JULY! 20th ANNIVERSARY AND MORE!

Photo by Johnel Clemente

There's a lot of FUN happening this month! Mostly it's seaside shows, which is how I like to spend my summer!! Stay tuned here for more information on my (yet to be named) One Woman Show upcoming at the end of October! 

THE BIG TO-DO is that THE SCHLEP SISTERS ARE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS of being New York's Juciest Jewesses at CONEY ISLAND USA!! We've got a SUPERB CAST, guest stars from our Dangerous Curves Ahead touring days, GiGi LaFemme and Anita Cookie! Our long time collaborator Jonny Porkpie! Our Schlep Cousin Little Brooklyn! And our favorite hostess with the mostess/ our shobiz sister/rabbi Fancy Feast!

TICKETS HERE-> https://www.coneyisland.com/event/batb072024

THIS WEEKEND! I'm heading to Cape Cod for Pepper Grinds

Burlesque Brunch at Liam's 

SUNDAY July 14, 2024 11am-2:30pm Liam Maguire's Irish Pub, 273 Main Street, Falmouth, MA, 02540

TICKETS HERE-> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pepper-grinds-burlesque-brunch-at-liams-tickets-922094137387

NEXT WEEK! Minnie Tonka and I are celebrating 20 years of The Schlep Sisters and we're having a BIG SHOW The Schlep Sisters 20th Anniversary Show!

Saturday July 20, 2024  9pm at Coney Island USA 1208 Surf AvenueBrooklyn, NY, 11224

TICKETS -> https://www.coneyisland.com/event/batb072024

Join us as we celebrate New York’s Juiciest Jewesses, The Schlep Sisters, 20 Years of Burlesque Sisterhood! The Schlep Sisters, Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda, are long lost sisters who found each other while tracing the roots of Yiddish Theater and Vaudeville on the Lower East Side, and in 2004 they hit the stage at the legendary House of Collection in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for their first performance. The Schlep Sisters have toured internationally with their troupe Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go-Go as well as gracing stages together across Australia, Germany, Canada and Finland. They have produced countless productions celebrating their schleppy love and Jewish culture, such as The Annual Menorah Horah Hanukkah Burlesque Show, The Burning Bush vs The Second Coming as well as many shows at Coney Island USA Burlesque at The Beach. The Schlep Sisters have dazzled audiences regularly at The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender in Las Vegas and at The New York Burlesque Festival. They were featured in the 2017 Documentary “Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story.”This 20th Anniversary burlesque blowout features The Schlep Sisters most popular burlesque acts over the span of two decades and they have invited their longtime fun-loving burlesque family members to bring the house down! The evening includes performances by the world-class Schlep Sisters – Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda – and premier burlesque stars Little Brooklyn, Jonny Porkpie, Anita Cookie, Hard Corey, GiGi La Femme, with Host Fancy Feast!

The NEXT DAY I'm heading to FIRE ISLAND for Stormy Leather's

Sunset Strip

Sunday July 21, 2024 8:00 pm The Ice Palace- 1 Main Walk, Cherry Grove, Fire Island

TICKETS AT THE DOOR INFO HERE -> https://icepalace.club/event/sunset-strip-july-21/

Twenty Twenty-forever! Here we GO!

TWENTY TWENTY FOUR !

It's proven eventful! Just yesterday I helped move a tree out of the road at my mom's in Mendocino and hopped on an airplane! TODAY I'm BACK in NYC and READY to give you some juicy shows!

FIRST: enjoy my new Headshot by Jessica Osber Photography (ABOVE),  plus more at the end of this email. I've been studying screen acting for the past 3 years, joined SAG/AFTRA and am writing a TV Show (for me to star in, naturally!)I'm also still doing Stage Acting, I just performed in a staged reading of Nicki Miller's The Moon Waits, it was an incredible experience that re-ignited my love for the stage! I'm also looking for a Manager/ Representation, so if you or someone you know is looking to sign up some new talent, HERE I AM!

SECOND: In February Friday and Saturday night's 12am-2am you can find ME as THE ORANGEACLE ORACLE in an IMMERSIVE ORACLE EXPERIENCE at THE STRANGER NYC. 311 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019

THIRD: I'm DELIGHTED to combine my Ritual Performance Art Burlesque AND Acting Skills to join CLUB SHORTBUS: An Immersive Xperience  Tickets are selling out so get yours ASAP  Wednesday, February 14 at 7pm and 10pm at HIT ME UP NYC (Lower Manhattan.) Experience John Cameron Mitchell’s cult classic Shortbus (2006) in the flesh! Club Shortbus is equal parts party, performance art, and triple X extravaganza. 3rotic artists, musicians, theatre-makers, and a host of New York queerdos will immerse ALL your senses in JCM’s free love world. Produced by John Cameron Mitchell, Deejay Gray, Fempath & Kyle Ferris. Adapted & Conceived by Fempath. TICKETS HERE: https://www.redeyetickets.com/club-shortbus/

FOURTH: You can find me ON STAGE at THE SLIPPER ROOM Sunday February 18th

TICKETS HERE: https://www.slipperroom.com/event-details/slippery-sundays-february-18

FINALY AS PROMISED: More  Headshots by Jessica Osber Photography 

Oooh 20 YEARS in NYC and October 2023!

Last week I celebrated living in NYC for 20 years! NYC is a really special place, I'm so grateful I live here every day, it changes every day and that's the beauty of this place. I've lived here practically half my life and I'm always discovering something new about this city. I moved here September 28, 2003 and I went to the top of the Empire State Building, I got one of those audio tours where you got a discman with "Tony the cab driver" giving you the lay of the land. The last sentence in his audio tour had something to do with NYC being a place where ANY DREAM could come true. I think about that tour every day I'm here. I've gotten to live and work as a performing artist in NYC, met my husband in NYC, created a community of incredible artists in NYC and lived a beautiful life in NYC. It's a hard place to live, but there is BEAUTY and DREAMS COMING TRUE ON EVERY CORNER of this incredible city!

I've got some exciting shows and events coming up this month you get to hear all about it! Here's the Short List and all the DETAILS are BELOW!

Monday 10/9: Fancy Feast’s NAKED book launch at The Slipper Room

Saturday 10/14: The Ginger Cabaret Barrow's Intense NY Tasting Room

Friday 10/20: Midnight Show at the Slipper Room

Tuesday 10/24: Masked Marvelous at Materials for The Arts

NEW REELS!

I've been in the editing suite (my kitchen table!) Working on some goodies for you! Yeah, the past 3 years I've been focusing on Screen Acting and making video work! It's been really rewarding and here are a couple of short videos to have a gander at!

ACTING REEL

Got some new/ old clips for my Screen Acting Reel! Check out these scenes with Bambi The Mermaid, the late great Gilbert Gottfried Judy Gold Rachel Brosnahan Alex Borstein Pearls Daily Gretchen Wylder and Vico Ortiz plus some clips from my work at Kimball Studios

I’m a proud SAG-AFTRA NY member and I’m also looking for Talent Management . This person must understand my unique needs as an actor, queer rainbow performance artist, model! and Burlesque performer. I have a lot to offer so I need bespoke management ! If you are that person or know that person , you know how to find me!

YEAR IN RAINBOW REEL

In 2007 in order to push my boundaries as an artist, I did a "life as art" project called Year in Rainbow, where I'd wear one color every day for a month and rainbow on the alternate months, expoloring the 6 color rainbow. I documented my experiences living in color on a blog and did live shows for the color months.

Summer of 2020 I was missing live performance and needed an artistic practice to keep up my spirits, so I brought back Year in Rainbow. I did the same daily colors and the same blog, but instead of live performances I made experimental videos. Below is a reel of my work from 2020-2021.

You can also see all 13 videos here https://www.darlindajustdarlinda.com/yearinrainbow2021

THE OCTOBER SHOW DETAILS

Monday 10/9/2023 at 7pm:

Fancy Feast’s NAKED book launch at The Slipper Room

A celebration of the release fo the long awaited new tell all book by Fancy Feast. Featuring performances by Fancy Feast, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Fem Appeal and Tiger Bay.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

TICKETS HERE:https://www.slipperroom.com/event-details/guest-event-naked-book-release-and-party-doors-7-00pm

Saturday 10/14/2023 at 7pm:

Wink & A Smile Productions: The Ginger Cabaret at Barrow's Intense NY Tasting Room

The Ginger Cabaret: a spicy night of INTENSE delights! Turn your Saturday night all the way up at Barrow's Intense NY Tasting Room. Throughout the night, Wink & a Smile Productions will be mixing Barrow's craft cocktails -- featuring their world famous Ginger Liqueur -- with a sprinkle of burlesque and a dash of go-go dancing. Shaken up by NYC's spiciest REDHEADS and served up close and personal on top of the bar in the sexiest space in Industry City.

Wink & A Smile Productions– Variety shows in NYC for everyBODY! Internationally-known and award-winning burlesque dancers, Rita N. Wink and Madame Brassiere invite you to come get to know them and their many sexy, talented friends!

TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ginger-cabaret-a-spicy-night-of-intense-delights-tickets-675680276897

Friday 10/20/2023 at MIDNIGHT:

The Midnight Show at the Slipper Room Midnight & 1am shows hosted by Boo Bess. Featuring Anna Monoxide, Twisted Sisters, Andrea Flow, Lilin Lace, and Darlinda Just Darlinda!

TICKETS HERE: https://www.slipperroom.com/event-details/the-slipper-room-show-doors-8-00pm-49

Tuesday 10/24/2024:

Masked Marvelous at Materials for The Arts

Friends of Materials for the Arts (FOMA) is excited to host the Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party at our warehouse in Long Island City for the first time since 2019! Please join us on Tuesday, October 24th from 6:00-10:00 pm as we celebrate this year’s theme “A Homecoming – Back to the Warehouse.” This celebration will also feature a first look at the exhibition by Machine Dazzle, our current Artist-in-Residence.

We are immensely proud to honor Bloomberg, Pentagram and Modesto “Flako” Jimenez for the significant relationships that they continue to build and support in the NYC arts community through our organization. Every single Wednesday, Bloomberg volunteers support us in the warehouse helping to prepare for shopping days. Over the last year, Pentagram supported our growth with a rebranding strategy as we look to the future of MFTA’s footprint within the city. Additionally, it has been a privilege to partner with Flako, a DCLA Public Artist in Residence (PAIR), as he works to bridge his art with Oye Group’s Mercedes Project/ Mercedes Healing Room on Governors Island and with NY Health and Hospitals.

Join us in this homecoming celebration where you’ll have the chance to enjoy live music, roving entertainment, local cuisine, and community at this one-of-a-kind event.

Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd fl., Long Island City, NY 11101

TICKETS HERE:https://www.materialsforthearts.org/events/masked-marvelous-2023-tickets/#tribe-tickets__tickets-form