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Pin-ups with instruments: Picks of the Glitter.
This week’s picks for the best in local burlesque go to an individual series and two amazing photographic collaborations, both of which involve one of our favorite Seattle performers currently making a...
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Give Dixie a final home: 3 days left.
Do something for Dixie: give now. In case you’ve somehow missed it, this is important: 3 days remain in the drive to help Dixie Evans in a way that would have brought her to tears. Proceeds from this...
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Catching up with Stripped Screw.
Stripped Screw (POC Photo ©2012) My, how we’ve missed chatting with Stripped Screw, Seattle’s irreverent girl gang known for it’s heart of darkness and razor sharp wit. 2013 was a busy year for the...
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Drop dead gorgeous deadlines.
What are you waiting for? As you read this, the clock is tick-tick-ticking on two particularly pressing deadlines. First off, Seattle Erotic Art Festival is accepting visual, literary, store, and...
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Prepare to be conquered: the return of House of Thee Unholy.
Photo by Christopher Nelson ~ Written by Jessica Price. All photos by Christopher Nelson and Michael Doucett. We haven’t heard much from producer Paulanow – formerly known as The Swedish Housewife –...
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Seattle is so very.
Move over Sleepless in Seattle and Nirvana. Seattle’s having a bit of a renaissance in the national spotlight these days (burlesquers Ruby Mimosa/Tanya Harris and Jamie Von Stratton performing with...
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Pre-Performance Rituals: Psyching Up to Strip Down
~ by Crystal Tassels, Contributing Writer The world of theater is bursting with rite and ritual. Whisper the name of Shakespeare’s Scottish king inside a theater and you will quickly find yourself...
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Olympia’s Own TUSH! Burlesque
Princess Lucky Buttons’ fan dance floor work (Photo courtesy of Israel Caine of Lock and Key Photography) ~ Written by Jessica Price Life with Olympia’s Own TUSH! Burlesque just looks fun. The untamed...
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Singing and stripping with Queenie O’Hart.
Queenie O’Hart (Photo by Jen Sanders) ~ Written by/ interview by Paul O’Connell (POC Photo) There’s a new monthly burlesque revue in Ballard called Revelry, produced by burlesque artist Queenie...
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Our lady in Italia: Vixen Valentine chats with Dixie Ramone of Caput Mundi...
Dixie Ramone (Ela Von Dutch Photography) ~ Written by special guest contributor, Vixen Valentine Last November, the first Caput Mundi International Burlesque Festival was launched at the Teatro...
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Rock Candy Burlesque in Icing On the Cake: Twice as Sweet.
~ Written by/ All photos by Heather Schofner Photography Olympia’s Rock Candy Burlesque held Icing on the Cake: Twice As Sweet, the first of two anniversary shows, on March 29 at the Rhythm and Rye in...
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Jasper McCann on 2014′s “Through The Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice In...
Through the Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice in Wonderland opens April 16. (Photo by Scott Butner) Through The Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice In Wonderland kicks off this week at the Triple...
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Getting Down With Texas Burlesque Festival 2014
~ Written and Photographed by Paul O’Connell (POC Photo) The most amazing MC for TXBF, Cora Vette-Denver, CO Legend Ms. Toni Elling Current BHOF King of Burlesque: Ray Gunn-Chicago, IL Once again,...
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Riding the Walrus – Cultivating Wider Audiences with The Libertinis
Miz Melancholy of The Libertinis (DangerPants Photography for Annex Theatre) ~ by Crystal Tassels, BSP Contributing Writer We at BSP, naturally, love burlesque. We go out of our way to see as much of...
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Keeping the Glitterati Safe: Seattle Burlesque Community Leaders Sponsor...
A knockout blonde by Gil Elvgren ~ by Crystal Tassels, BSP Contributing Writer This Saturday, the Seattle burlesque community will converge upon the Theatre Off Jackson. There will be no feathers, no...
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Eddie Van Glam gets ready for Las Vegas.
~ Written by Paul O’Connell (POC Photo) Eddie in the act he’s taking to BHoF (photo by Chuck Saxe) Each year in June, thousands flock to Las Vegas to be part of Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend. They’ve...
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Look out, Vegas: Sydni Deveraux returns to BHoF 2014.
Sydni Deveraux performing at Viva Las Vegas (POC Photo) Next up in our series of spotlights on Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender performers and competitors, we bring you another conversation with our...
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Picks of the Glitter: Hogwarts, Nakedness, and a BHoF Fundraiser.
~ Written by Paul O’Connell (POC Photo) This week there are some unique burlesque shows happening in the fair city of Seattle. First up in this week’s Picks of the Glitter is Accio Burlesque! A...
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Poetry in Motion – Vegas Style! Paris Original Returns to BHoF.
Seattle’s beloved Paris Original (Photo by Eli Schmidt) ~ by Crystal Tassels, BSP Contributing Writer Of the many gifts that Seattle burlesque has bestowed upon the world, the outstanding talents of...
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Kitten N’ Lou: “The World’s Show-Busiest” duo take on BHoF 2014.
Kitten N’ Lou will compete at BHoF 2014 (Photo by Neil Kendall) ~ Interviewed by Jessica Price Continuing our series of chats with the Seattle performers soon off to shake their moneymakers in Vegas at...
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