Updated: BOOK GIVEAWAY! Win Kelly DiNardo’s “Gilded Lili”

We are holding a contest to celebrate the ebook release of Kelly DiNardo’s excellent biography of burlesque Legend Lili St. Cyr. Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique. Enter to win a free ebook copy of the book (in your choice of Kindle, Nook, or iBooks format) by

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Call for Papers for SW Popular Culture Association Conference

Dr Lucky asked us to share this call for papers seeking academic contributions on burlesque for the 2014 Southwest Popular Culture Association annual meeting next year. BHoF strongly encourages greater academic engagement with topics related to the history and cultural impact of burlesque, and are happy to see an opportunity

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Installation view of Kelly Brownlee's work

Art at BHoF! Kelly Brownlee’s “Burlesque Pop-Out” comes to BHoF this November

We are incredibly proud to present “Burlesque Pop-Out”, an exhibition of artwork by Seattle artist Kelly Brownlee. “Burlesque Pop-Out” features cut paper dioramas depicting international burlesque performers, each in a style and flavor unique to its subject. Along with contemporary neo-burlesque performers including Jamie Von Stratton, The Shanghai Pearl, and

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New hours at BHoF

Effective today (October 2) we will be open 5 days a week, Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5pm. We look forward to seeing you!

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Longing, Envy, Lust, and Glamour: Lili St. Cyr at Ciro’s

The piece below is an excerpt from Kelly DiNardo’s Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique, released this week as an ebook for Kindle and other readers. Want to win a copy of the book? Read about our Gilded Lili giveaway below! On October 18, 1951, Lili stood

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