Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time-Based Art Festival [PICA T:BA] starts in the first week of September.

On Saturday, 16 September 2006 [the same day as our Societas Insomnia Show], there is going to be an artistic discussion about "The New Burlesque". David Weissman with Taylor Mac, Julie Atlas Muz, James Tigger! Ferguson, the Wau Wau Sisters, and Zebra [Sissyboy] will chat about the intersection between burlesque and performance art.
pica.org/tba/tba06/detail.aspx

I thought you might be interested...

Ciao,
Fredrick