BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - A strip club in Boise, Idaho has found an artful way to prance past a city law that prohibits full nudity.



On what it calls Art Club Nights, the Erotic City strip club charges customers $15 for a sketch pad, pencil, and a chance to see completely naked women dancers.


In 2001 the Boise City Council passed an ordinance banning total nudity in public unless it had "serious artistic merit" -- an exemption meant to apply to plays, dance performances and art classes.


"We have a lot of people drawing some very good pictures," said Erotic City owner Chris Teague, who has posted many of the drawings around the club.


Teague said he got the idea when a customer asked if he could get in for free to sketch the dancers. Realizing that "art classes" were exempt from the law, Teague decided to bill Mondays and Tuesdays as art nights, and let the dancers go without their G-strings and pasties.


In the two months since they began, Art Club Nights have drawn full crowds of 60 people but no police citations, he said

RocknRollisalive said:

I thought you would like that

but how did they slip by the "Anti-Usin' Prince's shit Law... EROTIC CITY club??

damn! i wanna go so i can draw pictures of the guys drawing pictures of the strippers! and it's in boise? how glamorous!!! i wanna go!!!

Anxiety said:

i wanna go so i can draw pictures of Anxy drawing pictures of the guys drawing pictures of the strippers! i wanna go too!

CarrieMpls said:

but only if endo and violett go with us so they can draw you drawing me drawing the guys drawing pictures of the strippers.

Anxiety said:

well, naturally.

CarrieMpls said:

we're gonna have some messed-up looking things tacked up on our refrigerators.

Shit, America is just too much sometimes! A "law that prohibits full nudity"!

Anxiety said:

Hey, speak for yourself! I'm planning my whole next show around this trip.

CarrieMpls said:

You're an NEA Grant waiting to happen!

Good grief and gravey

Anxiety said:

:lightbulb:

Thats a great idea to fund our trip! I shall begin writing my proposal now!

Dear NEA members,
I would like to draw my friend drawing men drawing strippers who are fully nude in Idaho. Please fund my trip. As this can only occur in Idaho. There will be other people drawing me drawing my friend drawing men drawing strippers and we all need money.
Thanks,
CarrieMpls

Sounds like Seattle where someone is trying to open a "Strip-Arobics" class

Really, why shouldn't nudity be legal for adults who want that kind of entertainment?