After a 15-minute intermission, Gallery 5 is packed. It’s a chilly Saturday in early March. Rows of chairs in front of the stage are filled with several audience members sharing seats and standing ...

"I am excited and terrified and everything at the same time," Gino said as he prepared to strip down to his underwear before strangers, friends, and his boss. A quiet nerd hiding a shy smile behind a ...

Get ready to put on those fishnets and heels and strut to the Animas Center in the River Center Plaza to take a confidence-boosting burlesque dance class. On Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., people of various ...

STILETTO HEELS click across a wooden floor, swishing through bright feathers dropped from boas. Fishnets cover dancers’ legs, ending in lacy panties or short skirts. T-shirts knot above curvy hips, ...

CHICAGO -- Ann Weinert has been a performer since she was 15. But the Chicagoan became enamored with the art of American burlesque as an adult in 2007, and her perception of performing in front of ...