Lady Rizo.
  • Lady Rizo.

THURSDAY 10/16

A CHANTEUSE CALLED RIZO

If you know me, and you don’t so stop frontin,’ you know how heartbreakingly in love I am with the marvelous alt-cabaret miracle Lady Rizo. Indeed, I have been a seriously smitten kitten since the moment I first beheld her at some erstwhile Bacon Strip, lo, it seems eons ago. Since then, I’ve seen her appear twice here in old Seattle, and I’ve rushed from NYC (her base, where she performs constantly at the Public Theater’s famous Joe’s Pub) to Portland just to catch a glimpse of the singular chanteusey wonder that she is. She’s been all over the world as of late, performing in such places as Edinburgh and London (where they wisely adored her so hard that they presented her with the Time Out & Soho Theatre Edinburgh Cabaret Award!) The Rizo returns to our warm, caburlesque-loving embrace as part of her latest West Coast tour. Two shows, one night only! Fred Wildlife Refuge, 7 and 9:30 pm, $20, 21+…

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Adrian Ryan is a Stranger senior contributing writer and nightlife columnist. He has been writing for The Stranger since late 1997, and he’s pretty sure he still hasn’t been paid for some really early...