Audra is a writer, editor, actor, & filmmaker with an MFA from Mills College. She is the co-writer/director of the short film Souls of Splendor, which is about gay comic book fans in San Francisco. Audra is also known as Odessa Lil: Mistress of Ceremonies. Ever since she ran SpeakEasily, the first-ever weekly neo-burlesque show in Oakland back in 2004, Odessa Lil has been whipping audiences into shape all around the Bay. Catch her burlesque talk show SPEAKEASILY on YouTube!
9.10.2004
TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY!
This Tuesday, September 14th, SpeakEasily brings you the father, the son, and the holy ghost of jazz:
THE WAX TRIO
Starring "the world's greatest guitar player" Gennaro Cannelora, these three wise men will get you jumpin’ with their collision of soul, surf, jazz and flamenco.
AND
There may be only one SpeakEasily burlesque sweetheart ROSE PISTOLA, but this hot number comes on like a triple barreled gun…POW POW POW! Who’s ever heard of a triple barreled gun? Who cares! Look at the girl!
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT…their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. Getta load of these gold-digging beauties…these Bearcats will eat you UP! AND HOW!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
As if the universe lifted it’s hemline and I beheld the ankles of G-D,
~Odessa Lil~
AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html