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You’ve seen on her onstage! You’ve heard her host her own radio podcast! Now listen to Angie’s turn on public radio! As you’ll hear from the clip, the Burlesque-a-pades season is upon us, full of holiday cheer and lots of satin. Here’s a link to the full tour schedule for this year’s show: THE CHRISTMAS SHIMMY

[audio https://pontanipages.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/flashdance2.mp3] Before Williamsburg brought back leg warmers, before the L Word brought back Jennifer Beals, long before Showgirls, The Company, Black Swan and all the rest, there was Flashdance, a 1983 hit film about a girl and her dream. Specifically,  her dream to get out the coal mines and bikini bars of her every day … Continue reading →

In this special edition of the Pontani Pages, our charming hostess becomes a bachelorette-no-more. Listen in as Angie and her beloved—trumpet player and bandleader Brian Newman—tie the not, Brooklyn style. And by the way, dear listeners, the Pontani Pages is now available through Stitcher Radio. Listen anywhere on the go! Download the free stitcher app … Continue reading →

[audio https://pontanipages.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/lola-star.mp3] In honor of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, and just because it’s summer time, the Pontani Pages is going to Coney Island to meet up with our dear friend Lola Star. You may know Lola as the designer of your favorite tee shirt that your cousin bought you on the boardwalk one year, but … Continue reading →

[audio https://pontanipages.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/mark-mori.mp3] For our tenth edition, the Pontani Pages podcast is thrilled to bring you a true tale of lust, tragic beauty, scandal, and madness. Hostess Angie Pontani speaks with the director of Bettie Page Reveals All! — a new documentary about, and narrated by, the late, great, pin-up sensation. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mark Mori first met … Continue reading →

[audio https://pontanipages.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/olek-audio.mp3] It’s a Lower East Side standoff when a crochet art-star and the crafty burlesquer come together. Check out this special video edition of the Pontani Pages wherein Angie visits Olek upon completion of the artist’s latest spectacle, “Synthetic Nature.” Or, click above for the full interview in audio format. Olek, the Polish-born Queen of Crochet, uses … Continue reading →

[audio https://pontanipages.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/hogan-gorman.mp3] Actress and former fashion model Hogan Gorman became an expert on the fractured health care system the hard way: she got hit by a car while without health insurance. She also learned more than she ever meant to about food stamps, legal aid and spinal injuries. She learned so much, in fact, that she … Continue reading →

[audio https://pontanipages.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/eli-miller.mp3] How about a little bubbly? Not that fancy, frenchy kind that gives you a headache. Good old New York style seltzer (or club soda, if you prefer). Back in the day, folks round here used to have the stuff delivered to their house right behind the milk man. But where people have forsaken fresh … Continue reading →

[audio https://pontanipages.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/anne-marsen.mp3] Anne Marsen found instant notoriety this past year as the star of “Girl Walk // All Day,” a 71-minute music video for Girl Talk‘s “All Day” album. The film/video features Anne as a frustrated dancer who leaves behind the prim and proper world of pirouettes for a day spent spinning, hopping, skipping and tapping all … Continue reading →

[audio https://pontanipages.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/don-spiro.mp3] The Pontani Pages podcast is particularly pleased to present to you people a conversation between Angie and our deal pal, Don Spiro. Don is a first rate photographer, specializing in burlesque, portraiture and film stills. He also puts together a very special club night in New York called Wit’s End, celebrating the jazz age on the … Continue reading →