SF Bay Area Burlesque for the week of August 11, 2008

Even though a lot of us are going off on vacations to beaches, tropical islands, hometowns, and such, the good folks of burlesque are staying on the job to bring us quality entertainment in the Bay Area this week!

• Monday, August 11: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Club in Oakland. Join Kingish and Eddie as they Star Trek into Oaktown with special musical guests the Final Frontiersmen, dancers Dangerous Curves, Chi Chis del Fuego, and more! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $5 cover, 21+ w/ID.


• Wednesday, August 13: Barbary Coast Burlesque at Annie's Social Club in SF. Join Bunny Pistol and hostess Isis Starr for a night of beauty, glamour, and laughs. Doors at 8pm, show at 9. $8 cover, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, August 14: Little Minsky's Burlesque at Club Deluxe in San Francisco. Douglas Good and the Flying Fox present old and new fashioned burlesque acts that please and delight. Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $5 cover, 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, August 15: Hubba Hubba Revue: Creepshow Peepshow at the DNA Lounge in SF. Join Evil Old Dr. Kingfish, Intern Eddie, and all the pretty fiends of Rustbucket County as they bring you another spine-chilling night of terror-riffic burlesque, killer comedy, and all the fun you can have locked-up in a backwoods insane-asylum swarming with bloodthirsty freaks! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $12-15, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco. Dottie Lux brings you a show promising the seductive and spicy, absurd and amusing. Show at 7:30pm. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.


• Saturday, August 16: Hot Pink Feathers and Carnaval Recognition Ceremony at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in SF. Show and parade with Queen Kellita, King Everett, Hot Pink Feathers, the HPF All-Star Band, and more! From 1-4pm, free to the public.

Burlesque shows in the SF Bay Area Friday and Saturday, August 8 and 9

Alrighty, peeps. Have you not received an adequate dose of Lady Satan? Who of us has?? Haha! Well, the Original Sin herself has been shakin' it a lot at various venues lately, and this weekend you'll get to see a lot of her (pun intended, hehe) at two shows!

On Friday, she'll be hosting Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio:

Red Hots Burlesque!

LADY SATAN hosts- The Happiest Hour!

That's right cats and kitties, El Rio has recently won "BEST HAPPY HOUR" by The Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay 2008 and RHB is thrilled to be a part of the crew! So come this week and see what all the fuss is about! We've got an all-star lineup of San
Francisco's finest bump and grinders.

The Show also includes a filthy and freaky film reel from the insane mind
of Val Killmore, Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous
happy hour and watch the best in bump and grind! This Friday, Aug 8th at El Rio
in the Mission, 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 MRS.BUSTY - Bella Trixx- at the Door


Be amazed by these performers as they twitch it and twatch it and you get
to sit back and watch it!

Ophelia Coeur de Noir - just French enough to be dangerous… Although
beloved as a solo act, Ophelia often performs with local Burlesque icon Gorilla
X, Bottoms Up! Burlesque, and RetroCabaret. Ophelia dances and prances in the
San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Portland, the greater Seattle area, Las Vegas,
Los Angeles, and is known all the way to Australia's Gold Coast. Having joined
the esteemed ranks of the Burlesque Hall of Fame, Ophelia was honored to be a
part of Teaseorama-2007 in San Francisco, and bewitched her audiences into
awarding her "Best Pickup Artist" at the 2007 Miss Exotic World Pageant in Las
Vegas.

Visit her web-site at http://www.opheliaswaterfall.net/ for upcoming appearances, and some truly yummy cheesecake.

Boop boop be doop!

The luscious Miss Lily Divine is the producer of Debauchery, the East Bay's
only strip club for queers of all genders. You can find her there on the third
Sunday of every month and at www.myspace.com/debaucherydivine.

And everyone's hometown favorite! Mable Sugar! She's Dainty she's cute and
clever to boot!!!!

MISS LADY SATAN- Producer of Sugar Shack, they don't call her the origional
sin for nothin'! Don't miss the FIRST EVER Sugar Shack West Coast! (Fully
endorsed by Red Hots Burlesque!) FRIDAY!



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

And that brings us to the long-awaited and anticipated debut of Sugar Shack on Saturday at the Elbo Room. Lady Satan, Ruby White, Bunny Pistol, Sparkly Devil...top flight burlesque and go-go entertainment all for the bargain price of $5! Plus, DJs Sergio Igleasias and Matt Bonar will have everyone dancing between sets. Ya just can't beat this entertainment value! No sirree!!

Sugar Shack!

http://www.myspace.com/sugarshacksf
http://www.elbo.com/

Alright. Perhaps you say that you won't be in the City on Saturday. You'll be in the East Bay. Well, you're in luck! The fabulous Hot Pink Feathers, winners of SF Bay Guardian's Best Dance Troupe for 2008 is performing with Blue Bone Express:

Burlesque N' Brass

Hot Pink Feathers and Blue Bone Express. 3 sets of music and 3 sets of dance! Yay!

CAFE VAN KLEEF
1621 Telegraph in Oakland
Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30 sharp
$10 cover, 21+ w/ID

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

So do yourselves a favor and catch some fantabulous burlesque action this weekend!

Free burlesque show and more! Tonight, Thursday, August 7, at 1015 Folsom

Just a reminder that there's a free, yes free, burlesque show brought to you by the lovely folks at Tease-O-Rama. It's all at the San Franicsco Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay shindig. The details of the burlesque show are in a previous post, and I'll put the image/poster here.

Click the image to go to the official party site.

Barbary Coast Burlesque now on August 13: Next week!

Bunny Pistol sent me word that her show, Barbary Coast Burlesque, will be on Wednesday, August 13 instead of the following week. It seems that Annie's Social Club had something booked on the 20th, so Bunny and her crew moved the show up a week.

So, to recap. Barbary Coast Burlesque will be next week, on Wednesday, August 13. And what will you see?

It's that time of month again!!

Barbary Coast Burlesque would love for you to join us at Annies Social Club
on Wednesday, August 13th for a night of glamour, beauty, and laughs!

Our lovely hostess of ceremonies of the eveining will be the infamous
Isis Starr!!

Our line up of lovely talent will be:

Delilah
Bunny Pistol
sASSy Hotbuns
Dottie Lux
Ruby White
The Flying Fox
Josie Starre
and featuring all the way from Portland, Or. Sahara Dunes!!

This will be a night not to be missed!!
All of this lively entertainment for only $8.00!!
Show starts at 9pm
21+ w'ID
Annies Social Club is located at
917 Folsom @ 5th St.
San Francisco, CA

http://www.anniessocialclub.com/

Sounds totally awesome to me!

Robert Adler burlesque photos, and thoughts on burlesque then and now

As I was doing a search for burlesque stuff in Google, I came across some old notices announcing that there was a showing of Robert Adler's burlesque photos in San Francisco in April/May of this year.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see the exhibition. but I did find his site at http://www.robertadlerburlesque.com/home.html, which features some of the photos and a text description of his experiences at the Trocadero in Philadelphia in the early 1970s.

What strikes me as I read it is how burlesque seems to have changed in the almost 40 years since he took those pictures. Well, the pasties are still there. And the emphasis on performance and dancing skills is still there. Some things seemed to have changed, however.

These days, it seems--at least in San Francisco--that there are often more women in the audience than men. In the 1970s, Adler implies that mostly men watched the performers, as well as preyed upon them.

Also, the performers had a circuit in which they travelled from city to city, performing at different theaters to eke out a living. Now, it seems like many of the women have regular day jobs--where they eke out a living, hehe--and perform in shows at night as a form of artistic self-expression.

Which is not to say that there aren't performers who travel to different cities to shake and shimmy. Many of them do, and some of them make a living being in burlesque. The impression that I get, however, is that being in burlesque in the 1970s was a pretty grim kind of existence, where the women were exploited by men as they tried to survive.

Now, however, it seems that the performers are empowered by performing, and enjoy it immensely. Perhaps that is why burlesque has enjoyed a revival. It's been a renewal of an art form powered by women, for women and men.

If you are currently a burlesque performer, how would you describe your experience in burlesque? I'm not directly involved with burlesque, but from the people I've talked to and from what I've read, burlesque has evolved into something different from it's last incarnation.

San Francisco Bay Area burlesque for the week of August 4, 2008

Yeeee haww! This week features some real bargains, as far as burlesque shows go. On Thursday, the SF Bay Guardian weekly has their free party celebrating their 2008 Best of the Bay winners. Tease-O-Rama is presenting a show, plus there will be a lot of other stuff going on at 1015 Folsom that evening.

Then, Saturday features the long-awaited Sugar Shack SF burlesque show and dance party. This one is only $5. Dancing and burlesque dancers, a winning combination if there ever was one! Hehe.

Also, there are shows available for $5 from Uptown Hubba Hubba and Red Hots Burlesque. And for just a couple of bucks more, you can catch the Hot Pink Feathers and Blue Bone Express on Saturday in Oakland. Woooo!

So grab your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, best friend, or even worst enemy and head out for a night of affordable fun!

• Monday, August 4: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Club in Oakland. Darlinda Just Darlinda guest stars with Lady Satan, Scotty the Blue Bunny, and others! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $5 cover, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, August 7: SF Bay Guardian 2008 Best of the Bay at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco. The Devil-Ettes, Twilight Vixen Revue, Sparkly Devil and Drunkle Sam perform, among others. Doors at 8pm, show at 8:30. Free!


• Friday, August 8: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco. Dottie Lux brings you a show promising the seductive and spicy, absurd and amusing. Show at 7:30pm. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.


• Saturday, August 9: Burlesque 'N' Brass at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland. The Hot Pink Feathers and Blue Bone Express perform three sets each. Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30. $10, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Saturday: Sugar Shack SF at the Elbo Room in San Francisco. The debut of a burlesque show and dance party brought to you by Lady Satan, Ruby White, DJ Sergio Iglesias, and DJ Matt Bonar. Doors at 10pm, show at 11. $5, 21+ w/ID.

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, August 4, 2008

Fresh off their win in the SFBG Best of the Bay poll, the Hubba's have put together a solid show for this Monday!

Holy Moley, Friends and Neighbors! Get a load of this ALL-STAR line-up at the next HUBBA HUBBA REVUE, Oakland!

Sexy Dames, Raucous Comedy, and Oh! Did we mention, WE JUST WON THE SF BAY GUARDIAN'S "BEST OF THE BAY"??!! ;)

Monday, Aug. 4th, we've got....!

Special Guest Star, from New York City:
DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA!

Towering Azure Harbringer of Easter-Eggs!
SCOTTY THE BLUE BUNNY!

Luscious La Sheldra!
Rubenesque Burlesque!
Lady Satan!
Kiss Me Kate!
Honey LeBang!
Comedian Chris Garcia!
Comedienne Shamika Baker!
Zip the What-Is-It!

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

all this and it's JUST FIVE BUCKS all night!! (??)!!

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

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

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