BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Meetup Inc//RemoteApi//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://goddess.meetup.com/287/calendar/7144657/ical/Cabaret+ De+Luxe+Burlesque+Variety+Show!/ X-WR-CALNAME:Events - Cabaret De Luxe Burlesque Variety Show! BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cabaret De Luxe Burlesque Variety Show! DESCRIPTION:Temple of the Goddess\n\nCabaret DeLuxe is presented by Miss Lu cky DeLuxe is a hilarious diva divine with a full cast of characters perfor ming...including Annie Cherry~ burlesque performer and teacher\, Mamelle de Miel~ visual artist and hypnotic dancer\, the fabulous Miss Temper Tantrum \, and yours truly Madame Mama Kim!! This is a benefit for Dr. Sketchy's An ti-Art School here in Kansas City. Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is basical ly a drawing session where artists come in to draw live psuedo-nudes of bur lesque performers instead of the boring old still nudes artists sketch in s chool. Apparently\, our local chapter of Dr. Sketchy's got busted for suppo sedly running a business when it was really a private party held in a downt own loft space. Below is The Pitch article about the Dr. Sketchy's "bust" w hich appeared in the Dec. 6th\, 2007 issue. \n\nSketchy Narcs\nThe undercov er cops who infiltrated an art club had business on their minds.\n\nLaurenn McCubbin says she should have known that the quiet couple ? dressed like t hey were straight out of 21 Jump Street ? were undercover agents intent on busting her cabaret-style art gathering.\n\nThis past summer\, McCubbin hel ped establish a local chapter of Dr. Sketchy?s Anti-Art School in Kansas Ci ty. A New York City-based artist who was sick of boring art classes conceiv ed Dr. Sketchy?s. It blends life drawing with burlesque performances. For t he past five months\, dozens of metro artists have flocked to a West Bottom s loft to hone their skills while sketching cheeky models wearing corsets a nd lace. Unlike the dour\, pasty types who typically model human anatomy\, the burlesquers keep their artist audience stimulated with titillating musi cal numbers during breaks.\n\nAt the November 25 session\, though\, the ant i-art school got a visit from two city employees who had no interest in dra wing. They wielded a pen only to write Dr. Sketchy's a ticket for selling a lcohol without a license.\n\nMcCubbin says she noticed the incognito invest igators sitting at the kitchen space that serves as a bar for Dr. Sketchy's participants. They didn't crack a tablet\, though they did watch that even ing's performer\, Greta Garter\, work the stage. Then they served McCubbin with a municipal citation.\n\n"There was no warning\, no trying to talk to us about what we're doing\," she says. "They said\, either accept the ticke t or they would check everyone's ID and shut us down."\n\nMcCubbin says the cash they collected at the door was strictly a donation for the dancers. A mateur artists scratch for four hours and\, during breaks\, they can shell out a few bucks for a bowl of homemade soup or a bottle of Boulevard to kee p their creative juices flowing. "It's not a for-profit enterprise\," McCub bin says. "It's not like we're running an illegal bar."\n\nCity officials t hink otherwise. "From the observation of my investigators\, it was an actua l business being run without the proper permitting\," says Gary Majors\, ma nager of the Kansas City Regulated Industries Division.\n\nWith a court dat e set for the end of January\, McCubbin says the burlesque-lovin' artists a re securing a lawyer and intend to fight a fine that could be as high as $1 \,000.\n\nMajors says he's concerned with the patrons more than the enterta iners. "It's the same for a burlesque place as it is in opening an Applebee 's\," he explains. "There are certain health requirements that have to be m et."\n\nWith those requirements in mind\, Majors' inspectors will be back t he next time Dr. Sketchy's convenes. If the bar is still open\, Majors says \, the city will take more drastic steps.\n\n"My guess is\, we'll call in t he police department with us and shut the place down and confiscate all the alcohol\," he says. "And certainly\, we reserve the right to bring someone from codes and the fire marshal and all that stuff."\n\nRegardless\, McC ubbin says the sketch must go on. When the anti-art school meets again on D ecember 9\, though\, she says she'll keep a close watch on the door.\n\n"We 'll definitely be on the lookout for any disguised tipsters\," she says.\nT HE END\n\nImagine thinking up this great creative idea only to have the cit y come in to gather their cut through a citation! Then consider having to c ome up with the money to defend yourself against a trumped up charge. That' s why we're having this benefit...to support Lauren's legal battle. Please come\, be enetertained\, and make a donation to support women and art in ou r city!\n\nKansas City\, KS 66111 - USA\n\nSunday\, January 20 at 7:00 PM\ n\nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/b/3/a/event_103869 70.jpeg\n\nAttending: 7\n\nFee: Event fee: USD 7.00 per person\n\nDetails: http://goddess.meetup.com/287/calendar/7144657/ LAST-MODIFIED:20080123T010607Z UID:event_7144657@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20080118T171939Z DTSTAMP:20091224T111202Z DTSTART:20080121T010000Z DTEND:20080121T030000Z GEO:39.02;-94.67 LOCATION:Stanford and Sons - 1867 Village West Parkway - Kansas City\, KS 66111 - USA URL:http://goddess.meetup.com/287/calendar/7144657/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR