Sat. April 21

The Combat Zone, as we knew it, is long dead. But it's getting so that if you scan the Boston events scene, you can find an R-rated burlesque show any time of the week. Maybe, that's extreme, but the burlesque craze continues with there being at least four regular Boston burlesque troupes, the Suicide Girls coming to the Middle East Downstairs on a fairly regular basis and Boink magazine staging something similar. Boink, the college sex magazine based here in our fair city, stages "Boink Does Burlesque" on Saturday April 21 at 9 p.m. at the Middle East. Your MC is Mizery; you DJ is Rodney Marable; your choreography is by The Babes of Boinkland with artistic director Vanessa White. Stripping by Abby Normal, Bella Sapphire, Honey Suckle, Machete, Penny Candy, Pixy Dust and Sugar Dish. We're guessing these may not be the names they were born with. There's also a dirty dance contest open to all gals, with a $125 prize. Now, keep in mind, the Middle is not zone for the totally nude (or even pastie-less) performance, so this won't be an all-out flesh assault. But it should be pretty darn sexy, Boink's hook being that their models are real college girls, not the "college girls" the porn mags and websites tout. Should be an evening of sexy fun. It's a $15 ticket in advance, $20 at the door.

472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-864-3278 boinkmagazine.com