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Oh Re-bar when I saw those tall buildings going up all around you, I thought, sooner or later they would get to you. I hope you do reopen in South Seattle and I’ll look forward to that day but I will miss walking down the street and seeing that iconic arrow over the entrance as I turn the corner on Howell street. I remember the first time I walked through your doors. It seemed like you were in the middle of nowhere. It was in September 2005 and it was for a burlesque show called “Back to School” hosted by Indigo Blue. It was a benefit show for victims of Hurricane Katrina. At that show I met Tamara The Trapeze Lady, Red Delicious and Heidi Von Haught. I had just purchased my first ever DSLR camera and I snapped a bunch of photos that night. Over the next 15 years I snapped thousands more. But I won’t take any more photos there and I will never walk through your doors on Howell street again. But let me put aside my sadness and resentments and instead express my gratitude for you.
Thank You Re-bar. Thank you for providing a space to put on weird, wild, outrageous and beautiful shows and dance parties. Thank you for giving us community. Thank you for letting me photograph so many shows there. Thank you for allowing me to get on your stage and get naked. Thank you for providing a green room where we can all sign our names on the wall. Thank you for showing my photographs on your walls. Thank you for your photo-booth.
The following slideshow is a photo anthology of mostly burlesque photos that I've taken at Re-bar over the years. It is of course just a small example of not only the many burlesque shows that have been on that stage over the years but also all the other fabulous shows and dance parties that have been held there.
all photos © Paul O'Connell
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