Burlesque and Pinup artwork by Alice Stribling and Jessica Whiteside on display, Friday, May 29, 2009

The burlesque and pinup inspired artwork of Alice Stribling and Jessica Whiteside (hosts of Dr. Sketchy's SF and curators of Pin It Up, Babycakes!) will be exhibited at the Dollhouse Bettie Lingerie shop Friday evening, from 5:00 til 9:00pm. In addition, there will be a live model in the window for you to draw. Sort of a mini Dr. Sketchy's!

It's all a part of the Haight Street Art Walk. It's perfect if you have some time before or after seeing a screening of "A Wink and a Smile" (previous post) and the Minsky's Winks after party (previous post) at Club Deluxe. Both the club and the theater are just a few blocks away!

Here's the message I received from Alice with details including the address of the Dollhouse Bettie Lingerie shop:

Hi everyone,

I would like to invite you to join us this Friday May 29th from 5-9pm for the Haight Street Art Walk!

Artists, please bring your pencils and sketchbooks. We invite you to draw the live model in the window.

- Alice Stribling

As part of the new monthly Haight Street Art Walk, Dollhouse Bettie Lingerie will be having an art exhibition curated by Alice Stribling and featuring burlesque & pinup inspired artwork by Alice Stribling and Jessica Whiteside.

There will be a live model in the window and artmaking by local talents.

There will also be more fun entertainment at Dollhouse Bettie Lingerie, and over 20 stores on Haight Street will be participating.


Friday May 29th (and the last Friday of every month)
5-9pm

Dollhouse Bettie Lingerie
1641 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
www.dollhousebettie.com

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of May 25, 2009

Here comes summer! This weekend was the kickoff of the Summer 2009 season. And this one promises to be the hottest burlesque summer in memory! Well, at least in my memory! ;-)

And this is the week that "A Wink and a Smile" makes its San Francisco premiere. The director and the stars of the movie will be in town for screenings of the film, parties, and classes and Q&A sessions this coming weekend.

Add in the usual weekly shows and Dr. Sketchy's, and you've got the lineup of events for the week!

• Monday, May 25, 2009: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Celebrate Memorial Day with Hubba Hubba Revue! See Bunny Pistol, Twilight Vixen Revue, Bootsy LaRue, Sparkly Devil, McPuzo & Trotsky, Penny Lux, Rosanna McGuire, and Madam Chartreuse! Along with Zip The What-Is-It?! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5 (not much dough!), 21+ w/ID.


• Tuesday, May 26: Dr. Sketchy's SF at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, 111 Minna Street. Sketch Dottie Lux of Red Hots Burlesque and watch her perform! Or hang out at the bar for free and chat with artists and check out their art. $10 for artists, $7 for students and instructors with valid ID. Free to hang out at the bar. Happy hour drink specials, too. 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, May 29: 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. Free!!! 21+ w/ID.


• Friday May 29 through Sunday, May 31: "A Wink and a Smile" events at various venues and times. Catch a screening of the burlesque documentary Friday through Tuesday at the Red Vic Movie House, 1727 Haight Street in SF. Following the 7pm screenings Friday through Sunday, see some of the stars of the film perform live! The director Deirdre Timmons will also be in attendance. See previous posting for performance details. On Friday night, there will be an official afterparty, "Minsky's Winks," at Club Deluxe, 1511 Haight Street, presented by Little Minsky's and Academy of Burlesque. See this posting for details. On Saturday and Sunday, the Academy of Burlesque will be conducting classes, a workshop, and a Q&A session at the Center for Sex and Culture, 1519 Mission Street in SF. See this previous posting for details. Times, prices, and age restrictions vary.
  

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

Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque Classes in SF: Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31, 2009

With the San Francisco premiere of "A Wink and a Smile" (www.winkthemovie.com) next weekend comes the Academy of Burlesque down from its home in Seattle. In addition to appearing at the 7pm screening (previous post) and the afterparty (previous post) on Friday, Indigo Blue and others will be conducting classes and a Q&A session. So if you've ever wondered what it's like to be in the classes as depicted in the film, this is the next best thing without leaving the Bay Area!

Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque visits San Francisco!

In celebration of the San Francisco premier of the celebrated breakout documentary "A Wink and A Smile,” the Academy of Burlesque is offering the following specialty classes and discussions at the Center for Sex and Culture, located at 1519 Mission Street between 11th and So. Van Ness, San Francisco, CA.


*Bellydance Moves for the Burlesque Stage w/Fuchsia FoXXX*
Saturday, May 30, 1pm – 2:30pm

Cost: $15 pre-register at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68688
*Pre-register for all 3 classes at $50 rate (material fees not included):
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68695

This 1.5 hr dance class is for all levels. Add more power to your Burly-Q punch with Seattle's "Sexiest Bellydancer" Fuchsia FoXXX! Learn core movements, basic posture, articulation and isolations. Develop an understanding of Fuchsia's mind-boggling fluid body undulations and tight pop-n-locks, and develop and isolate the shimmy!


*Headdresses, Fascinators, and YOU w/the Shanghai Pearl*
Saturday, May 30, 2:30pm – 4pm

Cost: $20 preregister at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68691
+ $20 materials fee (to be paid at class)
*Pre-register for all 3 classes at $50 rate (material fees not included):
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68695

Learn the difference between coque and nandu! Learn how to curl and shape feathers and learn the basics of building your own fabulous headdress! Materials will be provided for a small fee, otherwise please bring your burlesque accroutrement! Students are encouraged to bring feathers, sparkly bits, flowers, clips, ribbons, and a GLUE GUN!

The materials fee will include their choice of (first come first serve) feathers (selection of ostrich and coque), buckram, sparkly bits (fine sequin appliques and rhinestone chain), flowers, clips (duckbill and slide), and a glue gun. Students are especially encouraged to bring their own glue gun so they don't have to wait for a community one.


*How to Make Pasties! w/ Miss Indigo Blue*
Saturday, May 30, 4-5:30pm

Cost: $20 pre-register at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68693
+ $20 materials fee (to be paid at class)
*Day-of-class admission on a space available basis for $30 + $20 materials
fee.
*Pre-register for all 3 classes at $50 rate (material fees not included):
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68695

Learn the basics of pastie construction and tassel twirling with Miss Indigo Blue, the Chief Twirling Officer of TwirlyGirl Pasties. Miss Indigo will explain the fundamentals of making, embellishing, and twirling your very own decorative nipple tassels! You will leave class with a completed pair of pasties that you can use in performance, as well as all the information you need to create your own in the future!

Provided by instructor: Buckram, scissors, glue guns & glue, tassels, fabric, needle & thread, sequins, rhinestones.


*The Art of The Tease for Sex-Industry Workers with Miss Indigo Blue*
Sunday, May 31, 1-3pm

Cost: $10-20 sliding scale, Pre-register at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68687

Miss Indigo Blue began her sexy striptease career as a dancer at Champ Arcade and The Lusty Lady in Seattle, and the Lusty Lady and Century in San Francisco in the 90's. As a stripper and a strip-teaser, she developed skills for drawing attention, building desire, and accentuating the moments that happen BEFORE nudity and/or physical contact with customers. Tease is energizing and fun for providers and reduces burnout, while increasing customer loyalty by infusing a sense of attraction and play into the relationship. This workshop was first presented for the Sex Workers' Outreach Project in Tucson, AZ, as an invited class by Stacey Swimme. The material is applicable to all strippers, hookers, escorts, masseuses, and other face:face providers. Miss Indigo is delighted to re-offer this
material on a sliding scale to the San Francisco Bay Area Sex-Industry workers community.


*Behind the Wink and The Smile: Q&A w/ the Director and Stars of “A
Wink And A Smile”*
Sunday, May 31, 3:30-5pm

Free!
An intimate conversation with Director Deirdre Timmons, Stars Miss Indigo
Blue, The Shanghai Pearl, and Starlet Vera Lu.

Burlesque is a burgeoning performance art form that is making itself known in every realm of popular culture. As a female film director, Timmons has a unique perspective on both the art form and on filmmaking. The panelists will speak about their experiences during the filming, and answer questions about Burlesque, documentary production, women in film, and erotic performance.


http://www.missindigoblue.com
http://www.academyofburlesque.com
http://www.sexandculture.org

Minsky's Winks: Official "A Wink & A Smile" Afterparty. Friday, May 29, 2009

In just two weeks, "A Wink and a Smile" premieres in San Francisco at the Red Vic (previous posting). After you see screenings of the film on Friday, May 29, you can join the official afterparty at Club Deluxe! Party with the stars of the film and see them perform live!

Little Minsky's and Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque present MINSKY'S WINKS!

The Official Wink & A Smile Premiere AFTERPARTY!

Friday May 29. Doors at 9, Show at 10

Club Deluxe, 1511 Haight at Ashbury, San Francisco.

PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR SEXY BURLESQUE LISTS! Come play with us!

Little Minsky's is thrilled to have performers from the celebrated breakout documentary "A Wink and A Smile" on its stage for a fabulous night of Burlesque from up and down the West Coast. Featuring hot live acts from the stars of the film, Miss Indigo Blue and The Shanghai Pearl plus starlet Vera Lu! Featuring "Seattle's Hottest Bellydancer" Fuchsia FoXXX and San Francisco stars Kellita of Hot Pink Feathers and Alotta Boutte! All this hosted by the inimitable Scotty The Blue Bunny!

Don't miss this star-studded night of glitter, glamour, and celebration of the neo-burlesque community!

21+ Tix $12

Only $10 with A Wink And A Smile movie ticket!

Playing at the Red Vic just two blocks away!

*special ringside & front-row table seating available by advance purchase
only at:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68709/


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

"A Wink and a Smile" premieres in San Francisco May 29 to June 2 at Red Vic Movie House

I've been reading about this documentary in burlesque mailing lists for a while now, and it's finally going to make it's premiere in San Francisco! It's A Wink and a Smile, and it will be shown at the Red Vic May 29 through June 2. In addition to the screenings, there will be some live performances by some of the performers from the film!

Playing May 29 - June 2, 2009

SF Theatrical Premiere!
A Wink And A Smile
Dir. Dierdre Timmons US 2008



An intoxicating mix of private thoughts and public behavior, A Wink and a Smile exposes more than the human body by spotlighting gender, power, sexuality and social identity. It follows the lives of ten “ordinary” women who do something extraordinary - learn the art of burlesque dancing and striptease. Through their adventures, we see how a homemaker, a reporter, a doctor, an opera singer, a taxidermist and a college student join the American cultural revival of burlesque, as it moves from fringe fascination to mainstream obsession, engaging a world where performance art and showgirl spectacle, music, theater and sensuality crash into over-the-top glamour. (91m)

Wink star Miss Indigo Blue joins some of the films' charming starlets, The Shanghai Pearl (The Tantalizing Temptress from Taipei), Vera Lu (The Bawdy Body) and Seattle's Fuschia FoXXX (The Hot Pink Bellydance Machine) after the 7 p.m. screening Friday, May 29.

Vienna La Rouge ("most classic performer" at the 2006 Exotic World Burlesque Pageant) joins Shanghai, Vera Lu and Fuschia FoXXX after the 7 p.m. screening on Saturday, May 30.

Kellita (Queen of Carnaval SF 2008 and "Best of the Bay" by the SFBG) kicks up the action with Shanghai, Vera Lu and Fuschia FoXXX after the 7 p.m. screening on Sunday, May 31

Director Dierdre Timmons will also be on hand!


Red Vic Movie House
1727 Haight Street, San Francisco (map)

Showtimes:
Fri, Mon, Tues: 7:00, 9:15
Sat & Sun: 2:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:15
http://redvicmoviehouse.com/show.php?pageid=787

$6.00 Seniors & Children
$7.00 Bargain 2:00PM Shows
$9.00 Adults


A Wink and a Smile Official Site: http://winkthemovie.com/

Internet Movie Database: www.imdb.com/title/tt1245369/

New York Times Movie Review: movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/movies/01wink.html

Variety Review: www.variety.com/review/VE1117940158.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

HalogenLife interview with Deidre Timmons: http://www.halogenlife.com/articles/2110-a-wink-and-a-smile-director-deidre-timmons-on-why-you-should-take-your-clothes-off-in-public