Strippers, artists unite to save Montreal cabaret bar
Updated Fri. Jun. 5 2009 4:44 PM ET
The Canadian Press
MONTREAL — With her feathered eye patch always snapped in place, Velma Candyass and her troupe of neo-burlesque, vaudeville “zombie” girls have carved out a niche in Montreal’s alternative arts scene.
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“It does have a history and it does have a heritage — it certainly reeks with atmosphere,” Candyass said of Cafe Cleopatre, home to the upstairs show bar as well as a main-floor club where strippers dance in the warmth of black lights.
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“He offers excellent work conditions for the women who are on the first floor — the strippers,” she said, adding he hires women of all ages and body types.
“That’s something you don’t necessarily find in the other strip clubs.”

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