PEN Center USA and Playboy proudly present: LOVE BITES: A Banned Erotica Showcase
PEN Center USA and Playboy proudly present:
LOVE BITES: A Banned Erotica Showcase at The Comedy Store
Burlesque royalty La Cholita, Kitten Natividad, and Penny Starr, Jr., join cast. Jerry Stahl to host.
/EINPresswire.com/ Los Angeles, California: Just what the Sunset Strip needs: more actors, sex, and...literature? Finishing off a series of Banned Books Week events, PEN Center USA and Playboy will present LOVE BITES: A BANNED EROTICA SHOWCASE at The Comedy Store on September 30, 2011. Doors for the event will open at 7PM. Book Soup will be on hand selling the featured erotica titles. Proceeds from the event will benefit PEN Center USA.
Jerry Stahl will host the event. Stahl—novelist, journalist, and screenwriter—is the author of six books, including Permanent Midnight (made into a movie with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson), and I, Fatty (optioned by Johnny Depp). Most recently, he has been working on the HBO movie Hemingway & Gellhorn, which began shooting in late February 2011, and the film adaptation of his latest novel, Pain Killers.
Lucy Engelman, Tom Frank (Dexter), Joseph O'Malley (What's Wrong With Angry?), Joe Pistone (The Black Donnellys), Leslie Schott (Nobody Walks, forthcoming), Joe Tower, and Elvy Yost (The Office, Mildred Pierce) will perform selections from Story of O, Tropic of Cancer, The Awakening, Delta of Venus, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Madame Bovary, and Lolita.
La Cholita, the "Latina Queen of Burlesque," is known for her award-winning performances and elaborate costumes. She has performed across the United States and has dazzled audiences internationally with her explosive energy and dynamic dance moves. La Cholita's awards include the coveted "Miss Viva Las Vegas" title. La Cholita is currently the spokesmodel for BORDELLO, the world's first burlesque-inspired shoe line. Her voluptuous curves have been featured in countless magazines, films, and television shows.
Kitten Natividad was born in Juarez Chiguagua, Mexico, and raised in El Paso, TX. Beginning her career as a nude dancer, she went on to win the Miss Nude Universe in both 1973 and 1974. Performing as Kitten Natividad, she has travelled the world, appearing in numerous magazines and films.
LA Weekly called Penny Starr, Jr., "a delightful sexpot." She is the granddaughter of Philadelphia burlesque legend Penny Starr. In 2004, Penny Starr, Jr., became the first runner-up at the annual Miss Exotic Word Burlesque competition. She is the director of the documentary The Velvet Hammer Burlesque; founder of All-Star Burlesque Classes; and producer and director of Los Angeles' own high-fallutin', low brow variety show, Victory Variety Hour at Skinny's Lounge.
PEN Center USA, a literary nonprofit based in Beverly Hills, has a membership of more than 600 professional writers. PEN Center USA strives to protect the rights of writers around the world, to stimulate interest in the written word, and to foster a vital literary community among the diverse writers living in the western United States. PEN Center USA has a long, successful history of planning literary events in and around Los Angeles; special programming has taken place at The Hammer, The Hotel Café, Largo at the Coronet, The Echo, Actor's Gang, The Pacific Design Center, and The Beverly Hills Hotel.
The Playboy Foundation supports local and national nonprofit organizations that protect the rights of the individual in a free society. Since its inception in 1965, the Foundation has awarded more than $20 million in grants, contributions and in-kind services to organizations concerned with the First Amendment freedoms, civil liberties, and social justice.
Book Soup has been serving the Los Angeles literary community since 1975. Located on the infamous Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, the store is one of the nation's leading independent bookstores. Book Soup carries over 60,000 titles in-stock, specializing in art, film, photography, music, controversial nonfiction, and literary fiction.
The Comedy Store is located at 8433 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Guests must be 21 and over, and a two-drink minimum will be enforced.
Tickets for LOVE BITES: A BANNED EROTICA SHOWCASE cost $10. To purchase tickets for the event in advance, please visit http://bit.ly/luvbites.
For more information on this event, please contact Michelle Meyering, Director of Programs and Events at PEN Center USA: michelle@penusa.org.
LOVE BITES: A Banned Erotica Showcase at The Comedy Store
Burlesque royalty La Cholita, Kitten Natividad, and Penny Starr, Jr., join cast. Jerry Stahl to host.
/EINPresswire.com/ Los Angeles, California: Just what the Sunset Strip needs: more actors, sex, and...literature? Finishing off a series of Banned Books Week events, PEN Center USA and Playboy will present LOVE BITES: A BANNED EROTICA SHOWCASE at The Comedy Store on September 30, 2011. Doors for the event will open at 7PM. Book Soup will be on hand selling the featured erotica titles. Proceeds from the event will benefit PEN Center USA.
Jerry Stahl will host the event. Stahl—novelist, journalist, and screenwriter—is the author of six books, including Permanent Midnight (made into a movie with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson), and I, Fatty (optioned by Johnny Depp). Most recently, he has been working on the HBO movie Hemingway & Gellhorn, which began shooting in late February 2011, and the film adaptation of his latest novel, Pain Killers.
Lucy Engelman, Tom Frank (Dexter), Joseph O'Malley (What's Wrong With Angry?), Joe Pistone (The Black Donnellys), Leslie Schott (Nobody Walks, forthcoming), Joe Tower, and Elvy Yost (The Office, Mildred Pierce) will perform selections from Story of O, Tropic of Cancer, The Awakening, Delta of Venus, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Madame Bovary, and Lolita.
La Cholita, the "Latina Queen of Burlesque," is known for her award-winning performances and elaborate costumes. She has performed across the United States and has dazzled audiences internationally with her explosive energy and dynamic dance moves. La Cholita's awards include the coveted "Miss Viva Las Vegas" title. La Cholita is currently the spokesmodel for BORDELLO, the world's first burlesque-inspired shoe line. Her voluptuous curves have been featured in countless magazines, films, and television shows.
Kitten Natividad was born in Juarez Chiguagua, Mexico, and raised in El Paso, TX. Beginning her career as a nude dancer, she went on to win the Miss Nude Universe in both 1973 and 1974. Performing as Kitten Natividad, she has travelled the world, appearing in numerous magazines and films.
LA Weekly called Penny Starr, Jr., "a delightful sexpot." She is the granddaughter of Philadelphia burlesque legend Penny Starr. In 2004, Penny Starr, Jr., became the first runner-up at the annual Miss Exotic Word Burlesque competition. She is the director of the documentary The Velvet Hammer Burlesque; founder of All-Star Burlesque Classes; and producer and director of Los Angeles' own high-fallutin', low brow variety show, Victory Variety Hour at Skinny's Lounge.
PEN Center USA, a literary nonprofit based in Beverly Hills, has a membership of more than 600 professional writers. PEN Center USA strives to protect the rights of writers around the world, to stimulate interest in the written word, and to foster a vital literary community among the diverse writers living in the western United States. PEN Center USA has a long, successful history of planning literary events in and around Los Angeles; special programming has taken place at The Hammer, The Hotel Café, Largo at the Coronet, The Echo, Actor's Gang, The Pacific Design Center, and The Beverly Hills Hotel.
The Playboy Foundation supports local and national nonprofit organizations that protect the rights of the individual in a free society. Since its inception in 1965, the Foundation has awarded more than $20 million in grants, contributions and in-kind services to organizations concerned with the First Amendment freedoms, civil liberties, and social justice.
Book Soup has been serving the Los Angeles literary community since 1975. Located on the infamous Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, the store is one of the nation's leading independent bookstores. Book Soup carries over 60,000 titles in-stock, specializing in art, film, photography, music, controversial nonfiction, and literary fiction.
The Comedy Store is located at 8433 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Guests must be 21 and over, and a two-drink minimum will be enforced.
Tickets for LOVE BITES: A BANNED EROTICA SHOWCASE cost $10. To purchase tickets for the event in advance, please visit http://bit.ly/luvbites.
For more information on this event, please contact Michelle Meyering, Director of Programs and Events at PEN Center USA: michelle@penusa.org.
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