Naked Girls Reading presents

LADIES of LETTERS

Wednesday, June 19th at 9:00 pm

"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman." 
- Virginia Woolfe
 
Celebrate some of the women whose words have made history, as Naked Girls Reading presents LADIES OF LETTERS. The hit nude literary salon shares an evening of great female authors both historical and modern: from Enheduanna's hymns to Inanna, to Virginia Woolfe's musings on women who write, to a certain contemporary wordsmith's beloved world of magic ... and many more in between.

Host Nasty Canasta welcomes Galatea, Iris Explosion and brand-new Naked Girl Marlo Marquise for a night of writing by gentlewomen and grrrls alike, as the Naked Girls share their favorite female authors at Naked Girls Reading LADIES OF LETTERS!

at Under St. Marks - 94 St. Marks Place, NYC
Tickets: $20 | 2 for $35

Seating is limited - advance purchase recommended
 CLICK HERE or call 212-868-4444

Friday, June 14th

WASABASSCO at THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM

431 W. 16th St, NYC

Tickets: $20 | Advance purchase available HERE

Join us for a special late-night edition of the show that pulls out all the stops with explosive acts and performances you won't see anywhere else!

This month's show stars Amanda Whip, BooBess, Chris McDaniel, Evelyn Vinyl, Magdalena Fox, Medianoche, Nasty Canasta, Nikki Le Villain, Penny Wren, Poison Ivory and Sapphire Jones, with host Doc Wasabassco

Plus special musical guest, Gypsy-punk superstars Amour Obscur!

Doors at 10:30pm | Show at 11:00pm

Musical set at 1:00am, followed by a dance party till 4:00am

In the studio ...

Nights have been busy with some fantastic shows, but the days have been just as full of shiny, sparkly fabulousness! Here's a little peek at some of the projects that have come out of the studio lately:

"Blue Velvet" showgirl costume for Francine The Lucid Dream ...

 ... Gypsy butterfly dance skirt for Dragata Dakarra ...

... a for-the-hell-of-it project
(made from curtains & some spare shiny things lying around the studio) ...

... and a "fur" coat for a new act-in-progress (just in time for the summer, of course!)

Keep an eye out for my Etsy store coming soon, 

and as always email bluestreakfancywear[at]gmail.com 

with commissions, ideas and inquiries!

Friday, May 24th at 8:30pm 

Wasabassco at The Highline Ballroom

431 W 16th St., NYC

Tickets: $20 | Advance purchase available HERE

Wasabassco keeps getting bigger and better and we want you along for the ride!Join us as we pull out all the stops for a return engagement at Highline Ballroom.

Hosted by Donny Vomit and starring: Nasty Canasta, Amanda Whip, Evelyn Vinyl, Gal Friday, Hazel Honeysuckle, Jezebel Express, Kita St. Cyr, Medianoche, Mr Gorgeous, Poison Ivory, Sapphire Jones, and Doc Wasabassco

Doors at 7:30 | Showtime 8:30pm SHARP

It's a literary smackdown!

Naked Girls Reading presents

DINOS vs VAMPIRES

Wednesday, May 15th at 9:00 pm

Pay tribute to one of history's greatest rivalries as Naked Girls Reading presents DINOS vs VAMPIRES. Prehistoric adventure goes head-to-head with blood-drinking Transylvanian fiends! Literature's best-known thunder lizards take on it's most beloved (and sparkliest) undead! Science confronts mythology in the literary ring in this battle of Jurassic proportions!

Host Nasty Canasta is joined by Anja Keister, Bambi the Mermaid and Dangrrr Doll as the Naked Girls share their favorite tales of vampyr versus Velociraptor and Leptoceratops versus Lestat. Sharpen those stakes and dust off those fossils with your favorite readers-in-the-raw, at Naked Girls Reading DINOS vs VAMPIRES.

at Under St. Marks - 94 St. Marks Place, NYC
Tickets: $20 | 2 for $35

Seating is limited - advance purchase recommended
 CLICK HERE or call 212-868-4444

Nasty Canasta: Supervillain!

At the Spygirl Pictures launch party

April 19th, NYC

Photos: Alex Colby

Wasablanca returns to The Bell House

THIS Friday, April 26
Nasty Canasta, Wasabassco & Wit's End present
Wasablanca at The Bell House
A tribute to the classic film, featuring live music, cocktails, well-dressed people

and plenty of saucy striptease.

You’re invited to a fully immersive evening right out of the golden age of the silver screen when The Bell House transforms into a Moroccan den of intrigue, cocktails, jazz, blackmail and burlesque - all inspired by the classic Oscar-winning film Casablanca.

It’s 1941(ish) and the unoccupied area of Brooklyn known as Wasablanca remains one of the last holdouts of freedom against the marching forces of fascism. At The Bell House people come to drink, dance, play games of chance and indulge in acts of subterfuge, conspiracy and illicit liaisons - because in Wasablanca the drinks are cheap, but freedom comes at a price.

The night’s festivities will feature burlesque from Wasabassco; live music all night by The Gelber & Manning Band; a complex struggle of liberty against tyranny from ecdysiast playwright Nasty Canasta; and exquisitely crafted cocktails, jazz age ambience, and all the period dress, glamorous gowns, snazzy suits and fezzes you’ve come to expect from Wit’s End. It’s a party, it’s a play, it’s a show, it’s … Wasablanca.

Featuring:

Deity, Doc Wasabassco, Don Spiro, Broadway Brassy, Evelyn Vinyl, Handsome Jim Greene, Hazel Honeysuckle, Kita St. Cyr, Marlo Marquise, Nasty Canasta, Poison Ivory, Sapphire Jones, Stormy Leather, and more.

The Bell House - 149 7th Street (bet 2nd & 3rd Ave), Brooklyn

$20 Admission
8pm-Midnight

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE