The “Jaws” theme music plays over the Windup Space’s sound system as a short, striking young woman stretches out on stage in a shimmering green mermaid costume. Buh-duh. Buh-duh. The woman stays very ...

For about 150 years, burlesque performers have had a tough time convincing critics and patrons that what they do is more than just striptease. Since the form emerged from earlier music-hall traditions ...

For each burlesque performer on stage there are multiple dancers working their moves at home or in a studio. Burlesque's national resurgence started about a decade ago. Iron Heart Circus was the local ...

We instantly bonded with Dallas painter Lisa Lindholm when we noticed artist Audrey Kawasaki on her blogroll. Kawasaki's delicately imagined paintings -- almost always of vulnerable, wistful women ...

It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m loitering outside the entrance to Edinburgh’s newest art class trying not to look too much like a pervert. Some passing tourists catch sight of the Dr Sketchy’s poster ...

It's an art class, but not as you'd know it. Swapping a silent model for drag queens and burlesque dancers, a fortnightly art event in Wellington is breathing life into life drawing. Dr Sketchy's Anti ...

Featuring performers from Red Hots Burlesque, Harlot's new Thursday happy hour is booming with saucy performers for your after work entertainment. Find yourself doodling in your bored meeting? Here is ...

We will wrap up at 9.30pm but you are welcome to stay and mingle until the bar closes at 11pm Please note: The event information above has been added by the organiser. Whilst we try to ensure all ...