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Downtown Mpls Magazine

• Mpls has a new, much needed publication and members of Lili's are honored to be in it's first edition.

• Revealing History - The Hennepin History Museum reveals 150 years of burlesque.

• A new exhibit featuring Lili's chronicles the glamour and the grit of the Twin Cities’ burlesque history.

• "I've seen the other 2 Burlesques in town and you are the prize... The Hope Diamond of Twin Cities Burlesque!"

• Burlesque: More Sass Than Skin
• all photos from Lili's!

• A small group of wild women were blessed with Nadine's presence at First Ave. last evening, and wanted to send fan mail today. The Riverboat Queen is a goddess, pure and simple.
• We will gather the troops and once again descend upon your fine establishment posthaste.
• Smooches,
• Pussy Wizard

• Lili's Burlesque Revue
• Saturday night I had dinner with my family and was mocked endlessly about the certain air a golden Cadillac might exude.
• I have so far been promised a hat and a cane.
• I still think a gold Cadillac is more about Elvis than being a pimp in the 'hood.... but that's just my age talking I guess.
• But after dinner I changed into black jeans, a scarlet silk shirt and a black suit coat and headed into the warehouse district in Minneapolis.
• My partner in crime for the evening had done some preliminary research and we knew just the place to go: Lili's Burlesque Revue
• Sadly, I missed the first dancer or two was we did not arrive until 10:30. The stated show time is 10:00.
• The club was... intimate. It was a red room, basically unadorned, with a high ceiling and a stage in one corner. There were three musicians playing a stand-up double bass, drums, and an electric guitar that looked straight out of 1953. Those boys were superb.
• A woman calling herself Nadine Dubois was the mistress of ceremonies for the evening. She was not at all above demanding drink money from audience members. She allowed men and women both to place these "tips" in her stockings.
• Ah! Stockings! There were so many on display during the night! Heavenly!
• Miss Dubois had a good rapport with the audience, sang a few songs and did burlesque herself. Joy!
• There were several performers that night: Vica, Lola Bel Aire, Lady Luck. The stage assistant for the evening Chloe Wilder got into the act as well. All of the women were really beautiful, each in her way. I made several trips to the stage and the tip purse. I'm such a sucker for legs.
• The stand-out performer of the evening, though, was Coco Dupree. She was easily the most commanding stage presence and the most artful of the performers. She was arguably the star of the show.
• I really enjoyed myself at the show, and if you're in Minneapolis on the weekend I must highly recommend it!

• Revisiting Lili's Burlesque Revue

• greetings, i just had to toss off a line to say i'm a believer! i was at doug stanhope's show at the triple rock on saturday and screamed myself hoarse with delight during the all-too-brief show put on courtesy of lili's burlesque. my heart thumps for sweetpea. keep up the good work and so filth - er, forth.
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• Get Thee to Lili's!

• Hot Stuff

• Burlesque shows stride into midwest
  
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• "I was impressed by their vivacity and technique, not to mention their flawless makeup, coiffure and costumes."

• Had the pleasure of catching your show last Saturday night and wanted to drop a line and say Bravo!!!!!! In fact, I have so much fun that I'm usually hung over for weeks afterwards, limiting my visits to once or twice a year.....so, until next time, keep up the A-1+ entertainment..........When I visit a place like yours I know that there is hope for Minneapolis....
• The Southside Aces are the BEST......as with all your entertainers, especially Miss Coco......

• "The Lili's girls stole the show!"
• "Nadine Dubois was sassy and brassy. We LOVE her!"
• "Karen's singing was amazing, and the band was fantastic."
• "When the pasties came out, the crowd went wild. The girls were fabulous!"

• Painting with a Broad Blush: Lavender Magazine talks about Lili's grand involvement with DIVA Blush - known as the best party in the Twin Cities!

• "The near-capacity crowd, about sixty men and women, yowl and applaud..."
• "...Lili's is the Land of Peekaboo..."
• "...the show has an innocent, PG-13 feel. Lili's is a variety show, mixing bawdy comedy, clowning, mildly suggestive dancing, and music."

• "...Thursday through Saturday night you can be transported to another place and time."
• "...the whole joint breaks into a spontaneous bout of dancing..."
• "...Frenchy's Big Bang Burlesque Band, is awesome."