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Artist Ticket Picks! The Inaugural Edition.

CafeRacer1*304Welcome to our newest weekly blog feature on the Brown Paper Tickets Blog: Artist Ticket Picks!

As many of you already know, a year ago, a tragedy struck the artistic community here in Seattle a little over a year ago. While there’s no need to go into the specifics (you can read more about the crime here), two of the victims were good friends and artistic peers to many of us here at the company and we felt compelled to activate a program that we’d been discussing for some time: the Artist Tickets.

The idea was to ask well-known graphic artists to donate a work of art that would adorn a special, limited-edition ticket. If a producer opted in to the program, then they would give their ticket buyers the options to receive a cool, collectable ticket by just paying a quarter extra on their, already low, ticket fee. We would then donate all proceeds from the sales of these tickets to a charity of our choosing.

When we began to get news on how the families of the victims of the Cafe Racer shootings were struggling, we decided to put the Artist Ticket program into place in an effort to raise money for those that lost so much. Two nationally known artists, Ellen Forney and Jim Woodring, just happened to be regulars at Cafe Racer and generously donated their artwork for the inaugural batch of tickets and, just like that, the Artist Ticket program was born.

We’ve now passed the year anniversary of that horrible day and are proud to say that we’ve raised over $7,000 for the families of the victims. This is still a long way off from our goal of $25,000 but we feel it’s a very admirable start.
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Introducing the Cafe Racer Artist Tickets!

About six months ago, on May 30, 2012, the Seattle artistic community was dealt a massive blow.

A lone gunman, Ian Stawicki, walked into the University District artist haven Cafe Racer and opened fire, killing two prominent members of the Seattle music scene, Drew Kariakedes and Joseph Albanese (known to most by their stage names Shmootzi the Clod and Meshuguna Joe) as well as Donald Largen and Kimberly Layfield. An employee of the Cafe, Leonard Meuse, was also shot but, miraculously, survived. The shooter then shot and killed Gloria Leonidas, a mother of two, in the Downtown/First Hill neighborhood about 30 minutes later, while stealing her SUV. He then drove the stolen vehicle to West Seattle where he killed himself in front of Seattle Police officers. It was a day of terror and tragedy that many of us in Seattle will never forget.

Drew and Joe were good friends of mine as our bands had played together often over the last 15 years. In fact, the last show that their band, God’s Favorite Beefcake had played, had been with my band The Bad Things, the Saturday before the shootings. The loss of these incredible musical talents cast a dark shadow over our tight-knit musical community and six months later, their absence is still felt every day.

The shooting struck a chord with Brown Paper Tickets as well. I had first heard of Brown Paper Tickets from Drew and Joe’s previous project, the Circus Contraption and everyone here felt a strong kinship with the folks in the Circus, who had used Brown Paper Tickets when the company was just starting out. Many others in the company had known Drew and Joe, had spent time at the Racer or seen God’s Favorite Beefcake, so this tragedy was something we all felt deeply passionate about.
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Tuesday Tease: Last minute Halloween shows!

Halloween is tomorrow and you don’t have any plans?!?!?! If only there was some place you could find a list of really amazing Halloween and horror-themed burlesque shows… Oh wait we totally have a list of really amazing Halloween and horror-themed burlesque shows! And even if you have plans for the big night, there are still plenty of shows before and after to keep your Halloween going as long as possible.

Pre-Halloween shows to get you warmed up!

Portland, Oregon

TONIGHT! Tuesday, October 30 | Critical Hit Burlesque and Naked Girls Reading PDX join forces! You get two treats when Critical Hit Burlesque and Naked Girls reading – Portland team up! In the first half of the evening you can enjoy Naked Girls Reading classic and contemporary tales of horror. And after that’s done you can stick around for a “Devilish Night of Dancing Ghouls” from Critical Hit Burlesque.

New York, New York

TONIGHT! Tuesday, October 30 | ‘Night of the Living Dead Girls’, A Halloween Party & Burlesque Show Spook-ta-cular Throw on your Witch hat, Zombie-up yourself and strap on your dancing shoes for this Halloween party/burlesque show! Dance to the Music by DJ Dharma and see a show by the Paper Dolls. “It will be an evening to shake the spirits from their graves.”

We have such sights to show you on Halloween night. Check out these amazing shows!

Seattle, Washington

Wednesday, October 31 | The 9th Annual Cabaret Macabre with The Bad Things and guests  For nine years, Seattle punk-cabaret band The Bad Things (featuring Brown Paper Ticket blog contributor Jimmy Berg) have hosted this Halloween celebration featuring the best of Seattle’s underground cabaret and burlesque community. This year will feature dance performance by La Petite Mort and international belly dancer Bella Jovan, as well as the sharp-tongued wit of Sinner Saint Burlesque’s MC Diva le Déviant.  Not only that but there will be dark, old-timey tunes by Bakelite 78, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Baby Gramps and, of course, The Bad Things.


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Tuesday Tease: Boolesque Part 2

There are more Halloween burlesque events coming down the pipe than anyone can possible handle. This list began last week and keeps growing! I fully expect it will will continue to grow after I have finished writing this and after you have read it as well. This has required me, as a service to you, to pre-set a search on Brown Paper Tickets for Halloween burlesque events. This is a more complete list than I could ever hope to compile. So if you are unable find a show near you here you can check this search list for the latest Halloween burlesque that Brown Paper Tickets has to offer!

Seattle, Washington

Wednesday, October 31 | The 9th Annual Cabaret Macabre with The Bad Things and guests  For nine years, Seattle punk-cabaret band The Bad Things (featuring Brown Paper Ticket blog contributor Jimmy Berg) have hosted this Halloween celebration featuring the best of Seattle’s underground cabaret and burlesque community. This year will feature dance performance by La Petite Mort and international belly dancer Bella Jovan, as well as the sharp-tongued wit of Sinner Saint Burlesque’s MC Diva le Déviant.  Not only that but there will be tunes dark, old-timey tunes by Bakelite 78, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Baby Gramps and, of course, The Bad Things.

Saturday, November 3 | La Petite Mort’s Dark Cabaret for the Dead “Join La Petite Mort, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Twisted Monk, Miss J9 Fierce, The Shock Doc, Professor Gall, Deidra, Jeff Ferrell and more as an offering to celebrate the closing of the season of the dead with a dark, decadent evening of reverie in various forms. Cherry Manhattan will lead you through the art of death. Whether it be pain or pleasure, there will surely be something to suit your senses.”

Thursday, November 8 |Honoring, a day of the dead burlesque show, is a celebration of the sacred and profane. Where performers bare more than just their souls in tribute to those who have past.” Starting at 9:00pm you will be treated to the talents of Paris Original, Donatella Melies, BoomBoom L’roux, Seraphina Fiero, La Petite Mort, Beatrice Belladonna, Miz Melancholy and Ace Carter. Along with your host Corvan Black.
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