Hello!

You can find out more about Chica Boom at www.lachicaboom.com.
Chica Boom is the founder and producer of KALEIDOSCOPE, A National People
of Color Cabaret, and this year Kaleidoscope 2009
it will be hosted in San Francisco! The show will be accompanied by a day of workshops
for and by performance artists of color and the general public. Kaleidoscope has been
extremely successful, selling out in 2007 and 2008 in Seattle and promises to be
just as successful in the Bay area. Here's a little more information about the event.

For the past two years, Kaleidoscope has brought together women, men,
and trans folks of color from Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Los Angeles, New
York, Detroit, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and Austin. It's the
first of it’s kind in Burlesque, in that it centers vaudevillians,
aerialists, drag artists, singers and neo burlesque performers of
color to inspire, entertain, represent and transform burlesque.
Kaleidoscope features drag, burlesque, music, and aerial art
performances and workshops in Spanish, Tagalog, and workshops tailored
for the needs communities of color. The wide range of performances are
erotic, sexy, hilarious, political and subvert racism and celebrate
people of color in performance! We have
been lucky enough to be have been honored by the presence of burlesque
legends from the past such as Detroit's very own Toni Elling, a protege of Duke
Ellington and a famous burlesque dancer from the late 50's.

In the past, Communities Against Rape and Abuse, INCITE!, Northwest Network for LGBT Survivors of
Abuse, Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and EntreHermanos, (A Latino Queer Org) have
all sponsored the show. With the support of these organizations,
Kaleidoscope has flourished and become a venue for discussions about
how to use art as a tool for liberation, race positive sexuality, and the sexualization of race
and race politics.

For more information please write to lachicaboom@gmail.com
or visit www.lachicaboom.com