Risk-A Cabaret's Sendoff Party this Friday, December 2

This Friday night will be your opportunity to bid Risk-A Cabaret "bon voyage" as they'll take a break from putting on shows for a while. The show will be at Aubergine After Dark in Sebastopol, which is located at 755 Petaluma Avenue (map). The sendoff will begin at 8:00 p.m.

See the international belly dancing sensation that is Rose Harden! Hear the sweet voice of Hubba Hubba Revue's Honeysuckle Moses! Be mesmerized by burlesque performer Nicki Sparxx! Get heated by the fire performances of Joey V and Max Ashley! And there will be dancing, and more music, and so much more....

So come one, come all to catch this last show until the weather warms up again. It's $10 general, and just $5 if you dress in your "vagabond finery." There will be drinkin' and merriment makin', so please be 21 or older!

Risk-A Cabaret's Sendoff Party!!!

It's gettin cold out there folks! We here at Risk-A Cabaret think that it's high time to hit the road for some warmer climates, but before we do, we cordially invite you to send us off in true vagabond style...with pretty ladies, raucous beats, and fire...lots of fire!

Come celebrate our last show of the year (and possibly for a while...eep!) at the GYPSY SENDOFF PARTY Friday, December 3 at 8pm at your favorite venue, Aubergine After Dark!

Featuring...

a true Balkan fusion dance party starting at 8pm with
DJ CHANGO B!!
and the crazy funky raucous shake your booty sounds of
BLACK SHEEP BRASS!!

Then after you get hot and sweaty and fired up, we invite you to have a cocktail and ease your mind and weary stompers with the luscious songbird stylings of
HONEYSUCKLE MOSES!

and the night's not over yet!!

feast your senses upon this real life gypsy wanderer and international belly dance sensation
ROSE HARDEN!!!

"A Rose by any other name than Harden would not be as sweet. I don’t know many other dancers I can describe as solid and tough while soft and feminine at the same time. Rose just has that rock-solid old-school foundation of craft while still being able to emote ever changing and emerging styles. I wish I knew her secret – she is a true pioneer." ~Surreyya, The Gilded Serpent
Rose Harden has been an active member of the San Francisco Belly Dance community since 1999 and was long time member of Ultra Gypsy, the premier innovative Belly Dance Theater Company from San Francisco.
Rose has been honored to spend many years serving as assistant director to Jill Parker, a huge influence and innovator in the Tribal Fusion movement. During her years as co-director, Rose was a creative force in the company's costuming and dynamic choreography. Jill's new project the Fox Glove Sweethearts continues to showcase choreography and costuming from Rose's time with Ultra Gypsy.

local burlesque lovely
NICKI SPARXX!!

dancing in public for the first time evah...just for YOU
miss QUEEN B!!

our very own vagabond princess
RADHA!!

back from wandering the treacherous wilds of Central America,
JOWEH!
brings you a special Roma inspired set!

passion, fire, and sass with Flamenco dancer
LA LINDA!!!

hobo gypsy punk squeezebox with
JD LIMELIGHT!!!

and that's still not all!!

FIRE PERFORMANCE with
JOEY V
and
MAX ASHLEY!!!!

more performers are being added...check back for more wonderfulness!!!

Friday, Dec 3
8pm
Aubergine After Dark
755 Petaluma Ave
Sebastopol, Ca
$10...or dress in your vagabond finery and get in for $5!!
21+

email Oleeander at
grindermonkey@gmail.com
for more info!

This is the last Risk-A Cabaret for a bit...come dance, drink and send us on our way in true West County gypsy fashion!!


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San Francisco area burlesque for December 1 to December 7, 2010

This week marks the start of the holiday season-themed burlesque shows. Yowza!

Bunny Pistol kicks things off with her Holiday Party at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco on Wednesday. There will be a party starting at 8:30 p.m. with music, door presents, and food and drink. Though you may have to bring your own mistletoe! And of course, there will be burlesque performances starting at 9:30. The cover will be a $6 donation at the door.

One of the quirks of this week's schedule is that there will be four different shows on Friday night in four different areas of the Bay Area! You may not be able to make all four shows, so you'll have to pick one or two to see.

The first show is the weekly Red Hots Burlesque show at El Rio in San Francisco's Mission District. This week, Living Legend of Burlesque Isis Starr is the host, and there will be visiting performers from Los Angeles. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and cover is on a sliding scale from $5.00 to $10.00, so you pay what you can.

Next, sASSy's Seaside Burlesque will be happening on the coast in Pacifica at Winters Tavern. The doors open at 8:00 p.m., but the show starts at 9:00. This month, the Hubba Hubba Revue's Kingfish will be host, and the performers will include Honey Lawless, Miss Mae Western, Bunny Pistol, Miss Honey Penny, and more!

Over in Oakland at the Stork Club, Juicy D. Light is taking over the reins of First Friday Follies, and their first show is F#%k the Holidays! Your hostess will be the same Juicy D. Light, and the show will have performances by Revolva of Portland, Lizzy D. Vine of Sacramento, Rubenesque Burlesque, The Stripping Granny, and more! The doors are at 9pm, and the free show starts at 9:30.

Up in Sebastopol at Aubergine After Dark, Risk-A Cabaret is saying goodbye, at least for a little while. They're intimating that they'll be going on the road, so they're last show will be a Sendoff Party! Oleeander Moon will be hosting a show that will feature Nicki Sparxx, Miss Queen B, Rose Harden, Honeysuckle Moses, and others. There will be fire performances, too! It all begins at 8pm, and it's just $10.00 ($5.00 if you dress as a vagabond). Come and say bon voyage to the North Bay's only burlesque show!

On Saturday, join the Hot Pink Feathers and Blue Bone Express at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland for their monthly show, Burlesque n' Brass. This month, there will be 16 showgirls in that intimate venue, and they'll be premiering their new act, "Santa Does the Mambo!" The doors open at 8:30pm, and the show starts at 9:30. Cover is $10.00.

Last, but not least, The Mischievous Maidens make an appearance at the Hubba Hubba Revue show at the Uptown Nightclub on Monday night. Bubble Yum and Kitty Coquette will also perform some solo numbers. I'm suspecting that the acts will have a holiday theme! The Maidens willl be joined by Shadow Circus Creature Theater, SF Boylesque and MJ Paul's Go-Go Girlies! And there will be more performers, too. Lots of show for just a fiver! Doors will be open at 9:00 p.m., and the show will being at around 10:15.

So there you have it, the week in SF burlesque for the first week of December 2010. Happy holidays, everyone! :-)

• Wednesday, December 1: Bunny Pistol's Holiday Party at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco, 1131 Polk Street (map). Join Bunny Pistol as she kicks off the holiday season. What better way to say I love you than with a big party?!? There will be door presents, food, drinks, and music! And of course, burlesque! Get there early to get your present! All proceeds go to the performers. Cocktails and seating at 8:30pm, burlesque at 9:30. $6 donation at the door. 21+.
  


• Friday, December 3: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street (map). Join Dottie Lux and host Living Legend of Burlesque Isis Starr as they welcome Lucille Highball and Scarlet O'gasm from LA! Also performing will be Sheba Queen of the Night and Dawn Devine. Show at 7:30pm. $5-10, sliding scale. 21+.


• Also Friday: sASSy's Seaside Burlesque - Holiday Edition at Winters Tavern in Pacifica, 1522 Francisco Boulevard (map). That's right they're doing it again, but this time with tinsel and mistletoe. Come watch your favorite seaside sirens shake up the eggnog and deck your halls! With your favorite belly that shook like jelly; Kingfish! Starring Isabella Minx, Bunny Pistol, Honey Lawless, sASSy Hotbuns, Miss Mae Western, Honey Penny, and stage kitten Ava Lanche. Doors at 8pm, show at 9. No cover. 21+.


• Also Friday: First Friday Follies - F#%k the Holidays Show at the Stork Club in Oakland, 2330 Telegraph Avenue (map). Join new First Friday Follies producer Juicy D. Light for the F#%k the Holidays Show! She'll also be hosting this month. Featuring performances from The Stripping Granny, Ariyana La Fey, Miss Lizzy D. Vine (Sacramento), Pink Flamingo, Vixen Noir, Revolva (Portland), plus Rubenesque Burlesque! Doors at 9pm, show at 9:30. No cover. 21+


• Also Friday: Risk-A Cabaret's Sendoff Party at Aubergine After Dark in Sebastopol, 755 Petaluma Avenue (map). It's gettin cold out there folks! Risk-A Cabaret thinks that it's high time to hit the road for some warmer climates, but before they do, they cordially invite you to send them off in true vagabond style...with pretty ladies, raucous beats, and fire...lots of fire! With performances by Rose Harden, Nicki Sparxx, Miss Queen B, Radha, Joweh, and La Linda. Fire performances by Joey V and Max Ashley! With music from DJ Chango B, Black Sheep Brass, Honeysuckle Moses, and JD Limelight. 8pm. $10, $5 if you dress in your vagabond finery. 21+.


• Saturday, December 4: Burlesque n' Brass at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland, 1621 Telegraph Avenue (map). Come join the Feathers and their musical cohorts Blue Bone Express at Cafe Van Kleef for sets and sets of not only live, but exceedingly lively music and dance! December’s show will feature 16 Showgirls in an intimate club! And the world premiere of "Santa Does the Mambo!" Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30. $10, 21+.
  


• Monday, December 5: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Club in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue (map). Celebrate the holiday season with Kingfish and Eddie! They'll be joined this Monday by The Mischievous Maidens, Shadow Circus Creature Theater, Vixen Noir, Soledad Song, and Zip the What-Is-It?! Plus a special appearance by SF Boylesque & MJ Paul's Go-Go Girlies featuring Dean Disaster! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15. $5, 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.

Risk-A Cabaret presents Day of the Dead-ly Halloween Hangover on Friday, November 5

Burlesque in the North Bay? You betcha! And if you've eaten too much candy over the past week, it's time for you to get out and get dancing!

This Saturday, Sebastopol's Aubergine After Dark will be hosting the monthly Risk-A Cabaret, and this month's show will celebrate the Day of the Dead. If you go to the show in costume, cover is only $5 instead of the usual $10!

Among the performers will be Living Legend of Burlesque, Isis Starr! Plus Dottie Lux will be making the trip north after her Red Hots Burlesque show at San Francisco's El Rio earlier in the evening (see previous post). The Bay Area's premier male belly dancer, Paige Lawrence, will perform, as will the Diamond Daggers and Joweh. And Max Ashley will play with fire for your entertainment!

Brothers Horse will provide the gypsy-punk music that will get your body moving, and JD Limelight will be breaking out of the band for a bit and performing solo at Aubergine at 4:00 p.m.

If you'd like to read more about Risk-A Cabaret, see The Bohemian article written by Aimee Drew! There's a bit about burlesque shows in general, some information about Paige Lawrence, and quite a bit about Risk-A Cabaret's Jodi Waseca, who will also be hosting the show as Oleeander Moon!

Risk-A Cabaret presents Day of the Dead-ly Halloween Hangover!

It's that time of year again...the nights are longer, the air is crisper, the veil between this world and the next is thinner...so you know what that means...

It's time to revel in the season, warm up and get loose with the only monthly burlesque show in Sonoma County!

On Friday, November 5 at Aubergine After Dark in Sebastopol, Ca, Risk-A Cabaret proudly presents
...DAY OF THE DEAD-LY HALLOWEEN HANGOVER!!!

Featuring...

the on fire Vulgarian circus rock and roll band of the century
BROTHERS HORSE!!

"They led me to a chair and tied me up. They draped one pair of panties on my head. Then two. Then three. Blindfolded. An apple, shoved into my mouth. My chair, tilted on its back legs. A drum roll. What in the world is happening?
When the blindfold came off, a guy in sequined hot pants pulled the apple from my mouth. It was perfectly pierced by a sharp, wooden arrow. A go-go dancer named Svetlana commemorated the occasion by firing sparks into the air.
...Brothers Horse—well, let's just say it'll take the better part of a month before the brains affected by their unbridled mayhem will be able to think normally once again." -Gabe Meline
http://www.myspace.com/brothershorse

gender bending delicious dancing divas
DIAMOND DAGGERS!!

These 20th century foxes, a coterie of queer women that ranges from 3-15 people, will take you on a carnival ride with captivating stops in all decades of the 20th century.
Amelia Mae Paradise is an original founder/director/choreographer and general little-engine-that-could of Diamond Daggers. You may have seen her on any number of stages in the Bay Area in the past 7 years, including The Great American Music Hall, Bimbo's, The Place of Fine Arts, 12 Galaxies, The Victoria Theater, SomArts, ODC, Great America, and Dance Mission. Or maybe you saw her on a random street breaking into a fully choreographed Fosse inspired improvisation when the moment was right and the pavement just moist. She is renowned for her own irreverent brainchild, Breakfast Burlesque, especially popular is the Bacon Garter Belt and Cinnamon Bun Pasties. With a degree in Flamenco, this sultry New Mexico native knows how to dance with unbridled fiery passion and technique alike. She has produced and appeared in events for The National Center for Lesbian Rights, The National Queer Arts Festival, CounterPULSE, and Jon Sims Center for the Arts. She is featured in the forthcoming Bearded Lady Book.
http://www.diamonddaggers.com

burlesque superstar and legend
ISIS STARR!!

Isis began studying Ballet at 7 and at the tender age of 12 decided to be a Burlesque Queen after seeing the movie Gypsy. She perfected her bumps and grinds and took them to Ballet class where they were not appreciated. Nine years later she was working at the Pondor Club in North Beach, San Francisco. Realizing she was born too late to be a true Burlesque Queen, she started stripping from a Burlesque perspective. Since then she has been around the workd twice on a g-string and is now a Living legend and the Goddess of Burlesque.
On stage she is the personification of olde world elegance. She has performed on every continent of the world, excluding the North and South Poles, because she doesn't want to freeze her tits off. Isis has performed at the Crazy Horse in Paris, Beirut and Australia. She also did 3 months at the Moulin Rouge in Paris. She has worked the Windmill Theater in London and Paul Raymond Revue Bar, as well as the Olde Latin Quarter. She redefines the Art of Burlesque, with Style and Grace, Form and Face. Her performances are an outpouring of feminine power and sensuality. Burlesque is the Art and "I Am both the Artiste' and the Dance."
http://www.isisstarr.com


the Bay Area's premiere male belly dancer
PAIGE LAWRENCE!!

Perhaps you've seen him on stages all over the greater bay area. Maybe you've not seen him at shows because he's in the wings making everything run smoothly. Or perhaps you caught a glimpse of him at our first show this year in May...but you definitely want more! And we here at Risk-A Cabaret are happy to oblige.
http://facebook.com/herundulatingscales


repeat performance by popular demand
red hot burlesque darling
DOTTIE LUX!!

Just like The City By The Bay, Dottie is known for her dizzying hills and dangerous curves. Well, hello San Francisco! She's here. Hailing from New York City, where she's known to cause a rucus with a horn, shake it up and bring bawdy brouhaha to well known stages like Coney Island Side Show, The Supper Club and Bowery Poetry Club. Also an educator, she has performed and lectured at NYU and Bard University. New Orleans, Boston, Baltimore, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Seattle have all got a taste of Dottie's chuckles, bumps and grinds.
Always having fun, you can find Dottie as a human telgram or merry messing with a bunch of clowns!
http://www.dottielux.com

resident RAW dance with
JOWEH!!

You missed them last month, didn't ya? Well, they're fresh off their Guatemalan tour and ready to blow your mind with their own blend of Random American World Dance.

FIRE PERFORMANCE
with Max Ashley!

your gracious hostess
OLEEANDER MOON
perhaps she won't be too drunk this time to do a lil dance for ya too....


All this and more for only $10...however, recycle your Halloween costume from the week before or come festive in Dia De Los Muertos drag and get in for $5!!

Risk-A Cabaret
Friday, November 7
Aubergine After Dark Cafe
755 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol (map)

Doors at 9pm
$10, $5 if in Dia De Los Muertos costume
21+

more info? email Oleeander at
grindermonkey@gmail.com


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San Francisco area burlesque for November 3 to November 9, 2010

Well, Halloween and the elections are now behind us, and the Giants are the World Series champions. Woo hoo! What a week it's been. But there's more burlesque on the way to keep things hot and happening!

This coming week is filled with regularly scheduled weekly and monthly shows. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing special happening!

There will be some visiting performers including Lola Martinet of Chicago, Twinkletoes McGee, Vivi Ennui, and Ms. Louisa of Minneapolis. There will be a debut from new Bay Area resident Lola Dean, and many stage debuts from graduates of Bombshell Betty's Burlesquercise classes and the Hot Pink Feathers Showgirl Academy! And Living Legend of Burlesque Isis Starr will be performing, too.

So check out all of the shows below and choose which ones you'd like to see. Have a good time this week! :-)

• Friday, November 5: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street (map). Join Dottie Lux and RHB for San Francisco's only weekly burlesque show! This week, Lola Dean makes her El Rio debut, and Jay Walker makes a solo debut! Plus see Lola Martinet all the way from Chicago! With Bitter Waitress and The Empress. Show at 7:30pm. $5-10, sliding scale. 21+.


• Also Friday: First Friday Follies at The Stork Club in Oakland, 2330 Telegraph Avenue (map). This month, First Friday Follies brings you a tribute to Glenn Danzig! It will be Cupcake's last show as producer before Juicy D. Light takes over in December. This show will feature the music of Danzig, Samhain, and the Misfits. Featuring Twinkletoes McGee, Mz. K of F'risque`, Madam Chartreuse, Miss Balla Fire, Ophelia Coeur de Noir, Dixie DeLish, Vivi Ennui, Vaudie VaBoom and Lady Satan! 9pm. No cover, but donations are welcome. 21+.


• Also Friday: Risk-A Cabaret at Aubergine After Dark in Sebastopol, 755 Petaluma Avenue (map). This month, Risk-A Cabaret brings you "Day of the Dead-ly Halloween Hangover!" Hosted by Oleeander Moon. See gender-bending burlesque troupe the Diamond Daggers, Living Legend of Burlesque Isis Starr, and Red Hots Burlesque's Dottie Lux With a Random American World Dance performance by Joweh! See the Bay Area's premier male belly dancer, Paige Lawrence! With music from Brothers Horse and fire performance by Max Ashley. 9pm. $10, $5 if in a Dia De Los Muertos costume. 21+.


• Saturday, November 6: Burlesque n' Brass at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland, 1621 Telegraph Avenue (map). Join the Hot Pink Feathers and their musical cohorts Blue Bone Express at Cafe Van Kleef for sets and sets of not only live, but exceedingly lively music and dance! Featuring new solo numbers by Tacky Onassis, Cherry Galette and one burlesque beauty so new she is yet unnamed! Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30. $10, 21+.
  


• Monday, November 8: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Club in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue (map). This week will see some very special visiting performers: Ms. Louisa from Minneapolis, Vivi Ennui from Reno, and Twinkletoes McGee from Detroit! Plus, see some of the recent graduates of the Hot Pink Feathers Showgirl Academy, Lolly Gagger, Cheeky Sweets, Red Velvet, Lily Diamond, La Bamboo Vixen, and Joy Ryde! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15. $5, 21+ .


• Tuesday, November 9: Séduction Féroce at Era Art Bar in Oakland, 19 Grand Avenue (map). Séduction Féroce is a burlesque cabaret variety show that happens every second Tuesday of the month! They will have belly dancing, drag, burlesque, a stage kitten that will make you lick your bowl of milk clean, Midnight Magenta Muse, and the evening with be hosted by guest MC and comedic genius Kevin Hancock and the man that'll be keeping the show on flow is DJ Paul Rosas! With performances by Melicious, Libby Doe & Guest, Moan Cheri, Billie Boudoir, Honey Lawless, Ruby Vixen, Bridgid McGuinness, Megajoule, Amelia of the Diamond Daggers, Vivi Ennui, and Saranaqued! 8pm. $5, 21+.


• Also Tuesday: Bombshell Betty and Fromagique's Circus Variety Show at the Elbo Room in San Francisco, 647 Valencia Street (map). It's Bombshell Betty's and Fromagique's monthly show at the Elbo Room! This month, the theme is "Circus Variety Show." Starring Bombshell Betty, Red Velvet, Lezzie McFaggerson, Cherry Chapstick, Pickles Kintaro, Pearly Gates, Mint Julep, Summer Fling, Red Delicious, and Mistress Marla Spanks! Plus Burlesqueteers so new they don't even have stage names! Come see their solo debuts and debuts with group numbers. All of this show will be hosted by Patina DeCopper, and there will be music from Fromagique! Doors at 9pm, show at 9:30. $10, $30 for a table for two. 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.

Risk-A Cabaret, Mischievous Maidens, and Red Hots Burlesque on Friday, September 10

This Friday, there will be several shows in San Francisco and the North Bay for your burlesque whooping and hollering pleasure.

Risk-A Cabaret

In Sebastopol, Risk-A Cabaret will be having one of their monthly shows once again at Aubergine After Dark. This time, they are presenting Steampunk Sideshow! The patio and parking lot will be filled with wondrous inventions and vehicles. Plus the music of JD Limelight!

Then inside the cafe at 9 p.m., the burlesque, bellydancing, and variety show will begin! This month's featured burlesque performer will be Oakland's Honey Lawless. And you won't want to miss Shovelman, because he plays music on his shovel! How unique is that? You can hear some of his songs at his MySpace page.

The full details of the show are below. It's quite an awesome lineup of entertainment in the North Bay! And note that you can get in for just $5 if you dress in your steampunk finest!

Pull up your bootstraps, don your finery, and get ready to feast your senses upon the most intricate of contraptions, high flying feats of wonder, and the most beautiful ladies ever before seen on stage, along with many a more amazing acts of musical and visual wonder!! Watch the lovely ladies slip and slide through thin air with serpentine grace! Enjoy magic, fire, and mechanical oddities!

Risk-A Cabaret presents STEAMPUNK SIDESHOW!

On September 10 at Aubergine After Dark in Sebastopol, Risk-A Cabaret will present more than just their normal burlesque, bellydance and variety show. Come at 7:30 to see the patio of the cafe transformed into an old-timey midway, respite with gadgets and gismos, wandering vaudevillians, and perhaps even a fire spouting art car. The parking lot will be overtaken by the most amazingly fantastic bikes of wonder!

Then, stay, eat fine food and drink, and enjoy the fantastic performers inside at 9pm!

Heres a taste of what to expect on September 10!

THE PATIO MIDWAY

KRANK-BOOM-CLANK — Kinetic Conveyances of Whimsy
Krank-Boom-Clank (K-B-C) is a kinetic industrial arts collective located in Santa Rosa, CA, consisting of:
• David Farish • Skye Barnett • Clifford Hill
They build “kinetic conveyances of whimsy” and other mutant ride-able sculptures of bemusement and delight (a.k.a.“Freak-Bikes”).
“Hennepin Crawler”
The “Hennepin Crawler” was recently completed in time for Burning Man 2008 and The Great Handcar Regatta 2008 ( handcarregatta.
com ). The Crawler is comprised largely of discarded lawn furniture, VW Bug parts, and old bikes among other bits too numerous to
mention. It represents a desire to meld alternative transportation innovation, human-powered kinetic sculpture, recycling of
disparate pieces of functional garbage, and the prankster's notion of absurdity and bewilderment on an unsuspecting public.
Todd Barricklow's "Two Penny" contraption will also be on display!
http://www.krankboomclank.com

THE TRAVELING WONDERS OF THE BOILER BAR
In a project that would make Franz Kafka grin, a 40-year-old bug has metamorphosed into a snail. The resulting creation, an art car called The Golden Mean, is a golden gastropod that glows in the dark and shoots rings of fire from its feelers. It also seats six comfortably. Blacksmith Jon Sarriugarte, who fabricates custom home furnishings, worked with his wife, Kyrsten Mate, to transform a 1966 VW Bug into the rolling piece of art.
Also look out for other amazing inventions on display from this multi talented blacksmith!
http://www.oilpunk.com

ADORNMENTS FOR TARTS
Belle Époque~inspired beaded ribbon chokers, cuffs, and drop earrings with a whisper of Burlesque/Circus sensibility. Silk and velvet neo-Victorian treasures to delight your inner tart. Sewn with love, finished by hand, and completely dreamed up by Choklit, no two pieces are exactly the same. Please anticipate very slight variations in the details. If you fall in love with something - don't wait too long! I will only make each design in limited runs.
http://www.adornmentsfortarts.com

LATENT TWIST SPATTERDASHERY
Cultivated Foot Wear for the Lavish Lady or Gallant Gentlemen
Spatterdashes and a myriad of other hand-cobbled goods
Mission: To Provide the Public with a Plethora of Polished Presentations for Fastidious and Fashionable Feet
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Latent-Twist-Spatterdashery/133963069959499

LOST ARTS FOUNDRY
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Rosa-Ca/Lost-Arts-Foundry/289848318312

JD LIMELIGHT
Wandering accordionist, pleasing your senses with junkyard folk.
JD Limelight is a Brooklyn born Eastbanian currently on the road in support of his solo album, Greetings from Sonomastan. JD composes eclectic songs for interesting times,as they say.mostly playing accordion these days, JD also plays guitar, octophone, upright bass, ukulele, and autoharp.
http://www.jdlimelight.com

AND ON THE INSIDE MAIN STAGE......

SHOVELMAN
He plays a shovel!!
"Shovelman's music would be playing on the radio if Tom Waits and Les Claypool ever went on a road trip together ......and were lost." - Chip, 'So Wat TV
"The results are in and the decision is final. If ever I'm looking for a lead shovel, or if anyone is for that matter, Shovelman is the first and only logical choice." -Klaus Flouride, The Dead Kennedys
"Bottom line, oddity or not, Shovelman is just the kind of off-kilter kick in the pants modern music might need to keep things interesting. Who knows? Maybe he’ll inspire some of us to put down our high tech gadgetry and start looking at low-tech objects with a new sense of purpose." - Melissa Tan, The Rumpus.net

BLACK SHEEP BRASS
Formerly Jungle Love Orchestra, these cats will get you jumpin outta your seats and your booties a-shakin!

ARIELLAH and DESHRET DANCE COMPANY
Be hypnotised by the magic of Ariellah!
Ariellah's style reflects and infuses her personal interpretation of Middle Eastern belly dance, with a modern, dark flavour, that is uniquely her own. She is widely known for her strong stage presence and unrivaled technique.
Deshret Dance Company (DDC) is a professional belly dance company based in Oakland, California. DDC wanders somewhere between the old and the new, infusing classical Middle Eastern dance with modern Fusion belly dance.

HONEY LAWLESS
You wanted cookie monster....you got it!
Honey Lawless is the Director of Hubba Hubba Revue, the largest monthly variety show in the country. Best known for her over-the-top opening production numbers, she can also be seen charming audiences with her comedic striptease. Ms. Lawless is well known in the San Francisco Bay Area as a Burlesque Performer, Go-Go Dancer, PR Queen, Choreographer, Stage Manager and Producer. "Her burlesque performances are like no other! Perfect and utter madness.”

J9
High flying beauty! We begged and pleaded with this amazing woman, formerly of Xeno, to come out of retirement to amaze us all with her incredible talent on the TRAPEZE! That's right, for the first time ever, Aubergine will be having an aerial act, and who better to do this than Janine!

RON SONOMAMAGIC
Hes astounding! Fantastic! Outta this world! You may have seen him to card tricks. You may have seen him make things disappear. But you've never seen him do this.....

CASSANDRA
This lovely, beautiful creature will not only tantalize your senses inside the room, but stick around till the end of the show when things will get really hot...

JOWEH!
These Random American World Dancers are a mainstay at Risk-A Cabaret and never disappoint!

and then...the show's not over yet folks...stick around for a hot hot hot fire extravaganza back out on the patio midway! Featuring
Cassandra!
Oleeander Moon
and many more tba!

There are more acts still being confirmed! You REALLY don't want to miss this show!

Only $10 for all this amazement...and only $5 if you come in your best steampunk attire!

Aubergine After Dark
755 Petaluma Ave
Sebastopol, Ca

Patio Midway opens at 7:30pm
Inside extravaganza starts at 9pm!


http://www.myspace.com/riskacabaret

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=92255457658

http://www.aubergineafterdarkandcafe.com

Red Hots Burlesque

If you're in San Francisco, there will be two shows in the Mission. Red Hots Burlesque will be having their weekly show at El Rio, 3158 Mission Street. Admission is on a sliding scale from $5 to $10. The show starts promptly at 7:30 p.m., so get there early so you can get a good seat. And don't forget to check out the barbeque on the patio!

Mischievous Maidens

Also happening in the Mission will be the Mischievous Maidens' show at the Skylark Bar, 3089 16th Street at Valencia. The show will feature FunnyMan Leeland and the Mischievous Maidens. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the sole show of the night will start at 8:30 p.m. Note that this is a format change from previous shows. But it's still free!

Friday, August 6, San Francisco Bay Area burlesque shows

This Friday, there's quite a few burlesque shows in the greater San Francisco Bay Area from which to choose. There will be shows in San Francisco, Oakland, and Sebastopol!

In San Francisco, the evening will start off with Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio. Cherry Poppins will be making her RHB debut!

Red Hots Burlesque continues to ensure quality entertainment at El Rio every week as promised.We are very lucky to have a Red Hots debut from Cherry Poppins this week and just like every week, SF's **ONLY** weekly burlesque show provides bumps, grinds, and giggles galore.

Performances from Dottie Lux, Ruby Vixen, Cherry Poppins, Ophelia Coure Noir, & Delilah. In addition to this eyepopping line-up we also half a sister on loan from the Scenic Sisters. SID SCENIC joins our cast once again, welcome her back in STYLE!

The 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 , July 30th at El Rio
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 to the sexy door maiden
21+ w/ID

About our debut performers:
Cherry Poppins is a radical queer femme artist, performer, writer, and organizer. She just moved to the Bay Area from Austin, TX, where she spent 7 years producing a drag/queer burlesque troupe, co-founding a radical queerleading squad, launching the Austin chapter of the Femme Mafia, building community, making zines, and organizing events (she's keeping herself busy here in the Bay, as well). She's committed to anti-racism, social justice, and building consent-based cultures. She crafts like it's going out of style, journals obsessively, and leaves a trail of glitter in her wake.


http://www.redhotsburlesque.com

http://www.elriosf.com

After Red Hots, the Hubba Hubba Revue will be staging their "Fairytales!" show over at the DNA Lounge. This is their "Big Show" that usually happens on the third Friday of the month, but it's this Friday due to club's scheduling scheduling processes. Or something like that. Heh.

This show will feature Marianne Cheesecake from London, and Fever Blister and Josie Bunnie from Los Angeles. Plus, see Bombshell Betty as Little Red Riding Hood! (See the flier below!)

It's Once Upon A Time For... Hubba Hubba Revue: FAIRYTALES!

*Special Magical Date!* Friday August *6TH* 9PM

BURLESQUE! COMEDY! PRINCESSES GONE WILD!
...
Once upon a time, Funny Uncle Kingfish, and Eddie the Handsome Ogre, drank a few too many "magic potions" and decided to put on a BURLESQUE SHOW!

So they invited all the prettiest princesses and sexiest storybook characters in the land to come shake their goodie-baskets at the Magical Kingdom called DNA Lounge!

And They Lived Happily Ever After With...

Marianne Cheesecake! (London, U.K.)
Fever Blister! (Los Angeles)
Josie Bunnie! (Los Angeles)
F'risqué!
Honey Lawless!
Gigi d'Flower!
Calamity Lulu!
Casey Castille!
Sparkly Devil!
Lady Satan!
Ruby White!
Bombshell Betty!
Kiss Me Kate!
Ariyana La Fey!
The Reverend Mother!
Bunny Pistol!
Little Miss Never!
Miss Balla Fire!
Gorilla X!

...and the Hubba Hubba Storytime Go-Go's!

plus! A Brassload of Pixieland Jazz with

FROMAGIQUE!
http://www.myspace.com/fromagique
featuring special guests
Bombshell Betty & Her Burlesqueteers!
http://www.bombshellbetty.net/

WICKED STEPSISTER DISCOUNT: from 9:00PM-9:30PM, tickets at the box office are just $10!

HELP SPREAD THE WORD, BOYS & GIRLS!

Hubba Hubba Revue: FAIRYTALES!
*SPECIAL DATE!*
Friday, August 6th, 9PM
DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh Street, SF
$15, 21 & Up w/valid ID
($12 advance tickets at www.dnalounge.com )

See more at:

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com

http://www.dnalounge.com

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Over across the Bay in Oakland, First Friday Follies will be happening at the Stork Club at the same time as the Hubba Hubba Revue show. It'll be a Prince tribute night, and dancers will perform to the music of Prince and there will be Prince trivia contests.

Holy purple hell! It's Little Eyeful's birthday AND Margaret France's last show! What better way to get it on than with motherfucking PRINCE!!!!

Wear your purple! Prince trivia contest!

Performances by:
Isis Starr
Francine Dead
Chi Chis del Fuego
Cupcake & Little Eyeful
Monifa
Cherry Galette
The Empress
Jinx the Minx
Amateur Hour
Frida B of Rubenesque Burlesque

Special Musical Guest: Netta Brielle (http://www.myspace.com/nettabmusic)

Guest Pick-Up Artist: Bitter Waitress

Emcee: Margaret France (her final show)


August 6, 2010
9pm
The Stork Club
2330 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
Free
21+ w/ID


http://www.myspace.com/firstfridayfollies

http://www.storkcluboakland.com

And, last but not least, it'll be Risk-A Cabaret at Aubergine After Dark in Sebastopol starting at 9:30 p.m. Mae Western will be the burlesque performer, along with Jellyfish Kiss. There will also be music, comedy, and bellydancing!

Boy howdy cool cats and frisky kittens...are you ready for this months Risk-A Cabaret?!? Friday, August 6 is the AMERICANA show, where we celebrate the fantasticality that makes us freakishly different than any other country!

Featuring...

hometown git-down soulful songster wonderfullness with
...THE CRUX!
"The Crux belong in barns, clanging away with armloads of rusted chains, wailing through cheap electric bullhorns, hoisting ancient portable cassette players in the air and pressing play, pressing the buttons half-sewn onto last century's dresses and defrocking the eternal mystery of theater."- North Bay Bohemian
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/thecruxandfriends#ixzz0us3XWmIK

American Tribal Bellydance with
WILD CARD BELLYDANCE!!
WildCard BellyDance is a professional troupe of Tribal Style belly dancers based in Sonoma County California. They are a diverse group of women who have come together for the love of the dance. While inspired by and firmly rooted in ATS, WildCard BellyDance has developed their own unique stylizations and combinations, including a new scimitar improvisational format. WildCard BellyDance teaches weekly classes, presents workshops, are sought-after performers and love traveling to festivals. www.wildcardbellydance.com

Burlesque's wild rose
MISS MAE WESTERN!!!
I was born in the jungle, originally given the name Jesse Rose aka The Jesse Rose of Texas. Maybe even then they knew I'd be too much for just one name. After learning my way around the wilderness as a child I then learned my way around the savages as a young lady. Now instead of trying to tame I practice the art of tease. I've been dancing since I knew I had hips and flirting since I knew it was fun. Why don't you come up, see me some time!?
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/jrproberts#ixzz0us6u4IAh

Funny Ha Ha with
THE WORLDS BIGGEST COMEDY DUO!!!!
A motley crew of self-trained professionals, The World's Biggest Comedy Duo has been performing hardcore live improv comedy on stages around the North Bay since July 2007. The show consists of improv games in the style of "Whose Line...?" with added swearing and occasional dead baby references.

Random American World Dance with
JOWEH!!!!
Joweh Nouveau bellydance divas from Sonoma County! These highly skilled performers are trained in various dance styles and tomfoolery and have been causing quite a stir in the belly dance community with their RAW (Random American World) dance. Is it bellydance? Is it Modern dance? Hip Hop? Vaudeville? The blending of who-knows-what with impecable talent and technique create performances not easily forgotten.

award winning burlesque troupe
JELLYFISH KISS!!!!
Jellyfish Kiss Burlesque is all about engaging you, the audience, into having a mystical, fun, uplifting time at our shows! We bring the spooky to the party, as well as the magic to the stage. And the glitter.:::::::::::::: We mix classic burlesque aesthetic with a vaudevillian kick in the pants sentiment. We combine clowning, bellydance, jazz-modern-hip hop dance with storytelling and audience appreciation.::::::::::::::::
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/jellyfishkissburlesque#ixzz0us8YGwH9

Your rodeo clown MC SACHA (of Brothers Horse fame)

with lots of special guests and surprises!


Friday, August 6
9:30pm
$10, or grab a flier and get in fer $5!
(flier at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1496505&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=92255457658&id=1303596500 or you can print it from this page)

Aubergine After Dark
755 Petaluma Avenue
Sebastopol, CA

for more info, email
grindermonkey@gmail.com


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http://www.aubergineafterdarkandcafe.com