Little Minsky's Six Year Celebration this Thursday, May 12

This Thursday evening, May 12, Little Minsky's Burlesque and Variety Show will be celebrating their six year anniversary. And you are all invited to the celebration at Club Deluxe!

Little Minsky's is San Francisco's longest running monthly burlesque show. It's also one of the most diverse in terms of talent. It's usually a mix of burlesque, drag, belly dancing, jazz, comedy, and other vaudevillian artists. This month, the featured acts will include Twilight Vixen Revue, Sister Kate, jazz ensemble The Cottontails with vocalists Karina Denike, Lily Taylor, and Alotta Boutté, dare-devil Molotov, Kristina Nekiya of Los Angeles, Kellita of the Hot Pink Feathers, Vienna La Rouge, Mynx d'Meanor, Lady Monster, Sid Scenic, Lady Satan, ElectiKat, Portugal's Rita Braga, and Kingfish of the Hubba Hubba Revue as emcee. That's an amazing lineup!

The doors open at 9:00 p.m., and the show starts at 10:00. Get there early to get a seat or spot to stand with a good view of the stage. If you've been to Club Deluxe, you'll know that if you're late, it may be hard to find a place to see the stage!

Cafe Deluxe is located at 1511 Haight Street in San Francisco (map). It's a 21 and older club, so bring your ID just in case you get carded. Cover is still just $5.00!

Little Minsky's Six Year Celebration

Ladies and gents, join us in celebrating six years of saucy shenanigans, musical merriment, stylish showgirls and vaudevillian hijinks. That's right, it's Little Minsky's sixth anniversary and we've a splendid shindig filled with fabulous burlesque beauties and vintage hot jazz with sideshow diversions. We have two terrific troupes - the gorgeous glamour gals of the Twilight Vixen Revue and the stunning genre-blending belly dance trio Sister Kate. Some rollicking tunes from stellar jazz outfit The Cottontails with virtuoso vocalists Karina Denike, Lily Taylor and Alotta Boutté. Astounding sword-swallowing feats from the mischievous Molotov. A lavish line-up of striptease talents with the captivating Kristina Nekyia (LA), shimmy-sational Kellita (of Hot Pink Feathers), ever-elegant Vienna La Rouge, delightful Mynx d'Meanor, lovely Lady Monster, exquisite Sid Scenic, tantalizing Lady Satan and high-voltage ElectriKat. And we'll be welcoming charming guest ukulele-strumming songstress Rita Braga from Lisbon, Portugal. MCs for the night are the irrepressible impresario Kingfish (of the Hubba Hubba Revue) and vibrant variety artiste Alotta Boutté. Special thanks to all of the brilliant performers we've had over the years, the audience that's made them feel at home and everyone who's ever lent a hand to keep the show rolling. Hope to see many of you at the bar...

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LITTLE MINSKY'S

BURLESQUE
Twilight Vixen Revue
Kristina Nekyia (LA)
Kellita
Vienna La Rouge
Mynx d'Meanor
Lady Monster
Sid Scenic
Lady Satan
ElectriKat

VARIETY
Sister Kate
Molotov
Alotta Boutté
Rita Braga (Lisbon, Portugal)
The Cottontails
with Karina Denike & Lily Taylor

MCs
Kingfish & Alotta Boutté

DJ
Oran - Swingin' old timey tunes

Thursday, May 12th
Club Deluxe
1511 Haight St (at Ashbury), San Francisco
9pm - 2am, Show at 10:00pm
$5, 21 and Up

--- Every Second Thursday ---

Performer Info:
Twilight Vixen Revue - http://www.twilightvixen.com/
Kristina Nekyia - http://www.nekyiadance.com/
Kellita - http://hotpinkfeathers.com/
Vienna La Rouge - http://www.viennalarouge.com/
Mynx d'Meanor - http://www.mynxdmeanor.com/
Lady Monster - http://www.ladymonster.com/
Lady Satan - http://www.myspace.com/miss_lady_satan
ElectriKat - http://www.facebook.com/misselectrikat
Sister Kate - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19753323667
Molotov - http://www.bouvierindustries.com/molotovs
Alotta Boutté - http://www.myspace.com/alotta
Rita Braga - http://www.myspace.com/superbraguita
The Cottontails - http://www.thecottontails.com/
Karina Denike - http://www.myspace.com/karinadenike
Lily Taylor - http://www.lilytaylormusic.com/
Kingfish - http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com/

Little Minsky's is brought to you by Douglas Good (of Cabaret Verdalet) and the nefarious Minsky minions.


http://www.myspace.com/little_minskys

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207582569274566&ref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=137641760092

http://www.sfclubdeluxe.com/

Valentine's Showgrrrl Workshop: Sensuality in Motion with Kristina Nekyia on Sunday, February 13

Kristina Nekyia will return from Hollywood to teach a class that will help you to find that showgrrrl within this Sunday, February 13, at Shoebox Studio in San Francisco!

Perfect as a unique Valentine's Day gift for that special someone for whom you've bought chocolates or flowers for the, oh, past six years. It's even a perfect gift for yourself! In this two hour class, you'll learn some of the basic moves of burlesque and belly dance to develop a sensual and real routine that will let you discover your inner showgrrrl!

Before she moved to Los Angeles, many of you may remember seeing Ms. Nekyia perform on Bay Area stages with her troupe, The Nekyia. Since then, she finished as Reigning Queen of Burlesque First Runner-Up at last year's Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend, and she's been working on her "Dream of Nekyia" burlesque act, which has been over a year-and-a-half in the making. For more about what she's been up to, please visit her website at nekyiadance.com.

Shoebox Studio is located at 864 Folsom Street (map). The class will run from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, and it will cost $40.00. You may register online through the link below. Be sure to click on the "Workshop/Events" tab to see and sign up for this event!

Valentine's Showgrrrl Workshop: Sensuality in Motion
At Shoebox Studio, 864 Folsom St. SF CA
With Guest Instructor: Kristina Nekyia

Come join us for Valentine's Showgrrrl Workshop: Sensuality in Motion with Kristina Nekyia! We are so excited to have her visit us from LA.

The cost for the workshop is $40.

To register online: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=9405 (Note: Click on the "Workshop/Events" tab)
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About the event:
A showgrrrl is a powerful, sexy, self-directed woman of the stage. She is part of you. Find that confident, fully embodied, sensual, raw energy and let it imbue your movements with a new fire. Drawing on the movements of belly dance and burlesque, this workshop addresses how to be sexy onstage in a way that is strong, classy, and completely real. Learn the common pitfalls and cliches to avoid, and strut your stuff in a fun, burlesque style routine. Be your own saucy Valentine!

About Kristina:
Kristina Nekyia is a belly dancer, circus contortion dancer, burlesque queen, pin up nymph, actress, fire eater, director, and writer based in Hollywood, California. She was the 2010 First Runner-Up for the title of Queen of Burlesque at the Burlesque Hall of Fame competition in Las Vegas, and she founded and directed The Nekyia, a company of showgrrrls specializing in circus, belly dance, and burlesque.


https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=9405

http://www.shoeboxsf.com

Burlesque Hall of Fame Reigning Queen of Burlesque 2010

The Reigning Queen of Burlesque 2010 (formerly known as Miss Exotic World) is Roxi Dlite of Windsor, Canada. The pageant was held at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 5.

Roxi Dlite was last year's first runner-up, and has been recognized as one of the world's top burlesque performers. This year's first runner-up is former Bay Area and current Los Angeles resident Kristina Nekyia, and the second runner-up is Nasty Canasta of Brooklyn.

Unlike last year when I was in Las Vegas, I'm getting the results secondhand from Twitter posts of the pageant's attendees, so I'll say these results are unofficial. If you'd like to see the Twitter posts for yourself, please go to twitter.com and search for "#bhof". The official results will probably be posted on the official Burlesque Hall of Fame site at burlesquehall.com or on their Facebook page sometime within the next few days.

Here are the results of this year's competition!

Best Debut: Ms. Tickle (Brooklyn, NY )

Best Group: Chicago Starlets (Chicago, IL)

Best Variety: Amazing Bendable Posable Dolls of Doom (Lola Martinet & Tila von Twirl of Chicago, IL)

Best Boylesque: Evil Hate Monkey (Baltimore, MD)

Reigning Queen of Burlesque 2010 (formerly Miss Exotic World): Roxi Dlite (Windsor, ON, Canada)

Reigning Queen First Runner Up: Kristina Nekyia (Los Angeles, CA)

Reigning Queen Second Runner Up: Nasty Canasta (Brooklyn, NY)


There were additional awards presented. The winners are as follows:

Most Innovative: Ms. Tickle (Brooklyn, NY )

Most Classic: Mimi LeMeaux (San Diego, CA)

Most Comical: Evil Hate Monkey (Baltimore, MD)

Most Dazzling: Ms. Tickle (Brooklyn, NY )

(Edited June 7, 2010)