Dr. Sketchy's Berlin No.11 + Salon Kokett No.6 - Sat. Dec. 11th!

...We've got another of those burlesque double doses coming up for you tomorrow!

The first dose begins in the afternoon with another of our regular Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art Berlin drawing sessions cozily tucked into our usual White Trash Fast Food location. This will be No.11 of our regular sessions (making a total of 14 sessions in all since we began in October of last year - if you count our 3 special extra-sessions to the mix). I s'pose we're not doing so badly for such a young branch. ;)

Here are tomorrow afternoon's details....

Dr. Sketchy's Berlin No.11 - The Winter Session



Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin celebrates the darkest days of the year! This time with some good friends from way up North (Hamburg).

KOKO LA DOUCE & HEDOLUXE

We’ll be offering our usual 3-hour Life Drawing Extravaganza with two extraordinary models, drinks, our ever-popular drawing competitions and dangerous prizes! (Don't forget your art supplies!)

When?
December 11th, 2010 - 2:30-5:30pm (doors open 2:00pm)
Where?
WHITE TRASH FAST FOOD RESTAURANT Schönhauser Allee 6-7
How much?
Just measly 10 Euros! (Tickets at the door)

We have a special guest for this particular session as well, by the way; a bit of extra eye-candy in the form of a handsome young fellow named Kyrill Krylow. I'll be interested to see what our stars, Koko la Douce and Hedoluxe have cooked up for our unsuspecting guest... ;)



And now, on to the evening hours and burlesque-dose #2...

Lola la Voix had a lovely time jumping in as a singing emcee for Salon Kokett No.5 back in November, and will now be emceeing and singing again at Salon Kokett No.6. And our stars from Dr. Sketchy's , after spending the afternoon posing as artists' models, will knock our socks off with some wicked burlesque goodness at CCCP's newish all-night burlesque party! Doors open at 10pm:



Come and spend the day and the night with us!!!

Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
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Today is Mildred's Birthday, But Not LaLaVox's

Hi! LaLaVox here again - as always - since Mildred's not really one for writing blogs and such...

...None the less, it is her birthday today. Folks who know me from back in the days when I was still active at various online music forums will know which fan-nerddom of mine led me to pick Nov. 21st as Mildred's birthday.

But since she and I not only share this blog but also a FaceBook profile (under her name rather than mine), there is much confusion about the birthday issue. I get to celebrate twice a year now; once for my own birthday - which is in June, and once for Mildred's.

And then there's the issue of what folks should call me when they meet me in public. This has already been addressed in my Mildred Mahler vs LaLaVox blog entry.

But it's more complicated than just Mildred and myself. There are also Lorelei Vanora and Lola la Voix to contend with. So I've prepared this chart to clear up some of the confusion. Voilà!



Yes. I know it's all a bit much, but I've made my bed and I now intend to lie in it... :P ;)


Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
www.lalavoxbox.com
www.mildredlovesyou.com/lolalavoix.html
www.mildredlovesyou.com/loreleivanora.html
[edit: March 28th, 2011]
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www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou/lolalavoix.html
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou/loreleivanora.html

My Kingdom for a Grand...

...And by that I mean a grand piano! There will be no grand piano, nor even any piano at all, but rather a mere keyboard, provided by Asphalt for the Let's Misbehave party on the 22nd after all, and Miss Erna Aloisia Pachulke has decided that under these conditions it would be better to stick strictly to her bilingual split-personality MC-ing and save the songs that she and Lola la Voix have been working on together for performance at some later date.

Lola la Voix will be at the party anyway of course, in the audience, enjoying performances by Mama Ulita and The Queensgang Orchestra ect, and looking forward to future appearances with Miss Erna Aloisia Pachulke (and assorted other planned stuff). We hope to see you there!

And here's a quick overview-reminder of October's Event Cornucopia!

La Fête Fatale No.7 at Goya
Friday night, Oct. 15th


Pinky's Peepshow at Bassy Club
(Schönheitstanz Berlin Burlesque Night
- with special guest, Lorelei Vanora)
- Wednesday night, Oct. 20th


Let's Misbehave at Asphalt
+ Salon Kokett at CCCP
Friday night, Oct.22nd



Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin No.10 at White Trash
Saturday afternoon, Oct.23rd


Bohème Sauvage No.45 at Heimathafen Neukölln im Saalbau
Saturday night, Oct.30th


Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
www.mildredlovesyou.com/loreleivanora.html
[edit: March 28th, 2011]
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www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou/loreleivanora.html


Photos by Nina Zimmermann and Schell Photo Design / Lifestyle Portrait

October's Party Cornucopia!

(Dr. Sketchy's Berlin / La Fête Fatale / Pinky's Peepshow /
Let's Misbehave / Salon Kokett / Bohème Sauvage)

Well, now! Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin really had a fabulous time as the closing event for The Big Draw Berlin festival last night. The Grüner Salon was an elegant and very comfy venue, Marlene von Steenvag was dazzling and lovely - as a model and as a performer, the organizers and staff were friendly and enthusiastic, our DJ, Dr. Hirschfeld, was as fabulous as always, Anne Smith was, as ever, a sweet and delightful burlesque roadie/clean-up girl, and our audience was great! We went away smiling once again! =)

And now for those additional October event dates I promised. My alter egos and I are busy girls this month... ;)

Event no.1: First off, a reminder that it's La Fête Fatale time again. They already spread their mad decadence in Hamburg for the first time on the 8th, and now it's home to Berlin again on Friday the 15th - at Goya this time around!



Event no.2: Lorelei Vanora will be making another Pinky's Peepshow appearance at the Bassy Club on October 20th (a Wednesday, as always); this time around as a special guest of the Schönheitstanz studio here in Berlin. Lady Lou will be presenting another one of her Burlesque School Graduation events (Schönheitstanz Berlin Burlesque Night); with Betty Redcherry (newcomer), Lilly Tiger (performer), and Amber Vanilla (newcomer).



Here's the Pinky's Peepshow flyer itself. Unfortunately, due to a little info-sanfu, my name (LaLaVox) ended up making it onto the flyer...


...But of course it's actually my alter-ego, Lorelei Vanora who will be performing. ;)


Events no.3 + 4: Two days later, on Friday, October 22nd, you will have to choose between The Roaring Twenties and more burlesque. In the Roaring Twenties corner will be the premiere of the Let's Misbehave party (a Josephine Baker Tribute) at Asphalt. In the Burlesque corner will be another lovely Salon Kokett evening at CCCP.

My personal choice for the evening will be The Roaring Twenties, since my alter ego, Lola la Voix will be making an appearance at Let's Misbehave. The fabulous and delightful Miss Erna Aloisia Pachulke will be the conférencière for the evening, and she's invited Lola la Voix to sing a couple of numbers with her!





Event no. 5: A reminder not to forget that we'll be back at White Trash Fast Food again for a regular Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin session on the afternoon of Saturday, October 23rd! Dr. Sketchy's #10 - our Halloween Special - starring Lady Lou (La Fête Fatale and Schönheitstanz) and Mitzi Metzger (La Fête Fatale)! Meet us there for lots of gruesome Halloween drawing fun!!!



When?
October 23th 2010 2:30-5:30pm (doors open 2:00pm)
Where?
At the WHITE TRASH FAST FOOD RESTAURANT Schönhauser Allee 6-7
How much?
Just measly 10 Euros! (Tickets at the door)

Event no. 6: And last but not least, Bohème Sauvage No.45, on October 30th, to finish up a fabulous month of glamorous Fall events!



We hope to see you there!

Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
[edit: March 28th, 2011]
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Naming the Mermaid

Once upon a time, there was a wonderfully and lovingly decorated tiki bar called The Tabou Tiki Room along the Maybachufer here in Berlin. I brought an alter ego - a singing mermaid - into being specifically for this particular tiki bar. The bar itself has now disappeared, but The Singing Mermaid remains - in spite of the fact that she's never really had a proper name of any sort until just recently.

She's gone by the names Laura Lei and Laila Lei in the past (while performing with The Bali Ha'is and Fuzzy Love at The Tabou Tiki Room), and has more recently been called, LaLaVox - The Singing Mermaid, by others, or simply and namelessly, The Singing Mermaid, by me.

But since I want The Singing Mermaid to begin singing again at last, I figured it was high time she finally be given a real name.

Since my online name is LaLaVox, and I also have another alter ego named Lola la Voix, I decided I wanted to stay with the LLV theme for the mermaid too; wanting my mermaid to be named Loralei ...something-with-a-"V"...

About a month ago, I went to one of those baby-naming sites and clicked "V". It was on page 2 of "V" that I came across the first name in the list that appealed to me enough (that seemed "mermaidy" enough to me) that I felt the urge to go find out its meaning; Vanora.

So I clicked the "Vanora" link, and, as it turns out, the name is supposedly of old Welsh origin and means... drum roll, please... "white wave"!...

...Um... Hello? Is it a sign???

So I wrote an email to Carolyn Turgeon - whom I had the pleasure of meeting during her recent stay in Berlin, and who is currently writing her 3rd novel which is called MERMAID - to ask her expert opinion. She approved! And with her approval, it is now official: The Singing Mermaid's name is Lorelei Vanora!

Here's a little collage of photos of her from past and present so that you can get to know her a bit...

(Also pictured here: The Bali Ha'is, Fuzzy Love, and members of a Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin audience.)

And so that Lola la Voix won't feel left out, here's a collage of photos of her as well...

(Also pictured here: Fuzzy Love, Carolyn Turgeon, and Anne Smith.)


Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com

[update: added Aug.6th,2010]
www.mildredlovesyou.com/loreleivanora.html
www.mildredlovesyou.com/lolalavoix.html

[edit: March 28th, 2011]
Because of problems with my current mildredlovesyou.com domain host, I have set my Mildred Loves You site up at an alternate address for for safe-keeping (but am still hoping that my mildredlovesyou.com domain will go back online at some point anyway)...
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou/loreleivanora.html
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou/lolalavoix.html

Family Portrait and Holiday Greetings (Extra Goody #1)

NEW SERIES
Mildred Loves Extra Goodies
(A Grabbag of Miscellaneous Thises and Thatses)
Extra Goody #1 - "Happy Holidays!"

Happy Holidays from all of us at here MildredLovesYou.com to all of you out there in Internet Land! xoxox


Click this image to see the larger website version (and a who's who name-tag version)...

This Extra Goody features: Mildred Mahler, Edith Backwater, Cinnamon Girl, Kitty Derail, Fleur dee-bee-doo Lee, Midnight In New York, Ivory Towers, Thérèse-Constance van Ticklinckx, Copper Kitten, LaLaVox, Lorelei Vanora - The Singing Mermaid, Candy-Box Rosie, Ruby Slipped, Midnight In Paris, Coco Delish, Lola la Voix, Tamara Toffy, and Twiggy Torpedo!

Holiday hugs + kisses,

LLV
www.mildredlovesyou.com

[update: added Aug.6th,2010]
www.mildredlovesyou.com/loreleivanora.html

[edit: March 28th, 2011]
Because of problems with my current mildredlovesyou.com domain host, I have set my Mildred Loves You site up at an alternate address for for safe-keeping (but am still hoping that my mildredlovesyou.com domain will go back online at some point anyway)...
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.com/loreleivanora.html