 398 12th Street. Celebrate Pride early and in style with Dykes on Bikes. Live music, food, beer, soda, raffles, auctions, and of course, your very own Twilight Vixens and Fella-Fem Drag Kings. After the show, follow the Vixens in procession to the festivities at Dolores Park! 1pm to 5pm. $10 (food, soda/beer) or $5 (food only), 21+ w/ID.


• Also Saturday: Dyke March and Dyke March After Affair at Paradise Lounge in SF, 1501 Folsom Street. The 2009 Dyke March will begin with a rally in Dolores Park at 3pm, and starts at 7pm. Afterwards, Join Amelia Mae Paradise for the After Affair at Paradise Lounge. A live-music dance party featuring Mighty Slim Pickins: All-female Vintage Country, Rockabilly, Punk Band. And Wood!: Classic Rock Drag King Hair Band. Plus see the Diamond Daggers: The Bay's Favorite Queer Burlesque! DJ Ryan will spin sexy dance tunes in the upstairs lair all night long! Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30. $15, 21+ w/ID.
  


• Sunday, June 28: SF Pride Parade and Celebration at various venues in Downtown San Francisco. Parade kicks off at 10:30 a.m. at Market St. & Beale and ends at Market & 8th St. in Downtown San Francisco. Afterwards, catch some of the hottest acts in burlesque at the Women's Dance & Performance Pavilion, at the intersection of Turk and Larkin Streets. See Amy Adams, Beth Elliott, ButchTap, Carrie Gerendasy, Diamond Daggers, Fella-Fem, Jay Walker, Jen Cross, Jukie Sunshine, Kentucky Fried Woman, King McQueen Royal Revue, Lady Gravity, Lady Monster, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, MOMMA'S BOYZ, Simone de la Getto, and Twilight Vixen Revue. Performances from 1pm to 3pm, dance party from 3pm to 6pm.
  
  

As always, for more information, please check the calendar above. Also, you may want to check back during the week to see if there are and late additions to this schedule. And if you have a burlesque show or information about a show you would like to add to the calendar, please email me at sfbr AT gmx DOT com.

Hot Pink Feathers and Uptown Hubba Hubba on Monday, June 22, 2009

This Monday, June 22, there will be two burlesquey-type events on both sides of the Bay. Woot!
In San Francisco, the Hot Pink Feathers will participate in The Cat's Pajamas at the Make-Out Room. Now, this is not the Berkeley store where you can find unique pajamas. Nor is it the SF rubber stamp place. Instead, it's a show on Monday nights hosted by Ginger of Whore Magazine celebrating cabaret through music, dance, the spoken word, and more. Plus it's free!

The Cat's Pajama's curated by Ginger

Monday, 6/22, you can catch Hot Pink Feathers performing for their first time at The Makeout Room, 3223 22nd btwn Mission and Valencia; at 8pm, 21+, FREE!

See excerpts from our Bollywood number & see us parade thru the room to the live music of Eggplant Casino!


http://www.hotpinkfeathers.com/
http://www.makeoutroom.com/

And, across the Bay in Oakland, it's Uptown Hubba Hubba! This week, the HHR boys will welcome SF favorite Sparkly Devil along with Flame Cynders of Los Angeles. Plus, there will be oh so much more to see, including my friends Josie Starre and sASSy Hotbuns!

Howdy Friends!

Hubba Hubba Revue returns to the UPTOWN CLUB this coming Monday night with a line-up guaranteed to put the sizzle in your Summer! Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, 'cuz it just doesn't get any HOTTER than this!

MONDAY, June 22nd, we've got:

SPARKLY DEVIL!
Flame Cynders!
sASSy Hotbuns!
Ariyana La Fey!
Calamity Lulu!
Miss Balla Fire!
Josie Starre!
Vicar Vixen!
Zip the What-Is-It?

...and everybody's favorite drunks/MC's, Kingfish & Eddie!

still only FIVE BUCKS!

Doors 9PM, Show at 10:15PM
21 & Up w/ID


THE UPTOWN CLUB
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(1 block from 19th Street BART!)


HELP SPREAD THE WORD, Y'ALL!

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com/
http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue
http://www.uptownnightclub.com/

QPOCalypse Now! Presented by Mangos with Chili and the 2009 NQAF on Saturday, June 20, 2009

King TuffNStuff passed along information about a Mangos with Chili show happening tomorrow, Saturday, June 20, 2009. MwC is the troupe cofounded by Miss Cherry Gallete, who is also dances with the Hot Pink Feathers. See her and all of the MwC performers including King TuffNStuff and Thisway/Thatway at SOMArts in a one night only performance depicting the end of the world as we know it and the beginning of ones that only can be imagined.

The 2009 National Queer Arts Festival and MANGOS WITH CHILI, the floating cabaret of queer and trans people of color bliss, dreams, sweat, sweets & nightmares proudly present:

QPOCalypse NOW!

June 20 - One night only
SOMArts, 934 Brannan St, SF
Doors at 7:30, Show at 8pm

Tickets: $13 - $20
No one turned away for lack of funds
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66089

The end times. 2012. The revolution. Terror. The chosen people.Disaster. Militarism. Revelations. Plague. The dawn of the 5th World. Space colonization. Making new homes and surviving new worlds.

In this highly anticipated divine new Mangos With Chili performance spectacular, come see the Bay Area’s noted and notorious QTPOC performance ensemble present an evening of all new collaborative work and hybrid performance exploring our visions of the end of the world and what comes afterwards.

From growing up in the apocalyptic worlds of Brooklyn, Scranton, Oakland, and Beirut, to the myths of the end times our ancestors told us, to the last crazy QTPOC dance party before The End, to living Octavia Butler’s dreams now, the Mangos With Chili crew will give you dreams and nightmares about revolution and our changing world through our high-intensity theater, dance, spoken word, drag, song, and more.

Featuring:
Charleston Chu
Nico Dacumos
Maceo Cabrera Estévez
Ms. Cherry Galette
Zuleikha Mahmood
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Amir Rabiyah
Yosimar Reyes
Thisway/Thatway
King TuffNStuff
and TBA

PLUS: a live score mixed by DJ Emancipacion, video by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Ami Puri, and TBA, an interactive altar, the Four Gay Unicorns of the Apocalypse, and other surprises!!!

Mangos With Chili: the floating cabaret of QTPOC bliss, dreams,sweats, sweets and nightmares is a Bay Area based arts organization committed to showcasing high quality work of life saving importance by queer and trans artists of color to audiences in the Bay Area and beyond. Founded by writer and spoken word artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and dancer, choreographer, and burlesque artist Ms Cherry Galette, Mangos with Chili began as an annual touring cabaret of queer and trans people of color performance artists, and now presents year round productions in the Bay Area in addition to our annual touring cabaret.

The troupe has performed to sold out houses across North America, wowing audiences in world class theaters, underground performance spaces, bars, community venues and campus halls with their hot, high intensity, and breathtaking performance, politics, and craft, reflecting the lives and stories of queer and trans people of color and speaking out in resistance to the daily struggles around silence, isolation, homophobia, and violence that QTPOC face.

Mangos with Chili is a fiscally sponsored project of CounterPulse. Production of QPOCalypse Now! is made possible by the generous support of the Horizons Foundation, the Queer Cultural Center, the San Francisco Foundation, the San Francisco Arts Commission, and the generous support of our community of donors.
For more information:

http://mangoswithchili.wordpress.com
http://blog.somarts.org

Diva Dan's Wicked Gorgeous Pride Celebration on Friday, June 18, 2009

As I mentioned in the week's events summary, it's the kickoff of SF Pride 2009 events. Here's a free one for all of you who will be in the East Bay on Friday. It's Diva Dan's Wicked Gorgeous Pride Celebration, and it'll feature lots of your favorite performers!

Diva Dan's Wicked Gorgeous Pride Celebration - Friday, June 19

Don't miss this night of Queens, Kings, and Vixens! The evening will feature Diva Dan along with Rusty Hips, Suppositori Spelling, Holatta Tymes, and Twilight Vixen Revue, as well as Jealous, Holly McGrail, Fella Fem, and Lady Lana. And yes, there will be prizes...plus, it's FREE!

Doors 8pm, Show 9:30pm; 21+

at the White Horse Inn, 6551 Telegraph Ave, Oakland




http://www.whitehorsebar.com

The Black Widows: Birthday Celebration for Noxious on Friday, June 19, 2009

My buddy Tricksie Treat and her fellow Black Widows are having a birthday celebration for Widow Noxious. And you're invited!

They'll add that edge to your burlesque experience. Check 'em out this Friday, June 19 at the Uptown Club in Oakland. If you dare!

The Black Widows: San Francisco's Original Gothic Strip Revue

Friday, June 19
A Birthday Celebration for Noxious!

Pole dancing and private dances!

With Natalie, Tricksie Treat, Akasha, Vivien, Tempest, and more!

DJs Fact.50 and Tomas Diablo



The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
21+ w/ID
9pm
$10


http://www.myspace.com/blackwidowssf
http://www.uptownnightclub.com

Red Hots Burlesque for Friday, June 19, 2009

One of my favorite acts from this year's Cabaret Verdalet was Trauma Flintstone, who proceeded to add new dimensions to the act of "stripping." More than clothes came off, and more than a physical body was revealed....

Now Trauma is appearing on the Red Hots Burlesque stage as a host for the first time! Plus, see Zelda Du Jour make her RHB debut in a duet with Kentucky Fried Woman! And there'll be lots more. Ya can't have a more "funner" happy hour than the award-winning one at El Rio!

Red Hots Burlesque! presents *The Traumatic Tales of Trauma Flintstone*

Please come to "The Hottest Happy Hour in the Bay" for a very special evening with a first time host to the Red Hots stage. We're packing the dressing room so it's up to you to pack the house. We're honored to have Trauma Flintstone-- "the drag queen you can take home to mom"-- guiding you through the gaggle of gams and team of tatas! There is another debut, please welcome the very fabulous Zelda Du Jour--in a duet with Kentucky Fried Woman-- to the Red Hots stage for the very first time. She is joined by some of our favorites: Lady Monster, Bunny Pistol, Ferosha Titties and picking up what we put down...Kitty Von Quimm.

The Show also includes a screening of filthy and freaky film footage brought to you by Val Killmore, Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous happy hour (Recently voted "THE BEST OF THE BAY" by the Guardian) and watch us twitch and twatch!

This Friday , June 19th
El Rio- YOUR DIVE
3158 Mission Street
The Show starts at 7:30pm! So don't be late!
Win the Raffle to donate to your favorite Charity or Non-profit!
$5-10 sliding scale to the sexy door maiden

21+ w/ID


http://www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque
http://www.redhotsburlesque.com
http://www.elriosf.com

Hubba Hubba Revue: Sideshow! Friday, June 19, 2009

Hey kids! Step right up and catch the circus sideshow! Join Kingfish and Eddie as they guide the audience through the amazing sights and sounds of the sexy dancers and the humorous funny people. Yay for the sexy and funny people!

Serendipitously enough, I'm listening to a podcast with photographer/writer/publisher Dale Rio (www.dalerio.com) as I'm typing this. And her first exposure to burlesque was when she became interested in sideshows in New York. It's always fascinating to see all the connections between so many of these forms of artistic expression!

Hubba Hubba Revue: SIDESHOW!

Friday, June 19th, 9PM

Join everyone's favorite carnival-barkers, Kingfish and Eddie, as they take you on a stroll through the Strange & Astounding Wonders of the Sideshow!

SEE! Burlesque performed by the sexiest circus-freaks and loveliest human-oddities ever assembled on a single stage!
THRILL! to the grinding goodness of the Go-Go Dancers of Mystery!
LAUGH! yourself silly before a comedy cavalcade unique in This World or the Next!

Sideshow Shennanigans and So Much More with...

The Diamond Daggers!
Sister Kate!
Bunny Pistol!
Peekaboo Burlesque!
Honey Lawless & Lady Satan!
McPuzo & Trotsky!
Flame Cynders!
The Flying Fox!
Sparkly Devil & Charlie Darling!
Room for Cream!
Wiggy Darlington & Vima Burlesque!
Professor Shimmy!
Nancy Kate!
Citty Rich!
Ariyana La Fey!
Miss Balla Fire!

From Key West Burlesque (Key West, Florida)

Tatah DuJour!
Lola La Flor!
Frenchie!
Le Femme du Acrobat!

http://keywestburlesque.com/


...and The Hubba Hubba Go-Go Dancers of Mystery!


LIVE! ON-STAGE! Satan's Sultry Songstress!

DEVIL DOLL!
http://www.myspace.com/devildoll


RUBE DISCOUNT: between 9:00-9:30PM, tickets are just $10!


Free dance lessons upstairs, 9:30 - 10:00PM, with The Amazing Brian! from Swing Goth


Hubba Hubba Revue: SIDESHOW!
Friday, June 19th, 9PM
DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh Street, SF
$15, 21 & Up w/valid ID
($12 advance tickets at www.dnalounge.com )

See more at:
www.hubbahubbarevue.com


STEP RIGHT UP, FOLKS, AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD!

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of June 15, 2009

Well, how about that? It's almost time for SF Pride 2009! And some of the celebratory events are starting to kick off. There was Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo A-Go-Go this past Sunday, and there'll be Diva Dan's Wicked Gorgeous Pride Celebration this Friday.

And it looks like there will be lots of shows to choose from this week, especially on Friday! In addition to the Hubba Hubba Revue "Big Show," there's the aforementioned Diva Dan's Wicked Gorgeous Pride Celebration, Red Hots Burlesque with special host Trauma Flintstone, and Cirque Noir Encore! The latter show may also be seen on Saturday.

Hmm. Looking through the lineup for HHR: Sideshow!, I see that Key West Burlesque will be special guests! Tatah DuJour was one of the contestants for Reigning Queen of Burlesque at this year's Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend. She had this intriguing "Caveman" act in which she interacted with actors in caveman garb on a screen behind her. I wonder if she'll reprise that act?

Without further ado, here is the schedule for the week!

• Monday, June 15, 2009: Dr. Sketchy's SF at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, 111 Minna Street. Bring your sketchbooks and pencils and draw some lovely ladies on bicycles! You'll also be able to purchase some of the works of art produced tonight. So participate, or hang out at the bar and watch things unfold. 7-10pm. $10 general, $7 students or teachers w/ID. Free to hang out at the bar. 21+ w/ID.
  


• Also Monday: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. It's time for Bombshell Betty, her Burlesqueteers, and Fromagique! Featuring Bombshell Betty, Mynx d'Meanor, Red Velvet, Penny Paperback, Tiger von Claus, If-N-Whendy, Foxy Chartreuse, Agnes O'God, Pearl Anne Corset Shop, Dia Bolique, Toot Sweet Petite, and Fina Fatale! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, June 19: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Prepare for a special evening with host Trauma Flintstone! See newcomer Zelda Du Jour in a duet with Kentucky Fried Woman! Marvel at the performances of RHB favorites Lady Monster, Bunny Pistol, Ferosha Titties, and, picking up what they put down...Kitty Von Quimm! Show at 7:30pm. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Diva Dan's Wicked Gorgeous Pride Celebration at White Horse Inn in Oakland, 6551 Telegraph Avenue. Don't miss this night of Queens, Kings, and Vixens! The evening will feature Diva Dan along with Rusty Hips, Suppositori Spelling, Holatta Tymes, and Twilight Vixen Revue, as well as Jealous, Holly McGrail, Fella Fem, and Lady Lana. And yes, there will be prizes...plus, it's FREE! Doors 8pm, show 9:30. Free, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Hubba Hubba Revue: Sideshow! at DNA Lounge in SF, 375 Eleventh Street. Join everyone's favorite carnival-barkers, Kingfish and Eddie, as they take you on a stroll through the Strange & Astounding Wonders of the Sideshow! Starring The Diamond Daggers, Sister Kate, Bunny Pistol, Peekaboo Burlesque, Honey Lawless & Lady Satan, McPuzo & Trotsky, Flame Cynders, The Flying Fox, Sparkly Devil & Charlie Darling, Room for Cream, Wiggy Darlington & Vima Burlesque, Professor Shimmy, Nancy Kate, Citty Rich, Ariyana La Fey, and Miss Balla Fire. Plus, from Key West Burlesque... Tatah DuJour! Lola La Flor! Frenchie! Le Femme du Acrobat! Doors at 9pm, free Swing Goth lessons at 9:30pm, show at 10. $15, $12 advance tickets at www.dnalounge.com, $10 Rube discount from 9-9:30 at the door. 21+ w/ID.
  


• Also Friday through Saturday, June 20: Bow & Sparrow Presents Cirque Noir Encore! at DanceGround Keriac in SF, 1805 Divisadero Street. An aerial dance extravaganza, New Orleans-style masquerade ball, and burlesque all in one! Featuring Amanda Bassolino, Ana Hyatt, Deb Arana, Natalie Chaput, Erika Campbell, and Julianne Harper. Hosted by Chris Libby. Directed by Alayna Stroud. Doors at 8pm, show at 8:30. $20, tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68909 or at the door. 21 and older only.


• Sunday, June 21: Debauchery at White Horse Inn in Oakland, 6551 Telegraph Avenue. A stripclub for queers of all genders! Featuring an enticing selection of salaciously smoldering strippers, $10 Lap dances and naughty raffle prizes! Door at 7pm, Show at 8. $5-15 cover; all proceeds benefit organizations working in the queer community.
  21+ w/ID.
  

As always, for more information, please check the calendar above. Also, you may want to check back during the week to see if there are and late additions to this schedule. And if you have a burlesque show or information about a show you would like to add to the calendar, please email me at sfbr AT gmx DOT com.

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, June 15, 2009

One of the performers I got to know a little better at this year's Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend is Mynx d'Meanor (mynxdmeanor.com). She got her start in burlesque with Bombshell Betty several years ago, then moved to San Diego where she started her own show, Fishnet Follies Burlesque Revue (fishnetfollies.com).

Now she's back in San Francisco and she'll be performing this Monday at Uptown Hubba Hubba with Bombshell Betty and Fromagique! See her and the Burlesqueteers along with your buddies Kingfish and Eddie.

Howdy Friends!

This Monday at the UPTOWN CLUB, Hubba Hubba Revue welcomes back the sensei of striptease, BOMBSHELL BETTY, and her toothsome bevy of burlesque beauties, THE BURLESQETEERS!

For Monday, June 15th, featuring:

Bombshell Betty!
Mynx D'Meanor!
Red Velvet!
Penny Paperback!
Tiger von Claus!
If-N-Whendy!
Foxy Chartreuse!
Agnes O'God!
Pearl Anne Corset Shop!
Dia Bolique!
Toot Sweet Petite!
Fina Fatale!

LIVE musical entertainment with FROMAGIQUE!

and everyone's favorite drunks/MC's, Kingfish & Eddie!

All still just FIVE BUCKS!

Doors 9PM, Show 10:15PM
21 & Up w/ID


THE UPTOWN CLUB!
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(1 block from 19th Street BART!)


HELP SPREAD THE WORD, Y'ALL!


http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com
http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue
http://www.bombshellbetty.net
http://www.uptownnightclub.com

Cirque Noir Aerial Burlesque tonight and next weekend, June 19 and 20, 2009

I'm always on the lookout for new burlesque events, and a reader named Lisa emailed me today that Cirque Noir Aerial Burlesque will be performing tonight, June 13, and next weekend, June 19 and 20 at 8pm. This apparently is an encore performace of shows they had in April.

I found an article by SFGate.com's Trey Bundy, which describes the performance artists' preparation for the show. He writes, "Their new show combines a New Orleans-style masquerade ball with cheeky burlesque and modern aerial dance broken into 10 vignettes."

Here are the details:

Bow & Sparrow Presents Cirque Noir Encore!

June 12, 13, 19, and 20, 2009

Doors at 8pm, show at 8:30

DanceGround Keriac
1805 Divisadero Street (@ Bush)
San Francisco, CA 94115

Price $20.00

Info Line 336 391-6610
http://www.alaynastroud.com/
http://www.bowandsparrow.org/

Contact Alayna Stroud
1805 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Alayna@alaynastroud.com


Tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68909


Description:
Performance & Creative Direction: Alayna Stroud
Master of Ceremonies: Chris Libby
Featured Performers: Amanda Bassolino, Ana Hyatt, Deb Arana, Natalie Chaput, Erika Campbell, & Julianne Harper
Infectious grooves: DJ Babbidge
Masks & feathers for performers and for purchase by tigerlily (http://www.madebytigerlily.com/)

NOTE: No one under 21 years old will be admitted.

Notes
There are only 100 tickets available per night. Buy in Advance! Sell outs will be posted. Otherwise tickets will be available at the door.

Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco on Monday, June 15, 2009

It's lovely ladies on bikes this Monday at Dr. Sketchy's! Alice Stribling, Jessica Meek and Ellen Van den Bergh will model for you with their bicycles. There will be a tribute to the band Queen and the song, "Bicycle Race." Plus, it seems like they'll be letting you sell the drawings that you create during the workshop. Woot! Here are the details from the lovely hostesses themselves:

Who can resist lovely ladies on two wheels?

Bring your pencils and sketchpads to the June session of Dr Sketchy's SF and draw our lovely bike gang:

Alice Stribling, Jessica Meek and Ellen Van den Bergh.

NEW...
This month we are inviting everyone who participates in the workshop to put their favorite drawings on display for the evening with the option to sell them if you want. We will be putting display walls up for everyone to see, so please invite your non-sketcher friends to come and check out the art and hang at the bar!

Also...
As always our sponsor Baby Tattoo Books is providing beautifully printed books which we will give away as prizes for each month's drawing contest.

How much is it?
It's $10 general admission for sketchers, or $7 for students or teachers with I.D. The best part...it's FREE for anyone wanting to just drop in and hang out at the bar!! Don't worry if you don't want to draw the models, you can still come in and check out the fun. 21 and over with I.D.

Monday, June 15, 2009
7-10pm
111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna Street, San Francisco

For all you sketcher's though, bring your sketchbooks, and be prepared for some naughty good fun!


Sincerely,

Jessica Whiteside and Alice Stribling
your Dr. Sketchy's hostesses!


http://www.drsketchyssf.com
http://www.111minnagallery.com

Vote for San Francisco Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay 2009

Ah, my inbox is filling up with requests for my vote for "Best Burlesque Act." It must be that time of the year again! Yes, the San Francisco Bay Guardian is seeking votes for their annual "Best of the Bay" issue. It's your chance to vote for your favorite burlesque act, dance studio, dance company, etc. Would you like to vote? Here is the URL:

http://www.sfbg.com/bobpoll2009/

"Best Burlesque Act" is on page two of the poll, item #36. Make sure you click through to the final page and click the "done" button for your vote to count. You don't have to answer every category, just as many as you want.

Happy voting! :-)

Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo A-Go-Go this Sunday, June 14, 2009

You've heard about the Alpha Psi Ecdysia West Coast tour stopping in to perform at Spookshow-A-Go-Go this Sunday in a previous post, but there are many more performers, too! There's Ruby Vixen, Dottie Lux, Ophelia Cour de Noir, Kitty Von Quimm, and Steven Satyricon. Plus Sideshow Oddity! There'll be DJs Drama bin Laden and Pink Slip. All hosted by Virginia Suicide!

And you get to see Troma Entertainment's 1998 cult classic, "Fag Hag." Here. See for yourself!

Lux Killmore presents
Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo-A-Go-Go

June 14th @ 7pm | The Stud
399 9th Street |Admission: $7 | Full Bar 21+ with ID
Film: Troma's Fag Hag

Live Burlesque Performances by:Ruby Vixen, Dottie Lux, Ophelia Cour de Noir, Kitty Von Quimm, Steven Satyricon and Gemma Stone, Angelique A'Lamode, Miss Elixir, Izebel Vivant from Alpha Psi Ecdysia (New Paltz, NY) and more including Sideshow Oddity "The Horrifying and Harsh Reality"
Hosted by: Real life Homosexual- Virginia Suicide
AND DJ Drama Bin Laden, Pink Slip

Never has it been more important than now to be out and proud. Come support your friends or do like Katy Perry does and kiss a girl! We have an amazing queer cast and are delighted to have Alpha Psi Ecdysia on their West Coast tour. You don't want to miss this event!




http://www.myspace.com/spookshowagogo
http://www.studsf.com

Red Hots Burlesque for Friday, June 12, 2009

This week Red Hots returns to the great outdoors—or at least the patio of El Rio—for a FREE show this Friday. And Lucifer's Strip Club Band is back to provide live music. You can't beat this for a happy hour to remember!

Red Hots Burlesque Brings you A Free Outdoor Show! With LIVE music!

Friday June 12th 7:30 pm SHARP
El Rio 3158 Mission Street

Hosted by Succulent & Nubile Virginia Suicide

With Performances by Dottie Lux, Monifa, Lily Le Rouge & Kellita

Live Music Brought to you by Lucifer's Strip Club Band

And Special Appearance by Mary Mary



Red Hots Burlesque celebrated one year at El Rio in February and they've been seeing sold out shows since the new year! Enjoy this highly acclaimed show, you know if you miss one week, you'll be kicking yourself! And this week we are giving back. RHB is so thankful for all the love that comes through our door week after week so this week we're giving it to you for free! I am requesting the warmest weather June can offer and don't you worry there are heaters to keep the patio nice and toasty. Enjoy the free BBQ and happy hour specials!

Free! 21+ w/ID


http://www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque
http://www.redhotsburlesque.com
http://www.elriosf.com

"The Lair of Lady Monster" radio show debuts Saturday, June 13, 2009

Our favorite Bay Area Queen of the Fire Tassels, Lady Monster, has her own radio show on FCC FREE RADIO! You can hear her every Saturday from 2 to 4pm either on the radio at 107.3FM in San Francisco or on the Web at www.fccfreeradio.com.

She told me at Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Vegas that though she'll cover other topics, much of her show will be burlesque-oriented. For her premiere show this Saturday, she'll have Dottie Lux and Val Killmore as her guests!

I'm so excited for her!

Here is the show announcement from her blog at ladymonsterlair.blogspot.com:

Dottie Lux! Val Killmore! JUNE 13th!

The premiere of the Lair of Lady Monster on FCC FREE RADIO will have the guests:

DOTTIE LUX of Red Hots Burlesque, School of Shimmy and Spookshow A Go-Go!
If you have seen burlesque in San Francisco or New York City - you have probably seen Dottie Lux.
As quoted in Curve Magazine: "Dottie Lux, of Red Hots Burlesque, clowns around in her performances, literally. She says that 'the world seems a little less serious when you’re wearing grease paint.'”
"Sex, humor and entertainment." DailyJews.com
"Strangely sexy" Burlesque Review

-and-

Val Killmore of LuxKillmore Productions and Spookshow A Go-Go.
Filmmaker extraordinaire - you can usually expect some gore with your go-go in her shorts, er films that is.

Tune in for all the bloody and bawdy details of this dastardly duo and all they bring to the San Francisco artistic community.

The Lair of Lady Monster
Tune in 2:00 - 4:00PM
Every Saturday
FCC FREE RADIO
107.3FM in San Francisco
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/

Alpha Psi Ecdysia Tour comes to Little Minsky's this week

A year ago when I started this blog, I looked around the Web to see what else people were doing. One of the most popular burlesque blogs was and is Jo "Boobs" Weldon's Daily Burlesque (burlesquedaily.blogspot.com). And it just so happened that she was blogging about a group of students at SUNY New Paltz that she had been teaching. They called themselves Alpha Psi Ecdysia, and they're here in the Bay Area this week!

Because of their unique position as the only student-led, campus-based burlesque troupes in the country, they've drawn media attention. Articles in the New Paltz Oracle and the Times Herald-Record have described how and why the troupe formed. Led by producer Lucida Sans, Alpha Psi Ecdysia has performed in New York, Boston, Albany, and New Paltz, and APE is on their first West Coast tour with stops in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

I met many of the performers at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas. They're personable, informed about burlesque, and very enthusiastic. I'm quite excited to see them perform this week. How can you not be impressed by a group of student performers who managed to attain funds from a university to travel to Las Vegas for Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend?

Featuring APE's Gemma Stone, Lucida Sans, Miss Elixir, Izebel Vivant and Angelique A'Lamode, the group will perform this Thursday, June 11, at Little Minsky's at Club Deluxe:

Little Minsky's
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Doors at 9pm, show at 10
Club Deluxe
1511 Haight St., San Francisco, CA
$5, 21+ w/ID

The troupe will also be performing at Spookshow A-Go-Go this coming Sundy, June 14, at The Stud in San Francisco:

Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo A-Go-Go
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Show at 7pm
The Stud
399 9th Street, San Francisco, CA
$7, 21+ w/ID

So come on out to see and help support the future of burlesque! :-)

Barbary Coast Burlesque for Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Hey folks! Bunny Pistol has arrived back from the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend and is all revved up to bring you this month's Barbary Coast Burlesque!

This month, she has the sexy Virginia Suicide as the hostess with the mostest. Check out how much show you'll see for only five bucks!

Barbary Coast Presents...
A Night to Spice Up Your Life!!

Starring...
Pin Key Lee
Flame Cynders
sASSy Hotbuns
Juicy D. Light
Cupcake
Tinky Sparkle
Flying Fox
Bunny Pistol

With our Sexy Hostess
Virginia Suicide

ANNIES SOCIAL CLUB
917 Folsom St @ 5th
SHOW AT 8pm
ONLY $5 at the door where it all begins with Kandy!!!



http://www.myspace.com/bunnypistolpresents
http://www.anniessocialclub.com

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of June 8, 2009

Woo! That Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend was a blast! Met so many burlesque people from around the world. Saw so many wonderful performances! Seemed like there was something to do and see 24/7! Oh my, how burlesque people know how to party! But now I've got to catch up on my stuff, including this "Week in SF Burlesque!"

Guess what? A bit of BHOF is coming here to the Bay Area! In addition to the locals who performed in Vegas (Bunny Pistol on Thursday night, Kiss Me Kate as a pick-up artist on Friday night), Alpha Psi Ecdysia from SUNY New Paltz is performing! They're one of the only university-affiliated burlesque troupes in the United States. I met some of them this past weekend, and I'm excited to see them perform at Little Minsky's on Thursday and Spookshow-A-G0-Go on Sunday!

Okay. Here is the schedule so far. Keep checking the blog for last minute show information.

• Monday, June 8, 2009: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Lady Satan, Flame Cynders, Kiss Me Kate, Bootsy LaRue, Honey Lawless, Riff Ditties, and Wiggy Darlington & The Naughty Bits! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Tuesday, June 9: Pajama Party with Bombshell Betty, Fromagique, and Company at the Elbo Room in San Francisco, 647 Valencia Street. Grab your pillow and your sexiest nighty, because we're throwing a PAJAMA PARTY! Join us for a burlesque extravaganza with live musical accompaniment by Fromagique. Featuring Bombshell Betty, Red Velvet, The AMAZING Coconuts, Tiger von Claus, Foxy Chartreuse, Peggy Pistolwhip, Penny Paperback, If-N-Whendy, Agnes O'God, Dia Bolique, Toot Sweet Petite, and more! 9pm to midnight. $8, 21+ w/ID.


• Wednesday, June 10: Barbary Coast Burlesque at Annie's Social Club in SF, 917 Folsom Street. Barbary Coast Presents... A Night to Spice Up Your Life!! Starring Pin Key Lee, Flame Cynders, sASSy Hotbuns, Juicy D. Light, Cupcake, Tinky Sparkle, The Flying Fox, and Bunny Pistol. With Sexy Hostess Virginia Suicide! Show at 8pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, June 11: Little Minsky's at Club Deluxe in SF, 1511 Haight Street. Little Minsky's is brought to you by Douglas Good (of Cabaret Verdalet), The Flying Fox (burlesque glamour girl). This month's show includes performances by New York's famous Alpha Psi Ecdysia's Miss Elixir, Lucida Sans, Angelique A'lamode, Gemma Stone and Izebel Vivant, and also hostess Gemma Stone. And more! Show at 10pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, June 12: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Hosted by Succulent & Nubile Virginia Suicide. With Performances by Dottie Lux, Monifa, Lily Le Rouge & Kellita. Live Music Brought to you by Lucifer's Strip Club Band! And Special Appearance by Mary Mary. Show at 7:30pm. Free, 21+ w/ID.


• Sunday, June 14: Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo-A-Go-Go at The Stud in SF, 399 9th Street. Live Burlesque Performances by Ruby Vixen, Dottie Lux, Ophelia Coeur de Noir, Kitty Von Quimm, Steven Satyricon and Gemma Stone, Angelique A'Lamode, Miss Elixir, Izebel Vivant from Alpha Psi Ecdysia (New Paltz, NY) and more including Sideshow Oddity "The Horrifying and Harsh Reality." Hosted by Real life Homosexual- Virginia Suicide. Music from DJ Drama Bin Laden, Pink Slip. We have an amazing queer cast and are delighted to have Alpha Psi Ecdysia on their West Coast tour. Show at 7pm $7, 21+ w/ID.
  

As always, for more information, please check the calendar above. And if you have a burlesque show or information about a show you would like to add to the calendar, please email me at sfbr AT gmx DOT com.

Pajama Party with Bombshell Betty, Fromagique, and Company on Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Hey all! It's time to get out your PJs and party with Bombshell Betty and Fromagique! Yes, Betty and Fromagique's Randy are your guides to the most funnest (!!!) time you can have on a Tuesday night in your sleepwear. So drop by the Elbo Room this Tuesday and party down with some jazzy burlesque!

Grab your pillow and your sexiest nighty, because we're throwing a PAJAMA PARTY!

Join us for a burlesque extravaganza with live musical accompaniment by San Francisco's cheesiest jazz band, FROMAGIQUE! We're having three full hours of Burlesque, Go-Go and live music for only $8!!!

Dress-up is highly encouraged! Bring your PJ's, Lingerie, Smoking Jackets, Slippers, Stuffed Animals, and your "Well Fluffed Pillows".

Sexy bedtime stories and nighty-night Burlesque and Go-Go by:

Bombshell Betty
Red Velvet
The AMAZING Coconuts
Tiger von Claus
Foxy Chartreuse
Peggy Pistolwhip
Penny Paperback
If-N-Whendy
Agnes O'God
Dia Bolique
Toot Sweet Petite
Pearl Anne Corset Shop
Fina Fatale
Burlesqueteers
Fromagettes
and MANY more!

Hosted by:
Odessa Lil, your *THWACK!* Mistress of Ceremonies

Tuesday
Jun 9 2009

Elbo Room
647 Valencia St.
Near 17th in SF

Show 9pm-midnight
$8 * 21+

http://www.bombshellbetty.net
http://www.myspace.com/fromagique
http://www.elbo.com

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, June 8, 2009

I've only got 15 minutes before the Burlesque Hall of Fame closing night show begins, but here's the information for tomorrow's Uptown Hubba Hubba! I'll be back late Monday night, so I can't make the show. Hope you all enjoy it, though! :-)

The Summer of Fun is off and running! Hubba Hubbe Revue returns to the Uptown Club this Monday, June 8th, with *another* amazing line-up of the finest BURLESQUE anywhere! Check it out!

For Monday, June 8th, we've got:

LADY SATAN!
Flame Cynders!
Kiss Me Kate!
Bootsy LaRue!
Honey Lawless!
Riff Ditties!
Wiggy Darlington & The Naughty Bits!
Zip The What-Is-It?

...and everyone's favorite drunks/MC's, Kingfish & Eddie!

still only FIVE BUCKS!

Doors 9PM, Show 10:15PM
21 & Up w/ID


THE UPTOWN CLUB
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(a mere 1 block from 19th Street BART!)


http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com
http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue
http://www.uptownnightclub.com/

2009 Burlesque Hall of Fame Best of Burlesque Pageant Winners and Results

Because last year I wanted the results of the Miss Exotic World Pageant right away, and because I'm here in Vegas this year... Here are the winners of the 2009 Burlesque Hall of Fame Best of Burlesque Pageant! Note that the organizers have dropped the designation of Miss Exotic World 2009 and are using the new designation of "Queen of Burlesque."

Best Debut: Melody Mangler (Vancouver, B.C., )

Best Group: Nanda (Portland, OR and Port Townsend, WA)

Best Variety: Gigi & Pop (Brooklyn, NY)

Best Boylesque: Hot Toddy (Chicago, IL)

Reigning Queen of Burlesque 2009 (formerly Miss Exotic World): Kalani KoKonuts (Las Vegas, NV)

Reigning Queen First Runner Up: Roxy Dlite (Windsor, ON, Canada)

Reigning Queen Second Runner Up: Perle Noire (New Orleans, LA)


There were additional awards presented. The hosts, El Vez and Miss Astrid, said that they were created because there was such a delay in getting the results from the judges for Best Boylesque and Reigning Queen. I've noticed in past years they were called "special awards." The winners are as follows:

Burlesque Hall of Fame Legends Award: Satan's Angel

Most Innovative: Arabella Trapeze (Brooklyn, NY)

Most Classic: Knicker Kittens Burlesque Revue (Stockholm, Sweden)

Most Comical; Little Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)

Most Dazzling: Kalani KoKonuts (Las Vegas, NV)


As I'm sitting here in the lobby/coffee shop of the Orleans, I'm watching excited winners and disappointed non-winners passing by. I myself am disappointed that my bowling teammate Vivienne VaVoom wasn't named Reigning Queen. But, I have friends waiting for me at the official afterparty. I shall post more about the goings on here from Friday and Saturday later.

Thursday at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend 2009

I arrived at McCarron airport at 4pm. Since I flew in alone from Oakland, I decided to take a shuttle. Took about 10 minutes longer than by cab, but i saved about $10. Not a bad tradeoff.

The site of the BHOF this year is the Orleans. It's a large hotel/casino west of the Strip. Just south of the Palms and Gold Coast. It's a nice place, relatively new and modern. And the word amonst attendees is that it's a much better place to deal with than the Palms was last year. And they have a nice showroom.

I checked in, got my room, then went to look for my bowling teammates. Many of the male guests were talking about there being a burlesque event here this weekend. They were doing so in rather restrained yet excited tones. Indeed, you can tell pretty much who's here for BHOF. Many are dressed to impress, and stand out from the shorts, tees, and athletic shoes crowd. They have a tendency to gawk and whisper things like, "There's a burlesque thing here this weekend."

No one was at the lanes yet, so I went to eat at the TGI Fridays here. Oddly enough, I received a text from Dizzy Swank, my teammate, saying that he was eating there. I looked around the restaurant, and recognized him sitting with other burlesque people. Turns out it's a popular place. I've seen Kitten on the Keys there and have had a drink with my friends Josie Starre and Lily LeRouge there.

There isn't a really a front desk for the event, so it's just a matter of waiting for one of the events to start. In this case, it was the bowling tournament. I met Magic Max who was with Dizzy, and recognized Vivienne VaVoom from pictures I've seen of her. They were all cool, friendly people, and we pretty much chatted and waited for the bowling to start.

Left to right: Me, Vivienne VaVoom, Dizzy Swank

Which of coures took a while. Once we got every team assigned to a lane, we started bowling. This being burlesque bowling, everybody was dressed. Lots of laughs, people mingling. A total blast! There were two games played until it was time for the Thursday night bash to start.

Hosted by Tigger, the event featured many, many talented performers. Darlinda Just Darlinda, Polly Wood, Nasty Canasta, and our own Bunny Pistol were just a few who entertained the crowd.

Tigger hosting the Opening Night Bash

The show started at 11:30, and went to almost 3am. I chatted with Kitten on the Keys and The Frightening Mr. Tinkler, Douglas Good, and others whom I recognized from the Bay Area. By that time, I was ready to crash. The good thing is the room is only a 5 minute walk from the venues.

Oh! And my teammate Magic Max married Little Stormy earlier in the day. And I was told that Michelle L'amour and Franky Vivid would marry onstage on Friday. Weddings in Vegas. Who would have thought?

Burlesque n' Brass and Rally the Troupes on Saturday, June 6, 2009

Greetings from Las Vegas, site of the 2009 Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend! It's pretty damn amazing here. I was in the 1st Annual Barecats Invitational Bowling Tournament and chatting with Kellita of the Hot Pink Feathers. I really couldn't come up with a word to describe the sight of so many burlesquers bowling. I could only come up with "interesting." Ha ha. So many costumes! The sights and sounds were just something that you'd have to witness for yourselves.

Speaking of Kellita, the Hot Pink Feathers will be performing this Saturday at Cafe Van Kleef in Burlesque n' Brass with Blue Bone Express. Simone de la Getto will be the guest host!

BURLESQUE N' BRASS

CAFE VAN KLEEF
1621 Telegraph in Oakland

Saturday 6/6 doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30 sharp; $10, 21+ w/ID.

HPF & Blue Bone Express with Guest MC Simone de la Getto!


http://www.hotpinkfeathers.com/
http://www.blueboneexpress.com/
http://www.cafevankleef.com/

I'm guessing that Kellita won't be there, but the show goes on!

I've also received a message from the Twilight Vixen Revue that they'll be performing in Rally the Troupes on Saturday as part of the Queer Arts Festival. Also appearing will be Sahara Dunes and Miz Ginger Snapz, along with many others!

Saturday, June 6
Rally the Troupes
A night of smart, sexy, queer political performance at the 5th annual Rally the Troupes, part of the Queer Arts Festival. Featuring original performances by: CHUBB, Thisway/Thatway, Lil Miss Hot Mess, Brush Arbor Girls, ButchTap, Charleston Chu, Delicio Del Toro, The Bromantics, House of Glitter, Twilight Vixen Revue, The Lovesax Sisters, Keshet Crew, Dancing with the Star Trekkies, from Portland the fabulous Sahara Dunes, and from Seattle Miz Ginger Snapz. Plus your MC, Kentucky Fried Woman! TWO SHOWS - and this always sells out! $15-20, sliding scale - get your tickets in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/.
7pm and 9:30 pm, at SomArts, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco

Red Hots Burlesque and First Friday Follies for Friday, June 5, 2009

Red Hots Burlesque leads off this Friday with the graduates of the latest class of the School of Shimmy! And one of the first graduates of SoS, Lady Satan, is also on the bill. So watch all of the happenings on the stage at El Rio!

Red Hots Burlesque Brings you The School of Shimmy Graduates!

Friday June 5th 7:30 pm SHARP
El Rio 3158 Mission Street

With Debut performances by Bunny Bardot, Trixie Letourneau, Bitter Waitress, Eva Valentina and welcome back from the first ever School of Shimmy... Lady Satan!

Hosted By Dottie Lux

These performers have been primping and practicing and now they're ready to show it all to you. Come out and support these virgins. Help them pop their burlesque cherries!

$5-$10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID

http://www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque
http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/
http://www.elriosf.com/

Across the Bay, it's time for First Friday Follies! They've brought the yodeling Japanese cowboy back, plus that Mistress of the Whips, Madam Chartreuse! I wonder if those two will have an act together? :-O

Thanks everybody for coming out and making our May show kick ass and thank you to all of our fabulous performers! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Despite the crappy weather, the show ruled! Mark your calendars because another First Friday Follies is just around the corner! That's right... June 5th we'll be back with another exciting show and more SugarTits!

Performers include:

Ruby Vixen!
Madam Chartreuse!
Miss Balla Fire!
Musical stylings of Toshio Hirano!
The amazing Bronkar!
Count Dante & The Black Dragon Fighting Society will rock you!
Cupcake and Little Eyeful! Pint-sized Princesses!
BB Dahl! Hot-ass pick-up artist!

Margaret France! Our Marvelous Emcee! Margaret has become a variety show unto herself by including singing and awkward dancing in her act. And, a varietal fashion plate! She's hawt!

And maybe more! We'll see! Tune in later for updates!

It's a whole lotta show, folks! No cover charge as usual, but FEEL FREE TO DONATE! Please!

And Keep Burlesque Alive in Oakland!

The Stork Club 2330 Telegraph Ave Oakland Doors 8pm Show 9pm No Cover!

Free! 21+ w/ID

http://www.myspace.com/firstfridayfollies
http://www.storkcluboakland.com/

Hubba Hubba Revue presents The Living Dead Girlz in ZOMBIE BEACH PARTY! Friday, June 5, 2009

Huh. I go out of town and the zombies invade! Coincidence? I think not! Ha ha! Yes, the good people at Hubba Hubba Revue and The Living Dead Girlz are getting everyone together in their surfing duds and zombie finery at the DNA Lounge for some beach party action!

Hubba Hubba Revue presents The Living Dead Girlz in...
ZOMBIE BEACH PARTY!

Friday, June 5th, 9PM

Nobody crashes a Wild, Wild Surf Party like a pack of brain-eating zombies!

Join The Living Dead Girlz and their kookie cast of beach-bums and beach-bunnies for a summertime send-up of sand and surf guaranteed to put the laughter in "slaughter!"

Haunted Surf Dance Party with DJ Sage!

Undead Beach-Wear Costume Contest (with Fabulous Prizes!)

Zombie Photo Booth by Johnny Electro!

Performing *Undead* on stage:
THE LIVING DEAD GIRLZ!
Sparkly Devil!
Honey Lawless!
Dottie Lux!
Lee Presson & Leslie Presley!
Calamity Lulu!
Honeysuckle Moses!
Kingfish & Eddie!
Kliff Jerk!

and many, many more!






ZOMBIE BEACH PARTY!
Friday, June 5th, 9PM
DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh Street, SF (http://www.dnalounge.com)
$10, 21 & Up w/valid ID
($7 for Zombies and Surfers!)

HELP US SPREAD THE WORD FASTER THAN THE ZOMBIE VIRUS!

See more stuff at www.hubbahubbarevue.com

Zombie burlesque. Always popular. Always hawt! ;-)