Nasty Canasta News

Tonight, May 21st, New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY) attempts to solve history's greatest dilemma, as Naked Girls Reading presents CAKE VS DEATH. It's marzipan versus murder, frosting versus the final rest, and the Grim Reaper versus ganache. Angel food goes head-to-head with the Dark Angel in this, the epic literary battle for the ages!

Grab a book and head to the beach with New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY), as Naked Girls Reading presents SUMMER READING! Join your favorite naked readers as they share selections from the New York Public Library's Summer Reading lists - and find out what they're reading in the buff north of the border, as special Canadian guest Bianca Boom Boom brings her summer reading picks from the Toronto Public Library, too!

On Wednesday May 21st, New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY) attempts to solve history's greatest dilemma, as Naked Girls Reading presents CAKE VS DEATH. It's marzipan versus murder, frosting versus the final rest, and the Grim Reaper versus ganache. Angel food goes head-to-head with the Dark Angel in this, the epic literary battle for the ages!

After opening to critical acclaim, Verboten continues to elevate Brooklyn's underground art and music scene with a variety of culture programming, including the launch of 'Art is Verboten' By Mike Dreeland, Wasabassco at Verboten: Danger!, Music Unites: Youth Music Education, and PopGun presents Adult. Check out some upcoming events in April and May below!

It's readers' choice at New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY), as Naked Girls Reading presents SMÖRGÅSBORD! Join some of of our favorite Naked Girls as they present a buffet of their most beloved books ever: from classics to contemporary fiction, children's literature to poetry, scripts, lyrics and more - anything goes!

Big Bang Theory. Horn rimmed glasses. Comic Con. It seems like nerds are everywhere these days -- and on the forefront of culture and fashion. Now, Epic Win, RAWR & D20 Burlesque will showcase the sexy side of nerds at the 1st annual NERDLESQUE FESTIVAL. For four days, from April 3rd through April 6th, burlesque performers from all over the world will unite in New York City to celebrate nerd chic. The schedule of events for this weekend by and for dweebs, dorks, geeks, freaks and their admirers is as follows:

This March New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY) goes into the wardrobe, through the looking glass, and all the way to Middle-Earth at Naked Girls Reading FANTASY! Join the hit nude literary salon for an evening of figments and illusions, chimeras and daydreams, magical creatures and impossible landscapes.

Tonight, February 14 at 10PM, New York's sexiest show GOTHAM BURLESQUE will offer a special Valentine's Day Show at STAGE 72 (158 West 72nd Street), providing a romantic and thrilling way to celebrate Valentine's Day with the one you love (and some of burlesque's sexiest stars!).

Horse Trade Theater Group will present a new monthly installment of Wasabassco's dirtiest show, THE WASABASSCO HELLFIRE CLUB every second Wednesday of the month beginning Wednesday, March 12 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). Tickets ($40) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling 212-868-4444. All performances will be at 9pm sharp.

Naked Girls Reading will present World Leaders on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17th at 9pm at UNDER ST. MARKS (94 St. Marks Pl, NYC) www.NakedGirlsReadingNYC.com.

On Friday, February 14 at 10PM, New York's sexiest show GOTHAM BURLESQUE will offer a special Valentine's Day Show at STAGE 72 (158 West 72nd Street), providing a romantic and thrilling way to celebrate Valentine's Day with the one you love (and some of burlesque's sexiest stars!).

Go undercover with New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY) as Naked Girls Reading presents SPIES LIKE US! Join the hit nude literary salon for an evening of double agents, state secrets, codes and cyphers as the Naked Girls embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to heat up the Cold War with the best of literature's agents provocateurs, from Christopher Marlowe to Jason Bourne.

Go undercover with New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY) as Naked Girls Reading presents SPIES LIKE US! Join the hit nude literary salon for an evening of double agents, state secrets, codes and cyphers as the Naked Girls embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to heat up the Cold War with the best of literature's agents provocateurs, from Christopher Marlowe to Jason Bourne.

Naked Girls Reading NYC - New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY 2010) - stuffs your stocking with an extra-hot winter treat: their fifth annual reading of Charles Dickens' holiday classic A Christmas Carol. On Wednesday, December 18th at 9:00pm host Nasty Canasta (declared by the New York Times to be 'perhaps the loveliest and certainly the nudest Scrooge in history') leads an all-star cast of exhibitionists in an in-the-buff reading of this special version of A Christmas Carol, just as Dickens himself originally performed it - although perhaps a bit more naked. For December only Naked Girls Reading will move to the spacious Kraine Theater, where guests to the salon are invited to relax and raise a glass with the Naked Girls in celebration of the holidays.

Horse Trade Theater Group will present a special limited engagement of Wasabassco's dirtiest show, THE WASABASSCO HELLFIRE CLUB tonight, November 14 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery).

The Nefarious Laboratory presents ORIGIN STORIES presented by Gotham Storytelling Festival (Nov. 1-6 @ UNDER St. Marks) at UNDER St.Marks, 94 St. Marks Place, Between 1st Ave and Ave A, Today Nov. 3rd - Show Time: 7:00 - 8:30.

The Pink Room: David Lynch Burlesque season kicks off with Fire Walk With Me Burlesque! One of The Pink Room's most popular shows is being revisted on the EVE of Hallow's Eve so get your best Log Lady or Agent Cooper costume out! This show has everything you want from Twin Peaks Burlesque but it is R-RATED!

Horse Trade Theater Group will present a special limited engagement of Wasabassco's dirtiest show, THE WASABASSCO HELLFIRE CLUB for two dates only, tonight, October 25 and Thursday, November 14 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery).

Dozens of storytelling shows take place at big and small theaters around the city, with new ones popping up every month! Horse Trade Theater Group is proud to present their Second Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival; collecting some of the best shows curated and produced by Heidi Grumelot, Peter Aguero, and Adam Wade.

This November, New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY) gives it all away as Naked Girls Reading presents SPOILER ALERT! Join the hit nude literary salon for an evening of plot twists, unexpected deaths, secrets and surprises as the Naked Girls skip right to the juicy details. Nothing is sacred, from classic literature to contemporary bestsellers.