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Victoria Linchong

Victoria Linchong is a NYC native who writes about theater, film, underground communities, ethnic groups, untold history, and amazing personalities. She has penned biographies of radical Latino writers, written about the beginning of Off-Off Broadway, and blogged her sex life for New York Magazine. She's also a director, producer, and performer in theater and film. But in Berlin, you can mostly find her taking off her clothes as the campy burlesque artiste Viva Lamore. vl@staging-berlinlovesyou.kinsta.cloud

How Erochica Bamboo Learned to Love Burlesque and the Yakuza Life

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She might be small, but don’t let her size fool you. Erochica Bamboo is a dimunitive dynamo of fire, whipping out a watusi and barely breaking a sweat, while the other go-go girls onstage are huffing and puffing. She was crowned Miss Exotic World in 2003, ricocheting to the top pantheon of burlesque dancers while simultaneously making … Read more How Erochica Bamboo Learned to Love Burlesque and the Yakuza Life

Le Pustra Dives into the Dark Legends of Weimar Berlin

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His face is heavily painted like an early silent film star. Asta Nielsen perhaps, or Alla Nazimova. His hair is a cotton candy poof of lavender or garish red. Lounging in an impeccably tailored tuxedo, he takes a drag from an ebony cigarette holder and partially disappears in a shroud of smoke. A time-traveler, he … Read more Le Pustra Dives into the Dark Legends of Weimar Berlin

What to See at the Berlinale 2017 and How to Get Tickets

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The Berlinale is one of the cultural highlights of Berlin, but with nearly 400 films to choose from and subzero degree weather, you might be tempted to hide like a Berlin bear and hibernate until it’s all over. But the sun seems to be out and Berlin Loves You, so here’s a handy guide on … Read more What to See at the Berlinale 2017 and How to Get Tickets

Roc Roc-It: An Accidental Freak on Faking It Until You Make It

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He’s been called the “Clown Prince of Berlin” and “The World’s Only Inflatable Boy,” but words fail to convey what Roc Roc-It actually does. Sure, he can breathe fire, hammer a nail up his nose, and hang a bowling ball from his earlobe, but Roc-It’s true talent is the screwball humor he brings to his … Read more Roc Roc-It: An Accidental Freak on Faking It Until You Make It

Hello Silvester, Goodbye 2016 – What To Do In Berlin On New Year’s Eve

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Just who the heck is this Silvester guy? I looked it up and it turns out that he was the pope who converted emperor Constantine to Christianity. Nothing is know about him (despite what alt-right weirdos say) except that he died on 31 December. Right in the middle of a 12-day pagan festival to banish … Read more Hello Silvester, Goodbye 2016 – What To Do In Berlin On New Year’s Eve

What To Do In Berlin On Christmas Day When Home Is 1000 Miles Away

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For expats and émigrés, Christmas in Berlin is a mixed blessing. On one hand, you’re a thousand miles away from your family. And on the other hand, you’re a thousand miles away from your family. So while all your German friends are grumbling about overbearing mothers or disapproving family members, you’re facing a solitary night, … Read more What To Do In Berlin On Christmas Day When Home Is 1000 Miles Away

Daniel Malheur: Pop Goes the Monokel

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Daniel Malheur steps up on the stage, a dapper man in full vintage attire with a pencil mustache and painted lips. He approaches a gramophone and gives it a hearty cranking. As the scratchy strains of a bygone orchestra emits from the ancient machine, he stands in front of a vintage microphone and peers at … Read more Daniel Malheur: Pop Goes the Monokel

The House of Red Doors #6: CIRCUS

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“Come and be weird for a night,” Billie Rae Bigsby wrote me last January. And that’s how I ended up at the House of Red Doors (or HORDs) for the first time, purring and dispensing gummi mice while dressed as a feral feline maid. Since then, I’ve seen the Salon zur Wilden Renate transformed into … Read more The House of Red Doors #6: CIRCUS

DJ Don Rogall on Vintage Rock ‘n’ Roll and Doing the Hoochie Koo

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When Don Rogall is behind the DJ booth, it’s virtually impossible not to dance. Even if you’ve got two left feet. Even if you’re an impassive misanthrope who habitually hunches over your drink. Even if you can’t fathom anything more complicated than a pounding monotonous 4/4 beat. Don slips a 7” gem from its sleeve, … Read more DJ Don Rogall on Vintage Rock ‘n’ Roll and Doing the Hoochie Koo

Anja Pavlova: From Russia with Love, a 1920s Burlesque Dancer in Berlin

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Maybe you’ve seen her on burlesque stages in Berlin, looking like she emerged from one of Jay Gatsby’s legendary parties: all kinetic arms and flailing legs, a 21st century embodiment of a gin-soaked, high-kicking, rouge-kneed flapper. She’s Soviet sensation Anja Pavlova, internationally known for burlesque routines that are part bump ‘n’ grind and part Savoy kicks. … Read more Anja Pavlova: From Russia with Love, a 1920s Burlesque Dancer in Berlin

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