LAS VEGAS (Reuters Life!) - Once confined to strip clubs, thin metal poles are popping up in kitchens, bedrooms and exercise studios across the United States with gym fanatics, moms and even ...

While many go for the standard balloon-popping or cake-cutting spectacle, mom-to-be Maria Popa decided to have a stripper pole displayed front and center at her bash. What’s more, the pole wasn’t ...

Art, sport, workout, therapy: modern pole dancing has taken on many forms. A veteran stripper, a pole studio owner, and a young dancer discuss politics and identity in pole dancing and how practicing ...

FRESNO, Calif. — A new export is taking hold in a tiny industrial park in east Fresno, Calif.: stripper poles. Pacific International Marketing & Promotions (yes, PIMP) manufactures the Lil’ Mynx ...

Back in May, I convinced two of my friends to try something new: pole dancing. The event, Pole in the Pearl, was taking place at The Pearl, offering an hour of beginner instruction followed by two ...