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| Before we get to the EB update and schedules.. on a far sadder note.. an old and dear friend of ANON.. SUZETTE McGRAND was struck and killed by a car on December 3rd, while riding her bike. There is a wake and celebration in her honor this Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 10pm until 1am @ the JELLYFISH GALLERY at 1286 Folsom Street (@ 9th St.) in SF. Come wearing the costume Suzette would have insisted you wear! Laugh, dance, drink, and toast Suzette as she charms the gods and goddesses of the next world! |
PARADOX Media & Vau de Vire Present
"The quintessential must-never-miss event of the year" -SF Weekly
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SPECIAL EVENT! AFTERNOON TEA WITH THE PROFESSOR!
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Sat Jan 21, 3-5pm in The Regency Lodge!
We are absolutely delighted to have PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL as our esteemed guest for Friday night's World's Faire (see a video clip here!) And seeing as he is traveling all the way from the UK, why not have a Tea Party in his honor?
Announcing a very special Saturday daytime event, "Afternoon Tea with Professor Elemental," wherein a limited number of guests may purchase tickets for proper afternoon tea with the King of Chap Hop, set amidst our new Museum of Wonders in the opulent Regency Lodge. While guests enjoy tea and pastries, The Professor will entertain each table and offer a 'menu' of rap subjects. The selection will then be accommodated by a unique, a capella performance, followed by a bit of whimsical chat and capricious banter.
Advance tickets $30 - and we have just ONE tables-worth of tickets left! Ticket includes tea and delicious treats, all ages welcome. Sat - Doors 2:30pm, Teatime 3-5pm.
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The 2012 Edwardian Vendor Bazaar
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 Our famous VENDOR BAZAAR is open both nights from 8pm-2am.In addition we are again offering FREE daytime shopping hours on Saturday Jan 21st, from noon-5pm (enter at 1270 Sutter Street)
This year's Bazaar features hand-selected, artisan works by the following vendors, see our Vendor Page online for more info. Arcane Objects AyaPapaya & Embodhi Designs Beautiful Jean Bohemian Boudoir Butterfly Frillies Corsets Chrystie Cappelli & Steam Trunk Compass Rose Design Dismal Things Distractions Dolls Gone Wrong Dragonfly Ink E.N.V.Y. Edwardian Neo-Victorian Yestergear Fayette Hauser / Indra Lowenstein Firebird fae Couture & Blue Moon Designs Five and Diamond Free Reign Adornments Goth Fae / Steampunk Dollie Hairy Scary, LLC Holzer & Combe Haberdashery Jennifer Jeanne Landon Korrupt Label Melisande Marie & Xenolux Minerva's Antennae / Hipstirrbelts Miss G Designs Olivous Retro Jewelry Opera Scura / Eyescream Paper Moon Vintage Peek-a-boo Masks RocknSocks S & G Clothing / RE:Finery Savage Jenny Sayuri Designs Sefirah Fierce Designs Singletree, Inc. Spatterdash Spring Carver Designs Steampunk Hatter Steampunk Jewelry Company Stryx Astra The Soul of the Boot The Window Lady Time Trinkets Vintage Inspiration WickedSmileys Z'Etiquette Custom Carpetbags
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Art, Science & The Museum of Wonders
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NEW for 2012, we have now expanded our artistic offerings to occupy all three floors of the historic Regency Ballroom.
Our new "Museum of Wonders (or, The Edwardian Odditorium)" will be installed in the ridiculously opulent, jaw-droppingly beautiful Regency Lodge. Truly a hidden gem of San Francisco, the Lodge will house an unparalleled collection of art and artifacts, treasures and those that seek them. Natural wonders, bizarre specimens, worldly findings in antique cabinets...
See Friday and Saturday schedules for performances, plus the art of: Andrew Baker Debra Burger Ben Burke John Daniel Sheri DeBow Kathleen Flynn Suzanne Forbes Nathalie Ghoul Dave Haaz-Baroque Craig Hansen Kathryn Hedges Monique Motil Alan Rorie Ian Stevens Brian Sullivan Layil Umbralux Alexandria Volk
Don't miss The Museum Hours, Friday from 8:30-11pm only, and Saturday from 8:30-11:30pm, followed by DJ Cyril.
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Our sincerest thanks to the SF Weekly for their support of our 2012 San Francisco events! |
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What is The Edwardian Ball?Music. Art. Dance. Theatre. Circus. Fashion. Vending. Gaming. Ballroom Dancing. Absinthe. Cabinets of Wonder. Mechanical Creations. Carnival Rides. Sideshows. Living Statue Gardens... There is so much happening this coming weekend that it's nearly impossible to put into words. Which is, for one thing, why we've preferred to let these lovely moving pictures to do the talking. But nonetheless, we will make an earnest attempt to show you the what, where, and when of it all, below... We leave the why to your imagination!
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Complete List of 2012 Events, In Order of Appearance...
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Thur 1/19/12 - Hubba Hubba Revue Wild West Burlesque, DNA LoungeFri 1/20/12 - The Edwardian World's Faire, 8pm-2am, Regency Ballroom Postponed - The Edwardian Ball Los Angeles, date & location TBA (see below)
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Fri 1/20 - The Edwardian World's Faire, 8pm
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The first of our back-to-back Regency Ballroom events, The World's Faire offers a non-stop night of interactive art, midway gaming, carnival rides, and a slew of entertainment on three levels, all for less than the price of a concert ticket! Don't miss our new Museum of Wonders, only open 8-11pm on Friday night!
IN THE BALLROOM...
8:00p - DJ Fact.50 9:30p - Sour Mash Hug Band 10:00p - Vau de Vire's TT (aerial)
& Cowboy Girlz 10:25p - Flynn Creek Circus 11:00p - Professor Elemental 11:50p - Vau de Vire: "Mother" 12:00a - The Ferocious Few 12:40a - VdV: Miriam (trapeze) 12:50-2a - DJ Delachaux ...with MC - Kingfish
Plus... *Midway Gaming (Friday only!) hosted by The Klown Korps Kollective *Bicycle-Powered Carousel & Calliope (Friday only!) by Cyclecide
*Flip Book Photo Booth, create flip books of you & your friends on the spot!
*Absinthe Bar featuring St. George Absinthe Verte IN THE MUSEUM OF WONDERS
(8:30p-11:00p only) *The Art of Will Chase, Ben Burke and friends *Super Tall Paul's Listening Lounge *Displayed Labors Sideshow *Shovelman *Vau de Vire's Living Statues Present "The Evil Garden" *Shadow Circus Puppet Theater *Malvoye the Mentalist
*Owl Tree Tarot *Belinda Blair-Coin Operated Doll *C SkwaReD *Mighty Dave on the Masonic Pipe Organ *Dark Garden's Living Statues
IN THE VENDOR BAZAAR *John Bros. Piano Company *Dark Garden's Living Statues *Edwardian Parlour Games *Our largest collection of Edwardian vendors to date! Complete artist info and links at www.edwardianball.com
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Sat 1/21 - The 12th Annual Edwardian Ball, 8pm |
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Welcome to the night of the world-renowned Edwardian Ball, a whimsical, elegant festival of art, music, dance, theatre, fashion, circus, and, of course, the art and stories of beloved author Edward Gorey. Friday's rides and games are cleared away to make way for the waltz! And in the depths of the night, co-hosts Rosin Coven and Vau de Vire Society present an original staging of this year's featured Gorey tale, "The Iron Tonic"! IN THE BALLROOM... 8:00p-9:30p - Ballroom Dancing 9:35p - The Fossettes 9:45p - Valentine 9:50p - VdV's Sylphie (aerial Lyra) 9:55p - Dark Garden Corsetry 10:05p - Jill Tracy ...(w/VdV's Sasha - aerial tissu) 10:40p - Flynn Creek Circus 10:50p - Le CanCan Bijou 11:00p - Rosin Coven ...with Fou Fou HA! 11:30p - Rosin Coven & Vau de Vire Society present "The Iron Tonic" 12:20a - The Fossettes 12:40a - Vau de Vire's "Mother" 12:50-2a - Miz Margo ...w/ Eka Boo Button (1:00a) *MC Vegas
*Steam Powered Tea Garden by KSW
*Flip Book Photo Booth, create flip books of you & your friends on the spot! *Absinthe Bar featuring St. George Absinthe Verte IN THE MUSEUM OF WONDERS...
(Museum Hours 8:30-11:30pm, Lounge w/DJ Cyril 11:30pm-2:00am)
*The Art of Will Chase, Ben Burke and friends
*Super Tall Paul's Listening Lounge
*Displayed Labors Sideshow
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*Shovelman
*Vau de Vire's Living Statues
Present "The Evil Garden"
*Malvoye the Mentalist
*Owl Tree Tarot
*Belinda The Coin Op Doll
*C SkwaReD
*Mighty Dave on the Masonic
Pipe Organ
*Dark Garden's Living Statues
*DJ Cyril Noir (11:30pm-2:00am)
IN THE VENDOR BAZAAR...
*John Bros. Piano Company
*Dark Garden's Living Statues
*Edwardian Parlour Games
*Our largest collection of Edwardian vendors to date!
Complete artist info and links at www.edwardianball.com
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| Pray tell... what about LOS ANGELES??
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Rosin Coven, LA 2011
(Photo by Mila Reynaud)
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As you most likely have heard, our LA Venue (The Music Box) suddenly closed it's doors last week due to dramatic happenings within the business. As a result, all future events at the venue are at a stand still until the building owner negotiates a deal with new management. This could take a week or a year to hash-out, so we have decided to postpone the event for about a month to find ourselves a new, suitable location for The Ball and all it's glory. We do have a few options and are confident that we will have something locked down in the very near future. Our new target date for Edwardian Ball LA is the beginning to mid-March subject to venue availability. We will let you all know as soon as we have found our new venue and date.
Tickets for the Los Angeles event will not be available until the new date is announced.
All tickets purchased for the Feb. 4th Music Box event will be honored at our new date and location, subject to availability and constraints of our new home.
We are really excited for this years show and can't wait to share it with our LA family and friends...stay tuned for updates.
until next transmission, onward and cheerio!
Justin & Mike, Producers
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Thurs 1/19 - Hubba Hubba Revue presents the Wild West Burlesque @ DNA Lounge | 
For the past few years we have had the honor of The Esteemed Colonel Kingfish hosting The Edwardian World's Faire on Friday night. This year is no exception, but he's taking it one step further and throwing us an Opening Night Party at The DNA Lounge, on Thursday before the Regency events begin!
Building on this year's thematic inclination towards the Barbary and tinge of the good ol' saloon days, we proudly announce The Wild West Burlesque!Featuring performances by:
Le Cancan BijouKarolina Bellybrass
Kiss Me Kate
Ariyana La Fey
Bunny Pistol
Dare-Devil Molotov
Sommer Strangelove
Casey Castille
Mynx d'Meanor
Comrade Tang
Phoebe Montez
Rubenesque Burlesque
Miss Balla Fire
Jellyfish Kiss
J.D. Limelight
Gorilla X
...and The Steam-Powered Hubba Hubba Go-Go Automatons!
With special guest DJs Cyril Noir & Fact.50
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