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Girlie-Q Live's Interests
General
gender performance, drag, shakin' it, head-scratching performance art, edgy burlesque performance, comedy, live music, sexiness, camp, rock n' roll, butch, femme, the concept of queer, riding the line between outrageous and too much, that "jay nay say kwah", great makeup, amazing costumes, and a good rollicking night out.
Music
Anything! Everything! As long as we can shimmy to it!
Movies
Gypsy, Lady of Burlesque, Tease-o-Rama, Strip-o-rama, old Marilyn and Elvis films, Science Fiction B-Movies, anything by Howard Hawkes or Baz Luhrmann
Television
So You Think You Can Dance, America's Got Talent! (but only before Michelle got kicked off), What Not To Wear, American Idol, Weeds, and Teletubbies
Books
Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and the American Culture; The Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque From the '40s and '50s; Striptease: The Untold History Of The Girlie Show; The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs of the 1940s and 1950s; Striptease: From Gaslight to Spotlight; New Burlesque
Heroes
Dirty Martini, Satan's Angel, Julie Atlas Muz, Bunny Yeager, Bernard of Hollywood, World Famous BOB, Ms. Indigo Blue, The World Famous Pontani Sisters, Dixie Evans, Tempest Storm, Bettie Page, Big Fanny Annie, Marilyn Monroe, The Elvii (Costello and Presley), Nasty Canasta, Michelle L'Amour, The Sissy Butch Brothers, Gypsy Rose Lee, Joan Crawford, Murray Hill, John Waters, Baz Luhrmann, and the Teletubbies
Saturday, May 10th
Girlie-Q Live! presents 'Cabaret Erotique'
featuring seductive, multi-media (burlesque + video + music) performances by Nikki Tease, Ni'Ja, Miss Bea Haven and many more!
8pm; $15
About Girlie-Q Live:
Girlie-Q Live is the latest and greatest incarnation of the much beloved and sadly missed Girlie-Q Variety Hour, Chicago's hottest monthly queer burlesque show.
What They Said:
"With an impressive and varied ensemble, and special guests, Girlie-Q is a noteworthy and welcome addition to the scene of regularly scheduled burlesque shows in Chicago. Highly recommended." -Ray's Guide to Chicago Area Burlesque
Metromix Pick (What to Do Today)--1/5/08
Time Out Chicago's Critic Pick, Week of 1/5/08
"For the very adult!" --Bremer's Best, WXRT
"My number one choice this year is Girlie-Q." --Johnathan Abarbanel, on the PAC/EDGE show
"Burlesque evolved as fun, bawdy entertainment, and Girlie-Q lives up to this traditional form." --Chicago Flame
About the founder of Girlie-Q Live!:
Miss Bea Haven aka Jeanne Theresa Newman is a Chicago-based burlesque and performance artist. She has performed her comedic dance performance with nearly every burlesque outfit in town, including Michelle L'Amour's Star and Garter, Red Hot Dames, Varietease Cabaret, and the Sissy Butch Brothers' Gurlesque Burlesque. She has been working in the medium for six years and shows no signs of stopping shakin' it anytime soon. She is the founding producer/director of the Girlie-Q Variety Hour and Dyke Mic, a poetry and music event. Her work has been seen all over the country as she is the best damned diletante she can be.
About the producers of Girlie-Q Live!:
Stacy Jill Jacobs, is a Writer, WebChick Extraordinaire, and Event Producer. Stacy Jill supported the Los Angeles Queer community for many years by working in various film and community events including hosting the popular L Word viewing party in West Hollywood. She moved back to the Chicago area just in time for Gay Games VII and served as the Ticketing Manager for the momentous event. Stacy also hosts her online radio show, Sassy Pants Radio ever Monday night at Blog Talk Radio.com
Nikki Patin has been writing and performing for close to 22 years. She has taught dozens of workshops at various high schools, colleges and universities on performance poetry, body image, sexual assault prevention and LGBT issues. A veteran of the Chicago poetry scene, Nikki was featured on the fourth season of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and designed, published and distributed a book of poems on body image, entitled "Phat Girl". Nikki earned her stage stripes by cutting her teeth on six bands and performing at such well-known venues like the Hothouse, the Arie Crown Theatre and CBGB. Nikki's opened for Jill Scott at the Metro, Patricia Smith and Alix Olson at the Congress Theatre and Zapp!, of Roger and Zapp, at the Chicago Blues Museum. In 2004, Nikki was voted one of Chicago's six most fabulous 20-somethings by Red Eye newspaper. Last fall, Nikki wrote, produced and directed her first one-woman show, "Off Inside My Head." In 2006, Nikki was voted one of the 30 under 30 most influential LGBTQ people in Chicago by Windy City Times and took the gold medal in the Gay Games International LGBT poetry slam.
10PM - 11PM Cover is $15 After 11PM $20 No Guest List Ticket sales at www. chixmixproductions. com for discount! All prepaid tickets in the express lane for entry! chixmixproductions@Yahoo.com for more information
Come check out Chicago's first Burlesque festival happening right now! I'll be performing especially for you on Tuesdays at the newly restored Admiral Theater & Thursdays at Debonair Social Club. You can get your tickets in advance at the box offices to save yourself $5. Get out of the house and enjoy the show!
Here's two hot ways to spend your weekend before Valentine's Day!
First, come see one lucky couple tie the knot during Varietease Cabaret's sell-out show of burlesque brilliance! Get your tickets in advance at www.strawdog.com
Then, make it over to The Nineteen Hundred and One's weekend of art, love, and performance that will be sure to warm you.
