Naked Girls Reading to Present LIVING DOLLS, 6/17

On June 17th New York's "Best Story Hour" (The Village Voice Best of NY) steps out of the dollhouse and onto the stage with LIVING DOLLS! Join your favorite naked readers for an evening of stories, histories, memoirs and more about the transcendent toys and personified playthings that become 'real.' From the mundane to the macabre, from sweet to sinister, from childhood innocence to adult fetish: Naked Girls Reading celebrates the literature of the doll.

Host Nasty Canasta is joined by Iris Explosion, Legs Malone, brand-spanking-new Naked Girl Dame Cuchifrita and special guest Collibrina for Naked Girls Reading LIVING DOLLS. Come play!•••••

Naked Girls Reading is the perfect unique live event: a monthly nude literary salon featuring readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls. Past themes have included Banned Books, Science Fiction and Tween Lit, as well as their annual holiday presentation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Guests to the salon are invited to sip a drink and listen with their eyes wide open as full-frontal literature meets fine art in the intimate theatrical setting of Under St. Marks.

Naked Girls Reading is on the third Wednesday of every month at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A) at 9pm. Tickets ($25; 2 for $40) may be purchased online at www.NakedGirlsReadingNYC.com. Seating is limited to 45; advance tickets are strongly recommended.