It was standing room only on March 8 as hundreds gathered at The Culver Hotel to meet author and filmmaker Leslie Zemeckis for a unique evening of book signing and burlesque. Zemeckis stunned in a silhouette Christopher Kane dress and custom-made KOKIN headpiece as she signed copies of her latest book, “Goddess of Love Incarnate: The Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr,” a biography of history’s most celebrated burlesque artist.

The swinging sounds of Sylvia & The Rhythm Boys provided the ambiance, as guests indulged in hors d’oeuvres, and signature “Exotic Lili” drinks, courtesy of Eppa SupraFruta Sangria. The award-winning burlesque artists April Showers and Maxi Millions rounded out the evening with sizzling performances filled with bumping, grinding and clothes a-flying.

Christopher Lloyd and Kelsey Grammer were among the stars who came out to support Zemeckis and the event’s beneficiary, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to find the cause of breast cancer in order to prevent and ultimately end the disease.