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xox, Ms. Bea Haven: The Freak Museum this Sunday
April 6th, 2010Issue 4, Volume 7
April 6, 2010
Dearest Kats and Kittens,
Ever feel like a “freak”? Well, you’re not alone! Ms. Bea felt that way through most of junior high (…remind her sometime to tell you and 8th grade and a girl actually named Heather)…And well, we suspect that many of you felt similarly at some time in your life. This weekend, Girlie-Q is extremely proud to present a new show that celebrates the freak in us all. You won’t want to miss it.
Go. See. This. Show.
Sunday, April 11
Girlie-Q, Ms. Bea Haven, Adil Monsoor & Jenn Tyburczy:
The Freak Museum: a performance installation in celebration and examination of freakdom
Mary’s Attic
5400 N. Clark @ Balmoral
$12 with friends & family code, $15 without or at the door.
Tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106122. Friends and Family code: Let your freak flag fly
See human oddities!
Witness sexual deviance!
Behold vaudeville variety!
Survey stunning spectacle!
Gawk at sideshow madness!
Gape at divine excess!
Spy sultry striptease!
Feast your eyes on fascinating freaks!
The Freak Museum will show human “exhibits” investigating different aspects of freakdom, from bearded ladies, conjoined twins, giants, cultural “others” from “foreign” and “exotic” lands…the usual menagerie of “freaks” that populated zoos, sideshows, to dime museums in the nineteenth-century. Imagine, as well, the freaks of today such as reality television stars, cosmetic surgery debacles, terrorists and other fear and anxiety-inspiring stereotypes.
This carnival/performance installation exemplifies the divine aesthetics of excess, filled with people and characters whose performances provocatively and powerfully speak about “normal” standards of beauty and conduct. Witness glamorous and gritty performance, connected to a history of monstrosity and monstrous bodies that encapsulate the fears, desires, and anxieties of a particular place and time. Drawing from sideshow, burlesque, performance art, body art, fetish performance, vaudeville, and more, the Freak Museum will enchant, titillate, and make you think.
Starring:
Ammunition
Candyland
Brad French
Ms. Bea Haven
Special K
Adil Monsoor
Lara Oppenheimer
Mister Overdone
Titty Perkins
Sultry Susan
Chairman Wao
and More!
Upcoming Dates
Friday and Saturday, April 22 & 23: In the Dark @ 1901 Gallery, starring yours truly, Zoe Brooklynne, Titty Perkins & more!
Saturday, April 24: Private Party
Sunday, April 25: Salon DeVine @ Joie de Vine
Thursday, April 29: Ms. Bea Hosts the Festival of Flesh at Lucky Number Grill!
Friday, April 30: Ms. Bea and Candyland in Ties N’ Tassels @ Joie De Vine
Saturday, May 1: the return of The Girlie-Q Variety Hour, our classic burlesque and vaudeville show, at Morseland
Sunday, May 9: Salon DeVine @ Joie de Vine
Friday & Saturday, May 17 & 18: In the Dark @ 1901 Gallery
Sunday, May 16: I Want Candy! at Mary’s Attic
Sunday, May 23: Salon DeVine @ Joie de Vine
Thursday, May 27: Ms. Bea Haven hosts the Festival of Flesh @ Lucky Number Grill!
Friday – Monday, May 28 – 31: Girlie-Q at Mondo Homo in Atlanta, GA
June 4, 5 & 6: Girlie-Q Ensemble members star in Hot N’ Heavy’s Tribute to This is Spinal Tap!
Saturday, June 5: Girlie-Q at Cake Chicago
Sunday, June 13: Girlie-Q at the Milwaukee Pride Festival
Next Up: Girlie-Q at Uncommon Ground for Le Cabaret Erotique
September 3rd, 2009
Join us!
Le Cabaret Erotique
Uncommon Ground Devon
1401 W. Devon
Chicago
We’re putting together the hottest classic burlesque this side of well, everywhere. Expect darling dances, jumpin’ jazz, sizzling striptease, crazy camp, vaudevillian variety and all kinds of sexy fun. Come and watch Girlie-Q do “classic with a twist” in the prettiest and most classy room in town. Featuring Chicago’s queerest cast of burlesque hotties, a unique variety of acts, and a carefully curated show, Le Cabaret Erotique will be your new Saturday night must-see.
Hosted by The Great Chicago Fire, Ms. Bea Haven, Girlie-Q is guaranteed to entertain, titillate and make you think.
Starring:
The Dolls of Doom (Lola Martinet and Tila von Twirl)
Jolie
Faustina von Feist
Honey La Fleur
Plucky Rosenthal
The Puterbaugh Sisters
Scarlett D’Evil
and more!
This is burlesque the way it should be–leather banquettes, a full cocktail menu with fine spirits & classic cocktails and a dinner menu made of only the finest locally-grown organic ingredients. Come early for dinner; stay late (11:00 pm start time) for the show.
Admission is a $15 suggested donation. The show is all ages. From Girlie-Q, Chicago’s best queer burlesque and variety, since 2001.
xox, Ms. Bea Haven: John Hughes Tribute Class tomorrow!
August 7th, 20097 August, 2009
