Above is a picture of the wonderful Little Brooklyn from the Mermaid Parade. Her burlesque show, Starshine Burlesque, is every Thursday at the Rififi.
Privacy Strips: Mind the gap and cover your bosom with these.
Gardenfork: Cooking and gardening vlog.
Stone's Throw: The Record Label for Good Hip Hop.
Don't forget AfroPunk Festival this weekend!
Yeah, I watched the Oscars last night, and now I have hives all over my arms, neck and back. I must be allergic to boredom. I need extra-strength Benadryl.
Saturday, I went to a wonderful party celebrating Gretl's (the golden girl in the middle above) birthday. It was very special burlesque birthday party with cherry pie, titty cupcakes and a whole lot of fun!
Krispy Kreme is now selling whole wheat doughnuts. Time for a new mashup!
Posting may or may not be light this week, but it will definitely be under the influence of drugs.
Remember when I used to show cleavage pictures on Wednesdays???
I am bringing it back, starting this week with World Famous *BOB* and Molly Crabapple. Plus, I am dedicating Wednesdays to be " Web 2.0 + cleavage day"
Now that I got your attention, check out these links:
Sweet: Sugarcandy, a new group chat mobile service for your phone.
Cut: Save money by get local coupons via Zixxo or promote your product putting coupons on your website.
Pimp: Trick out pics of your friends with pikipimp
Thanks: Kudos is a new way to recognize and thank people (coming in January 2007)
Cleavage: In honor of October being Breast Cancer month, may I remind you of the Beautiful Divide.
Pink: Excellent article in the New York Press about Ars Nova and the talented roster of performers including At Least It's Pink's Bridget Everett.
Fantasy: Neal Medlyn's Land of Make Believe is having a screening dance party Wednesday at Galapagos. $7
Pasties: Pinchbottom Burlesque is having a slumber party this Saturday at Collective Unconscious. Wear pink jammies and party with the boobalicious "World Famous BOB". $10
Excited: Imagine a kick-ass line-up that includes Shockwave, Jessy Delfino, Zero Boy, Arthur Lewis and Freestyle Love Supreme... Get tickets NOW to Shockwave 's (Chris Sullivan) Mixtape Show on Friday November 3 at Ars Nova.
Our lovely cupcake hostess and eating contest emcee, Dottie Lux of the Red Hots Burlesque. Come check her show out every Sunday night at Rififi.
Celebrate the start of spring on Tuesday with these wonderful events:
DEFLOWERED
A celebration of the Vernal Equinox
Deitch Projects
18 Wooster St
Created by Julie Atlas Muz
Fertility Dance performed every half hour starting at 6PM.
with Linda Dirty Martini, Laure Leber, Lynn Lukki Sally, The World Famous *BOB* and more
CHICKS AND GIGGLES
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 @ 7:30PM
Mo Pitkin's (34 Ave. A)
The School of Shimmy is back! Shake off the winter blues and continue your education by taking burlesque classes taught the sizzling ladies of Red Hots Burlesque! Dottie Lux, Nasty Canasta and Veronika Sweet will teach you the moves.You can get your PhD in Take-It-Off-Ology starting Thusday, February 9, 7:30-10:30 PM. Then there are classes on the 16th and 23rd with a recital Sunday February 26th.
The class series is $100. All classes will be held at 440 Studios (440 Lafayette St. near Astor Wine) [ I took the class back in September 2004 and I had a blast!]
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Originally uploaded by brianvan.
Last week, Brian and I went to Starshine Burlesque and he took a load of great photos of the show. This weekend I was cleaning up my room and found a 2 for 1 coupon to attend either Starshine or Red Hots Burlesque which I got when I went to Ducky Doolittle's Bachelorette party. I will definitely take advantage of the offer this week!
Jen is Famous Spectacular
Originally uploaded by candiedyams.
Williamsburg spelling bee producer, Jenny Vaudeville curator and Chicks and Giggles regular Jen Dziura is having a spectacular on December 6.
The Jenisfamous Spectacular!
December 6th 8pm-midnight
CB's Gallery, 313 Bowery between 1st and 2nd Sts.
Featuring:
Burlesque performances by Veronica Varlow and Molly Crabapple!
Live old-time music by The Two Man Gentlemen Band, Al Duvall, and Singing Sadie!
Latin flavor from y las flores!
Musical comedy by Adira Amram!
Door prizes (including tickets to Bingo: The Musical)!
Hula hooping contest open to all!
And ... Jenisfamous' Birthday!
Awards for Best Dressed. '20-'50s costuming encouraged, or come as you are.
Pasties, Boas, Fishnets, Oh My! The New York Burlesque Festival starts May 20. All my favorites will be performing, but Candied Yams is in retirement until the mood strikes her to get onstage again.
On New Year's Eve Eve, a group of girls went out for comedy and fun. Girly brought her two lovely friends (Terri & Marni). RKB brought cupcakes from Billy's Bakery. Alice brought her smile and wild red hair. I brought a spare pair of shoes in case my turquiose cowboy boots got too uncomfortable.
We enjoyed comedy at $1 Room at Telephone. Then a few of us went to catch the last bits of Starshine Burlesque. Then we stopped by Boxcar Lounge to drink some Pinot Noir. Finally we ended the evening at Manitoba!
Stopped by Housing Works tonight to see the book blogger panel discussion, "What the Blog?". It was moderated by Dennis Loy Johnson.
Maud Newton, Ron from Beatrice, George from BookNinja, Laila from Moorish Girl and Michael from The Complete Review spoke about books, writing, and the relationship between blogs and traditional print media.
Maud's comment about why she started blogging is spot on:
I had
tothe desire to procastinate. There's no better way to waste time...
Afterwards, I tried to recruit some civilians (non-bloggers) to start blogs which is easy and takes about 5 minutes to do.
Then I headed up to Siberia which is appropriate given it's a cold night. Paul Frankenstein, a fellow Sagittarius, was celebrating his birthday early. [I love how Sags will decide when and how long they will celebrate their birthday!]
While at the bar, I meet Fisherman who does burlesque at Otto's Shrunken Head and the This or That burlesque show which is now playing at the Belt Theatre on Friday nights. [There's a chance that Candied Yams may come out of retirement.]
Oh, RKB gave me the book, New Burlesque by Katharina Bosse for my birthday. Plus there's a book event/party for Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show, by Rachel Shteir. It will be at the Slipper Room on Wednesday, December 8 and will include performances by Dottie Lux of the Red Hots Burlesque and Jo Weldon of G-Strings Forever.
