There’s No Cheesecake in the Land of Milk and Honey… by Tali Shapiro
Pinups don’t exist as a subculture in Israel. There’s no Rockabilly music and if asked, people have no idea what it is. Vintage artifacts, such as newspaper ads are experiencing a revival as recycled merchandise (bags and purses), as Israel grows older and more sentimental about its modern...
All Hail Queen Angie!
From Jersey Girl to Vixen: Angie Pontani Leads Neo Burlesque Movement. On a Saturday night, a 5’2″ brunette dancer with a crimson smile appears on Corio’s red-lit stage wearing black feathers, patent stilettos and fishnet stockings. As the pre-recorded jazz music plays, she slowly leans down...
Khandie’s Kholumn Part Three: The Kreation of Khandie
Episode Three: The Kreation of Khandie So that was it then. Finally I was free to pursue the dream I had had for so long. No more boss to worry about getting his knickers in a bunch over my extracurricular activities…ok so I may not have had the ‘dream’ as long as some of my fellow burly...
Adventures In Burlesque: Chapter Three
Chapter 3: Stepping Out My first night in London had been most illuminating. And as the birds began to twitter I slipped silently from the Brothel in Bothel Street and began to walk. I walked a lot that day. There was a lot of London to walk through and a hundred and thirty one things I had never seen:...
Kittie Klaw Interview
“Kittie Klaw is a burlesque queen with an Empire. An international burlesque star, producer and writer, Kittie is also the veteran founder of the infamous Ministry of Burlesque. Kittie is an elegant eccentric with a curious mission. A unique personality among the new-Variety elite, she is an expert...