Brown Girls Burlesque (BGB) is a collective of women of color dedicated to creating our own reflection in an art form that we have supported and enjoyed but traditionally, has not well-represented people of color.
Our mission is to take our rightful place on the stage to celebrate our cultures, sexuality and artistry with humor, fierceness and nudity.
*In case you really need clarification, all self-identified women of African / Black/ Caribbean, Arab, Asian & Pacific Islander, Latina/o, and Native/Indigenous descent.
Music
BGB Summer Grind Playlist
When Doves Cry (Prince)
Computer Blue (Prince)
Shockadelica (Prince)
Starfish & Coffee (Prince)
Islands in the Stream (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton)
Black Betty (Kudu)
Sweetback (Funk Face)
My Desire (24/7 Spyz)
Bi (Living Colour)
Rosalie (Thin Lizzy)
Gypsy Eyes (Jimi Hendrix)
Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
Bitches Brew (Miles Davis)
U.N.I.T.Y. (Queen Latifah)
Proud Mary (CCR / Ike & Tina Turner)
Cannot Even (Break Free) Noisettes
I've Had the Time of My Life (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warner)
Superwoman (Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, & Dionne Warwick)
Thursday, September 18th:
This Is Burlesque Teaser Party @ Corio
337 W Broadway, NYC
Doors TBA
Friday, September 19th:
The Premiere Party @ The Bell House
149 7th St B/T 2nd and 3rd, Brooklyn, NY
Doors 8pm, Show 9pm including knockout performances by
Miss Southern Comfort
duet by Coco Mackentire & Dame CuchiFrita
and group performance by Brown Girls Burlesque
Saturday September 20th:
The Saturday Spectacular @ Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleeker St. , NYC
Doors 7pm, Show 8pm
featuring Miss AuroraBoobRealis
and many other incredible performers!
Sunday, September 21st:
The Golden Pastie Awards
& Early Bird Dinner @ SOB’s
204 Varick at West Houston, NYC
Doors 7pm, Show 8pm
featuring Chicava HoneyChild
Dame CuchiFrita
exHOTic other
and other stunning performers!
Check out the TRACE Insider video featuring Brown Girls Burlesque at our April 5th performance of Itches Brew.
The Village Voice kicks off Summer with BGB.
The BGB Beauties, $$$Royale & Dame CuchiFrita, are featured
on the cover of the Village Voice Summer Guide 2008.
The Guide is inserted in the May 14-20 issue.
Photos by Amy Pierce
Brown Girls Burlesque is BUSTin' Out!!
The BGB Lovelies are featured in the Feb/Mar 2008 issue of BUST magazine.
NY POST hearts BGB
Check out the amazing press we received from NYPOST.COM Watch the online video feature, Burlesque in Color, below:
Who I'd like to meet: Carmen Miranda, Josephine Baker, Umm Kulthum, Big Maybelle, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, Moms Mabley, Prince, Eartha Kitt, Celia Cruz, Baby and Johnny, Grace Jones, Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam,....
Reverberation (Jam Session): The Explosive Sounds of Afro Latino & Caribbean Rhythms....presented by Adeola Entertainment.
Featuring DJ Laylo w/ Mah B and Wordsmith Jones hosting at La Pregunta Arts Cafe (1528 Amsterdam Avenue btwn 135th & 136th st.; 1 train to 137th-City College) on Saturday, October 25th. www. lapregunta. net
As said by the CEO of Adeola, "[This event is] the stepping stone for unsigned artists who perform Caribbean, Central & South American music.”
However, we invite various types of entertainers of any ethnic background to bless the mic! So if you're a poet/spoken word artist, dancer, comedian, DJ, musician, etc. and you're interested in attending or performing, email reverberationnyc@yahoo.com
For only $3 w/ a valid college id and $5 without, what do you have to lose?
It's been way over due and about time!!! YEP!! We're talking some HOT JERSEY party time!!!
We've all been asking for it so now GIRLSCENENYC says...BRING IT ON GIRLS!!
A hop skip and jump from all major highways, Lincoln Tunnel and the GW Bridge. Starting October 24th and every Friday after GIRLSCENENYC presents INVASION FRIDAYS!!! @ 547 River Road, Edgewater, NJ 07020. Hot dancers and DJ's. Open bar from 9-10pm
E-regular FLOW hosted by Mah'B is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month featuring Rebelstarr (www. myspace. com/rebelstarr) & Charan P. on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th @ La Pregunta Art Cafe (1528 Amsterdam Avenue) at 7pm. Admission is $5. (Take 1 train to 137th St.)
w/ the MAIN EVENT @ Hacienda Bar & Lounge (40 C b/t 3rd and 4th St.). In case you miss out at La Pregunta, Rebelstarr & Charan P will be performing again @ Hacienda. We will be having special guests from The Source Magazine and CheckMate Ent. Monday, September 29th. Expect giveaways.
