During the 19th and early 20th centuries, so-called snake oil salesmen sold mysterious and unproven, often fraudulent medicines to a captivated public. To pay homage to the unknown and unquantifiable ...

New Orleans is a hotbed of musical and culinary talent. But it’s also an incubator for more esoteric skills, sword swallowing, contortion, striptease and fire spinning among them. Snake Oil Festival, ...

It’s pronounced craic like crack, not craic like rake; that’s according to Irish comedian Amy Walsh, who will be performing at the What’s the Craic? variety show this Thursday, March 16. “We use it as ...

The burlesque scene is full of acts featuring retro hairstyles, lingerie and costumes, revived acts such as the fan dance and jazz and big band music. Artist, dancer and part-time New Orleanian Angela ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Snake Oil Festival will be this weekend, June 19-21, at the Howlin’ Wolf in Warehouse District. Headliners such as Bella Blue will be performing, as well as hosting workshops on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anybody interested in burlesque snake charming? Or, how about lucifer puppetry? Or, maybe obscure taxidermy? You can find all of ...

Putting burlesque to its originally intended purpose, Lolly Jones' unique style of satire fuses lip sync to political speeches with clowning and cabaret. Embodying a host of Europe's forerunning ...