“We do some remarkably silly … pretty surreal match-ups of celebrities combatting one another, and between fights, we have remarkably beautiful people taking off their clothes.”

Watch a carnival archer shoots arrows at a human target! See the human pincushion!

The trio headlines the burlesque variety show Gutbuster/Nutbuster Friday night.

People came prepared with crisp singles, as a new cabaret debuted six-pack-fueled dance and acrobatics.

A pop-up dinner that you don’t have to wear white to, the return of Step Xplosion, pay-what-you-can theater, and other ways to spend your week.

The best moments bridge the gulf that separates behind-the-scenes and center stage.

“There’s something inherently radical and political about a female-run troupe. Here’s my body, here’s my sexuality, and here’s me—a woman—profiting.”

This Valentine’s Day, D.C. is getting hit with a hot mess of glitter, corsets, and long satin gloves that likely will be pulled off, finger-by-finger, with teeth.

Your guide to the fun stuff going on around the region this weekend, including supporting your favorite uninsured burlesque and variety performers at PASTIE-AID, raising a glass with DC Brau, slinging back all-you-can eat oysters at Hank’s, learning how to throw a pig roast at PS7’s, picking up Bluebrain’s newest experimental music project, or spending all Sunday watching Lord of the Rings. All that, and more, in our Weekend Picks.

The ladies of Chlamydia dell’Arte present a series of sex-ed vignettes, framed by videos of them as frumpy human sexuality teachers and real-life interview excerpts of women talking about the birds and the bees. Meghann Williams is strongest when delivering a few stand-up storytelling bits, particularly about how her Barbies got it on and what happened when Jem and She-Ra tried to get in on the action. However, a nonchalant story about getting blackout…