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Home » burlesque

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Black and white photo of Uma Bloo in fishnets and corset looking down at the camera
Posted inMusic

Uma Bloo’s languid indie rock will send a rush of blood to your head

by Leor Galil March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Before Chicago singer-guitarist Molly Madden began performing indie-rock songs as Uma Bloo in 2016, she used that stage name as a burlesque performer. As she told Tribune critic Britt Julious […]

Posted inArts & Culture

The year of TikTok

by Brianna Wellen December 22, 2020August 18, 2021

How local creatives made the most of the social media platform in 2020

Posted inArts & Culture

Super Tasty brings sex education to Constellation

by S. Nicole Lane October 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Learning about your bits just got a little bit more fun.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Fly Honey Show promises something for everyone—except minimalists

by Irene Hsiao August 16, 2018August 18, 2021

There’s sex-positivity, body-positivity, whooping, hollering, and convulsing, all loud and proud.

Posted inArts & Culture

Gypsy, Machinal, and three more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader August 23, 2017August 18, 2021

“The greatest book musical of all time” and a Woyzeck for the jazz age are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

Banana inspires a burlesque performer’s outfit at the Logan Square Farmers Market

by Isa Giallorenzo September 7, 2016August 18, 2021

Street View featuring burlesque performer Nadha Vikitsreth wearing a yellow vintage ensemble at the Logan Square Farmers Market.

Posted inArts & Culture

Sex-positive burlesque The Fly Honey Show VII and five more new reviews

by Chicago Reader August 24, 2016August 18, 2021

The Inconvenience’s celebration of the body is back.

Posted inArts & Culture

Leslie Zemeckis’s Goddess of Love Incarnate tells of how Lili St. Cyr made stripping classy

by Aimee Levitt September 9, 2015August 18, 2021

Back in the 1940s, burlesque was considered a shabby, second-rate, and mildly sleazy form of entertainment. Then Lili St. Cyr took the stage. “Lili,” writes Leslie Zemeckis in her new […]

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Midweek Burlesque Break

by Jay Gentile June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Expect plenty of feathers, tassels, and nylon stockings in a lair that might not quite be the Admiral, but isn’t that far off either.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Thu 6/19: Burlesque Fest, Carrie: The Musical, and Alex Wiley

by Cat Adamson June 19, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, June 19

Katie Rich
Posted inArts & Culture

The Chicago Women’s Funny Festival commandeers Stage 773

by Taylor Tolbert June 3, 2014August 18, 2021

The third annual Chicago Women’s Funny Festival offers a showcase of 70 acts featuring 400 performers.

Posted inBlogs

Street View 157: Belmont Oddity

by Isa Giallorenzo January 4, 2014August 18, 2021

Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View 157

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Fri 12/27: Boobs of the Dead, Dark Wave Disco reunion, and Ms. 45

by Brianna Wellen December 27, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, December 27

Posted inBlogs

Garbo, Divine, Bettie Page, and the rest of this week’s domination screenings

by J.R. Jones December 6, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Fri 7/26: Cat Film Festival, Fly Honey Show, Chicago French Film Festival

by Tosten Burks July 26, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, July 26

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