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Want a peek at what it’s like to model for Dr. Sketchy’s?

While we fiddle our thumbs away waiting for the next Dr. Sketchy’s in September with Marla Meringue, how would you like a peek at what it’s like to pose for Dr. Sketchy’s Baltimore?  Check out this blog post by Roma Mafia, who was our model on August 9th.  Don’t ever let anyone tell you modeling isn’t hard work— it’ll kick your ass a lot harder than that 45 minute work out you do once a month to rationalize 5 visits to Five Guys.

Go take a peek.  Anyways, we should have the blog post up for her session in about another week – if you’re holding onto some drawings from last session, for God’s sake scan and send them in.  Don’t make me start naming names, cause I will.

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Dahlia Derriere Does Dead Dames

There isn’t much point in getting all loquacious about it, the pictures pretty much do the talking.  Clearly, Dahlia Derriere was pure win.  Our usual photographer Jeff wasn’t able to make it (he was at Comic-con punching out storm troopers or something) so Jen Swanson lent us a hand—and wow, did she.

Dahlia’s first dead dame was Cleopatra . . .

Fred Zeleny

Jeff Lance

Jeff Lance

Ben Carnow

Liz Beetem

Our first contest of the evening was the opposite hand drawing contest, where if you’re right-handed, you draw with your left, and if you’re left-handed, you draw with your right, and if you’re front-handed you’re going to meet my back-hand.

The two winners got mystery drinks from Russell at the bar.

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Jeff Lance

Ben Carnow

Liz Beetem

Look at that pose—she held that for FIVE minutes.  Wow.  And then she did it again, this time for a TEN minute pose.

The second contest was the best interpretation of an encounter between Juanita Cruz (Dahlia’s second historical heroine) and a bull, with extra points if you work in an homage to a famous Spanish painter.  There were two winners with each receiving a sketchbook from Artist & Craftsman Supply, which is just down the street from the Windup Space, at the corner of North and Howard.

Liz Beetem

Jeff Lance

Liz Beetem

Ben Carnow

The third contest was the random noun contest in which we ask the crowd to suggest a random person, place, or thing. This time around, the random noun chosen was “Amsterdam”, and the prize was Gris Grimly’s Little Jordan Ray’s Muddy Spud from Baby Tattoo Books.

John Brewer

Ben Carnow

Liz Beetem

Tom Symonds

Mike Hasson

Fred Zeleny

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Our last contest of the evening was “zombie Amelia Earhart” with the prize being a $15 gift card to Atomic Books in Hampden at the corner of the Avenue and Falls Rd.

Ben Carnow

Liz Beetem

Mike Hasson

Fred Zeleny

Many thanks to Dahlia Derriere who did a smash-up job, and to Jen Swanson for taking the beautiful photos you see above. Special thanks as well to our sponsors Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books.  Thanks also to Russell for DJ’ing/bartending, to Bill for manning the door, and to Alexis for hosting and general rabble-rousing.

Our next session is tomorrow, Monday, August 9th with Roma Mafia at the Windup Space!  Doors at 6, start at 7 – this is the ONLY session we’ll have in August, so if you miss it, you’ll be Sketchy-starved for over a month!  (Don’t worry though, come September we’ll start up our usual scheduling.)

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Roma Mafia this Monday, August 9th!

 

Keep in mind, this will be our ONLY SESSION IN AUGUST!  As we always do, we’re taking our little August break to recharge, travel, go on benders, and probably get arrested.

Don’t worry though, we’ll be back in September though as long as we don’t get too crazy and wake up in Equador and say, “F*ck it, we ain’t going back!”  You never know.

So, Monday, August 9th is Roma Mafia’s Dr. Sketchy’s debut and your last chance to go to Dr. Sketchy’s for an entire month.  You’ll love her, we promise.

Couple notes . . .

1) If you want a little preview, check out Palace of Wonders in DC on Friday where Roma Mafia and 7 others will be putting on a super-duper burlesque extravaganza.  Check out the calendar page (link in the right side-bar) for all the gritty details.

2) That ain’t the only thing going on this weekend though – Gilded Lily has been playing drill seargent to a bunch of budding burlesque stars for the past month or so and their first ever performance is Saturday night at the Mobtown Theater in Woodberry.  Alexis and I’ll be there, you should be too.  Details, again, are over on the calendar page.

3) While I’m mentioning, the whole calendar page has been updated – lots of events at the Palace of Wonders and there’s a Trixie & Monkey show at the Ottobar next week too.

4) The official national Dr. Sketchy’s site has been completely redone, with every branch on the planet having it’s own page.  Check it out, it looks absolutely amazing.  Traveling to see your grandma in Illinois next month?  Look up the Sketchy branch there and see what’s going on.

So . . . come see Roma Mafia this Monday at the Windup Space;  it’s your only session this August!  Doors at 6, start at 7!  Prizes from our wonderful sponsors Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books!