Spookshow A-Go-Go: A Space ODDessy on Sunday, July 12, 2009

It's the second Sunday of the July, which means it's time to go to outer space! Or outer space will come to you!? Oh my! Ha ha!

Whichever way you want it, Lux Killmore presents Spookshow A-Go-Go: A Space ODDessy! Yes, since it's Val Killmore's birthday celebration, they'll be showing her favorite film, "Plan 9 From Outer Space." How cool is that?

And to provide the heat, Miss Balla Fire will perform! And Miss Honey Penny, too! Ooh! And add in the other lovely and talented performers, you've really got a show!

Lux Killmore presents
Spookshow A-Go-Go: A Space ODDessy

July 12th @ 7pm The Stud
399 9th Street Admission: $7 Full Bar 21+ with ID

Film: "Plan 9 From Outer Space" colorized by Legend Films

Live Burlesque Performances by: Ruby White, Dottie Lux, Kentucky Fried Woman, Balla Fire and Miss Honey Penny as well as Flow Wand Performance by Aileen Deirdre Lawlorand more including Sideshow Oddity "The Atomic Missing Link?"

Hosted by: Landa Lakes
AND DJ Alex Cox

Lux-Killmore Entertainment presents an out of this world film, drag, burlesque and sideshow event, A Space ODDessy !, an evening of chicks, dicks and flicks. July is a time to look to the sky, is that a firework? Burning Bush? Maybe it's a group of aliens set to take over our disgusting little planet. Oh it's also Val's birthday...guess what, we'll be showing her favorite film; Edward D Wood Jr's "Plan 9 From Outer Space" July 12th @ 7:00 pm at The Stud.

About The Film: "Can your heart stand the shocking facts about Graverobbers from Outer Space?" That's the question on the lips of the narrator of this tale about flying saucers, zombies and cardboard tombstones. A pair of aliens, angered by the "stupid minds" of planet Earth, set up shop in a California cemetery. Their plan: to animate an army of the dead to march on the capitals of the world. (The fact that they have only managed to resurrect three zombies to date has not discouraged them.) An intrepid airline pilot living near the cemetery must rescue his wife from this low-budget terror. "Can you prove it *didn't* happen?" Written by David Thiel

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Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo A-Go-Go this Sunday, June 14, 2009

You've heard about the Alpha Psi Ecdysia West Coast tour stopping in to perform at Spookshow-A-Go-Go this Sunday in a previous post, but there are many more performers, too! There's Ruby Vixen, Dottie Lux, Ophelia Cour de Noir, Kitty Von Quimm, and Steven Satyricon. Plus Sideshow Oddity! There'll be DJs Drama bin Laden and Pink Slip. All hosted by Virginia Suicide!

And you get to see Troma Entertainment's 1998 cult classic, "Fag Hag." Here. See for yourself!

Lux Killmore presents
Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo-A-Go-Go

June 14th @ 7pm | The Stud
399 9th Street |Admission: $7 | Full Bar 21+ with ID
Film: Troma's Fag Hag

Live Burlesque Performances by:Ruby Vixen, Dottie Lux, Ophelia Cour de Noir, Kitty Von Quimm, Steven Satyricon and Gemma Stone, Angelique A'Lamode, Miss Elixir, Izebel Vivant from Alpha Psi Ecdysia (New Paltz, NY) and more including Sideshow Oddity "The Horrifying and Harsh Reality"
Hosted by: Real life Homosexual- Virginia Suicide
AND DJ Drama Bin Laden, Pink Slip

Never has it been more important than now to be out and proud. Come support your friends or do like Katy Perry does and kiss a girl! We have an amazing queer cast and are delighted to have Alpha Psi Ecdysia on their West Coast tour. You don't want to miss this event!




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Alpha Psi Ecdysia Tour comes to Little Minsky's this week

A year ago when I started this blog, I looked around the Web to see what else people were doing. One of the most popular burlesque blogs was and is Jo "Boobs" Weldon's Daily Burlesque (burlesquedaily.blogspot.com). And it just so happened that she was blogging about a group of students at SUNY New Paltz that she had been teaching. They called themselves Alpha Psi Ecdysia, and they're here in the Bay Area this week!

Because of their unique position as the only student-led, campus-based burlesque troupes in the country, they've drawn media attention. Articles in the New Paltz Oracle and the Times Herald-Record have described how and why the troupe formed. Led by producer Lucida Sans, Alpha Psi Ecdysia has performed in New York, Boston, Albany, and New Paltz, and APE is on their first West Coast tour with stops in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

I met many of the performers at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas. They're personable, informed about burlesque, and very enthusiastic. I'm quite excited to see them perform this week. How can you not be impressed by a group of student performers who managed to attain funds from a university to travel to Las Vegas for Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend?

Featuring APE's Gemma Stone, Lucida Sans, Miss Elixir, Izebel Vivant and Angelique A'Lamode, the group will perform this Thursday, June 11, at Little Minsky's at Club Deluxe:

Little Minsky's
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Doors at 9pm, show at 10
Club Deluxe
1511 Haight St., San Francisco, CA
$5, 21+ w/ID

The troupe will also be performing at Spookshow A-Go-Go this coming Sundy, June 14, at The Stud in San Francisco:

Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo A-Go-Go
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Show at 7pm
The Stud
399 9th Street, San Francisco, CA
$7, 21+ w/ID

So come on out to see and help support the future of burlesque! :-)

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of June 8, 2009

Woo! That Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend was a blast! Met so many burlesque people from around the world. Saw so many wonderful performances! Seemed like there was something to do and see 24/7! Oh my, how burlesque people know how to party! But now I've got to catch up on my stuff, including this "Week in SF Burlesque!"

Guess what? A bit of BHOF is coming here to the Bay Area! In addition to the locals who performed in Vegas (Bunny Pistol on Thursday night, Kiss Me Kate as a pick-up artist on Friday night), Alpha Psi Ecdysia from SUNY New Paltz is performing! They're one of the only university-affiliated burlesque troupes in the United States. I met some of them this past weekend, and I'm excited to see them perform at Little Minsky's on Thursday and Spookshow-A-G0-Go on Sunday!

Okay. Here is the schedule so far. Keep checking the blog for last minute show information.

• Monday, June 8, 2009: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Lady Satan, Flame Cynders, Kiss Me Kate, Bootsy LaRue, Honey Lawless, Riff Ditties, and Wiggy Darlington & The Naughty Bits! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Tuesday, June 9: Pajama Party with Bombshell Betty, Fromagique, and Company at the Elbo Room in San Francisco, 647 Valencia Street. Grab your pillow and your sexiest nighty, because we're throwing a PAJAMA PARTY! Join us for a burlesque extravaganza with live musical accompaniment by Fromagique. Featuring Bombshell Betty, Red Velvet, The AMAZING Coconuts, Tiger von Claus, Foxy Chartreuse, Peggy Pistolwhip, Penny Paperback, If-N-Whendy, Agnes O'God, Dia Bolique, Toot Sweet Petite, and more! 9pm to midnight. $8, 21+ w/ID.


• Wednesday, June 10: Barbary Coast Burlesque at Annie's Social Club in SF, 917 Folsom Street. Barbary Coast Presents... A Night to Spice Up Your Life!! Starring Pin Key Lee, Flame Cynders, sASSy Hotbuns, Juicy D. Light, Cupcake, Tinky Sparkle, The Flying Fox, and Bunny Pistol. With Sexy Hostess Virginia Suicide! Show at 8pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Thursday, June 11: 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). This month's show includes performances by New York's famous Alpha Psi Ecdysia's Miss Elixir, Lucida Sans, Angelique A'lamode, Gemma Stone and Izebel Vivant, and also hostess Gemma Stone. And more! Show at 10pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Friday, June 12: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Hosted by Succulent & Nubile Virginia Suicide. With Performances by Dottie Lux, Monifa, Lily Le Rouge & Kellita. Live Music Brought to you by Lucifer's Strip Club Band! And Special Appearance by Mary Mary. Show at 7:30pm. Free, 21+ w/ID.


• Sunday, June 14: Spookshow A-Go-Go: Lezbo-A-Go-Go at The Stud in SF, 399 9th Street. Live Burlesque Performances by Ruby Vixen, Dottie Lux, Ophelia Coeur de Noir, Kitty Von Quimm, Steven Satyricon and Gemma Stone, Angelique A'Lamode, Miss Elixir, Izebel Vivant from Alpha Psi Ecdysia (New Paltz, NY) and more including Sideshow Oddity "The Horrifying and Harsh Reality." Hosted by Real life Homosexual- Virginia Suicide. Music from DJ Drama Bin Laden, Pink Slip. We have an amazing queer cast and are delighted to have Alpha Psi Ecdysia on their West Coast tour. Show at 7pm $7, 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.

Spookshow A-Go-Go for Sunday, May 10, 2009

Oh my! Those naughty kids at Lux Killmore Entertainment are using profanity! Oh my word. Tsk, tsk.

Well, they're having a show coming up this Sunday at The Stud in San Francisco. It's titled Spookshow A-Go-Go: Mommy Dearest and Mother F***ers. Oh, even using those asterisks is making me apoplectic. Please give me a few moments to recover. Talk amongst yourselves....

Alright. It looks like a totally rockin' show. And mothers are free that day, too! Taking a closer look, it looks like everyone can get in free before 8pm. Wow! How can you beat a free show after having dinner with mum? If the producers would only watch their language. Haha. Here are the deets:

Lux Killmore presents Spookshow A-Go-Go: Mommy Dearest and Mother Fuckers

Mother's Day Sunday, May 10th @ 6:30pm | The Stud
399 9th Street | Admission: FREE Before 8pm $7 after | Full Bar 21+ with ID

Film: Mommie Dearest

Live Burlesque Performances by: Lady Satan, Dottie Lux, Mariel A La Mode, Lady Monster and more including Sideshow Oddity "The Original Mother Fucker"

Hosted by: Real life Mother...Simone De La Ghetto

Special Guest of Honor: Isis Starr

AND DJ MIZ MARGO (Dark Sparkle, Laquer, Suspiria, Death Guild)



All Mom's get in for free at this raucous and rowdy event. Once you've ordered your flowers and sent your greeting cards, come out and celebrate with your friends! Lux Killmore gets loud and lusty in a show you wont soon forget.

About The Film: Mommy Dearest Mommie Dearest has become a cult classic despite overwhelmingly negative reviews by film critics. Roger Ebert opened his review with "I can't imagine who would want to subject themselves to this movie." About Dunaway's performance, Variety said "Dunaway does not chew scenery. Dunaway starts neatly at each corner of the set in every scene and swallows it whole, costars and all.

" Roughly a month into release, Paramount realized the film was getting a reputation and box office as an unintentional comedy, and changed its advertising to reflect its new camp status, proclaiming, "Meet the biggest MOTHER of them all!"

About the Performers:
Mariel A La Mode- "The Bay Area's Sassy Sweet Queen of Burlesque!" ~El Vez She's a 4th generation circus artists and actually grew up in the Circus, how many of us can say that? She is an aerialist and burlesque babe with a killer set of...pipes!

Lady Satan- Producer and founding member of Sugar Shack NYC and SF's only burlesque dance party. Her unique style and humorous takes on classic themes have won over fans of stage and silver screen. Recently Lady Satan's performance as The Govoner of Alaska, Sarah Palin has landed her on Perezhilton.com and with over 14,000 views on Youtube. She's The Devil's ex-wife and she's not afraid to break your heart too!

Dottie Lux- There are two components that make up delectable Dottie: sexy, classy, delish delight and absurd humor. With acts ranging from distinguished beauty to deranged clown, this Red Hot is always the perfect flavor. Dottie has brought chuckles, bumps and grinds to NYC, SF, Seattle, LA, Boston and even the seedy shores of Coney Island.

Lady Monster- Stripping at the speed of seduction, Lady Monster will rip apart your conceptions of how sexy a big girl can be. This veteran spoken word siren has a shimmy in her step, peeling off her velvet gloves to reveal an iron fist. Vivacious, campy and oh so curvy - a growling good time.Her repertoire includes: Margaret Cho’s The Sensuous Woman (Los Angeles and San Francisco), Burlesque at the Beach (Coney Island, NYC), Full Body Symposium (Massachusetts), Tease-O-Rama 2005, 2007 and 2008 (San Francisco), and a variety of events in San Francisco). The Living Legend of Burlesque Satan’s Angel has declared her, “The Queen of the Fire Tassels”. She is her protégé with this skill and has added it to her burlesque routines. Recently Satan’s Angel and Lady Monster performed a fire tassel twirling duet in San Francisco where Angel declared her participation as “Perfection!”.

Our Host: Simone De La Ghetto- Founding member of the Award Winning Troupe, Harlem Shake!
Whoa boy! There's no one better to put the wow back into wowza than San Franny's favorite ebony ecdysiast SIMONE DE LA GHETTO. She's the queen of the quake, the Salome of the shake. She knows how to squeeze sweat from a stone.
Those faint of heart or week-kneed be warned!

About your Producers:
Val Killmore is an independent filmmaker who grew up in Southern California. While in NYC she worked for one of the largest independent film companies in the world distributing first run, classic, and reissue movies to theaters and television worldwide. She serves as Associate Program Director for the Coney Island Film Festival. Currently residing in SF and NYC, Val is an Independent Film Producer; producing mainstream Hollywood-fare pictures. She continues to write, direct and produce her own underground and lewd films, ripe with dark humor and buxom beauties. Val is also currently in pre-production with her first feature film, which will go into production this summer of '09, and is slated to be theatrically released worldwide in 2010.

Val and Dottie have been awarded GO NYC's award for 2007's Most Captivating Couple!

Lux Killmore's events have been covered along side John Waters' in The New York Press, SF Weekly, on KOFY TV's Creepy KOFY Movie Time and more!


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Alright. In celebration of Mother's Day, I'll need to wash my keyboard out with Comet. :-P

San Francisco area burlesque for the week of May 4, 2009

After a flurry of activity last week, there's still some opportunities this week to see some shaking and shimmying this week. From the weekly Uptown Hubba Hubba and Red Hots Burlesque shows, to seeing the Hot Pink Feathers come down the rotunda staircase at San Francisco City Hall, to a special Mother's Day Spookshow-A-Go-Go, there's enough shows spread throughout the week to satisfy your Burly-Qravings. ;-)

• Monday, May 4, 2009: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Don't let the showers keep you from helping celebrate Chi Chis del Fuego's birthday! She'll shimmy and shake for ya along with The Bombshells, Gia Haad, Francine Dead, sASSy Hotbuns, Madam Chartreuse, Vagabondage, and Rose, Zeb & Genevieve! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Wednesday, May 6: Carnaval Reception featuring the Hot Pink Feathers at San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. See 10+ Feathers process down the rotunda staircase & dance at its foot! Unimaginably breathtaking, so bring your cameras! Between 5:30pm and 7:30. Free! All ages.
  


• Friday, May 8: 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.


• Sunday, May 10: Spookshow-A-Go-Go at The Stud in SF, 399 9th Street. Join Lux Killmore Productions as they celebrate Mother's Day the only way they know how! See a screening of Mommie Dearest, and performances by Lady Satan, Dottie Lux, Mariel a la Mode, and Lady Monster. With host Simone de la Getto and DJ Miz Margo and special guest of honor Isis Starr. 6:30pm. Free for mothers and before 8pm. $7 after, 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.

Easter Sunday 2009 burlesquey-type events

Usually during the week I receive notification of events I hadn't been aware of or missed previously, and I'll toss them up on the calendar and/or post them here in the blog. This week, there are two events on Easter Sunday that have come to my attention.

Kitten on the Keys, sainted Tickle Me Ivories by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, will be performing at their "3oth Anniversary, Easter" celebration on Sunday, April 12, in Dolores Park. SF Boylesque and others will be performing also.

"Nun World Order-Easter in the Park" on Sunday, April 12 at
12:00pm.

Event: Nun World Order-Easter in the Park
"30th Anniversary, Easter"
What: Concert
Host: SPI, Inc.
Start Time: Sunday, April 12 at 12:00pm
End Time: Sunday, April 12 at 4:00pm
Where: Dolores Park
Free!

Come celebrate 30 years with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on EASTER Sunday! Dolores Park FREE!

Kitten on the Keys' set just grew to include such fabulous guests acts as the return of the gender bending 1920's duo THE MUDDFLAPPERS! Miss Rodney Austin the Chick with the Great Big D..k...

Get twitterpated with the MUDDFLAPPERS and do the Bunny Hop with the gorgeous guys of SF BOYLESQUE!

Kitten and pals go on at 12:30 main stage Dolores Park.

Other acts include Polkacide!


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Also on Sunday is Spookshow-A-Go-Go: Reefer Madness at The Stud in SF. Featuring Scotty the Blue Bunny! Those kids are such traditional, religious conservatives, aren't they?

Lux-Killmore Entertainment presents We've Got Reefer Madness!

...an evening of chicks and flicks on April 12th @ 7:00 pm at The Stud. Lux Killmore has officially gone mad and MONTHLY! They've found a new home at The Stud and you can catch their buxotic and erotic performances and films every 2nd Sunday. For their inauguration, Lux Killmore celebrates Easter and the revisiting of Jesus Christ by dedicating the evening to one of the crowning inspirations to many artists through out the years, from Jefferson Airplane to Snoop Dogg. We proudly declare, "We've got Reefer Madness!" Join us for an intoxicating evening sure to bring a buzz! We always provide free snacks and goodies and this month's treats will be extra special.

Lux Killmore presents We've Got Reefer Madness
Easter Sunday, April 12th @ 7:00pm

The Stud 399 9th Street
Admission: $7
Full Bar, 21+ w/ID

with ID Two Films: Val Killmore's "High Holidaze" (RT 10mins) and "Reefer Madness" (1936, as colorized by Legend Films RT 67 mins)

Live Burlesque Performances by: Juicy D. Light, Dottie Lux, Miss Honey Penny, Alotta Boutte and MORE MORE MORE!

Hosted by: Scotty the Blue Bunny

What better way to celebrate Easter than with The Big Blue Bunny? Stoned!


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Spookshow-A-Go-Go has become a monthly event to be held at The Stud, so keep an eye out for future shows!

And Happy Easter, everyone! :-)

Red Hots Burlesque for Friday, March 27, 2009

Even though our friends from Red Hots Burlesque are performing in San Diego tonight, the Red Hots crew knows the show must go on in the City by the Bay (no, not Tampa...)! They've lined up some wonderful local talent to entertain, beguile, and amaze you!

Weekly Burlesque Continues in SF at Red Hots Burlesque

This Friday, March 27th at El Rio in the Mission.
3158 Mission Street, SF

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

With performances by:
Lily Le Rouge
sASSy Hotbuns
Kentucky Fried Woman
Cherry Gallete
and hosted by Pippi Love Stocking

http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/
http://www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque
http://www.elriosf.com/

And if you've got some pals in San Diego looking for something to do tonight (Thursday), then call or text them and pass along this information...

Lux Killmore Presents
Spookshow A-Go-Go
ONE NIGHT ONLY Thursday March 26th
Doors 8pm Show at 9
Brick by Brick
1130 Buenos Ave
San Diego, CA
$10
http://www.myspace.com/spookshowagogo

New York City and San Francisco’s, Lux Killmore Entertainment, brings their Spookshow A- Go-Go, to San Diego’s Brick by Brick for one night only! Spookshow A-Go-Go features a haunted cavalcade of bizarre beauties, psycho sideshow and fiendish cult film! We're bringing six of the Bay Area’s freakiest burlesque babes and brutes. Be amazed by the spine-chilling visuals, senseless sideshow, a traditional Medicine show, a deadly scientific oddity from the Caribbean shores, and buxotic go-go gore girls dancing for your dementertainment! Hurry! Hurry! This is a night you will not want to miss! Featuring Dottie Lux, Val Killmore, Lady Satan, Ruby White, Mariel A La Mode, Pin Key Lee, and San Diegan, Miss Mia Vixen!

Whatta treat for those in SoCal! :-D

Valentine's Day weekend SF Bay Area burlesque shows 2009

This is one of the more active weekends in terms of burlesque shows, especially on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Hehe.

Things start off tonight at 7:30pm with the Red Hots Burlesque School of Shimmy Showcase at El Rio in San Francisco. See some of Dottie Lux's students perform for you, some making their public debut!

The fun continues on Valentine's Day night with Spookshow-A-Go-Go at Kimo's in SF. Dubbed the Valentine's Day Massacre, join Kitten on the Keys, filmmakers Val Killmore and Shadow Circus Theatre, Dottie Lux, Lady Satan, Miss Honey Penny, Ruby White, and the Can Canibals and more for an evening of romantic love, lust, and goriness. Ah...isn't that just what true love is like?

On Sunday, there's a plethora of choices. First up is the Spirit of Burlesque workshop with Isis Starr at Bombshell Betty's studio. In this never-before-presented workshop, Isis Starr, San Francisco's own Living Legend of Burlesque, presents her unique take on burlesque, covering such topics as finding your Burlesque Queen within and Mystical Burlesque, role playing, stage awareness, mucicality, body positions and lines, stage makeup and costuming, and more! For more information and to sign up, please go to http://www.bombshellbetty.net/isisstarr.html.

Later on Sunday, there are three other shows. First up is Kitten on the Keys' benefit for her one woman show at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory in SF at 6:30pm. She's lined up some of the best burlesque performers in the area, including legendary Satan's Angel, the Scenic Sisters, Dottie Lux, the Diamond Daggers, Kellita, Lady Satan, and so much more!

Also on Sunday is This IS Your Mom's Burlesque presented by Kiss Que C'est and Miss Honey Penny at Amnesia Bar in SF at 7pm. Bring you mom and get a discount! Featuring the ladies of Kiss Que C'est, Miss Honey Penny, Ruby White, Lady Satan, Bunny Pistol, sASSy Hotbuns, and more!

Lastly, across the Bay in Oakland, is Debauchery at the White Horse Inn. The show begins at 8pm and will benefit the Transgender Law Center.

Whew! I need a rest just thinking of all the V-day weekend sights and sounds! Think I'll go and watch the rain fall. Enjoy everybody!

SF Bay Area burlesque for the week of February 9, 2009

It's Valentine's Day week, and there's a whole lotta shows going on, including one on V-Day itself! So grab your sweetie and head out to a burlesque show and celebrate love and lust the underground, edgy and downright fun San Francisco way!

• Monday, February 9, 2009: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Heat up your wintry Monday evening with Comrade Tang, Monifa, Francine Dead, sASSy Hotbuns, Chi Chis del Fuego, Virginia Slim, Gretl von BoomBoom! And enjoy the musical talents of The Riff Ditties Orchestra! Doors at 9pm, show at 10ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.
• Wednesday, February 12: Barbary Coast Burlesque at Annie's Social Club in San Francisco. 917 Folsom Street. Join Bunny Pistol and host Mona Lott as they welcome performers Delilah, sASSy Hotbuns, Virgina Slim, Lily Le Rouge, Alotta Boutte, and Miss Mae Western for a night of LOVE, and everything it brings you. Show at 8pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.
• Thursday, February 13: 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 10ish. $5, 21+ w/ID.
• Also Thursday: Thrillville at Cerritos Speakeasy Theater in El Cerrito. Join Will the Thrill and Monica Tiki Goddess for a night of zombies and special musical guest, Kitten on the Keys at THRILLVILLE'S VOODOO VALENTINE'S SHOW! Plus see the film, "SUGAR HILL AND HER ZOMBIE HIT MEN" live from the 70s! Show at 9:15pm. $9, 18+.
• And, also Thursday: Shindig 69 at The Rickshaw Stop in SF. Help celebrate Baby Doe's birthday with the Devil-Ettes, and support the fight against breast cancer, too! Featuring the rockin' tunes of The Cement Gardens (members of The Sermon), DJss Cali Kid (Bardot A Go Go), Sergio Iglesias (Teenage Dance Craze), Otto von Stroheim (Tiki Oasis) Go Go sweethearts The Devil-Ettes, Kitten on the Keys, Kiki Bomb, Kellita, The Riff Ditties Orchestra, Alpenhorn and MUCH MORE! Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9. $10, 21+ w/ID.
• Friday, February 13: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Red Hots Burlesque School of Shimmy Showcase! Featuring debuts by Kitty von Quimm! Taquine! Honey Monroe! Mrs.Jones! Charlie Angel! Show at 7:30pm. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.
• Saturday, February 14: Spookshow-A-Go-Go: Valentine's Day Massacre at Kimo's in SF, 1351 Polk Street. Gore gore go-go, brutal burlesque, vicious variety, fiendish film and torturous tunes. How romantic! Featuring go-go dancing by Ruby White and Miss Honey Penny to tunes spun by DJ Miz Margo. Also featuring cabaret and burlesque acts Kitten on the Keys, Dottie Lux, Lady Satan, and the Can Can Cannibals! And more! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $10, 21+ w/ID. See the SFBR special 2-for-1 promo in the Spookshow post!
• Sunday, February 15: The Spirit of Burlesque with Isis Starr at Bombshell Betty Studios in SF, 715 Bryant Street Suite 102. In this never-before-presented workshop, Isis Starr, San Francisco's own Living Legend of Burlesque, presents her unique take on burlesque, covering such topics as finding your Burlesque Queen within and Mystical Burlesque, role playing, stage awareness, mucicality, body positions and lines, stage makeup and costuming, and more! 3 to 5pm. $30 general, $25 Bombshell Betty members.
• Also Sunday: Kitten on the Keys Benefit at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory in SF, 1519 Mission Street. Benefitting Kitten's one woman show, "Does This Piano Make My Ass Look Big?" join Kitten and her very special guest, legendary burlesque star Satan's Angel! Also featuring the Scenic Sisters, Vinsantos, Lady Monster, Diamond Daggers, Honey Lawless, Dottie Lux, Mr. Tinkler, Lady Satan, SF Boylesque, Alotta Boutte, Madam Chartreuse, Kellita, and more! Silent auction of photo shoots, Catherine d'Lish's Fabulous Feathers, and more! 6:30 to 9:30pm. $15 sliding scale.
• And, also Sunday: This IS Your Mom's Burlesque at Amnesia Bar in SF, 853 Valencia Street. Kiss Que C'est and Honey Penny present a burlesque show for our moms and yours! Performances by 3 Sisters Bellydance! Miss Mae Western! Honey Penny! Ruby White! Pin Key Lee! Lady Satan! Bunny Pistol! Juicy D.Light! Buzz B! sASSy Hotbuns! Lucy Bottoms! Music by the Mighty Slim Pickins! 7pm. $10 or $8 if you bring your mum, 21+ w/ID.
• And, finally on Sunday: Debauchery at the White Horse Inn in Oakland, 6555 Telegraph Avenue. A stripclub for queers of all genders! Featuring an enticing selection of salaciously smoldering strippers! Doors at 7pm, show at 8. $5 to $15, 21+ w/ID.

Wow! A whole lotta shows this week! Took me two days to compile this list! :-P

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.

Special SFBR Spookshow-A-Go-Go 2-for-1 offer for Valentine's Day burlesque! February 14, 2009

I was chatting with Dottie Lux after the Zombie Prom last night, and she agreed to offer a special 2-for-1 deal for readers of the San Francisco Burlesque Review! Be one of the first FIVE (5)email respondents to sfbr@gmx.com with "SFBR Spookshow-A-Go-Go Offer" as the subject and gain entry for two into the show Spookshow-A-Go-Go: A Valentine's Day Massacre for the price of one! Save $10! Offer expires at noon (12:00pm) on Friday, February 13, 2009.

What is Spookshow-A-Go-Go: A Valentine's Day Massacre? Glad you asked! It's the only Valentine's Day burlesquey show in the Bay Area of which I am aware. Want to know more? Here are the details!

Spookshow-A-Go-Go: A Valentine's Day Massacre

In honor of the year's most lustful holiday, Lux Killmore Entertainment and Shadow Circus Creature Theater team up again to bring you an evening that will devour your love muscle and slash your heartstrings.

Spookshow A-Go-Go presents a Valentines Day Massacre complete with gore gore go-go, brutal burlesque, vicious variety, fiendish film and torturous tunes.

We don't kiss; we bite as we go on a killing spree that will leave only the dead the roam the earth! Will you escape our tunnel of love? Or will you be trapped in our prison of passion? Either way you'll be dancing all night long with sexy Go-Go Dancers Ruby White (Sugar Shack SF, Burlesque-a-go-go LA) and Miss Honey Penny to death rock, goth, industrial and all that goes bump (and grind) in the night spun by DJ Miz Margo (Lacquer, Dark Sparkle, Black Tuesdays, Death Guild).

The stage show includes kinky cabaret by frisky feline Kitten on The Keys (HBO, E!, IFC, MTV, Bravo and more), cult films by local filmmakers; Val Killmore and Shadow Circus Creature Theatre, burlesque by Dottie Lux (Red Hots Burlesque, School of Shimmy) Lady Satan (Sugar Shack Burlesque) and the Can Canibals (the world's only zombie kick-line).

Pucker up for the kissing booth headlined by the cemetery slut, Marsha Marsha Marsha.

This one night only event is sure to make you scream bloody murder and swap venomous spit.

Valentines Day Massacre marks the World Premire of Val Killmore's short Cannibal Love Lust! The tale of a lesbian chef hungering for love and devouring love lust passion.



Spookshow A-Go-Go: Valentines Day Massacre
Saturday Feb 14th
Doors 9pm Show at 10
Kimos
1361 Polk Street, SF CA
$10
21+ with ID
Contact: Val Killmore, valkillmore@gmail.com

http://www.myspace.com/spookshowagogo
http://www.myspace.com/kimosbarsf

So if you STILL don't have plans for V-Day, this is gonna be your last chance to impress your honey/studmuffin with an evening s/he will never forget! Heck, even if you do have plans for an over-priced restaurant, cancel them and feast on the remains of love with Spookshow-A-Go-Go this Valentine's Day!

Keeping up with Kitten on the Keys

When my friend Josie Starre first started taking me to burlesque shows early in 2006, one of the first performers I noticed was this sexy redhead who played her piano (big or small) with much talent, sass, and wit. Of course, the redhead was our very own Kitten on the Keys!

During the almost three years since, I've seen her play at piano bars, anniversary parties for theaters, various burlesque shows such as Little Minsky's, and I've seen her host Tease-O-Rama. Every single time, I've noticed the members of the audience tapping their toes with a smile on their faces.

And now, she's busier than ever, so you'll have even more chances to see her! I'll list just some of the places where she'll be performing in the upcoming weeks:

• Friday, January 30: Pre Code Follies at the Niles Essany Silent Film Theater, 37417 Niles Blvd., Fremont. Betty Boop and MUCH MORE! 8:30pm. Suggested donation $9. http://www.nilesfilmmuseum.org/
• Thursday, February 5: Pin It Up, Babycakes at 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, San Francisco. 6pm to 11. $5 after 9pm, 21+ w/ID. http://www.pinitupbabycakes.com/
• Thursday, February 12: Thrillville at Cerritos Speakeasy Theater, 10070 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito. 9:15pm. $9, 18+. http://www.thrillville.net
• Thursday, February 12: Shindig 69 at The Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street, San Francisco. Yes, Kitten will be at Thrillville first, then scoot over to The Rickshaw Stop for Baby Doe's B-Day Party! Doors 8:30pm, show at 9. $10, 21+ w/ID. http://www.devilettes.com/
• Saturday, February 14: Spookshow A-Go-Go: Valentines Day Massacre at Kimo's, 1361 Polk Street, San Francisco. Doors 9pm, show at 10. $10, 21+ w/ID. http://www.myspace.com/spookshowagogo
• Sunday, February 15: Kitten on the Keys Show Benefit at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory, 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco. 6:30 to 9:30, $15, sliding scale. http://www.suzanneramsey.net/doesthispiano.html
• Thursday, February 26: Kitten on the Keys at the Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom Street, San Francisco. 8:30pm to 10:30. Free. 21+. http://www.ritespotcafe.net/home.html
• March 26-28, April 2-4: Does This Piano Make My Butt Look Big? Kitten's one woman show at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory, 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco. $15 sliding scale. http://www.suzanneramsey.net/doesthispiano.html
  

These are just some of the places where you'll be able to catch her. I'll post more soon! Her calendar is available on her website at www.kittymusic.com.

After her one woman show, Kitten will be traveling around the world performing her magic, so catch her live before she leaves for a few months!

Memories of the weekend

Well, apparently I'm still recovering from Tease-O-Rama! This past weekend, I went out to the Hubba Hubba Revue: Oktoberbest! show on Friday night and the Spookshow A-Go-Go show on Saturday night. And only now do I have the minimal energy needed to put together some postings for upcoming shows this week. Oh, I forgot about going to Ruby Fuerza's *nods down to the bottom right of the blogroll* b-day get-together! Hmm... lots of partyin' this weekend. Hehe.

Some notes from the shows:

• Lady Satan rocks! She performed a "Hans and Franz" number with Sparkly Devil at HHR to open the show. They had the steroid bottles and buff body suits with the tassels and pasties on them. Definitely one of the high points of the show! Then on Saturday at Spookshow, she did her Sarah Palin act (with machine gun toy, which she uses as a toy, if you get my drift ;-)) . She comes up with some of most timely and creative acts around. And she commits so fully to her characters, too.
• Speaking of Sparkly Devil, I love the Halloween act which she performed Saturday. Of course there is the fake blood--I think it was fake, haha--that spilled of her mouth. But there was also the fake skin that she peeled off... and pretended to eat. Actually, there were other parts falling off which she "enjoyed" while performing her trademark dance moves. It was gross and funny at the same time. And also quite sexy. Like a great horror film!
• I'm also loving Alotta Boutte. Of course, who doesn't? Heh. But she performed as a music box dancer to the Dresden Dolls' "Coin Operated Boy," and incorporated an, um, battery operated boy substitute. You just had to be there to see it!
  

There were other highlights, but I'm running out of energy! So, on to the postings for upcoming shows...

SF Bay Area burlesque for the week of October 13, 2008

Ah, the chill of autumn is in the air. And Oktoberfest is in the beer! Haha. Ja! Okay. I've been listening to Kingfish's spiel far too much. Here are all the burlesque events of which I am aware of for this week:

• Monday, October 13: Mangos with Chili Queer Borderlands Tour at East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. The show will feature new work in the genres of dance, vaudeville, poetry, spoken word, theater, burlesque, performance memoir, and hip hop addressing the themes of border transgressions, migrations, deportations, relocation, displacement, legacy and the struggle to create new worlds. Show at 8pm. $10-15, sliding scale. (no one turned away for lack of funds)
• Also Monday: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland. Join Kingfish and Eddie and the whole crazy crew as they welcome Dottie Lux, Ruby White, Mademoiselle Muerta and others for an evening of fun, sexiness, and booze! Doors at 9pm, show at 10ish. $5, 21+w/ID.
• Wednesday, October 15: Barbary Coast Burlesque at Annie's Social Club in San Francisco. If you miss the delish Ruby White on Monday, you get a second chance on Wednesday! Plus, you get to witness the international burlesque sensation that is Delilah! And the ravishing Lady Monster will be in the house! And many others... Oh, and don't forget your host Kingfish! Ja! Ist sehr gut!! Doors at 8pm, show at 9. $8, 21+ w/ID.
• Friday, October 17: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF. 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 7:30. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.
• Also Friday: Hubba Hubba Revue: Oktoberfest! at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. Kingfish, Eddie and the whole Hubba crew are taking you back to the little alpine village of Pfattenhausen for another teasin', shakin', tassel-twirlin' Oktoberfest! With Sparkly Devil! Lady Satan! Chi Chis DelFuego! Ruby White! Alotta Boutte! And more! Doors at 9pm, at which time stuff starts to happen. $12-15, 21+ w/ID.
• Saturday, October 18: Spookshow A Go Go at Fat City in SF. Starting at the witching hour, 9PM, burlesque and film festival promoter Val Kilmore is offering a sexxxy shock-a-billy pumpkin spice alternative to the Sacramento Horror Film Fest called Spookshow A-Go-Go. Episodes of Cinema Insomnia will be screened as part of the evenings entertainment. With band Vulgaris, burly-q and go go dancers! Show at 9pm. $15, 21+ w/ID.
  
  

So, go forth and multiply! Oops. Wrong blog. Hehe. Go forth this week and enjoy alotta burlesque! ;-)