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Next Dr. Sketchy’s Oct. 12 with Paco Fish!

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Join us at the Windup Space for more drawing, drinking, and crazy contests on Oct. 12, when Paco Fish of Gilded Lily Burlesque, Charm City’s own boylesque star, will be our fabulously mad muse for the evening! It’s been almost a year since we’ve had this vaudevillianous genius pose for us, so don’t miss this session! As always, doors open at 6 and drawing starts at 7–show up early to get a great seat! We’ll have more crazy drawing contests in which we’ll be giving away more prizes from Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books!

“But, but, but, Aaron and Alexis, I want MORE Paco Fish….3 hours of him posing for my drawing pleasure just isn’t enough!”

Well you’re in luck, cause if there ever was, this is the Month of Paco.  I’m grabbing and pasting this next bit from his Facebook page….take a look…..(At the very least, Alexis and I will be at the Windup Show this Friday and at the Gilded Lily Burlesque show on Halloween)…

 

Back from paradise… into Madness!

Mon at 8:08pm

“Onward,” I cry, “into madness!”

That’s my new battle cry. I spent the last week-and-a-half in Hawaii, getting more sun, fresh air, and exercise in ten days than I had all summer combined. I went surfing, snorkeling, sky-diving, hiking, swimming under waterfalls, swimming in caves, sleeping on the beach, and eating fresh fresh fresh fresh fish and fruit. And I’m feeling revitalized and ready to take on this CRAZY month of October. I have 8 shows in October, featuring 3 new acts, in new venues, with new collaborations. I’m very excited about it. I hope you are too, and I hope you get to see it. So here’s some of what we’ve got. More details will appear in future bulletins as they get confirmed, so please take the time to read each one.

I love you! I can’t wait to perform for you again!

-PaXOXO

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
6:00 PM
Independent Practice at the LOF/t
120 W. North Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-952-6070

Price: $5 suggested donation

Independent Practice
Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month

Join us in Independent Practice, where we are all students and teachers hooping, stilt-walking, juggling, poi, acroyoga, dancing or whatever you want to practice! No experience necessary!

6:00 PM at the LOF/t
120 W. North Ave. (corner of Howard)

Friday, October 9th, 2009
Make ‘Em Laugh! Make ‘Em Cry! – 9:00 PM

 

Windup Space
12 W. North Ave
Baltimore, MD 21201
US

Price: $10

Ariel and Paco Fish present a comedy, burlesque, and belly dance spectacular. Featuring new and original acts from local DC and Baltimore professional performers.

Starring:

Hilary (http://shakra.tribalgrove.com)
Na’la (http://shakra.tribalgrove.com)
Poppy La Rouge
Stache
Zarifa
DJ Woman

and your hosts:

Paco Fish (http://www.pacofish.net)
Ariel (http://www.arielbellydance.com)

Doors at 9 PM
Show Starts at 10 PM

Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Tassels of Terror at the Canal Club – Doors at 8, show at 9
The Canal Club
1545 E. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23219
US

Price: $10

Richmond Varietease: Richmond’s monthly variety burlesque show presents TASSELS OF TERROR!!!

starring: Eyrie Twylite, Boo Boo Darlin, Dolli Holiday, Paco Fish, & hosted by Magnolia Jackson Pickett Burnside!

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Dr. Sketchy’s at the WindUp Space – Doors at 6, drawing at 7
Windup Space
12 W. North Ave
Baltimore, MD 21201
US

Price: $7

Dr. Sketchy’s is a chain of cabaret life-drawing sessions that circles the globe from Hollywood to New Zealand. Started by Molly Crabapple in 2005, Dr. Sketchy’s is a little bit burlesque, a little bit art studio, and a little bit hair of the dog. Maybe the whole dog.

The models can be burlesque dancers, trapeze artists, drag queens, roller-derby girls, your hot next door neighbor, off-duty cops, and ex-KGB stenographers. It’s a whole grab bag of fun. Well, without the grabbing.

Dr. Sketchy’s – Baltimore is Charm City’s local branch run by Alexis de la Rosa and Aaron Bush, hon. This means that not only can you attend a lasciviously decadent life drawing session on the second Monday of every month, you could also get mugged, shot at by the police, lose your house in a shady real estate deal, or install a questionable statue at the local train station. Dr. Sketchy’s is responsible for none of that, by the way.

Join us at The Windup Space for more drawing, drinking, and crazy contests on October 12th, when our fabulous muse for the evening will be Paco Fish!

Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Glitterama! 7 at the Creative Alliance – 7:00 & 10:00
The Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21224
US
410-276-1651

Price: $15 / $12 members

The King of Kitsch, your well-greased host, Greggy Glitterati, brings you both the beauteous and the nutty in an evening of wonderment. The luscious Lena Grove of Gilded Lily. The titillating boylesque of Paco Fish. The socially-conscious puppetry of Sibelius and The Cause Company. Comedic burlesque babe, Ms. Shortstax. The death-defying trapeze of Nicollete Le Fay. Ms Malibu, the fiery mistress of Tiny Hats! The Living Balloons of the immaculate Poptarts! And laying the beats beneath the bumps, DJ Wachsentush!

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
6:00 PM
Independent Practice at the LOF/t

Baltimore, MD

Price: $5 suggested donation

Independent Practice
Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month

Join us in Independent Practice, where we are all students and teachers hooping, stilt-walking, juggling, poi, acroyoga, dancing or whatever you want to practice! No experience necessary!

6:00 PM at the LOF/t
120 W. North Ave. (corner of Howard)

Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Belly Horror at the Birchmere – doors at 6, show at 7:30
Birchmere
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave
Alexandria, VA 22305
US
(703) 549-7500

Price: $29.50

You’re invited to the darker side of dance for The Belly Horror Show a night of scintillating, sinister performance and a weekend of devilish delight. The Belly Horror Show local and national stars bring you a fusion of belly dance and is
proud to be at our new venue The Birchmere, featuring monsters from under the bed and beyond…

Belly Horror 2009 Performers:
Anaar (CA)
Ariel (DC)
Asharah (DC)
Belladonna (DC)
Beth of Dakini (HI)
Desert Sin (NY)
Elizabeth (FL)
Eugenia (MA)
Fierce Fusion (GA)
Mavi (DC)
Shakra (DC)
Super Kate (CA)
Hosted by Paco Fish (MD)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Gilded Lily Burlesque Halloween Show at the LOF/t – 9:00 PM
The LOF/t
120 W. North Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21218
US

Price: $10

Get Spooky with Gilded Lily Burlesque’s Halloween Show. There will still be plenty of time to trick, treat, terrorize, or tremble, at the Station North Halloween Block Party before and afterwards!

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Girls against boys.

So, something that’s been frustrating me lately: even though the attendance at our sessions is more or less evenly split between men and women—sometimes the girls actually outnumber the guys, which surprises some of our friends who assume that it’s only guys who want to draw our models—since late spring, the artists who’ve been sending us sketches have been men. Annie Wu ended that trend last month, but still, she was the lone female artist who shared her drawings with us.  What gives, ladies?

This time around, the lovely Lily Stark White has been the one woman to send us her drawings:

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We also had some people find us through two blogs, both by women, so we’re going to return the favor—even if they didn’t send us their sketches themselves. 😉 (To be fair, this past session I relied too much on the reminder cards I handed out to solicit sketches from folks and forgot to actually remind everyone while on stage.) Check out Bridget (Vaughn)’s Art Blog and Kristin Nohe’s Suburbs blog for their awesome drawings of Deviana.

And, lastly, here’s a sketch of Deviana from our door guy, Bill:

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Obviously, Bill’s a guy, though he whines like a 4-year-old girl about how we never post his sketches, even though we link to his blog on our front page. So there you go, Bill—I ended this post about how we don’t get enough sketches from women with your unmistakeably male drawing.

Anyway—sketches. We love getting them—from everyone.

Don’t forget, we’ll have the lovely Elle Devene of Gilded Lily Burlesque posing for us this Monday night at the Windup Space—and check out Gilded Lily’s show with the Baltimore Improv Group tonight at the Creative Alliance. Hope you have your tickets already, since they’re probably selling out as I type this. Couldn’t get tickets? Then check out the Xotic fashion show at the Windup Space tonight instead.

And then there’s Hampden Fest tomorrow. Stop by Atomic Books and say hi to Benn, who’s given us a copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies *and*  Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters to give away on Monday.

Oh, and 2nd Saturdays in Station North is tomorrow, too! Lots of fun—and free—performances!

Whatever you do this weekend, have fun, and see you on Monday!

—Alexis

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Sword swinging and sketching with Deviana Fox!

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Goodness gracious, Deviana Fox had swords.

Maybe it’s my geek stamp showing, but good gravy, there are few things more fun to draw than a sexy lady with dual scimitars.

Yeah, she had TWO scimitars.

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We were hoping for trouble, maybe the crazy pillow lady who tried to steal my beer a few sessions ago would make a second run at the front door, but alas, it was not to be and the session was blissfully peaceful.  I can’t help but wonder though if the REASON it was blissfully peaceful was the presence of a scimitar wielding lady with a bullet belt overlooking the crowd at all times.

Bill certainly seemed better behaved.

These awesome photos are by Jeff by the way, which we are eternally grateful for, and while we’re at it, many thanks go to Bill holding down the door, Russell holding down the bar, our gracious sponsors Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books for the awesome prizes to give away, and the Windup Space for hosting us even though it’s kinda like thanking Russell twice, but he deserves it.

Well, everyone deserves to get thanked twice, so, to avoid just copying and pasting that paragraph again right here so everyone gets thanked twice, lets say everyone gets THREE thanks and move on to some more pictures of the amazing Deviana.

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Yep, that’s right, not only did Deviana have two swords, she was balancing them all over the place WHILE posing.  I had to keep tapping Bill on the shoulder while ran the door to say, “Oh my God, Bill, look what she’s doing now!”

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Anyway, let’s get to some drawings and contests.

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This next one was sent to us by Mike May.  Check out his website, some amazing stuff there.  I think there’s another drawing by him further on in the blog as well.

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Next is a sketch by Paul Moscatt who’s got some great work on his site too.

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Mike Hasson did these next two, sending us the second one later when he got home.  I love that top left one.

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The first contest 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 ambidextrous you buy the house a round.  Two winners were picked, and awarded evil-looking shots for their trouble if they were of age, and if they weren’t, they were able to designate someone of age to take their place on the chopping block.

One of the contests was the best incorporation of Highlander into your sketch.  Here’s one of the entries by Brian Dugan (who didn’t win this contest, but did win another one later on).  The prize was a stunning steel art portfolio case donated by Don of Artist & Craftsman Supply, which if you didn’t know already, is on the corner of North & Howard, pretty much across the street from Windup, give or take a block. 🙂

Another sketch from Brian Dugan, this one for the “random noun” contest where folks in the audience shout out random nouns and we pick the one that sounds the most bizarre or amusing.  The noun this time around was “Disney World.”  The prize was Ragnar’s Izzy’s Very Important Job from Baby Tattoo Books, which is so cool they run their own Dr. Sketchy’s out in L.A., if you’re ever out that way.

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Here’s some more photos of Deviana…

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Ahh, here’s the sketch Brian Dugan for the final contest incorporating Debbie Gibson and Caligula, who, apparently share August 31st as their birthday.  Who knew?

The prize was a copy of Scarlett Takes Manhattan by Dr. Sketchy’s founder Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt, who both signed it for the lucky winner when Alexis and I were in NYC last.  Here’s the cover page, graciously scanned by Brian and mailed to us.

Yes, you read that correctly, apparently Molly is accusing Brian Dugan of giving John Leavitt syphillis.  And no, Molly and John were completely sober when they signed this, why do you ask? 🙂

Our next session is September 14th with Elle Devene!

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