San Francisco area burlesque for the week of August 31, 2009

Looks like we've got another week of shows that's loaded towards the back of the week. So take a look at the shows and choose which ones you'd like to see.

If you've wanted to see the comedy troupe Killing My Lobster but haven't yet, this Friday will be a good time. They'll have as special guests the Hot Pink Feathers!

And on Saturday, you'll have a choice between Burlesque n' Brass with the Hot Pink Feathers and Blue Bone Express, or the Kentucky Fried Woman Show at Velvet.

Whatever you choose, you'll probably have a great time. So it's a win-win decision! Enjoy, everyone! :-)

• Monday, August 31: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Celebrate the end of August with Kingfish and Eddie! They'll be joined by Frederique Voix De Ville, Josie Starre, Gretl von BoomBoom, The Can-Cannibals, Victoria & The Vaudvillains, and good ole Zip the What-Is-It! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, August 28: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF, 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: Hot Pink Feathers with Killing My Lobster at Traveling Jewish Theatre in San Francisco, 470 Florida Street. This Fall, KML puts the "muse" in amuse, with a show all about the arts and inspiration! Featuring live original music from Olive Mitra and his house band, plus a full line-up of guest artists, KML Patronizes the Arts plays for just 3 weeks only. This week featuring the Hot Pink Feathers! Show at 8pm. Tickets $20 general admission, $15 students w/valid ID.
  


• Also Friday: First Friday Follies at The Stork Club in Oakland, 2330 Telegraph Avenue. Join emcee Margaret France for a show featuring musical guests The Gomorran Social Aid and Pleasure Club. Plus, see burlesque from Cupcake & Mugg Muggles, Marie La Faux, Bunny Pistol, Sparkly Devil, Bitterwaitress, Trixie Letourneau, and the Dishrag Dollies! Show at 9:30pm. Free, but donations always welcome. 21+ w/ID.


• Saturday, September 5: Burlesque n' Brass at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland, 1621 Telegraph Avenue. Hot Pink Feathers and Blue Bone Express set fire to CvK once again! 3 full sets of booty-shakin' live music and 4 sets of dance in cozy, eclectic enviro! Doors at 8pm, show at 9:30 sharp! $10 plus tips, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Saturday: Kentucky Fried Woman Show at Velvet in Oakland, 3411 MacArthur Boulevard. Tribute to Dolly Parton! With some of your favorite performers, featuring Simone de la Getto, Momma’s Boyz, Lady Monster, Sir Loin Strip & Friends, Lil Miss Hot Mess, The Lovesax Sisters & The Miller Sisters, Storm Miguel Florez, and all the way from Seattle, a KFW show favorite, the one and only, Pidgeon von Tramp! Show at 9:30pm. $10, 21+ w/ID.
  

Cabaret deNude was supposed to return from hiatus this month, but it's not scheduled on the Stud's website, and no one has logged into their MySpace account since May. I'll post something if I learn that the show's happening this Sunday.

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, August 31, 2009

Well, what do you know? There are 31 days in August. And it just so happens that on this fateful evening there will be an Uptown Hubba Hubba show! Yes, enjoy a commencement ceremony for August 2009 and perhaps a few drinks while taking in a naughtysexyfunnythoroughlyenjoyable show. ;-)

Howdy Friends!

Fall is peepin' around the corner, and Hubba Hubba Revue is getting excited about that! But Summer's not over yet, oh my no! We've got one last day of August and we're gonna make the most of it! Come on down to Oakland's UPTOWN CLUB this coming Monday, August 31st, 'cuz we're gonna send out the old month in style!

MONDAY, August 31st, we've got:

FREDERIQUE VOIX DE VILLE!
Josie Starre!
Gretl von BoomBoom!
The Can-Cannibals!
Victoria & The Vaudvillains!
Zip the What-Is-It!

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

all for 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.uptownnightclub.com

Burlesque and related shows in San Francisco this weekend

Of course, there will be a Red Hots Burlesque show on Friday, August 28 at 7:30pm at El Rio in the Mission. Entry is only between $5 and $10. You don't want to forget that show, even if you went to the Feed fundraiser on Thursday night!

But there will also be a free all-ages stage show in Oakland on Saturday being produced by Amelia Mae Paradise and Diamond Daggers (http://www.diamonddaggers.com/). It will be part of Sistahs Steppin' in Pride 2009 (http://www.sistahssteppin.org/), and will take place between 1pm and 6pm on the Festival Main Stage in Snow Park between 19th and Harrison Streets in Downtown Oakland. Here is the line-up for the stage show:

Sistahs Steppiní in Pride August 29, 2009
Festival Main Stage

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Stage to run from 1 pm - 6 pm

SET 1
DJ Ryan: http://www.myspace.com/ladydanaryan
Dancing with the Queers with Zoe Balfour & Citabria Phillips: http://www.dancingwiththequeers.com/
CABARET/DRAG/*BURLESQUE with Emcee Simone de la Getto: http://www.myspace.com/simonedelagetto
Delicio Del Toro: http://www.myspace.com/mrdeltoro
Chica Boom: http://lachicaboom.com/
Alotta Boutte: http://www.myspace.com/alotta
Mommaís Boyz
*burlesque will be "family friendly" for the diverse age-range of the audience!

SET 2
DJ Luna: http://www.myspace.com/sfdjchic
Hand2Hand: http://www.handtohandkajukenbo.com/
Fisrt Congregational Church Choir
Roke Noirís Bollywood Dance: http://www.rokenoirproductions.com/

SET 3
DJ Divinity: http://www.myspace.com/djdivinity23
King Tuff níStuff: http://www.kingtuffnstuff.com/
Jill Parkerís Foxglove Sweethearts: http://www.myspace.com/foxglovesweethearts
Sistas in the Pit: http://www.sistasinthepit.com/

SET 4
DJ Black: http://www.myspace.com/clubsweet

This yearís SSIP stage is brought to you by Amelia Mae Paradise & Diamond Daggers Productions
http://www.diamonddaggers.com/

And if any of you are going to the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival (http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/) in Golden Gate Park this weekend, be sure to stop by and see Kitten on the Keys (www.kittymusic.com) at the Vau de Vire Society tent called BARBARY! She'll be MCing and performing all three days. Rosin Coven, the Yard Dogs Road Show, and Fou Fou Ha! among others will also be featured. Tickets are pricey, running between $89.50 and one-day ticket and $595.00 for a VIP three-day Festival ticket, but if you're going anyway, be sure to drop by the tent.

I think that's about it. If you know of any other events, please let everyone know by leaving a comment below. Have a great weekend, burlesque fans! :-)

Kaleidoscope Cabaret Announced for Saturday, September 26, 2009

La Chica Boom (www.lachicaboom.com) has announced that Kaleidoscope, The Third Annual National People of Color Cabaret, will be on Saturday, September 26, at 8pm at the Brava Theater in San Francisco.

From the description, it looks like a fantastic show! I remember seeing Toni Elling at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend this year in Vegas. There will be other notable performers of color from around the country and from right here in the Bay Area.

Tickets are now available at a discounted $20 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/78443, and will be $25 at the door.

Here is the press release that she sent out. It contains the full line-up of performers, the event website address, and other relevant information!

Kaleidoscope, The Third Annual National People of Color Cabaret

San Francisco, CA -- August 26, 2009 -- The first of its kind in burlesque, Kaleidoscope is dedicated to showcasing performers of color. The broad range of performances from drag to burlesque, song to aerial art, promises to be erotic, sexy, and witty! Join us as we represent and transform burlesque as it is and was. Kaleidoscope entertains, inspires, and arouses. Enjoy the nation’s best in burlesque and buy your tickets now! The show will take place at the historic Brava Theater on 2781 24th Street in San Francisco on September 26, 2009. Doors open at 7p and the show begins at 8p, buy your tickets at the door for $25 in cash or in advance for $20 at www.brownpapertickets.com

Don’t forget to join us September 25th and 26th for an array of pre-show workshops. Interrogate your understanding of desire while learning saucy choreography, burlesque on the cheap, make-up application, pasty-making, tassel twirling, glove removal, and other tricks of the trade from the pros. Visit www.kaleidoscopecabaret.com for more information.

This year’s line up is hosted by her most imperial sovereign majesty, Aleksa Manila (Seattle). Starring burlesque living legend Toni Elling (Detroit); the Creole queen of burlesque, Desire D’Amour (Tucson); femme fatale, Orchid Mei (Denver); the beautiful song bird, Sheu Sheu L’Haure (Montana); Southern queer beauty, The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins (Atlanta); the tempestuous temple of temptation, Shanghai Pearl (Seattle); and flirty theory-readin’ femme, Ginger Snapz (Seattle).

Kaleidoscope will feature the best local performers of color in the Bay Area! Founder of Harlem Shake, Simone De La Getto: queen of quake, Kellita of Hot Pink Feathers; reimagining vintage burlesque, SF Boylesque; the shimmy of the Bay, Cherry Gallete; consummate candy fag, Thisway/Thatway; fussy drag queen/king, Charleston Chu; and the quintessential marimacha mistress and show founder, Ms Gay Latina 2005 and 2006, La Chica Boom.

Kaleidoscope’s mission is to entertain and cast light on the knowledge, actions, and transformations that pertain to people of color performance and race-positive sexuality.

For more information about the workshops and performers visit www.kaleidoscopecabaret.com

This show is sponsored by CUAV, Communities United Against Violence

Jeff Spirer photobooth at Feed: The Fundraiser II on Thursday, August 27, 2009

Jeff Spirer (http://www.spirer.com/) will be operating a photobooth at Thursday's Feed fundraiser (see previous post for details). I've known Jeff for about a little over a year now, as he's a regular photographer at Red Hots Burlesque, Barbary Coast Burlesque, and other shows. He also works at boxing and martial arts matches and classes, concerts, and other events. But no weddings! Heh. Check out his website for more examples of his work.

At the fundraiser, there will be a room set aside in the Climate Theater for Jeff. He'll have his camera, lights, a computer and a printer. For $5, you can get a stylized 4x6 photo of yourself and perhaps a friend or two as a memento!

Jeff sent me some photos he's stylized from the first Feed fundraiser. I've uploaded them to Photobucket to place in this post and am hoping the slideshow works. Which, of course, it doesn't. Ha ha. So here are the photos presented in the old-fashioned way!

I'm terrible at putting names to faces. For example, I'm not sure if one of photos is of Bitter Waitress or Bunny Bardot. If you recognize some of the performers, please let me know. Also let me know if I made a mistake in labeling the photos! A comment below will suffice if you don't want to send an email. :-)

Happy viewing!


DJ ACE, photo by Jeff Spirer


Interview (of Lil Eyeful, added 9/3/2009) in progress, photo by Jeff Spirer


Cupcake, photo by Jeff Spirer


Someone happy (Marie La Faux, added 9/3/2009), photo by Jeff Spirer



Virginia Suicide, photo by Jeff Spirer




Delilah onstage, photo by Jeff Spirer



Bunny Bardot (or Bitter Waitress) - Photo by Jeff Spirer



Citty Rich, photo by Jeff Spirer



Unidentified persons, photo by Jeff Spirer



Ruby White, photo by Jeff Spirer



Delilah, photo by Jeff Spirer



Unidentified twosome (Kristi Kremes and someone still unidentified, added 9/3/2009), photo by Jeff Spirer



Lady Monster, photo by Jeff Spirer

FEED: The Fundraiser II on Thursday, August 27, 2009

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San Francisco area burlesque for the week of August 24, 2009

This is the week of the big FEED Fundraiser II! Yes, Lux Killmore Entertainment still needs your support. At the last fundraiser, I won two pieces of artwork in the art auction. Maybe you will be a winner this time around! There will be lots of fantastic burlesque dancers, raffles, food, drink, dancing, art, and a photo booth with professional photog Jeff Spirer! It promises to be a fun evening.

• Monday, August 24: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. See Seattle burlesquer Vienna La Rouge plus local favorites Lola Vauntz, Sparkly Devil, sASSy Hotbuns, Honey Lawless, The Amazing L.B.T., Professor Shimmy, and Calamity Lulu! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, August 27: FEED the Fundraiser II at Climate Theater in San Francisco, 285 9th Street. Help support Lux Killmore's drive to raise funds to produce their new movie, "Feed." Miss Honey Penny (Orange Appeal), Dottie Lux (Red Hots Burlesque, School of Shimmy), Chan Dynasty (National Queer Arts Festival), Kentucky Fried Woman (The Kentucky Fried Woman Show), The Can Cannibals (Pyrate Punx), Cherry Galette (queer latina burlesque performer), Precious Moments (Bulb, Trannyshack), Ruby Vixen (Debauchery), Isis Starr (Living Legend of Burlesque), Lady Satan (Sugar Shack), Citty Rich (Hubba Hubba Revue) and Recent School of Shimmy Graduates! In addition, there will be a raffle, art auction, DJ dancing, and a photo booth with photographer Jeff Spirer! 7pm to midnight. $10.
  


• Friday, August 28: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF, 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.

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, August 24, 2009

Well, well, well.

Heh. I've always wanted to publish that one word repeated three times! Now my dream has come true! :-D

Speaking of dreams coming true, bring yourselves to the Uptown in Oakland night where that winning duo of Kingfish and Eddie will make YOUR dreams come true with the help of some very lovely and talented ladies and perhaps a few (many?) "well" drinks.

Visiting from Seattle is a one-time Miss Exotic World "Most Classic" award-winner Vienna La Rouge! Known for the intricate and glamourous costumes which she designs herself, Miss La Rouge is definitely a sight to behold!

They've also got some of the Bay Area's favorite burlesquers performing, including Lola Vauntz, Sparkly Devil, sASSy Hotbuns, Honey Lawless, Calamity Lulu, and Professor Shimmy, with an appearance by the Amazing L.B.T.!

So slide on down to the Uptown Club from a well, well, well-performed show!

Howdy Friends & Neighbors!

HUBBA HUBBA REVUE returns to Oakland's swanky UPTOWN CLUB this Monday night, August 24th, with a line-up guaranteed to put the sizzle in your swim trunks!

Summer 2009 is slippin' away fast! Come on down and see us again before it's gone for good!

MONDAY, August 24th, we've got:

(from Seattle) VIENNA LA ROUGE!
Lola Vauntz!
Sparkly Devil!
sASSy Hotbuns!
Honey Lawless!
The Amazing L.B.T.!
Professor Shimmy!
Calamity Lulu!
Zip the What-Is-It?!

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

PLUS! It's the birthday of Hubba Hubba's own beloved Honeysuckle Moses! Come on down and feel the love!

all for just FIVE BUCKS!

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

THE UPTOWN CLUB
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(just 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

SFBR People and Places, Here and There

• Our very own Jessica "Tink" Whiteside (http://www.jessicawhiteside.com/) is down in Los Angeles curating an art show, The Atomic Tease, which will also feature a performances by some of Southern California's finest burlesquers including Lili Von Schtupp, Penny Starr Jr., Ruby Champagne, Lavendar La Rue, Scarlett Letter, Bunny Bravo, Tinky Sparkle, and Dizzy Von Damn. The opening and show will take place on Thursday, August 20, at the Key Club in Hollywood, 9039 West Sunset Blvd. The reception starts at 7pm and events will last through the evening. For more information, please visit http://www.creativeteaseproductions.com/.


• Bombshell Betty (http://www.bombshellbetty.net/) and Randy Johnson are trying to get their own reality show. To help them out, simply view her demo video on YouTube. KPI (http://www.kpitv.com/) is a New York City production company that creates programming for various television networks.


• Lady Monster (http://www.ladymonster.com/) is in Europe! She'll be in a show in Zürich on August 21 at the Museum of Porn in Art. If you can read German, she's being promoted as "Auftritt der 'Queen of the Fire Tassels' Lady Monster, Amerikanische Burleque Sensation! Freitag, den 21. August 2009 ab 00.00 Uhr im Kino Stüssihof.
  Eingang durch Edi's Weinstube, Stüssihofstatt 14 in Zürich."


• Kentucky Fried Woman (http://myspace.com/kentuckyfriedwoman) will be performing in ButchNation: A Butch Voices Featured Event on Saturday, August 22. The show will be at Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street in Oakland. Doors at 6pm, show at 7. It's free for Butch Voices registered attendees, and $15 for everyone else. Also performing will be Delicio Del Toro, ButchTap, Momma's Boyz, King McQueen, Ivan E Coyote, and many others. Plus she'll be performing at Where Queers Collide - Tranny Noice: Trans Music at Yerba Buena Gardens on Friday, August 21 (please see weekly show posting). She'll also be headed to Seattle to appear in Femmetasia: A Night of Queer Femme Art on Saturday, August 29 at 8pm. The show will be at Theatre off Jackson, 409 7th Ave S, Seattle. Cost is $12-20. Please visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/78153 for more information and tickets.

Hubba Hubba Revue: Summer Camp! this Friday, August 21, 2009

Summer is almost over, but you still have one more chance to go to camp. Yes, Hubba Hubba Revue is bringing you Summer Camp! this Friday, Augustt 21, at the DNA Lounge. And at this campground, there are lots of sexy people performing striptease! Ooh la la! Somehow, that differs from my memories of camp....

So round up all of your friends and join the Hubba Hubba Revue camp counselors at Camp Hubbawatha and prepare to hoot and holler for your favorite performers! Hooray!

Hubba Hubba Revue: SUMMER CAMP!

Friday, August 21st, 9PM

On the shimmering shores of Lake Tittihaha, nestled amongst the majestic pines of Mosquito Bite Hill, stands the rustic lodge of CAMP HUBBAWATHA!

It's a wild, BURLESQUE romp in the woods, and it's gonna be more fun than a canoe full of showgirls!


Sultry Acts of Nature with...

Bunny Pistol!
Mynx d'Meanor!
Kiss Me Kate!
Bootsy LaRue!
sASSy Hotbuns!
Ariyana La Fey!
Honey Lawless!
Gigi D'Flower!
Lida Fire!
Sparkly Devil!
Rubenesque Burlesque!
Miss Balla Fire!
Alotta Boutte'!
Delilah!
Miss Mae Western!
Fromagique! (http://www.myspace.com/fromagique)
& The Fromagettes!

...and featuring The Go-Go C.I.T.s!


Rockin' Tunes served up HOT by

JP and the Rhythm Chasers, featuring Cari Lee!


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

Free dance lessons upstairs, 9:30 - 10:00PM, by Counsellor Brian from Camp Swing-Goth!


Hubba Hubba Revue: SUMMER CAMP!
Friday, August 21st, 9PM
DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh Street, SF
$15, 21 & Up w/valid ID
($12 advance tickets at http://www.dnalounge.com/ )


See more at:

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com/


Happy Campers Help Spread The Word!

Red Hots Burlesque visits Thrillville this Thursday, August 20, 2009

Been hankering to see some schlocky science fiction movies with your burlesque? Well, you're in luck! Winner of the San Francisco Bay Guardian's 2009 Best of the Bay "Best B-Movie Survivor," Will the Thrill will be bringing Thrillville (www.thrillville.net) to the 4 Star Theater this Thursday, August 20. And Monica Tiki Goddess will be co-hosting.

Not only will you be able to enjoy a special Red Hots Burlesque presentation, but you'll also get to see some rare prints of Missile to the Moon and The Devil's Hand! Cue the cheesy, dramatic music! Ha ha!

Thrillville is a great time, and it's a reasonable $12 for a full evening of entertainment. So if you haven't seen it because it was way over in the East Bay, now it's landed in SF. Catch it while you can!

THRILLVILLE'S SATANIC SCI-FI SCHLOCK-O-RAMA!

Thursday, August 20, 7:30, $12
4 STAR THEATER
Clement @ 23rd Ave., Richmond District, San Francisco
(1 block off Geary Blvd.)



Featuring rare 35mm prints of....
MISSILE TO THE MOON (1958)
The remake of Catwomen of the Moon -
meaning it's even worse, and funnier!
Lunar lovelies vs horny astronauts, spider puppets & more!
Missile to the Moon trailer

PLUS!
THE DEVIL'S HAND (1962)...
moody voodoo, sexy seduction, and deadly dolls, all in good fun!
The Devil's Hand trailer

AND!
the live retro-rocket heat of
RED HOTS BURLESQUE!


http://www.thrillville.net/

http://www.lntsf.com/4-star_theatre

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of August 17, 2009

Ah, the summer is almost over, but you've still got a chance to celebrate the middle season of the year!

Yes, attend camp at Hubba Hubba Revue's Lake Tittihaha for their show, Summer Camp! It'll all take place this Friday at the DNA Lounge. And don't forget their show in Oakland at the Uptown on Monday. It'll be Bombshell Betty's Burlesqueteer Night!

Need to get some sketching in before fall? Want a live model? Well, you can't get any livelier than Kitten on the Keys! She'll be the model performer at this month's Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco on Monday at 111 Minna Gallery. Even if you're not an artist, you can watch her perform and hang out at the bar for free.

In the mood for some science fiction flicks with your burlesque? Catch Thrillville on Thursday at the 4 Star Theater in SF! You'll see Red Hots Burlesque in addition to "Missile to the Moon" and "The Devil's Hand." Will the Thrill and Monica Tiki Goddess will be your hosts. And don't forget to catch Red Hots Burlesque's regular show on Friday at El Rio!

Filling out this week is Mama Calizo's Crash Cabaret, When Queers Collide: Tranny Noise - Trans Music at Yerba Buena Gardens on Friday. See perfomers such as Landa Lakes as they take over Yerba Buena!

• Monday, August 17: Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, 111 Minna Street. One of the all-time great burlesque performers is this month's model: Kitten on the Keys! It's a rare opportunity to sketch her in a fun environment, plus see her perform! 7-10pm. $10 general admission for sketchers, $7 for students and teachers with valid ID, and free for those who won't be sketching and want to hang out at the bar. 21 and older.t
  


• Also Monday: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. August nights get even hotter when Bombshell Betty brings her sultry Burlesqueteers to the Uptown Club for another evening of singin', dancin' an' romancin'! Featuring live jazzy brass by Fromagique! Starring Bombshell Betty, Red Velvet, Sneak-A-Peek, The AMAZING Coconuts, If-N-Whendy, and your guest MC, Randy Johnson! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, August 20: Thrillville's Satanic Sci-Fi Schlock-O-Rama at 4 Star Theater in San Francisco, 2200 Clement Street. See the live retro-rocket heat of Red Hots Burlesque! Also featuring rare 35mm prints of MISSILE TO THE MOON (1958). The remake of Catwomen of the Moon - meaning it's even worse, and funnier! Lunar lovelies vs horny astronauts, spider puppets & more! Plus The Devil's Hand (1962). Moody voodoo, sexy seduction, and deadly dolls, all in good fun! Show at 7:30pm. $12. Advance tickets available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/76805.
  


• Friday, August 21: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF, 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: Where Queers Collide - Tranny Noise: Trans Music at Yerba Buena Gardens in SF, 701 Mission Street. Trannies take over Yerba Buena! Curated by Tranny Fest, TRANNY NOISE features some of the Bay Area's leading trans and genderqueer artists including Storm Florez, Landa Lakes, Josh Klipp, ButchTap and Shawna Virago. Show at 9pm. $10, free for YBCA members.


• Also Friday: Hubba Hubba Revue: Summer Camp! at the DNA Lounge in SF, 375 11th Street. On the shimmering shores of Lake Tittihaha, nestled amongst the majestic pines of Mosquito Bite Hill, stands the rustic lodge of CAMP HUBBAWATHA! Sultry acts of nature with Bunny Pistol, Mynx d'Meanor, Kiss Me Kate, Bootsy LaRue, sASSy Hotbuns, Ariyana La Fey, Honey Lawless, Gigi D'Flower, Lida Fire, Sparkly Devil, Rubenesque Burlesque, Miss Balla Fire, Alotta Boutte', Delilah, Miss Mae Western, and Fromagique (www.myspace.com/fromagique) & The Fromagettes! Plus live music from JP and the Rhythm Chasers, featuring Cari Lee! Free dance lessons upstairs, 9:30 - 10:00pm, by Counsellor Brian from Camp Swing-Goth! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $15 general, $12 in advance at www.dnalounge.com, $10 between 9 and 9:30. 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, August 17, 2009

Ah, the days are getting shorter. Back-to-school is in full swing and college classes are starting up all around the Bay Area. Football pre-season is underway. All signs of it being August. And you know what else it's time for? Burlesqueteer Night at Uptown Hubba Hubba! Yes, Bombshell Betty, her band, and her troupe are back to entertain you with jazzy music and hot burlesque. So head on over to the Uptown in Oakland--by bus, car, bike or human bipedal locomotion if BART is on strike--have some drinks, and enjoy the show!

August nights get even hotter when BOMBSHELL BETTY brings her sultry BURLESQUETEERS to the Uptown Club for another evening of singin', dancin' an' romancin'!

Featuring live jazzy brass by FROMAGIQUE! and starring:

BOMBSHELL BETTY
Red Velvet
Sneak-A-Peek
The AMAZING Coconuts
If-N-Whendy
Randy Johnson

Fromagique:
-Bombshell Betty
-Randy Johnson
-Patina DeCopper
-Eikiel Seudonimo
-Rusty 2.0
-Jimi "Skid" Marks

MC: Randy Johnson

Doors 9PM, Show 10:00PM
21 & Up w/ID

@ Oakland's one and only Uptown Club
1928 Telegraph (near 19th St BART)
Still just $5



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

Kitten on the Keys at Dr. Sketchy's SF this Monday, August 17, 2009

One of San Francisco's cultural icons and international burlesque and cabaret star--not to mention SFBG's Best of the Bay 2009 winner of Best Singer-Songwriter--will be appearing at Dr. Sketchy's this Monday! Who could it be but... Kitten on the Keys!

Yes, Kitten on the Keys (http://www.kittymusic.com/) will be the featured model/performer at Dr. Sketchy's this Monday, August 17, at 111 Minna Gallery. Everything starts at 7pm. This will be rare opportunity for all of you artists out there to draw or sketch one of the most talented and beautiful performers in burlesque and in all of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Even if you're not an artist, you can drop by and see Kitten perform, have a few drinks at the bar, and watch the artists at work. Here are all the details:

Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco - Monday, August 17th 2009

7:00 - 10:30 pm
111 Minna Gallery, SF

This month we are thrilled to have one of our all time favorite performers model for us! We can't say enough about this multi-talented vixen! She is truly one of a kind!

Come out to sketch the amazing, Kitten on the Keys!



Variety Artist, Vocalist
Pianist, Ukulele, Accordion
Mistress of Ceremonies
Winner Best Of The Bay-Singer Songwriter 2009
http://www.kittymusic.com/



Please join us for this month's drawing workshop on Monday, August 17th 2009 at 111 Minna Gallery!

The workshop runs from 7- 10pm
http://111minnagallery.com/
21 and older

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.

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


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

Lair of Lady Monster Radio Show: Dance Party 2! on Saturday, August 15, 2009

Put on your dancing shoes from last week (or last night if you get out a lot), for this Saturday it's time for a dance party with your DJ Lady Monster! Yes, simply tune into 107.7FM if you're in San Francisco--or stream from http://www.fccfreeradio.com/ anywhere you can get interent access--and dance your Saturday afternoon away. :-)

And lookee! She even has a playlist set up for this week:

Keep on Dancing!

My guest for Saturday had to cancel due to this darned flu. I promise she didn't get it from me. Hopefully no deadly viruses will keep you from tuning in and shakin it.

So, here we go, another dance party!
I brought so much music last time that I didn't get halfway through my choices in TWO FULL HOURS OF MUSIC!

Here are some of the choice selections (in no particular order):
The Gee Cees: Buzz Saw Twist
Rene Bloch Orchestra: Raunchy
Perez Prado: Mambo No. 8
Anvil: Axe To Grind
Andre Williams: I'm Not Worthy
Rolling Stones: Bitch
Hi-Fi & The Roadburners: Rocket To Mars
Ministry: Stigmata
Motorhead: Leaving Here
John Lee Hooker: Shake It Baby
Van Halen: Ain't Talkin Bout Love
Supersuckers: Born With A Tail
Southern Culture on the Skids: Love-A-Rama
New Bomb Turks: Veronica Lake
Reverend Horton Heat: Bad Reputation
X: We're Desperate
Teengenerate: Dressed In Black
Johnny Cash (with June Carter): Jackson
Gene Vincent: Be Bop A Lula
Radio Birdman: Non-Stop Girls
James Brown: Get Up Offa That Thing
Tito Puente: Cuban Nightmare
Karma To Burn: 32
Booker T & the MGs: Twist & Shout
Mutants: Mutant Mambo


The Lair of Lady Monster
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Saturday, August 8th

FCC FREE RADIO
http://www.fccfreeradio.com
107.3FM in San Francisco

Mangos with Chili presents Divas & Heroes this Friday, August 14, 2009

Join Mangos with Chili as they present the second in a series of Mama Calizo's Crash Cabarets at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts this Friday, August 14 at 8pm. Burlesque sweetheart Ms. Cherry Galette is one of the cofounders of the troupe and will be performing.

There will also be other, free events starting at 5pm. So get there early for the Crash Pad, Snappy Hour and some music with MCs and Dwayne Calizo's BandAIDS.

Mangos With Chili Presents Divas & Heroes at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts!

Mangos With Chili: the floating cabaret of QTPOC bliss, dreams, sweat, sweets and nightmares

proudly presents

Divas and Heroes: Bedtime Stories of Fierce Survival, Memory and Lust

Friday, August 14, 2009
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Big Ideas Room!, $10
Buy tickets online here:
http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=9833 and select the date Friday, 8/14
Come at 5 for the cocktails, show at 8 PM sharp!

Featuring peformances by
Chica Boom
Nico Dacumos
Ms. Cherry Galette
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Thisway/Thatway
Yosimar Reyes

If you've missed all our shows and want a mid-summer taste of Mangos, come through and check us out! We're excited to be at YBCA in partnership with Dwayne Calizo and Mama Calizo's Voice Factory to bring you this cabaret-style night of story, sounds, and reveals! Seating in the theater is limited, but the show will be broadcast for all to see on a wall of television screens in the main lobby area of YBCA.

The Mangos With Chili crew is aching to give you another night of unforgettable performance on queer and trans people of color stories of survival, resistance, lust, ghosts and dreams through our high intensity theater, dance, drag, burlesque and words.

Mangos With Chili 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. Mangos With Chili has performed to sold out houses across North America, wowing audiences in world class theaters, underground performance spaces, bars, and campus halls with their high intensity, breathtaking performance, politics, and storytelling 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.

For more information visit http://mangoswithchili.wordpress.com/


http://www.ybca.org/

Catch Twilight Vixen Revue at Come Together: the benefit for Jane Doe tonight

Though it's not strictly a burlesque show, you will be able to see the Twilight Vixen Revue at the benefit for Jane Doe. The show is on the patio at El Rio tonight, August 13, 2009, and it begins at 6:30pm. It looks like a great time, plus you'll be supporting a great cause!

Here are the details:

We're putting the FUN into fundraiser with the show we've got lined up for you, as well as AWESOME prizes that you can win in the raffle!

With performances by:

Inflight Nymphs
Bittersweet Trio
Emily Palen
The Twilight Vixen Revue
Tonilyn Sideco
Jai Jai Noire
The Buds Duo
Irina Rivkin
Carrie Gerendasy

and raffle prizes from:

Righteous Babe Records
El Rio
Curve Magazine
The Cafe
Bliss Weekend
Herrsculptures
Good Vibes
Sarah Bush Dance Project
and MANY more!


All the money raised will go to JD who was beaten and raped by four men in a vicious hate crime attack this last December, so come out and have a GREAT time while supporting one of our own!

Come out and have a GREAT time while supporting one of our own!

Thursday August 13 6:30-10pm at El Rio (3158 Mission St, SF). $10-100 Sliding Scale.

21+ w/ID


http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111024473171&ref=ts (You'll need to be logged in to Facebook to see this page.)

http://www.elriosf.com/

Jill Tracy hosts Little Minsky's on Thursday, August 13, 2009

It's a big show on Thursday when chanteuse Jill Tracy hosts Little Minsky's at Club Deluxe! Not only will Jill probably treat the audience to a song or two, but there will be an all-star line-up of burlesque performers including Vienna La Rouge, Flame Cynders, Dottie Lux, Miss de Minna, Pin Key Lee, Kiss Me Kate, baton twirler Baton Rouge, and more!

Check out the entire show description below. It even includes a plug for Jill Tracy's show at Cafe du Nord on Sunday (Cafe du Nord page)!

Ladies and gents, Little Minsky's is just around the corner with a sultry summer showcase guaranteed to keep the mercury riding high. For the first time on the Minsky's stage, we're pleased to welcome the sizzling Vienna La Rouge known for her spectacular costume creations as well as her elegant allure. And visiting us from New York, Baton Rouge flaunts her twirling talents and for once we're not talking about tassels here. Your mistress of ceremonies, the shady chanteuse Jill Tracy leads this night of delightful diversions featuring the smoldering Flame Cynders, luscious Miss de Minna, red hot Dottie Lux, Pin Key Lee, Ariyana La Fey, Honey Lawless and Kiss Me Kate. But wait, there's more. Swing to the slick jazz sounds of the Deluxe All-Stars, a combo of stellar musicians from the Deluxe scene assembled for your enjoyment by hep cat trombonist Danny Grewen.

Yes, it's a big show. We recommend at least four martinis (or preferred cocktail alternative)...

In other news, coming up on Sunday, enjoy a full dose of Jill Tracy's original musical concoctions at that cozy speakeasy Cafe Du Nord along with sets by LOOP!STATION and Nicki Jaine. Details listed below. (No, it's not a Minsky's show. Just highly recommended.)

Cheers...

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LITTLE MINSKY'S

BURLESQUE
Vienna La Rouge
Flame Cynders
Miss de Minna
Dottie Lux
Pin Key Lee
Ariyana La Fey
Honey Lawless
Kiss Me Kate

VARIETY
Baton Rouge - New York baton-twirler extraordinaire
Deluxe All-Stars - hot jazz combo

MC
Jill Tracy - nefarious chanteuse

DJ
Oran - swingin' dance tunes

Thursday, August 13th
Club Deluxe
1511 Haight St (at Ashbury), San Francisco
9pm — 2am, Show at 10:00pm
$5, 21 and Up

--- Every Second Thursday ---

Performer Info:
Jill Tracy - http://www.jilltracy.com/
Baton Rouge - http://www.batonrougenyc.com/
Vienna La Rouge - http://www.viennalerouge.com/
Flame Cynders - http://www.flamecynders.com/
Miss de Minna - www.myspace.com/missminna
Dottie Lux - www.myspace.com/dottielux
Pin Key Lee - www.myspace.com/lubelips
Ariyana La Fey - www.masquerade.net/lafey.html
Honey Lawless - www.myspace.com/echohellstrom
Kiss Me Kate - www.myspace.com/kissmekateburlesque

Little Minsky's is brought to you by Douglas Good (of Cabaret Verdalet) and The Flying Fox (burlesque glamour girl).


http://www.myspace.com/little_minskys
http://www.liveatdeluxe.com/

Barbary Coast Burlesque celebrates Leos on Wednesday, August 12, 2009

If you missed Milkshake's birthday celebration on Monday at Uptown Hubba Hubba, you get a second chance this week! And you can also celebrate the birthdays of all the Leos in attendance, too. That includes Kandy, Isis Starr, Kiss Me Kate, and Bunny Pistol herself. Ooh. Bunny's got a damn fine line-up for her show!

So strap on your pointy birthday hat and join the crowd down at Annie's Social Club on Wednesday for a spankin' good time! ;-)

BARBARY COAST BURLESQUE Presents on AUGUST 12th.....
The LEO Show!!!

Come and celebrate with us the sign of the sun!! AND the birthdays of Bunny Pistol, Kandy, Isis Starr, Kiss Me Kate, and all the other Leo's you know and love!

Beautiful Ladies, Drinks, and Sensuality!! What a mix!

Starring:

Delilah
sASSy Hotbuns
Alotta Boutte
Citty Rich
Balla Fire
Milkshake
Bella Trixx
Bunny Pistol
Kiss Me Kate
Isis Starr

Only $5 at the door
See YOU there!!!

Annies Social Club
917 Folsom St. @ 5th
Show at 8pm
21+ w/ID



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

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of August 10, 2009

It looks like this is Milkshake's week! Check out all the boys heading to the yard. Hehe. She'll be performing at Uptown Hubba Hubba on Monday for her birthday show, and will also be performing Wednesday at Barbary Coast Burlesque where all Leos will have their birthdays celebrated. Should be a blast! :-)

There's also the benefit for Jane Doe on Thursday where you'll be able to catch SFBG's Best of the Bay 2009 Burlesque Act, Twilight Vixen Revue.

On Friday, see Miss Cherry Gallete along with the rest of Mangos with Chili as they perform at YBCAlive!'s Mama Calizo's Crash Cabaret.

And there are the regular weekly and monthly shows to round out the week. Catch them and enjoy what feels like the waning weeks of summer.

• Monday, August 10: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Help Kingfish and Eddie celebrate Milkshake's birthday! It's her birthday, but she may be providing you with the present of one of her Latin-tinged burlesque acts! Helping everyone celebrate will be Miss Balla Fire, Josie Starre, Pin Key Lee, Room for Cream, Ariyana La Fey, and from New York, Rosey La Rouge! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Wednesday, August 12: Barbary Coast Burlesque at Annie's Social Club in San Francisco, 917 Folsom Street. Come and celebrate the birthdays of Bunny Pistol, Kandy, Isis Starr, Kiss Me Kate, and all the other Leo's you know and love! Beautiful ladies, drinks, and sensuality!! What a mix! Starring Delilah, sASSy Hotbuns, Alotta Boutte, Citty Rich, Balla Fire, Milkshake, Bella Trixx, Bunny Pistol, Kiss Me Kate, and Isis Starr! Show at 8pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, August 13: Come Together: A benefit for hate crime survivor Jane Doe at El Rio in SF, 3158 Mission Street. They're putting the FUN into fundraiser with the show they've got lined up for you, as well as AWESOME prizes that you can win in the raffle! All funds raised will go to Jane Doe who was viciously attacked. With performances by The Twilight Vixen Revue, Inflight Nymphs, Bittersweet Trio, Emily Palen, Tonilyn Sideco, Jai Jai Noire, The Buds Duo, Irina Rivkin, and Carrie Gerendasy. 6:30 to 10:30pm. $10-100 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Thursday: 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) and a few shady characters (they dare not name). Show at 10pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.
  


• Friday, August 14: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF, 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: Mangos with Chili Presents Divas and Heroes at Yerba Buena Gardens in SF, 701 Mission Street. A cabaret-style night of story, sounds, and reveals! Seating at YBCAlive!'s Mama Calizo's Crash Cabaret in the Big Ideas Room at the Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts is limited, but the show will be broadcast for all to see on a wall of television screens in the main lobby area of YBCA. The Mangos With Chili crew is aching to give you another night of unforgettable performance on queer and trans people of color stories of survival, resistance, lust, ghosts and dreams through our high intensity theater, dance, drag, burlesque and words. Show at 9pm. $10, free for YBCA members.


• Sunday, August 16: Debauchery at White Horse Inn in Oakland, 6555 Telegraph Avenue. Debauchery -- A stripclub for queers of all genders! Featuring an enticing selection of salaciously smoldering strippers, $10 Lap dances and naughty raffle prizes! Doors at 7pm, show at 8. $5-15 cover, 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.

School of Shimmy Burlesque 101 class starts Monday, August 10, 2009

Ever wanted to perform in a burlesque show? Well, you can! With Red Hots Burlesque's School of Shimmy (http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/), you simply need to take three classes: Burlesque 101, 201, and Rehearsal. Then you'll be set to perform in the School of Shimmy Showcase at El Rio in San Francisco on Friday, September 4. Read on for all the details!

School of Shimmy August Classes

You've heard about a burlesque revival. You've seen snippets of this sensation in the press and on T.V. Now it's time for you to get in on the action! Calling all divas, cool cats, harlots, dames hot mamas and daddy-o's, RED HOTS BURLESQUE SCHOOL OF SHIMMY is for you! If you have always dreamed of being a burlesque star or just want to learn what all this fun is all about you too can be Red Hot!

Bring a friend or meet some in the class. Burlesque is about having fun! Bring a smile and an open mind because we’re going to let loose as you learn to shake it with confidence and class!

Sign up today! **Private Classes Available Year Round**

Open to the Public on August 7th, 9th, 10th, 17th, 23rd, 31st
Classes are held at The Climate Theater (http://www.climatetheater.com/)
Located at 285 9th Street. At the corner of 9th and Folsom in San Francisco
Space is limited and reservations are appreciated and encouraged.

All classes are open to students of any age or gender who want to shake it on stage or in the bedroom. No previous dance or performance experience is required. No deposit needed for class, however space is very limited and reservations are strongly encouraged. To reserve a spot email: redhotsburlesque@gmail.com with S.O.S. in the subject line. State which class(es) you are interested in and don't forget inquire about discounted rates! All classes are $30. [Addendum on August 9: I received a message from First Friday Follies that mentioned a $10 discount for any and every S.O.S. class with the code word "Follies!" Or try "Follies" without the exclamation mark.]

If you would like to perform at the School of Shimmy Showcase Burlesque 101, 201 and Rehearsal are mandatory classes. The Summer Showcases will take place on Sept 4th at 7:30 pm at El Rio as part of the famed weekly show, Red Hots Burlesque.

Aug 9th 3-5pm The Schmooze- Business of Burlesque with Lady Monster Learn how to respectfully get press and bookings. Navigate the burlesque world with class and dignity. The best ways to get involved are right at your fingertips; don't miss out!

Aug 10th 7-9pm Burlesque 101: In this two-hour workshop, students will learn the history of burlesque, how to create a persona and basic choreography. As well as learning to build your burlesque attitude; feel great about your body, and an open discussion about increased confidence and positive thinking.

Aug 17th 7-9pm Burlesque 201:Students are encouraged to come with an act or character in mind. We will develop personas and discuss song choice, prop use, costume selection and techniques for coming up with acts. This class will include lecture and group work.

Aug 23rd 3-5pm Hair and Make-up Intensive: Learn how to apply fake lashes, accentuate your look, use hair pieces and wigs. We've all heard the saying "It's costs a lot of money to look this cheap!" well it doesn't have to. Join in this class where you're given the best places to find bargains and even learn how to make the most of what you already have!

Aug 31st 7-9pm Finishing Touches: Rehearsal and Workshop Participants get a chance to go through each of their numbers and address practical questions and concerns with bringing your first act to the famed Red Hots Burlesque (El Rio 2-13-09) stage that very week. Tim Wells is on hand to take your posed or live photo!

Sept 4th, 7:30pm El Rio (3158 Mission Street SF, CA)- School of Shimmy Showcase! Your chance to sh-sh-shake it on stage!

For more information and photos, please visit http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/!

Lady Monster in her Lair and at School of Shimmy this weekend

Lady Monster will be hosting a dance party on her radio show this Saturday and then will be putting on her teacher's outfit for a class on Sunday!

On Saturday, August 8, Lair of Lady Monster will feature an entire program of dance songs:

Dance Party!
This Saturday, I'm featuring songs that make me wanna move, shake it, feel fine, let loose, shake it, shimmy, wiggle - DANCE!
Albeit, it's a VERY limited selection due to a lack of a turntable in the studio.
So, you're stuck with CDs and MP3s.
It'll still be a rockin' good time.
Twist and Shout!

The Lair of Lady Monster
http://www.ladymonsterlair.blogspot.com/
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Saturday, August 8th

FCC FREE RADIO
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
107.3FM in San Francisco

Then on Sunday, August 9, Lady Monster will join with Dottie Lux and School of Shimmy (http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/) to teach "The Schmooze: The Business of Burlesque!" Looks like it's aimed at performers and producers of shows and will provide attendees with the basic skills necessary to network and generate publicity for themselves and their shows. Here's Lady Monster's description of the course:

Come on down!
to hear me and Dottie Lux teach:
The Schmooze: The Business of Burlesque!
Sunday, August 9th
3:00 - 5:00pm
$30.00

Learn how to respectfully get press and bookings. Navigate the burlesque world with class and dignity. The best ways to get involved are right at your fingertips; don't miss out! This is the second time we have taught this class and received nothing but rave reviews and loads of praise.

The School of Shimmy has been featured on New York Times, Curve magazine, NBC BayArea 11, NBC NewYork, KOFY-TV, San Francisco Bay Guardian, etc.

School of Shimmy Burlesque Classes taking reservations now. Space is limited.
Hold your spot here! http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/77225
For the whole schedule of upcoming classes go to: http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/.

Stephanie
Lady Monster
"A Queen of the Fire Tassels"
http://www.ladymonster.com/
www.facebook.com/ladymonster
www.myspace.com/lady_monster
www.twitter.com/lady_monster

All classes are open to students of any age or gender who want to shake it on stage or in the bedroom. No previous dance or performance experience is required. No deposit needed for class, however space is very limited and reservations are strongly encouraged. To reserve a spot email: redhotsburlesque@gmail.com with S.O.S. in the subject line. State which class(es) you are interested in and don't forget inquire about discounted rates! All classes are $30.

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, August 10, 2009

This Monday's Uptown Hubba Hubba will be no ordinary show. No sirree! It's Milkshake's birthday show! Yay!

So head on over to the Uptown Club to help this fantastic dancer celebrate her b-day. And she'll even perform for you! Be sure to give her some extra loud whoops and hollers!

Howdy Gang!

Summer is slippin' away fast, so let's turn up the heat!

Hubba Hubba Revue returns to THE UPTOWN CLUB this MONDAY, August 10th, with a line-up guaranteed to put the sizzle in your swim trunks!

We've got:

MILKSHAKE! (and it's her birthday!)
Miss Balla Fire!
Josie Starre!
Pin Key Lee!
Room for Cream!
Ariyana La Fey!
(from New York!) Rosey La Rouge!
Zip the What-Is-It?

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

still just FIVE BUCKS!

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

THE UPTOWN CLUB

1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(just 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

YBCAlive! Mama Calizo's Crash Cabaret, Fridays August 7 to September 11, 2009

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts for their PUSH PLAY> YBCA Summer Festival will be featuring performers from Mama Calizo's Voice Factory during the "Crash Cabarets." Among these are SF Boylesque, FOU FOU HA!, Mangos with Chili, Landa Lakes, Kitten on the Keys, and many others!

The crash cabarets will be on Friday evenings from 8pm to 9 starting August 7, and will happen weekly (except for September 4) until September 11 (7pm to 9 on this day). Tickets are just $10 and are free for YBCA members. All of the cabarets will be held in the YBCA Room for Big Ideas.

There are also free events and activities starting out at 5pm each Friday. For more information, and for tickets, please visit http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=9833.

This week, catch SF Boylesque and FOU FOU HA! Here is the listing of Crash Cabarets from the aforementioned website:

August 7 - 8–9 pm • RBI • Crash Cabaret: Where Queers Collide - SFBoylesque and FOU FOU HA!.

August 14 - 8–9 pm • RBI • Crash Cabaret: Where Queers Collide - MANGOS WITH CHILI featuring Cherry Galett, Leah Lakshmi, Piepzna-Samarasinha, ChicaBoom, thisway/thatway, Yosimar Reyes and NicoDacumos.

August 21 - 8–9 pm • RBI • Crash Cabaret: Where Queers Collide - The Best of "The Tranny Fest" featuring Shawna Virago, Sean Dorsey, Storm Florez, Josh Klipp and Butch Tap. (Tranny Fest is the nation’s first transgender/genderqueer performance and film festival.)

August 28 - 8–9 pm • RBI • Crash Cabaret: Where Queers Collide - The Malia Movement Company will be offering "goddess speak...," a visual feast of creative gifts connecting movement, sound and touch from Indigenous Women. Featuring Heather Watkins, Alena Cawthorne, Malia Connor, Catarina Galardo, Tricia Perkins, Jhyl Reid and Veleda Roehl.

September 11 - 7–9 pm • Crash Cabaret: Open-So You Think You Wanna Be a Star starring MCVF's Resident Artists: Guerrilla Rep, S.F. Buffoons, Jessica Fudim's Dance Animals, Jorge Rodolfo De Hoyos and Company, S.F. Boylesque, Fou Fou Ha, Jennifer Chien and Jessilito Bie, Mary Ann Brooks, Nathaniel, Jesse Hewit, House of Ivy, Blue Buddha, Carrie Baum, Kitten on The Keys. Ramona Webb and Malia Movement Company

Seems like a great way to sample some of San Francisco's many "performance mavericks" for not much moolah! :-)

Kentucky Fried Woman Show for Friday, August 7, 2009

If you're in the East Bay this Friday, you've got a choice of a couple of shows. One is First Friday Follies (see previous post) at the Stork Club, and the other is The Kentucky Fried Woman Show at Velvet. Though they're both in Oakland, they're not within walking distance, so you'll have to choose one or the other. Or you could drive or take a cab to go from one to the other. Next month the KFWS moves to Saturdays, so you won't have such a hard decision to make. :-)

Kentucky Fried Woman Show: We've Got Annie
Friday, August 7th

@ Velvet Oakland, 3411 MacArthur Blvd
Doors at 8:30, Show at 9:30
$10

An evening of performance dedicated to all things Annie....the musical....etc!

Featuring the very best in queer entertainment:
Simone de la Getto
La Chica Boom
Charleston Chu
Momma’s Boyz
Virginia Suicide
Drew Montana & Lance Armstar
Diamond Daggers

http://velvetoakland.com

First Friday Follies for Friday, August 7, 2009

Yes, Cupcake and Little Eyeful are getting all set for the August edition of First Friday Follies! This month, the show features some of my buddies, including Kiss Me Kate and Chi Chis Del Fuego. Here is Cupcake's message to all of FFF's fans concerning this upcoming show:

That's right lerms and gadies, the latest edition of the show The East Bay Express calls "NPR with boobies" is just around the corner.

It's winking at you.

Now it's turning around.

Don't be a wuss, follow it!

We've got:

Ophelia Coeur de Noir www.opheliaswaterfall.net
Chi Chis Del Fuego www.myspace.com/senoritadelfuego
Kiss Me Kate www.myspace.com/kissmekateburlesque
Pin Key Lee www.myspace.com/lubelips
Cupcake www.myspace.com/shortmouthybitch
Little Eyeful www.myspace.com/rachpie
The Return of Amateur Hour
Baton Rouge's Bodacious Gillian www.batonrougenyc.com

with tuneage from
Mugg Muggles www.myspace.com/muggmuggles
Zombie Defense League www.myspace.com/zdlband

all hosted by the lightly toasted
Margaret France

Come out for the Bay's only no cover community-supported giggles and jiggles!

Free! 21+ w/ID
Donations welcomed and encouraged

Show at 9:30ish

The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA


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

And while we're on the subject of Cupcake, she's started her own business. Guess what she's making. Yes, cupcakes! Hehe. Well, she'll also make other baked goodies for ya.

Her business is called Sweet Petite Baking and Confections, which is located on the internet at www.sweetpetitebaking.com. The phone number is 510-508-9926. If you're need of some baked goodies for a party or other event, why not call the woman whose name says it all? :-)

Lucha VaVOOM in San Francisco this Friday, August 7, 2009

Rita D'Albert, co-producer of Lucha VaVoom (aka Ursulina), let me know that the show will feature a line-up of burlesque performers specially selected for our city! SF's very own Roky Roulette will be featured along with Miss Exotic World 2008 first runner up Lux La Croix! Here's how Rita described the burlesque performers:

1. Lux LaCroix - always makes a great showing at Miss Exotic World. She is doing a high-energy number that got a standing ovation in Los Angeles when she did it earlier this year.

2. Moana Santana - a LVV favorite, this is her SF debut. She has a real go-go feel and an amazing shape. She really shakes!

3. Karis - Hula Hoop hottie Karis is a big SF favorite - has to be seen to be believed.

4. Cherchez La Femme - she is over 6 feet of belly-dance magic, we are really lucky to have her for this show. She is incredible!

5. Roky Roulette - SF resident and Pogo-stick superstar. He always brings it - the crowds love him.

6. Ursulina - that's me. I haven't decided whether to do a number, but I just might.

Add to this all of the wrestling mayhem that will happen in the same venue, and the hilarious commentary provided by the comedians, and you've got a fantastic night at The Fillmore. Ice Cream Man says, "Well, it is the brilliant combination of Masked Mexican Wrestling and Burlesque dancing, otherwise known as the great blend of sex and violence. With fat sweaty men in spandex and half-naked girls in pasties, what more could one want?" NPR says, "Lucha VaVoom bills what it offers as sexo y violencia — a tried-and-true hybrid for hard times."






When does this all take place? What does it all cost? Where will it be?

Lucha VaVOOM
Friday, August 7, 2009
9pm

The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA

Tickets $32.50, available at http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/409409


More information at: http://luchavavoom.com/

Red Hots Burlesque for Friday, August 7, 2009

San Francisco Bay Guardian 2009 Best of the Bay winner Will the Thrill is the guest host this week at Red Hots Burlesque! Plus you get to see visiting performer Rosey La Rouge in her first performance back in San Francisco! Add in The Flying Fox, Gigi d'Flower, and Dottie Lux herself, and you've got yourself a show!

Weekly burlesque continues at El Rio as part of the Bay Guardian's "Best Happy Hour" of the Bay! And yes Leos we know this month is all about you, so why not celebrate at RHB?! We've had birthday candles and butt spankings for the past few weeks and now it's your turn! (hint hint: Email ahead for reserved seating) At RHB we're happy you're alive! With performances by: Dottie Lux, Rosey La Rouge, The Flying Fox, Gigi d'Flower, your host Will the Thrill and more more more!




This Friday , Aug 7th
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 to the sexy door maiden
21+ w/ID

About our debut visiting performer ROSEY LA ROUGE:
Rosey La Rouge is the "pocket sized pinup". She grew up in the Bay Area but has since moved to NYC to pursue Costume Design. She has been on the New York Burlesque scene for just over a year and has been performing all over Manhattan and Brooklyn. Rosey has taken classes at the New York School of Burlesque from amazing teachers like Jo Boobs, Veronica Varlow, Catherine D'Lish and World Famous *BOB*. She is the creator of Tattoo Girl Lingerie, and has produced her own shows under Tattoo Girl Burlesque including "Boobs for Obama", a fundraiser. She cannot be more excited to be performing in San Francisco for the first time.


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

Bombshell Betty August burlesque classes

A couple of Bombshell Betty's famous burlesque classes start soon, so if you've always wanted to learn to shimmy and shake, now's the time! Betty's been teaching burlesque in San Francisco for years now, and she's taught many of the performers that you see on stages across the Bay Area.

Here's a message that Betty sent out. You can find more information about her and her classes by visiting her website via the links below. She always has new classes of some kind starting, so check her website frequently for the lastest news!

Hello burlesque fans,

We have two Burlesquercise series starting in just a few days, so don't wait to sign up!

Not sure which series is right for you? If you want to learn everything you need to know to create and perform SOLO ACTS, then the Intensive I series is the one for you! If you want to learn GROUP ACTS and techniques that compliment the choreography, then the Dance Workout series is what you want to take. Routines from both of these series will be performed at upcoming shows around the SF Bay Area, and all participants are eligible to perform.

Come join the fun!
Betty

http://www.bombshellbetty.net



___BURLESQUERCISE DANCE WORKOUT SERIES:

*** Starts August 5! ***
Pull your lingerie out of the back of the drawer and get ready for a unique and sexy workout, because "Burlesquercise!" proves that exercising can be sexy and FUN! Combining toning exercises with lively burlesque dancing and fun choreography, this class will have you shimmying and shaking your way through fun dance routines and unique workouts that will have you giggling so much you won't even notice you're working out - until you see the results! So throw on your stockings, grab a boa and let's shake it!


___BURLESQUERCISE INTENSIVE I: Break into the Bump and Grind!

*** Starts August 11! ***
This will be the last full series of 2009! In this 12-week intensive, you will learn everything you need to know to get started in burlesque! By the time you finish this course, you will have a strong foundation in burlesque movement, a solid stage persona, and the ability to fully engage your audience while telling your story through burlesque striptease. You'll know how to incorporate props into your act,
including using your clothing as props and twirling nipple tassels. You'll have created signature moves and learned how to invent your own dance moves for the stage. PLUS MUCH MORE! Want to stand out from the crowd? Go from "wanna-be" to "gotta-see" in only 12 weeks!


For more info on both of these class series, go to:
http://www.bombshellbetty.net/burlesquercise.html


___Bombshell Betty® Dance
Exclusive Home of Burlesquercise!™
Mailing: PO Box 77842 SF, CA 94107
Studio: 715 Bryant St # 102 SF, CA 94107
www.bombshellbetty.net
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Blog: http://bombshellbetty.wordpress.com
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Burlesquercise!™ DVD: www.bombshellbetty.net/introdvd.html
Pin-Up Book: www.bombshellbetty.net/pinupbook.html
International Pin-Up workshop Tour: www.bombshellbetty.net/pinup.html
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My Band: www.myspace.com/fromagique
http://www.bombshellbetty.net/shows.html

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of August 3, 2009

Ever since I heard about it, I've been interested in Lucha VaVoom (www.luchavavoom.com). If you're not familiar with this show, it's based in Los Angeles but also travels to different cities. It's a mixture of lucha libre wrestling and burlesque. And it's attracted up to 1500 people per show in L.A.

This week, the show rolls into The Fillmore on Friday. Unfortunately, most of the shows this week seem to be bunched up on Friday, so a decision will need to be made. Lucha VaVoom in San Francisco? Or First Friday Follies or The Kentucky Fried Woman show in Oakland? And don't forget Red Hots Burlesque and Mama Calizo's Crash Cabaret earlier in the evening.

To aid your decision, here are some of the shows' details. Please check back later in the week for shows that I find out about as information becomes available!

• Monday, August 3: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Help Kingish and Eddie welcome the first week of August! They'll be joined by Mariel A La Mode, Ginger Virago, Delilah, Trouble, Kiss Me Kate, sASSy Hotbuns, Pepper LaRue, and the musical stylings of McPuzo & Trotsky! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, August 7: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF, 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: Under the Influence featuring SF Boylesque and Fou Fou Ha! at Yerba Buena Gardens in SF, 701 Mission Street. See two of the Bay Area's most inventive troupes as they perform at YBCAlive!'s Mama Calizo's Crash Cabaret in the Big Ideas Room at the Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts. Show at 9pm. $10, free for YBCA members.


• Also Friday: Lucha VaVoom at The Fillmore in SF, 1805 Geary Boulevard. Masked Lucha wrestlers plus burlesque performers equals sexo y violencia! Show at 9pm. $32.50, all ages.
  


• Also Friday: First Friday Follies at the Stork Club in Oakland, 2330 Telegraph Avenue. Join Margaret France as she hosts a show full of giggles and jiggles. See Ophelia Coeur de Noir, Chi Chis Del Fuego, Kiss Me Kate, Pin Key Lee, Cupcake, and Little Eyeful. Thrill to the return of Amateur Hour! Be amazed by Baton Rouge's Bodacious Gillian! Groove to the sounds of Mugg Muggles and Zombie Defense League. Show at 9:30ish. Free, but donations encouraged. 21+ w/ID.
  


• Also Friday: The Kentucky Fried Woman Show at Velvet in Oakland, 3411 MacArthur Blvd. An evening of performance dedicated to all things Annie....the musical....etc!! Featuring Simone de la Getto, La Chica Boom, Charleston Chu, Momma’s Boyz, Virginia Suicide, Drew Montana & Lance Armstar, and the Diamond Daggers! Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30. $10, 21 and older.
  

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, August 3, 2009

The fog and low clouds creep down the streets of San Francisco, and I'm sure Kingfish and Eddie will be creeping home after a few hard nights of making sure the local bars stay in business during these tough times. Hehe. But don't worry! They'll be (somewhat) sober by the start of Monday evening just in time for Uptown Hubba Hubba in Oakland!

My buddy Kiss Me Kate (www.myspace.com/kissmekateburlesque) is in the line-up! She told me that she's all rested after taking a few months off she's and gonna stage a Burly-Blitz of Bay Area stages this month. So let's all welcome her back with a rousing round of whoops and hollers! :-)


Photo by SFBR
This is a photo I took of Kiss Me Kate at Uptown Hubba Hubba last year. At first, it looked like one of those mistakes. Blurry. Kind of dark. But on third look, it seemed kind of artistic. So let's say I made it intentionally blurry to capture her energy and motion! Ha ha. And I'm sticking with that story. ;-)

Howdy Friends!

The next Hubba Hubba at the UPTOWN CLUB has a line-up that's gonna start Summer's last big month with BANG!

Hop in your dune-buggies and come on down, 'cuz Mondays in Oakland are made for BURLESQUE!

For MONDAY, August 3rd, we've got:

MARIEL A LA MODE!
Ginger Virago!
Delilah!
Trouble!
Kiss Me Kate!
sASSy Hotbuns!
Pepper LaRue!
McPuzo & Trotsky!
Savage Man-Beast, Zip the What-Is-It?!

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

still just FIVE BUCKS!

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

HELP SPREAD THE WORD, Y'ALL!

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/