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Monday, September 22, 2008
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Category: Art and Photography
CHICAGO
The Tattoo Factory Gallery presents along with Pabst Blue Ribbon, 'Tura! Tura! Tura!' a group art show happening celebrating the stunning, inspiring and kickasstastic legendary icon, Tura Satana!
The Tattoo Factory Gallery is located at 4443 N. Broadway in Tura's hometown of Chicago. Tura was born in Japan but when still a young child after WW II moved with her parents (and grew up) in our windy city, first setting up residence on the west side of Chicago at 911 South Ada St.. She attended Jacob A. Riis Elementary School and soon learned to sing and play piano. At 7 she sold newspapers at the corner of State and Van Buren where many of her customers were the dancers from Minsky's Theatre. She went out on her own leaving McKinley High School and home at 13. Tura lived briefly in L.A. performing as a singer dancer at the Tropicana Club, but came back to Chicago in early '54 setting up on the North Side on Ainslie Avenue working as a 21 dice girl. Her next job was as a Spanish dancer at the Rendevouz Club in Calumet City. Soon after, she became an stripper in the late '54 and started her burlesque career as an exotic dancing sensation earning the title 'Miss Japan Beautiful. In Chicago Tura worked at the Brass Rail in '57-'58 and the Follies Theatre off and on from 1956 through 1964. Of course she toured and became famous all over the country. Her talents lead her to guest appearances on many top television shows of the 60's including Hawaiian Eye, Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Burkes Law. Movie roles followed in Our Man Flint, Irma la Douce and The Astro Zombies, but her greatest cinematic superstar achievement was as the baddest ass Varla, the leader of 3 thrill seeking stripers in Russ Meyer's legendary masterpiece,'Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'. John Waters (Hairspray) called it 'beyond a doubt, the best movie ever made. It is possibly better than any film that will be made in the future!'
Opening night is Thursday, October 30th. All ready the cream of the crop of the lowbrow art world have signed on to contribute jaw dropping masterpieces including paintbrush superstars, Shag, Lou Brooks, Lisa Petrucci, Glenn Barr, Niagara and many more (complete list below)!. Gallery owner Paul Collurafici (and owner of the adjacent Tattoo Factory) is generously donating the space and will not be taking a commission, so all profits earned hosting the event will go to Apna Ghar, a domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women and children and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity. Fundraisers will include selling show posters, personal donated Tura items and 20% of the money made through sales of the art.
More excitement (as if you needed it) includes- DJing by the incredible Joe Black's Midnight Spookshow! Performances by the amazing Chicago burlesque troupe The Flaming Dames! Fire-breathers! Searchlights! Lot's of PBR beer!
And the best part?
The drop-you-dead gorgeous Tura Satana WILL BE THERE IN PERSON!
George Lindmark
Bill Reinhold
Mark Braun
Shag
Rod North
Nicole Steen
Thorsten Hasenkamm
Jeremy Scheuch
Brian Johnson
Pilar Alvarez
Jorge Alderete
Marc Nischan
John Mulder
Vicious Velvet
Phil Cisco
Nemeth
Mike Mass
Frank Fruzyna
Shane Swank
Kirsten Ulve
Steve Walter
BigToe
Mike Noland
Alex Wald
Lisa Petrucci
Mark Atomos
Guy Gonzales
David 'Netherland' Van Alphen
Stephen Anderson
Travis Lampe
Brian Morris
Mitch O'Connell
Casey Sass
Lou Brooks
Ron Murphy
Glenn Barr
Kirsten Easthope
Niagara
Megan Besmirched
Extremo
Aron Gagliardo
Tyson McAdoo
Molly Crabapple
Marcus Kuhn
Charlene Lanzel
Mister Reusch
Krystof Nemeth
Cori Carani
Fiona Smyth
Dave Dorman
Nathan Fox
Steve Ellis
James Brunner
THIS JUST IN!
Also, to coincide with the gallery show, the Music Box Theatre will be screening 'Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' the night before on Wednesday, October 29th @ 8pm! Tura will also be attending and answering audience questions! As a special added treat, Miss Exotic World, star of 'America's Got Talent', burlesque sensation Michelle L'amour will be performing live on stage! More charity fundraisers are planned (so bring your wallets), plus a sneak peek of the Tattoo Factory show with a display of Tura paintings. The Music Box is located at 3733 N. Southport Ave. Advance tickets available @ www.ticketweb.com!
AND MORE!
Join us at Liar's Club (1665 W. Fullerton) that evening for the Pussycat afterparty. Plenty of more fun, including a Kiss costume contest!
Check out these helpful sites for more information:
For the best tattoo shop in Chicago (showcasing the work of Casey Sass and Beth Cisco)-
http://www.tattoofactory.com/
For it's hipster gallery-
www.myspace.com/tattoofactorygallery
The Music Box Theatre-
www.musicboxtheatre.com
For the charity Apna Ghar-
http://www.apnaghar.org/indexnew.shtml
For the charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure
http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm
Tura's official website-
http://www.turasatana.com/
Tura's Myspace page-
http://www.myspace.com/tsatana
Beth Cisco's (aka Vicious Velvet) Myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/viciousvelvet667
Our gallery DJ, Joe Black-
http://www.myspace.com/joemidnightspookshow
The amazing Michelle L'amour-
http://www.michellelamour.com
For Rusty Nails and film updates-
http://www.myspace.com/moviesidefilmfestival
Chicago burlesque troupe The Flaming Dames
www.myspace.com/flamingdames
VANCOUVER, BC
NEW JERSEY
VANCOUVER
12Midnite,Pilar Alvarez, Holly Ruth Anderson, Johnny Crap, Cowboy Mike,JeffDenomme, Rheanna Fancypants, Izzy Gibson, I,Braineater, AlisonLilly,James Lloyd, Tyson McAdoo, Krysztof Nemeth, Netherland, OwenPlummer,Sara Ray, Myk Rock, ROT, Bob Scott, Stu McKay-Smith, NicoleSteen,Brandon Steen, Toddzilla, Andrea Tucker and more!
CHICAGO
COLUMBUS, OHIO
WHISTLER, BC CANADA
12, Midnite, Pili Alvarez, Holly Ruth Anderson ,
Viginia Croix , Arne Guttman , I.Braineater, the Incredible Amoeba , Mike Jackson ,
Mark'MUNK'Jansen , Liks , Becky MacKeigan , Krista Lynn Martens ,
Pamela Mason , Tom Meraw , Farrah Lynn Owens , Dave'PEPE'Petko ,
Phresha La Vandale , Daniel Poisson , Randoid , Lauren Ritz , Oliver
Roy , Mariah Sandner , Bob Scott , Arin Seibler , Erin Sharp , Josee
St Amour , Vanessa Stark , Nicole Steen , Liz Thomson , TiFdYl ,
Andrea Tucker , Hayley Wirsching , Helen Wojcik and more
VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA
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Tart Arts & IMVF Present
THE 2ND ANNUAL LADIES FIRST-Art & Music Festival
Art Exhibit,Music Video screenings and live performance by WINTERMITTS
International Womens Day- Saturday March 8 2007
ANZA Club- 8th and Ontario Vancouver
Tickets $10 at JEM Gallery & Redcat Records
ALL GENDERS WELCOME!
Art Opening 7-10pm (No Cover)
Music videos 10-11pm Band : 11:30pm (Cover Charge in effect)
International Visual Artists:
Jennybird Alcantara (US) / Pilar Alvarez (Canada) / Holly Ruth
Anderson (Canada)
Megan Besmirched (US) / Sunny Buick (US/France)/ Molly Crabapple (US)
/ Kirsten Easthope (US)
Rheanna Fancypants (Canada) / Cynthia Frenette ( Canada) /Kelly Haigh
(Canada)
Jenny Hart ( US) / Claudia Hek ( Netherlands) / Angelique Houtkamp
(Netherlands)
Christine Karas (US) / Mimi Kersting (US/Australia) /Liz Lorini(US) /Vicki
M. (Canada)
Naomi Nowak (Sweden) / Jessica McCourt (US) Emma Mount(UK) / Lisa
Petrucci (US)
Lesley Reppeteaux (Canada/US) / Bonni Reid (Canada) / Martina Secondo (US)
Nicole Steen (Canada) / Lina Stigsson (Netherlands) / Andrea Tucker
(Canada) / Heather Watts (Canada)
Annie Wilkinson ( Canada)
http://www.thetartgallery.com/ladiesfirst.html
Indie music videos by...
CHOIR PRACTICE (Canada)
DEBORAH HARRY (US)
HERMIT ( Canada)
MASFALDAS ( Mexico)
MISS DERRINGER (US)
SCREAM CLUB (US)
STATIC OF THE GODS (US)
SOPHE LUX (US)
WINTERMITTS (Canada)
About the IMVF-Indie Music Video Festival :
Founded in 2002 by Nicole Steen along with partners Marcus Rogers and Frank
Yahr,the IMVF has played 170 videos in several cities including
Austin,Baltimore,Calgary,Chicago,Los Angeles,London, Malta, New York,San
Diego,San Francisco,Seattle,Tel Aviv,Toronto, Vancouver,Victoria,Washington
DC.
http://www.imvf.com
PS this will also be a 'virtual' art show on March 15th on
the 3d online world of SecondLife
Squamish, B.C. Canada
Pilar Alvarez (Vancouver)
The Incredible Amoeba (Whistler)
Darren Camplin (Vancouver)
Arne Gutmann (Whistler)
Phresha La Vandale (Whistler)
Becky MacKeigan (Squamish)
Pamela Mason (Squamish)
Dave'PEPE'Petko (Whistler)
Daniel Poisson (Whistler)
Oliver Roy (Squamish)
Randy'Randoid'Smith (Whistler)
Josee St Amour (Squamish)
Vanessa Stark (Pemberton)
Taka'TiFdYl'Sudo (Japan/Whistler)
Hayley Wirsching (Whistler)
Helen Wojcik (Squamish)
WHISTLER, B.C. CANADA
3:15 AM
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