The craziness of the last few years has made for some unexpected partnerships around the city. None of these were stranger and more successful than the shotgun wedding of a tiny neighborhood history museum and a risk-taking collective of burlesque artistes known to some as a “Voltron of gay strippers”. This unlikely collaboration not only saved them both financially, but pushed them both into bold new creative directions they never would have otherwise discovered.
Featured in this Episode
- Last Chance Dancers – (Insta @lastchancedancers , Venmo: @lastchancedancer)
- Maggie McMuffine – ( @maggie_mcmuffin) – Founder
- Venuhhhtrix – (@venuhhhtrix) – Founder
- Esme (@esmedavril)
- Kita St. Cyr (@kitastcyr)
- Queensinera (@queensinera_vdlp)
- Special Guest Dancer – Jack Barrow (@mr.jackbarrow)
- City Reliquary (Insta @cityreliquary, website: https://www.cityreliquary.org/)
- Jacob Ford (Insta @unitof, https://jacobford.com/)
- Natalia – Photographer – (Insta @natsinbrooklyn)
Special Thanks: Nightlife Documentarian Andres (Insta @legomojo), Alter Ego Photography, NYC (@alter.ego.foto) & Harley J Spiller (Collector Extraordinaire)
Resources/More Info:
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/nyregion/nightlife-burlesque-nyc.html
- https://brooklyn.news12.com/brooklyn-museum-fights-to-keep-its-doors-open
- https://www.bkmag.com/2021/01/29/pandemics-make-strange-bedfellows-too/
Host and Producer: Tania Mohammad
Producer, Post-production, Original Music, Sound Design: Garrett Tiedemann
Executive Producer, Theme Music: David Hoffman
Production Manager: Gabriela Montequin
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