Flabulous! At SomArts this Saturday, November 21, 2009

Flabulous! An Evening of Performance By and For People of Size & Their Allies will be happening this Saturday at SomArts in San Francisco. There are two showtimes, 7:00 and 9:00pm.

This historic show will feature performances from many of your favorite performers of size from the West Coast, including Rubenesque Burlesque, Pidgeon Von Tramp (of Seattle's Von
Foxies), Jukie Sunshine & Alotta Boutté, Lady Monster, Juicy Delight, CHUBB, Phat Fly Girls, and many others!

Tickets are $15 for general admission, and $20 for preferred seating. You may buy tickets in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86966. There is a $1.99 service fee for tickets purchased online. You will, however, know that you'll have a ticket in case both shows sell out!

Kentucky Fried Woman & Jay Walker,
In conjunction with NOLOSE, present:

Flabulous!
An Evening of Performance By and For People of Size & Their Allies

This history making cabaret will showcase the most influential and inspiring performers of size and their allies from the West Coast.

Featuring:
Jukie Sunshine & Alotta Boutte, Malcolm Pecs & Tyrone Peaches, Drew Montana & Jake Danger, Leigh Crow & Ruby Vixen, Rubenesque Burlesque, Pidgeon von Tramp, Phat Fly Girls, Juicy Delight, Brock Cocker, Lady Monster, Holy McGrail, Phenix Love, Mz. Amy, OBEAST & CHUBB


Two Shows: Saturday, November 21st 7pm & 9pm

SomArts, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco
Tickets: $15 general, $20 preferred

Advance tickets available at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86966


http://www.somarts.org

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of November 16, 2009

It's gonna be a Flabulous week! Indeed, the show Flabluous—presented by Kentucky Fried Woman & Jay Walker in conjunction with NOLOSE—will be coming up on Saturday at SomArts in San Francisco. Some of the most noted performers of size from the West Coast will be performing during two shows at 7 and 9pm.

Also this week is Hubba Hubba Revue's The Miss Hubba Hubba Pageant show. See many of your favorite burlesque performers vie for the title! Who will win Miss Congeniality? Will there be a swimsuit contest? The mind boggles...

Add in the weekly Uptown Hubba Hubba show on Monday and the Red Hots Burlesque show on Friday, and that's your week in San Francisco Bay Area burlesque!

• Monday, November 16: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. It's Hubba Hubba Revue & Bombshell Betty® Burlesqueteer night at the Uptown Club! One could say it'll be a "Fromagique" evening. See Bombshell Betty and her past and present students perform! Hear real live jazz and burlesque music from Fromagique (with Fromagettes!). Thrill to Portland's Caribbean Burlesque Sweetheart Shara Dunes! She'll shimmy, twirl, and wink her way into your heart! Featuring Sneak-A-Peek Sally, Miss If-N-Whendy, Sure Thing Shirley, Fina Fatale, Loreley, Rosy Areola, Hot to Twat, Vadge of Infamy, and The Black Metal Pilgrims. Your MCs for the evening will be Randy Johnson and Patina DeCopper of Fromagique. Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, November 20: 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: Hubba Hubba Revue: The Miss Hubba Hubba Pageant! at DNA Lounge in SF, 375 11th Street. The elbow-length gloves are off! Hubba Hubba Revue presents a sensational, glamour-packed, talent-rich cavalcade of beauties, all intent on the coveted title of MISS HUBBA HUBBA! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. Your contestants will be The Twilight Vixen Revue, Bunny Pistol, Ruby White, Lady Satan, Delilah, Wiggy Darlington & Vima Burlesque, Your Little Chernobyl, Sparkly Devil, Twinkletoes McGee, sASSy Hotbuns, Miss Balla Fire, Pin Key Lee, Miss Mae Western, Alotta Boutte', Kitty von Quimm, Ariyana La Fey, The Flying Fox, Kiss Me Kate, and Virgina Suicide! Plus, dance your brass off to Fromagique featuring Bombshell Betty & Her Burlesqueteers! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $15, $12 in advance at www.dnalounge.com. From 9:00 to 9:30, tickets are $10 at the door. 21+ w/valid ID.
  


• Saturday, November 21: Flabulous: An Evening of Performance By and For People of Size & Their Allies at SomArts in SF, 934 Brannan Street. This history making cabaret will showcase the most influential and inspiring performers of size and their allies from the West Coast. Featuring Jukie Sunshine & Alotta Boutte, Malcolm Pecs & Tyrone Peaches, Drew Montana & Jake Danger, Leigh Crow & Ruby Vixen, Rubenesque Burlesque, Pidgeon von Tramp, Phat Fly Girls, Juicy Delight, Brock Cocker, Lady Monster, Holy McGrail, Phenix Love, Mz. Amy, OBEAST & CHUBB! Brought to you by Kentucky Fried Woman & Jay Walker in conjunction with NOLOSE and the Queer Cultural Center. Two shows, 7pm and 9pm. $15 general, $20 preferred. Advance tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86966.

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.

Fromagique CD on sale now! See Fromagique live on Monday!

When I'm putting together the burlesque events calendar, do you know how I keep my energy up and get into that burly-mood? That's right! I listen to Fromagique's new CD, "We Are Fromagique"!

From standards like "When The Saints Go Marching In" and "Sway," to A. Randall Johnson original compositions like "Pineapple" and "Sakitini," this a collection of songs that have that special burlesque sound and feel.

All of the songs were arranged by A. Randall Johnson, also known as Randy. Lead vocals are performed by San Francisco's own Bombshell Betty on six of the fifteen songs.

This CD makes a great stocking stuffer for the upcoming holiday season for that burlesque or jazz fan that is on your list. Or, it's the perfect CD to play during that holiday party with friends and family!

If you'd like to hear some samples, Fromagique has loaded some of their songs on their MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/fromagique.

You can purchase "We Are Fromagique" through www.bombshellbettydance.com/cd.html. The CDs are $15 plus shipping and tax if applicable.

You may also purchase the CD this Monday, November 16, when Fromagique will perform live at the Uptown Club. Look at the tables in the back of the room with the stage, just before you reach the door that opens out onto the outdoor patio area.

In addition to Fromagique, it'll be Bombshell Betty® Burlesqueteer Night, so you'll be able to see Bombshell Betty's students past and present perform on the big stage of the Uptown. In addition, Sahara Dunes of Portland will be a special guest star!

MONDAY, Nov. 16th! The Burlesqueteers return to the Uptown Club, accompanied as always by those brassy maestros of good times, Fromagique!

It's Hubba Hubba Revue & Bombshell Betty® Burlesqueteer night at the Uptown Club!

Starring: Bombshell Betty!

With performances by Bombshell Betty's students (past and present):
- Sneak-A-Peek Sally!
- Miss If-N-Whendy!
- Sure Thing Shirley!
- Fina Fatale!
- Loreley!
- Rosy Areola!
- Hot to Twat!
- Vadge of Infamy!
- The Black Metal Pilgrims!

With special Guest: Sahara Dunes! (From Portland!)

Live music by Randy Johnson's Fromagique! (With Fromagettes)

MC's Patina DeCopper and Randy Johnson


Uptown Club
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish
Only $5!
21+ w/ID


http://www.bombshellbetty.net

http://www.myspace.com/fromagique

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com

http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue

http://www.uptownnightclub.com

Diamond Daggers Cabaret & YBCA Big Idea Night pARTy on Saturday, November 14, 2009

The Diamond Daggers will be putting on a cabaret show this Saturday night in conjunction with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as part of they YBCA Big Idea Night pARTy, "State of the Queer Nation"!

Joining the Diamond Daggers for the cabaret will be Alotta Boutté, Simone de la Getto, La Chica Boom, Kentucky Fried Woman, and CHUBB.

In addition, there will be a lot of other things to see and do. You can see the exhibits, sample some food and drink, listen to opinions at the Soapbox Social (RSVP separately here), watch short films, or even win a Smart car! For a complete list of events, please visit www.ybca.org/emails/ealert/nov09/bigidea.html.

It's a free event, but reservations are recommended. Visit ybcafree.org to RSVP of you haven't done so already!

YBCA Big Idea Night pARTy
Sat, Nov 14, 2009

Soapbox Social: 7–9 pm / Big Idea Night Party: 9 pm–2 am

Diamond Daggers Cabaret: 10:45 - 11:30 (Diamond Daggers, Alotta Boutte, Simone de la Getto, La Chica Boom, Kentucky Fried Woman and CHUBB!)

YBCA Grand Lobby and Galleries • 701 Mission @ 3rd St

FREE • RSVP RECOMMENDED @ http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=9948



Raise your awareness, lower your inhibitions and celebrate the "State of the Queer Nation" at Big Idea Night, YBCA's FREE pARTy on Sat, Nov 14. Learn more about YBCA's Big Idea, "Bridging the Gap," which focuses on cultural distance and how to close gaps of misunderstandings between people. Amelia Mae Paradise presents Diamond Daggers Cabaret with: Diamond Daggers, Alotta Boutte, Simone de la Getto, La Chica Boom, Kentucky Fried Woman and CHUBB!


http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=9948

http://www.diamonddaggers.com

Red Hots Burlesque and Twilight Vixen Revue on Friday, November 13, 2009

Some people consider Friday the 13th to be an unlucky day. But this Friday, we're all lucky to have both Red Hots Burlesque and Twilight Vixen Revue performing!

At El Rio, the home of SFBG's "Best Happy Hour," catch Red Hots Burlesque at 7:30pm. This week, the hosts are The Cock T-s and Chester.

If you didn't catch New York's boylesque boy wonder Manchego and Portland's Carribean Sapphic Burlesque Sweetheart at Thursday night's Little Minsky's, then you have another chance! They'll lbe performing with Virginia Suicide, Isis Starr, and Bitter Waitress!

Red Hots Burlesque Presents The Cock T-s

SF's only weekly burlesque show brings you the world's only Burlesque Cheerleaders. They were the state champs, but now they're the state tramps...it's THE COCK T's. This show is packed with talent including 2 visiting performers!!!!

Red Hots Burlesque celebrated one year at El Rio last 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!

Freaky and filthy film reel brought to you by Val Killmore and DJ Alex BIG Cox brings you tantalizing tunage!

The Cock T-s and Chester host

Performances by:
Virginia Suicide, Isis Starr, Bitter Waitress, Portland's Saharah Dunes, NYC's Manchego and MORE!!

Ambros Martos aka Manchego Bio:
Ambrose Martos has performed standup, clown, improv, sketch and dance around New York City and the world. He was a finalist in the BBC Open Mic competition at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival and once had his roller skating disco act described as "brave comedy" by ABC's Diane Sawyer. Ambrose is a regular performer at New York City's best vaudeville reviews and has performed on the largest cruise ship in the world for Royal Caribbean. Ambrose plays the lead role in the short film Lutoski Fish Sticks, which won 3rd Place at the 2005 NYU First Run Film Festival. He is a 1997 graduate of Clown College, a member of The Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit. Recent credits include off-Broadway's Slava's Snowshow and as a Merry Prankster in Julie Taymor's new film Across the Universe (out in 2007).


El Rio
3158 Mission Street, SF
Show at 7:30pm

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


http://www.redhotsburlesque.com

http://www.elriosf.com

And over at the Jewish Theater, Twilight Vixen Revue is part of "Interlude: 4 night of entertainment" curated by Stateless! They'll be performing all night long with magician David Hirata and band One Ring Zero!

If you're planning to go, check out the special discount code provided by TVR below! You can a few bucks by buying tickets in advance. :-)

This Friday the 13th, come get lucky at the Jewish Theater with Twilight Vixen Revue! We're not doing just one number, we're not doing just two...we're performing throughout the entire night! With cohorts David Hirata the magician and New York band One Ring Zero, Twilight Vixen Revue presents a full evening of entertainment hosted by Ellen Sebastian Chang. Please join us Friday night, November 13 at 8pm at The Jewish Theater on 470 Florida Street in San Francisco. Contact the box office today to get your tickets at 415-292-1233; use promo code "GOODTIMES12" to get a special $12 ticket rate.


http://www.twilightvixen.com

http://www.tjt-sf.org

Finally, don't forget that the Devil-Ettes' and Baby Doe's "Go Go Spectacular" is also at the Brava Theatre. See the previous post for details.

Sahara Dunes and Manchego at Little Minsky's on Thursday, November 12, 2009

What do Portland's Carribean Sapphic Burlesque Sweetheart Sahara Dunes and New York's boylesque wonder Manchego have in common? They're both guest performers at this month's Little Minsky's Burlesque Show on Thursday at Club Deluxe in San Francisco!

Sahara Dunes	Manchego

In addition, there will be lots of other entertainments! Music from The Paper Dolls, Wiggy Darlington, and McPuzo & Trotsky. Comedy from Felicity Hesed & Texas. And burlesque from The Scenic Sisters, Flame Cynders, Mynx d'Meanor, and ElectriKat! And it's all pulled together by the fabulous emcee, Trauma Flintstone.

So head on over to Club Deluxe, where there's never a dull moment at Little Minsky's, where the drinks are delicious, the dames are hot, the cats are cool, and the music is smokin'....

Looking for a mischievous mix of showgirls, drag, ukuleles, clownish cavorting, comedic cabaret and stylish striptease? Well then join as at Little Minsky's where we'll be sipping cocktails to playful tunes from The Paper Dolls, Wiggy Darlington and McPuzo & Trotksy. Laughing along with humour artists Felicity Hesed & Texas. And basking in the glow of burlesque beauties The Scenic Sisters, Flame Cynders, Mynx d'Meanor and ElectriKat. We have two special guest performers for the night - Sahara Dunes, Portland's Carribean Sapphic Burlesque Sweetheart, and from New York, the boylesque wonder that is Manchego. Our hostess is the star of countless musical theater productions, drag clubs and piano bars - the notoriously charming Trauma Flintstone. Performances run from 10 'till midnight, so swing by, settle in with some tasty tonics and enjoy the show...

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LITTLE MINSKY'S

BURLESQUE
The Scenic Sisters
Manchego (New York)
Sahara Dunes (Portland)
Flame Cynders
Mynx d'Meanor
ElectriKat

VARIETY
The Paper Dolls - enchanting trio of ukulele ladies
Felicity Hesed & Texas - mystifying clownish antics
Wiggy Darlington - flamboyant comic chanteuse
McPuzo & Trotsky - 20's style satirical tunes

MC
Trauma Flintstone - drag cabaret superstar

DJ
Oran - retro cool swing, rock & lounge

Thursday, November 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:
Trauma Flintstone - www.traumaflintstone.com
The Paper Dolls - www.thepaperdollsband.com
Felicity Hesed - flyingheseds.com
Wiggy Darlington - www.wiggydarlington.com
McPuzo & Trotsky - www.myspace.com/mcpuzoandtrotsky
The Scenic Sisters - www.myspace.com/thescenicsisters
Manchego - ambrosemartos.com
Sahara Dunes - www.saharadunes.net
Flame Cynders - www.flamecynders.com
Mynx d'Meanor - www.mynxdmeanor.com

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

Go Go Spectacular this Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, 2009

This weekend, the Devil-Ettes and Baby Doe Productions present their Go Go Spectacular! It'll be an evening of go go goodness harkening back to the go-go era of the 1960s.

There will be music, dancing, laughs, tributes, and more! Some of your favorite stars of burlesque will be performing, including Alotta Boutte, Kellita of the Hot Pink Feathers, and Kitten on the Keys! Fabulousness galore!

And, if you're willing to volunteer at one of the performances, you'll be able to see the other night's show for free. Baby Doe and the Devil-Ettes have been looking for friendly people to help at will call, selling tickets, working the merchandise table, checking IDs, ushering, etc. If you'd like to volunteer, or if you have any questions, please contact volunteer coordinator Kerry at kerryzobel@yahoo.com ASAP. Let her know which night you'd like to volunteer, and if you have a preference for volunteer job.

The Devil-Ettes and Baby Doe productions are proud to present you a show we have been working on for the last 11 years....

The Go Go Spectacular
It is the Theatrical extravaganza of the year!

What: LIVE ACTION 1960s VARIETY SHOW! Join us for an outrageous, theatrical tribute to the great 60’s variety shows like Laugh-In, Shindig, and Hullabaloo. The Go Go Spectacular will be an action-packed night filled with live performances by The Barbary Coasters and Deke Dickerson’s All Star Frat Band doing a special all go go set! Special guests, comedy, historic tributes to the 1960s by author Domenic Priore (Riot on Sunset Strip and Pop Surf Culture) and author Lynn Peril (Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons), vocal powerhouses Scotty from the Hi-Nobles and Alotta Boutte, Kitten on the Keys and Kellita of Hot Pink Feathers go all-out go go and as much shimmying and shaking as The Devil-Ettes and The Mini Skirt Mob can cram into two hours!


When: Friday and Saturday, November 13th and 14th, 2009

Where: The Brava Theatre, 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA, http://www.brava.org

How much: $25 in advance, $35 at door

Doors: drinks 7pm, show 8pm

Website: http://www.devilettes.com

direct link to tickets:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79932