The Great New England Steampunk Exhibition (TGNESE) will be held September 16 to 18, 2011. The Courtyard Fitchburg and Central Massachusetts Expo Center serve as the setting for the 3-day steampunk extravaganza.
James von Hegner of TLA Productions, the entertainment company producing the convention also announced Abney Park as the headlining Musical Guest of Honor.
via TLA Productions Announces The Great New England Steampunk Exhibition – PR.com.
Nice to know we’re not alone here in The Electric City a.k.a Scranton, Pa.
Apparently Houston is likewise sans burlesque as explored in this article published yesterday, largely in response to the release of the major motion picture.
Why Doesn’t Houston Have a Burlesque Troupe? – Houston News – Hair Balls.
I found Lady Grace Academy headmistress Rebecca Hadley’s own personal empowerment story especially intriguing. She explains:
“I know for me, personally, performing and teaching burlesque was a revelation. About seven or eight years ago, I was agoraphobic – I didn’t drive for two years and rarely left my house. So the fact that I am now able to dance in pasties in front of an audience of 300-plus people borders on miraculous. Even better, is that I’m able to stand in front of a room full of women and teach them to love their bodies – no matter what shape, size or age they are. While I love performing, teaching is the ultimate high. And I never would have had the courage to do it, if I hadn’t discovered burlesque. So, long answer short – yes, burlesque is empowering.”
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Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to experience a one-of-a-kind variety show at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium!!!
The eighth annual New York Burlesque Festival opens today in NYC.
Seems like just yesterday M and I were there for the second edition. Sigh.
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I love this idea of "teaching women not to fear the beauty in other women or themselves."
It is such a needed lesson.
And do see the vintage photo of Satan’s Angel in this story. Sweet!
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A New Queen of Burlesque :: offBeat :: Louisiana and New Orleans Online Music Resource
The winner and new Queen of Burlesque Coco Lectric gave a performance that caused goosebumps. She strutted across the stage in a gorgeous red gown like she owned Harrah’s, and treated her feather boa like a lover. Having performed with Dita Von Teese, this woman knows her body and knows how to be as sexy as imaginable.After being crowned, Coco said, “It was an honor just to be among the cast, to perform with Catherine D’Lish and two of my best friends. I want to continue to make a living doing what I love, and continue teaching women not to fear the beauty in other women or themselves.”
Based on an unproduced script written by French actor/director Jacques Tati in 1956, this new animated film by Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Bellville) looks absolutely enchanting.
According to the official US website for the film, it is scheduled for release in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas Day. Hope it does well or we in Northeast Pa. could be waiting a long time — as was the case with the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus last year.
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I hadn’t realized sub-genres were localized. VERY interesting.
Also in this article Betty Pickle says neo-burlesque performers are performance artists. That makes a lot of sense.
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Betty Pickle Explains Why Miami-Style Burlesque Involves A Little Blood – Miami Art – Cultist
Are there genres within burlesque?They are definitely genres of burlesque. To give you a very general overview, L.A. is known for fringe and glamour kind of stuff, Vegas is known for cabaret, glitzy, showgirl-y stuff, New Orleans is either very classic traditional or spooky goth burlesque, and New York is where the cutting edge or experimental stuff normally happens.
What a great read! Jay Gabler’s response to this play is a multi-layered, thought-provoking conversation that inadvertently makes a case for why art is an essentail tool to aid us in processing complicated ideas in the first place.
I have a greater chance of winning the lottery than this show has to be seen in Northeast Pennsylvania yet we have middle-aged couple dining at Olive Gardens confused by young white gangsta wannabees.
Read this story.
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"The Scottsboro Boys" at the Guthrie: Dancing with demons | Twin Cities Daily Planet
To revive minstrelsy for 21st-century entertainment means treading between two gaping chasms of risk. On the one hand, a postmodern approach that treated the form with too much ironic remove would be offensive. On the other hand, an overly cautious production that treated the form as a museum piece, like a Klan hood hanging in the Smithsonian, would have a hard time justifying its own existence. Why revive racist entertainment just to tell us what we already know about it?
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