San Francisco area burlesque for the week of May 11, 2009

It's a new week dawning here in San Francisco. It's a new day. It's a new life. For me. And I'm feeeeeeling good! Ha ha. One goes to enough burlesque shows and one starts to sing some of the songs which tend to show up in acts. That one is called "Feeling Good," and it's been covered by many recording artists.

And speaking of feeling good, you'll have a several chances to do so at burlesque shows this week. The Hubba Hubba Revue "Big Show" is this Friday, Lily Burana will be appearing with some local burlesque stars on Thursday, plus you've got the monthly Barbary Coast Burlesque and Little Minsky's shows on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. And look below for more!

• Monday, May 11, 2009: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Hey! It's Juicy D. Light's birthday celebration, and you're invited! Join Rubenesque Burlesque, Sid Scenic, Vixen Noir, Room For Cream, Wiggy Darlington & Vima Burlesque, Ariyana La Fey, Monifa, Dangerous Curves (with Dangerous Dan!), Kingfish and Eddie, and Zip the What-Is-It?! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Wednesday, May 13: Barbary Coast Burlesque at Annie's Social Club in San Francisco, 917 Folsom Street. Join Red Hot Burlesque's Dottie Lux as she hosts this month's show, "Springtime Beauties." Featuring performances by Lady Borgia, Miss Mae Western, Lily Le Rouge, Bella Trixx, Kiss Me Kate, Sparkly Devil, and the producer of BCB herself, Bunny Pistol! Show at 8pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, May 14: Lily Burana and Sugar Shack at Hypnodrome Theatre in SF, 575 10th Street. Please join Green Apple Books and Music for a book signing unlike any other! Lily Burana will be signing and performing with the local superstars of burlesque in a benefit show. Door prizes and a charity raffle (not to mention beer and wine). 7pm to 9pm. Free!


• Also Thursday: Little Minsky's at Club Deluxe in SF, 1511 Haight Street. Little Minsky's is brought to you by Douglas Good (of Cabaret Verdalet), The Flying Fox (burlesque glamour girl) and a few shady characters (we dare not name). Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $5, 21+ w/ID.
  


• Friday, May 15: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Dottie Lux is calling this show "The Monster." Join host Lady Monster and see the talented performers Vixen Noir, Lady Fantastique, The Cock Ts, Monifa, Dottie Lux, and all the way from NYC, BB Heart! Show at 7:30pm. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Hubba Hubba Revue: Asylum! at DNA Lounge in SF, 375 11th Street. Step inside the Rustbucket County Asylum for the Criminally Insane! Evil Old Dr. Kingfish, & Man-Monster, Brocious Cuzzin, invite you to an INSANELY fun night of MADHOUSE BURLESQUE and CRAZY COMEDY brought to you by the Psexiest Psychos in Psan Francisco! See The Living Dead Girlz, Lady Borgia, Bunny Pistol, Lee Presson, Alotta Boutte, Delilah, The Flying Fox, Citty Rich, Tricksie Treat, Deva Darling, Ginger O'Shea, Calamity Lulu, Madam Chartreuse, Lilly Soleil, Honey Lawless, Gretl von BoomBoom, Miss Balla Fire, Tit4Tat and more! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. NURSE RATCHED DISCOUNT between 9:00-9:30PM, tickets are just $10! $12 advance tickets at http://www.dnalounge.com, otherwise tickets are $10, 21+ w/ID.
  


• Sunday, May 17: Debauchery at White Horse Inn in Oakland. A strip club for queers of all genders, featuring DJ Ryan and a selection of salaciously smoldering strippers! All proceeds benefit Femina Potens! Doors at 7pm, show at 8. $5-15, sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.
  
  

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.

Lily Burana book signing and Sugar Shack in SF on Thursday, May 14, 2009

Lady Satan of Sugar Shack let me know that they're having a combination benefit show and book signing with Lily Burana (http://www.lilyburana.com/) next week at the Hypnodrome on 1oth Street.

Lily Burana is a writer who has published in various publications including The Washington Post, GQ, The New York Times, Self, Glamour, Entertainment Weekly, Details, and others. I remember reading some of her articles!

So she's a former "punk rock stripper," who has fallen in love with a man in uniform and found herself a military wife while her husband is in Iraq. So what does she do to entertain the other wives? Teach them burlesque!

That's the focus of the story of her latest book, I Love a Man in Uniform. She'll be at the Hypnodrome next week signing copies of her book, and there will be a show featuring some of the SF's burlesque stars.

And it's a free event!

Here are the details:

Please join Green Apple Books and Music, when we take a field trip to the fabulous Hypnodrome Theatre on Thursday, May 14th to celebrate the newest book from Strip City’s Lily Burana, entitled I Love a Man in Uniform. This enchanting memoir finds Lily falling head over heels for an enlisted man, and before you can say “Ten-Hut!” she’s hitched and living on West Point while her husband is deployed to Iraq. So how does an ex-erotic dancer stay busy on a military base these days? Well it’s quite simple really! She starts teaching the other wives the lost art of classic burlesque – gulp!

This free event will showcase Lily Burana in a theatrical setting, but she won’t be alone. Joining her for the evening will be San Francisco’s own burlesque superstars performing and offering suggestions for other budding dancers. Door prizes and a charity raffle (not to mention beer and wine) will round out what is certain to be a book-signing like none that you’ve ever been to before.

Slide by The Hypnodrome on Thursday May 14th when high and low cultures collide! There’s plenty of free parking, and it’s the perfect excuse to discover (or hopefully revisit) one of the coolest theatre spaces in the Bay Area. Plus, a signed copy of I Love a Man in Uniform would make the perfect gift for the one that you love.

Event Details:

Lily Burana signing and burlesque benefit show!

Wednesday May 14th 7-9 PM

Hypnodrome Theatre

575 – 10th Street SF CA 94101

http://www.greenapplebooks.com/ or http://www.thrillpeddlers.com for more information

Addition and corrections on May 6, 2009: In my haste to get the posting up, I spelled Lily Burana's name incorrectly. So that was corrected. I also omitted the picture of her book cover, so I added that. I added Sugar Shack's involvement, because many of the event descriptions online, including Lily Burana's blog, list Sugar Shack Burlesque as performing. I'll see if Lady Satan has a lineup, and I'll post it here if she sends it to me. Oh, and the L.A. Times blog, Jacket Copy, has an interesting interview posted online.