Cherry Capri
- Actress
Cherry Capri is a quirky red haired performance artist and pop cult celebrity. She portrays an eccentric Auntie Mame mixed with a little Mary Poppins and Pee Wee Herman whose world is full of vintage style with bossa nova and surf music and Rat Pack era shenanigans. Cherry is known for her outrageous recycled pink polyester pantsuits. For well over ten years, Cherry has written a "Dear Cherry" advice column for CA Modern Magazine and formerly for Bachelor Pad Magazine and Tiki Magazine. Her column focuses on healthy homemaking and hosting, eco-friendly decorating along with Modern manners. Her retro-raw-recipe book Eat Like Eve has received rave reviews.
As a performer, Cherry has headlined three Mondo Lounge shows and the Mondo Tiki event at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel. She has sung at Tiki Oasis and tiki clubs across the country. Cherry is also a sculptor and painter who's exhibited in Hollywood, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and San Francisco in one women shows and alongside Shag and other luminaries of the Southern California Pop Surrealist scene. Always known
to pay respect to her elders, the cover of her collectible album "Creamy Cocktails & Other Delights" featured a fun homage to the classic "Whipped Cream" album by Herb Alpert.
Finally, Cherry Capri was once crowned queen of the famous Pasadena Doo Dah Parade! So is it any wonder that Cherry Capri is known as 'America's Mistress of Modernism, Manners & Mirth!?' It is her mission in life to spread the joy of Mid-Mod Living combined with a hip healthy attitude! Most recently, she has produced a weekly PRX interstitial show called, "Dear Cherry" for Public Radio Exchange.