$5 before midnight & $10 after

Every Wednesday Night at LPR

Jimmy Edgar (!K7 Records, Berlin) - LIVE - Official NYC CD Release Party for "XXX"
Cassette Tag Team DJ Set Featuring MachineDrum/Sepalcure/Melo-X Elder Jepson - LIVE
plus special guests TBA
WITH:
Cassette
MachineDrum
Sepalcure
Melo-X
The Elder Jepson


This is a first come standing room only event. Please come early.

Please join us for what promises to be an amazing night of passionate words.

Oveous is a recording artist who tricked everyone into believing he was only a poet. He grew up in the Bronx and Washington Heights exposed to the richness of jazz, soul, hip hop, and latin music. An honorary member of the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Oveous shares his own brand of "rap & spokenword". He became a National Poetry slam finalist three years in a row, is a multiple time winner at the Apollo Theater, has performed on the hit series HBO Def Poetry, and has recorded music with grammy award winner Louie Vega. Currently, you can download Oveous' albums ("Future Intentions" & "The Iambic Moment") online for free via his blog site: oveous.blogspot.com

Exploding from the city that never sleeps comes Rouge Coquette, a sexy sophisticated new show brought to you by the hottest names in Burlesque!

Rouge Coquette is burlesque nouveau starring The Shimmering Chanteuse of Burlesque Melody Sweets, and featuring The World Famous Pontani Sisters!, Miss Exotic World 2008 Angie Pontani, The Tappin Tornado Helen Pontani,The Mystical Mistress of Tease MsTickle, The Bendable Beauty Harvest Moon,The Nubian Lucille Ball of Burlesque theMAINEattraction, and The Neked Girl Stormy Leather.

"Tease Queen" Melody Sweets "Is a dynamite little package ready to explode in a big way!" -Penthouse

...but don't let her petite stature fool you!

Her soulfully seductive voice packs a powerful punch, captivating audiences with a voice reminiscent of the Golden Era, but with a modern, eclectic edge rendering her sound timeless.

This sultry siren is one of the most sought after singers today bringing her arsenal of original music & signature burlesque acts around the world.

Melody is the first burlesque performer in history to write, produce and star in her own music video, and, is the first burlesque performer to sing in & appear in one of the biggest selling video-games of all time, Grand Theft Auto 4.

"The future of New York music" is how singer Tom Verlaine of the band Television described her sound after hearing her live.

Featured as one of the "15 top reasons to visit NYC" by VOGUE China & Australia!

You can hear some of her music featured on MTV, VH1, A&E & many more, or sneek a peek at Melody's portrait hanging nationwide in museums such as the Harvard Art Museum, MA & the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, DC.

melodysweets.com


ANGIE PONTANI
Queen of Burlesque, Miss Exotic World 2008, Angie Pontani has been shaking her tail feathers for as long as she can remember. Founding member of The World Famous Pontani Sisters, she is one of the most recognized and respected names in burlesque and has been credited with helping to pioneer the new revival. Performing all over the world, Angie spreads the glamour gospel with every shimmy, bump n grind, high kick and eye trick. She has been featured at private events for ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, The Fox 5 Super Bowl Party, Virgin Records, The Guggenheim and many others, including STING’s private Halloween party. She strutted her rhinestone studded self multiple times on Late Night with Conan O Brien, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Gossip Girl. She was featured in the 2008 Italian MTV/Micropunta film, “The Poor Man’s Follies” which premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival and was the subject of the 2006 documentary “Showy and 5’2” which premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Not one to shy away from the camera, Angie has flashed her pearly whiles for renowned photographers like Ellen Von Unwerth and has been featured in countless prominent publication including The New Yorker, Glamour, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, L’Uomo Vogue, Page Six Magazine, TIME and even InTouch Weekly! This highly decorated Italian-Stallionette holds many crowns including Miss Cyclone 2007 – present, Miss Exotic World 2008 and has been awarded several Golden Pastie awards, including “Best Body in Burlesque”. Culminating pounds of plumage worth of exper-tease. Angie puts on a show unmatched in style, sass, class and costuming, wowing fans the likes of Hilary Duff, The Strokes, Bai Ling, Anthony Kiedas & Taryn Manning, and even having performed for Hugh Hefner at LA’s famous Orpheum Theatre. “Mind-boggling beauty Angie Pontani has elevated tease to an art form. She is Gypsy Rose Lee incarnate” – NYC EDGE

themaineattraction.com MaineAttraction on Myspace


Stormy Leather
Sweeping in from the the plains of Oklahoma, Stormy Leather has breezed through the ranks of the New York City burlesque scene to find herself both in demand and in the spotlight. A regular by request at top clubs, including The Slipper Room, Webster Hall, and The Box, Stormy has been blowing away audiences with a whirlwind of elegance, ingenuity, and seduction. Her repertoire of original material is a cyclone of genres: fan dancing, tassel twirling, sexually ambiguous drag, rock n' roll, and even rope bondage and hot wax fetishism. A Stormy Leather strip tease showers you with sex and talent, leaving you breathless, winded, and wet. Playing in a storm has never been so much fun...
stormyleathernyc.com


Melissa King is MsTickle. Trained in physical theatre, and dance she is an innovater and star in the burlesque scene. Crowned the “Queen of gags and gimmicks” for her sorceress-like ability to design and create gorgeous and unparalleled costumes.You can see her and her handy work featured in Esquire ,Italian Vogue and Vanity Fair ,the New York Times and The Village Voice. Her sensual genius has left audiences in, New York, London, San Francisco and The Bahamas clamoring for more.With appearances in long running shows that include”Broadway Bares ,“Mantasia”, ”Pink Rhino”, “Guilty Pleasues”, “Rouge Coquette”, “Big Night Out”,and Speigal tents’ ”Absynth”. MsTickle is also one of the designers with Anti Gravity that create the infamous Marc Jacobs Christmas spectaculars.
Ms. Tickle on Myspace


Harvest Moon
Started the San Francisco neo burlesque scene in 1995 with the advent of The Cantankerous Lollies. Trained at the SF circus school for 6 years. Performed with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus in 2003, and with members of Cirque Du Soleil in the Love show that same year.

An International burlesque sensation, performed in Italy, Australia, Holland, France, and collaborated with the visual artist Matthew Barney in England and two National circus tours with Circus Nexxus, performing a trapeze duet.

MsHarvestMoon.com aerobellatrapeze.com


This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Behind The Groove is FREE with rsvp! Click here to get on the list.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.
$15 student tickets are available at the door.

Ladies: free before midnight, $10 after
Men: $10 before 2:00am, $15 after

CAAL members receive reduced $10 admission all night; All students receive $5 admission with valid Student ID. Discount taken at the door.

LPR has a preferred parking rate at Washington Square Village Parking on Bleecker Street between Laguardia Place and Mercer Street. The rate is:

$10 for up to 4 hours
$21 for up to 6 hours
There is a one-time $10 additional fee for oversized vehicles.
Compact SUVs are not considered oversized.
Patrons will have to get their parking ticket validated at the club.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a general admission, standing event.