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What did our critic think of THE CAROUSEL OF BURLESQUE at Foulds Theater?

Celebrating 30 years of service, this year the White Bear is hosting a new-writing festival for three weeks in August. 

This year The Burlesque Blitz is theming up for the times. The Blitz will be celebrating this cold cold week between Christmas and New Year's, with more readings and a lecture than Naked people. A reading of a new musical on Wednesday based on the lives of pioneering burlesque and vaudeville stars Lydia Thompson, Lillian Russell, and Kitty Klondike Kate Rockwell.

On April 8 at 8 PM, a performance will come to the Union County Performing Arts Center that embodies the vaudeville spirit the historic theater was founded on in 1928. Uncle Floyd's Last Authentic Traveling Burlesque Show, led by television and radio personality Uncle Floyd, is a nostalgic variety show featuring comedians, a live band and of course, burlesque performers. Within the two hour performance, there will be songs, dances, laughs and strip-tease in the spirit of the time honored art form.

A popular and influential collection of artwork featuring African leaders and rulers, 'The Great Kings and Queens of Africa,' is the inspiration for a unique leadership symposium at the Anheuser-Busch headquarters in St. Louis this week.

Art that revolutionized the 20th Century comes to life at THE LYCEUM THEATRE as distinguished actor/writer HERBERT SIGUENZA performs and paints on stage during SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE's workshop production of A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO.

Art that revolutionized the 20th Century comes to life at THE LYCEUM THEATRE as distinguished actor/writer HERBERT SIGUENZA performs and paints on stage during SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE's workshop production of A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO. Though he is best known for his comedic work with the Latino performance troupe, Culture Clash, Siguenza was first a visual artist.

Art that revolutionized the 20th Century comes to life at THE LYCEUM THEATRE as distinguished actor/writer HERBERT SIGUENZA performs and paints on stage during SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE's workshop production of A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO.

Art that revolutionized the 20th Century comes to life at THE LYCEUM THEATRE as distinguished actor/writer HERBERT SIGUENZA performs and paints on stage during SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE's workshop production of A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO. Though he is best known for his comedic work with the Latino performance troupe, Culture Clash, Siguenza was first a visual artist.