Wild Card Briefly.Byline: The Register-Guard On Sundays, club will offer burlesque burlesque (bûrlĕsk`) [Ital.,=mockery], form of entertainment differing from comedy or farce in that it achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion. It differs from satire in that it is devoid of any ethical element. , variety A rotating assortment of performers that includes burlesque dancers, hula-hooping cowgirls, cabaret singers, magicians and drag queens This is a list of drag queens and female impersonators. Only those subjects who are notable enough for Wikipedia articles should be included here. A
Shows will begin at 10 p.m. The cover charge will be $5 (or $2 for service industry workers). "It's just an opportunity for performers to do their thing," said Libby Miller, a dancer and singer in the show who also tends bar at John Henry's. "Everybody that hears about it that does any sort of performance is totally stoked stoked adj. Slang 1. Exhilarated or excited. 2. Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug. . `In Eugene, there aren't that many places (to perform)." Miller will dance to Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of popular singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". and Toni Basil Antonia Christina Basilotta (born September 22 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American musician, video artist, actress, and choreographer known by her professional name Toni Basil. and perform a not-G-rated version of the "Little Mermaid" theme song. The John Henry's Broadway Revue also will feature more than a dozen singers, dancers and performance artists. Fire dancers, break dancers and sword dancers will get their chance to shine, along with comedians, jugglers and occasional freak show performers. Keith Martin, the club's booking agent, was inspired to launch a performance series in Eugene after taking in the popular Sunday night burlesque show at a Portland club, Dante's Inferno. Martin said the Eugene show will be somewhat tamer than the racy rac·y adj. rac·i·er, rac·i·est 1. Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste. 2. Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent. 3. Risqué; ribald. 4. Portland series, but he didn't rule out the possibility of partial nudity, live body piercings and other forms of alternative expression. `Stone Soup' cartoonist plans local appearances Eugene cartoonist Jan Eliot will sign copies of her new "Stone Soup" collection, "Road Kill in the Closet," between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Comic News, on the lower level of Fifth Street Public Market, 296 E. Fifth Ave. Then, Eliot will hustle over to Borders, 5 Oakway Mall, and sign books there between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. - The Register-Guard |
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