San Francisco Bay Area burlesque for June 23 - June 29, 2011

Last week, the World Famous *BOB* visited the Bay Area. This week, Dr. Lucky of New York City visits! She has a Character and Persona Development workshop planned for tonight, Thursday, June 23, starting at 8:30 p.m. at the Hot Pink Feathers Showgirl Academy at 128 Tenth Street in San Francisco (map). For more information, please visit the Facebook Event Page.

And since it seems it's time for New York burlesquers to visit our fair area of the world, Rosey La Rouge is scheduled to perform at Monday night's Hubba Hubba Revue show at the Uptown Club in Oakland. Twinkletoes McGee is performing also, along with local favorites such as Miss Honey Penny, Bunny VonTail, Cyanide Cyn, Dorian Faust, and more!

And this weekend is time for SF Pride, so Juicy D. Light is taking First Friday Follies across the Bay to perform on the Women's Stage in the SF Pride celebration on Sunday, June 26. The stage will be located at the intersection of Leavenworth and Mc Allister. They are scheduled to perform at 2:00 p.m., and there are a variety of DJs who will also be performing on that stage during the day. Also, the Hot Pink Feathers will be in the SF Pride Parade on Sunday! They'll be assembling on Beale between Mission and Howard starting at 10:00 a.m. They're expecting to start the parade after 11:00 a.m. so stop by and say hi! They'll be at the Rite Spot Cafe at 2099 Folsom for a post-parade event, so you can say hi there, too!

Original Sin Burlesque will be having a show at the Space Lounge at the Saturn Cafe in Berkeley this Saturday, and it will be an 18 and older show. So if you're between the ages of 18 and 20, this is a great opportunity to see a show!

Have a good week, everyone! :-)

• Thursday, June 23: Bombshell Betty presents Haute House Burlesque with the Burlesqueteers at Milk Bar in San Francisco, 1840 Haight Street (map). It's time for Bombshell Betty to give you a place to see her more advanced Burlesquercise students! With performances by Bombshell Betty, Candy Pie, Cookie Crumbles, Cosette L'Amour, Dangerous Delilah, If-N-Whendy, Jimi Pickles, Kinkie d'Orleans, Pearl E. Gates, Red Velvet, and Summer Fling! Doors at 8pm, show at 9:10. $7. 21+.
  


• Friday, June 24: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street (map). This Friday, cheer loudly for please cheer very loudly for your host and RHB featured performer for June, Lady Satan! Also, see an RHB Debut from Madame E, plus performances by Bunny Pistol, Lily Le Rouge, Barbary Doll, and Lola Martinet. 7:30pm. $5-$10. 21+.


• Also Friday: Baxtalo Drom - The Lucky Road at Amnesia in San Francisco, 853 Valencia Street (map). This month Baxtalo Drom's dusty road-trip offers up a sampler platter of the unique and whimsical, the obscure and eccentric. Come join them for a night of gypsy bands, oriental dancers, hootchi cootchi girls, and other curiousities of the lucky road. Featuring the music from Shovelman and The Inheritance. Dancing performances by Twilight Vixen Revue and Amberlynn. With DJ FACT.50 and MC Molotov! Doors at 9pm, show at 10pm. $5 before 10pm, $10 after. 21+.
  


• Saturday, June 25: Original Sin Burlesque at Saturn Cafe -Space Lounge in Berkeley, 2175 Allston Way (map). See Original Sin Burlesque perform at the new Saturn Cafe in Berkeley, where you can enjoy a drink and perhaps some food during the show. 9pm. $7. 18+.
  


• Sunday, June 26: First Friday Follies' SF Pride Celebration at SF Pride Women's Stage, Intersection of Leavenworth and Mc Allister (map). One of the most well known names in the SF Burlesque community is going to bless the stage with a star studded showcase. Catch Juicy D. Light and her fellow shimmy shakers every First Friday inside the Stork Club in Oakland. This show will be one not to miss!!!! Schedule to perform :Juicy D. Light, Dorian Faust, Magnoliah Black, Johnny Angel, AJ Molecular, Brock Cocker, Mynx d’Meanor, and Monifa. The burlesque is scheduled to start at 2pm. No cover.
  


• Monday, June 27: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Club in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue (map). Join your hosts Kingfish and Lee Presson as they celebrate the first weekend of summer! With performances by Rosey La Rouge (New York City), Cyanide Cyn, Dorian Faust, Bunny Von Tail, Dusty Paik, Lisa Hyde, Alethal Weapon, Twinkletoes McGee, and Miss Honey Penny! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15. $5. 21+.


• Wednesday, June 29: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street (map). Join Dottie Lux for Red Hots Burlesque as it expands to its second day of the week! A new and different show twice a week, including bizarre beauties, senseless sideshow, drag, burlesque and comedy! 7:30pm. $5 to $10, sliding scale. 21+.

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 any late additions on the blog. And if you have a burlesque show or information about a show that you would like to add to the calendar, please email me at sfbr AT gmx DOT com.

June shows and classes with the Hot Pink Feathers

This Saturday, June 11, the Hot Pink Feathers will be performing in their monthly show Burlesque n' Brass with their musical cohorts the Blue Bone Express! The show will be at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland in the Uptown area.

The doors will open at 8:30 p.m., and the show will start at 9:30. Cafe Van Kleef is located at 1621 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland (map), which is near the 19th Street Oakland BART station. The cover is still $10.00, and the show is for those 21 and older.

And if you'd like to perform with the Feathers, there's lots of opportunities this summer! Read about their class offerings and parade opportunities below the Burlesque n' Brass information!

Hot Pink Feathers, photo by Dave Golden

Hot Pink Feathers & Blue Bone Express present: Burlesque ‘n’ Brass – June
*Now the SECOND SATURDAY of every month!*

Heat up your summer by watching the Hot Pink Feathers dance on Saturday, June 11, with musical cohorts Blue Bone Express at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland for an evening of rousing live music and dance. PLUS: We'll have a SPECIAL GUEST performer! (Stay tuned for details.)

WHEN:
Saturday June 11, 2011; doors at 8:30 p.m. & show at 9:30 p.m.
*Music starts at 9:30 p.m., with first dancing set at 9:45 p.m.; get there early for a seat!

WHERE:
Café Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave, Oakland
*1/2 block from the 19th Street BART station (17th Street exit)

COST:
$10; 21+

WHAT:
*3 full sets of booty-shakin' New Orleans jazz music by Blue Bone Express!
*3 full sets of booty-shakin' burlesque & cabaret dancing by Hot Pink Feathers!
*Intimate venue! Gorgeous girls! Fabulous grapefruit cocktails!
*Still only $10! Tips warmly encouraged.


BURLESQUE ‘N’ BRASS:
Dubbed "the coolest jazz brass band in Northern California" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland-based Blue Bone Express exposes the Bay Area to a type of jazz rarely heard beyond the Mississippi Delta. Combined with award-winning Hot Pink Feathers’ World Carnaval Cabaret dance, this explosive cabaret performance fuses music and dance traditions spanning the early-1900's New Orleans parades to the showgirl plumage of 1950's Rio de Janeiro Carnaval, the culture-clash hilarity of the '70s and '80s, and pushing through the present-day post-modern meltdown that is downtown Oakland.

“If you've never had the pleasure of seeing burlesque dancing performed to live jazz, then this is the place to start. It's like slugging down a pint of Uncle Peppy's moonshine after ten years of Nestea. It's sexy, spunky, sassy retro fun with all the heart and soul of Rio de Janeiro and the French Quarter, right there in downtown Oaktown. If you're looking for the perfect date, the perfect diversion, or just a chance to see an eminently sexy group of gifted hoofers grinding to hot jazz played by true enthusiasts, order a whiskey sour and settle into your seat for one of the best evenings the Bay Area has to offer.” ~Thomas Roche

More info:

http://www.hotpinkfeathers.com

http://www.blueboneexpress.com

http://www.cafevankleef.com

Hot Pink Feathers Showgirl Academy Classes

If you've ever wanted to learn to dance like the Hot Pink Feathers, there's lots of opportunities at the HPF Showgirl Academy!

If you'd like to dance with the Feathers in the San Francisco's Pride Parade or Alameda's 4th of July Parade, classes start this Tuesday at the Hot Pink Feathers Ballet Studio, 128 10th Street, in San Francisco. Information about these classes, including cost, times and other details, may be found at the Facebook Event Page.

Dr. Lucky

The Feather are also offering their "Crafting the Solo 4-Week Intensive: Create Your Own Burlesque Dance" class. If you've taken their 7-week "Crafting the Solo" workshop before, or if you've already performed a solo. This class is for you! This class will include a Costume Salon with Red Velvet, and the Character and Persona Development workshop with Dr. Lucky! For more information about this class, please visit the Facebook Event Page.

And if you'd like to take the Character and Persona Development workshop with Dr. Lucky by itself, you can! You can learn about how to stage characters and even outrageous stage personae from one of the world's foremost burlesque performers and educators. For more information about this workshop, please visit its Facebook Event Page. Dr. Lucky has taught "The History of American Burlesque" at NYU, MICA and CUNY, among other places. She's known for her comedic timing and over-the-top theatricality. If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Lucky, please visit her website at doctorofburlesque.wordpress.com.

La Chica Boom and Dr. Lucky at Red Hots Burlesque on Friday, October 15

Join birthday boy Johnny Crash at this Friday's Red Hots Burlesque for some really, really smart burlesque, led by Dr. Lucky of New York City and our very own La Chica Boom!

San Francisco's only weekly burlesque show promises bumps grinds and giggles galore, nothing new there...BUT this week we will be (1)Celebrating a grand birthday (2) Welcoming a NYC Celebrity and (3) Raising funds for La Chica Boom's annual POC performance weekend Kaleidoscope!

1. Johnny Crash- Red Hots Burlesque's beloved photographer is celebrating his birth. Come on out and take his photo for a change!

2. Dr. Lucky visits SF! Dr. Lucky is a seasoned performer, producer and educator. Over the past 10 years, Lucky has carved a space for herself with her unique comedic timing and over-the-top theatricality. She has been hailed a "big, bad, bold drag queen" by Bust magazine and has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition, NY1, Time.com, Washington Post, among others. Career highlights include co-hosting the Miss Exotic World Competition, headlining (and crowd surfing!) the New York Burlesque Festival, headlining the Toronto Burlesque Festival, sharing the stage with the Flaming Lips in front of 10,000 adoring fans (Virgin Music Festival), and performing at the Establishment (Rothbury Music Festival). Lucky is happy to collaborate with Julie Atlas Muz in their monthly show, Wanted! Though a huge fan of hyperbole, the prefix to her name is the one "real" thing about her: she is the only burlesque performer in the world with a PhD. For the past five years, she has taught unsuspecting drama students at New York University how to twirl tassels and think critically about burlesque.

3. There will be a raffle and a % of the door will go to raise funds for Kaleidoscope! 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. Kaleidoscope aims to develop, politicize and enrich the lives of cabaret performers of color by providing a high quality production that centers the artistic vitality of performers of color, an educational symposium that promotes the creative and intellectual growth of emerging and established performers of color, and a platform for local and national artists to build community. For the past three years Kaleidoscope has been showcased to sold out audiences. Kaleidoscope entertains, inspires, and arouses.

This is one week not to miss! Because there will also be performances by Simone Campell, Spy Girlfriday, La Chica Boom, Ruby White all hosted by Dottie Lux!

Our show also includes a screening of filthy and freaky film footage and tortuous tunage from Alex BIG Cox. Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous happy hour ( voted "THE BEST OF THE BAY" by the SF Weekly) and watch us twitch and twatch!

This Friday , Oct 15th at El Rio
3158 Mission Street
The Show starts at 7:30pm! So don't be late!
$5-10, sliding scale
21+


http://www.redhotsburlesque.com

http://www.elriosf.com

Little Minsky's and Cirque Noir shows on Thursday, October 14

Dr. Lucky visits Little Minsky's this Thursday at Club Deluxe in San Francisco. Also known as Dr. Lukki, she is from New York City and is a renowned performer who also teaches the history of American burlesque at New York University in the drama department. She has also given lectures and taught practicum workshops about burlesque at CUNY, Miss Exotic World, The New York School of Burlesque, Toronto Burlesque Festival, and elsewhere.

So join Little Minsky's Douglas Good for an evening of drinks, socializing, burlesque, music, and comedy featuring your host, Kingfish of Hubba Hubba Revue, and starring Twinkletoes McGee, Twilight Vixen Revue (pictured), Kentucky Fried Woman, Lady Monster, and more!

Little Minsky's Burlesque/Variety Show

Ladies and gentlemen fasten your seat belts, it's gonna be a hot and bumpy night. If you're feeling a little blue, or could use a little pick-me-up we have just the thing as Dr. Abacus is in the house with their invigorating brand of cartoon jazz and vibraphonic concoctions. If they're playing and you're not smiling then you're not breathing. And if that doesn't do the trick, how's about special guest Dr. Lucky from New York, burlesque artist and historian who proves that lessons can be quite stimulating. Also pleased to welcome for the first time on the Minsky's stage the danceable, delightful boylesque sensation Twinkletoes McGee. And a rousing cheer for those shimmering showgirls the Twilight Vixen Revue, the fantabulous Kentucky Fried Woman, red hot Dottie Lux, luscious Lady Monster and devastating Ava Lanche. All this hosted by the notoriously hilarious Kingfish of the Hubba Hubba Revue.

Swing on by, pick your poison and enjoy the show...

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LITTLE MINSKY'S

BURLESQUE
Twilight Vixen Revue
Dr. Lucky (New York)
Twinkletoes McGee
Kentucky Fried Woman
Dottie Lux
Lady Monster
Ava Lanche

MUSIC
Dr. Abacus

MC
Kingfish

DJ
Oran - swingin' retro tunes

Thursday, October 14th
Club Deluxe
1511 Haight St (at Ashbury), San Francisco
9pm - 2am, Show at 10:00pm
$5, 21 and Up

--- Every Second Thursday ---

Performer Info:
Kingfish - http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com/
Dr. Abacus - http://www.dr-abacus.com/
Twinkletoes McGee - http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000261756686
Twilight Vixen Revue - http://www.twilightvixen.com/
Dr. Lucky - http://www.lukki.com/
Dottie Lux - http://www.dottielux.com/
Lady Monster - http://www.ladymonster.com/
Kentucky Fried Woman - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kentucky-Fried-Woman/45791648105

Little Minsky's is brought to you by Douglas Good (of Cabaret Verdalet) and gallons of glitter.


http://www.myspace.com/little_minskys

http://www.sfclubdeluxe.com

Cirque Noir presents The Aviary of Madame Odile at supperclub in San Francisco this Thursday night and Friday night. Winner of SF Weekly's 2010 award for Best Aerial Burlesque Dance Troupe, Cirque Noir shows are very popular and very entertaining. At last word, there were only a few VIP tickets available for the Friday show. So if you'd like to see one of these shows, it's probably a good idea to call supperclub to make your reservations before you go and see what they have available!

Cirque Noir is back...with a reprise of "The Aviary of Madame Odile" at supperclub! All that you have seen & loved- plus some brand new fun!

Dinner or VIP reservations available at - http://www.supperclub.com

CIRQUE NOIR:
Sensual & sensational evenings or individual works of burlesque, comedic interludes, ambient & aerial arts!

"Cirque Noir takes burlesque upscale!"- sf chronicle

Burlesque troupes have enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in recent years, vamping old-style dance reviews into something even bawdier and gaudier. Now San Francisco dance company Cirque Noir is adding a twist - anti-gravity.

Cirque Noir with its new aerial burlesque show has its audiences spellbound in bliss. Sure, there's Cirque du Soleil, but the Canadian circus has never been as blatant or offered its audience such an intimate vantage point: It's an altogether amazing spectacle that's quite simply an all-out raucous festivity for the senses. What a party!

Event: *The Aviary of Madame Odile*
Date: Thursday, Friday OCTOBER 14, 15
Time: Doors at 7:00pm/7:30pm VIP preshow /8:00pm show!
Venue: SUPPERCLUB, 657 Harrison Street, San Francisco
Questions? cirquenoirsf@gmail.com or call supperclub at (415) 348-0900

For reservations: http://www.supperclub.com (make sure to specify if you are purchasing VIP or Dinner & Show tickets). Phone reservations: (415) 348-0900

Put on your dancing shoes and party dresses to check out these rare and exotic birds!

Enter into dark evening of flight & fantasy w/ SF's favorite aerial burlesque performers: Alayna Stroud, Ana Hyatt, Amanda Bassolino, Deb Arana, and Kegan Marling

Master & Mistress of Ceremonies: Chris Libby & Christina Ardemis

Auditory Entertainment: Natalie Chaput & Shain Carrasco

Palm Readings: Kim Forcina!!!
Take some magic home with you! Keep your VIP "key" for $25 off a reading, healing, or class with Kim. For more info: http://www.kaleidoscopespirit.com

Buy your tickets now!

Here is the deal:

Thursday October 14th and Friday October 15th are dinner shows starting at 8pm, doors at 7pm. You have two options available:
VIP tickets for $100- As a VIP you receive a multi- course dinner, a prime spot in the room, a bottle of Presecco for every 2 VIP tickets, free palm readings by Kim Forcina, & a key (literally) to a VIP performance in the Chambre Noir at 7:30pm!
OR
Dinner & Show tickets for $65- you receive a multi- course dinner & enjoy the show!


http://www.bowandsparrow.org/Site/Cirque_Noir.html |

http://www.facebook.com/CirqueNoir |

http://www.supperclub.com