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 At 1519 Mission St. San Francisco (In Between 11th and South Van Ness) Want to put an event on or use the space? [more info] SEX WORKERS' WRITING WORKSHOP - Wednesday, July 2, 7 pm This is a writing workshop for people who work or have worked in all areas of the sex industry to share their writing and get honest, non-judgemental feedback. Workshop participants are not obligated to write exclusively about sex work, but writing about work in the sex industry (as well as writing about other topics) will be welcomed. This will hopefully be a place where people can write and share about their sex work experiences without having to censor themselves, explain every detail, or endure stupid questions and moral judgements. Beginning writers are encouraged to attend along with more seasoned writers. We will write using a modified version of the Amherst method: A writing prompt will be given, people will write for 30-45 mins, and then we will share what we've written and get feedback if we want it. When?: The first and third Wednesday of every month, starting July 2nd, 7pm-9pm. Where?: The Center for Sex & Culture, 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco How much?: Sliding scale $10-20 (more if you can, less if you can't, *nobody* turned away) Who's teaching this, anyway?: Gina de Vries is a queer femme writer, rabble-rouser, activist, sex worker, proud pervert, and Paisan. She co-edited (with Diane Anderson-Minshall) the queer youth anthology [Becoming]: young ideas on gender, identity, and sexuality, and her fiction, journalism, memoir, and smut have appeared dozens of places, including: Baby, Remember My Name: An Anthology of New Queer Girl Writing, Dirty Girls, More Five Minute Erotica, TransForming Community, That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, Bound to Struggle: Where Kink & Radical Politics Meet, The Revolution Starts at Home, make/shift magazine, and Curve magazine (where she was a columnist from 1997-2004). Gina curates shows for long-running queer performance series San Francisco in Exile, blogs for national LGBT blog Bilerico.com, and teaches writing workshops wherever willing pupils will have her. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Sex & Culture, and the Board of Youth Trans & Intersex Education Services. She can be cruised online at ginadevries.com and queershoulder.livejournal.com. WOMEN'S CUDDLE PARTY - Wednesday, July 2, 7 - 10:30 pm $30 per person, no one turned away for lack of funds. At CSC, 1519 Mission near 11th. -- RSVP at www.cuddleparty.com/calendar Women Only Cuddle Parties (www.cuddleparty.com) are an innovative and unique workshop/social-event designed to give participants better tools for communicating boundaries, asking for what you want, and meeting one another in a safe, playful, non-sexual environment. It is...
Learn and practice asking for exactly what you want without being afraid. Develop deeper respect for yourself, your body, and your boundaries. Have fun sharing social, affectionate touch in an open-communication, no-expectation zone! Join Cuddle Party facilitator Marcia Baczynski as we practice getting our touch and nurturing needs met in the company of cuddly and extraordinary women. Bring comfy clothes or pajamas to change into when you arrive so we can relax. Arrive on time - NO LATE ARRIVALS - and please RSVP. All flavors of women, including Transwomen welcome! Cost: $30 - no one turned away for lack of funds. CSC can accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, plus personal checks.To RSVP and for more info on how a Cuddle Party works, please go to www.cuddleparty.com Your facilitator: Marcia Baczynski is a consultant, educator, and coach who is passionate about providing the world with better tools for relationships and sexuality, and empowering people to use them. As co-creator of Cuddle Party, Marcia has worked with thousands of people, teaching them about boundary-setting, non-sexual intimacy, and effective interpersonal communication. As a coach and workshop leader, she brings humor, intelligence and depth to address issues that affect people of all orientations and genders, with an emphasis on providing practical tools and useful concepts that participants can apply immediately. Marcia is a graduate of the Grady College at the University of Georgia, where she studied media, history and women's studies. She is a regular guest lecturer on sex and gender at colleges and universities, and has been a featured speaker at countless conferences on relationships and sexuality. Marcia has appeared on the Montel Williams show, Fox News, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, the Sex Files, Sex TV, and Life & Style, on NPR, Maxim radio, and Cosmo radio, and in Marie Claire, GQ, People, and Newsweek. She splits her time between New York and San Francisco and travels regularly. TARTS AND CRAFTS! Art, Craft and Collage Night at CSC! - Wednesday, July 9, 7 pm Join us at CSC for an evening of making stuff, gossip and quasi-intellectual discussion! All small handicrafts are welcomed; collage, knitting, crocheting, quilting etc. We meet at 7 pm on the first Wednesday evening of the month starting March 5th. Chocolate, luscious yarn and witty repertoire are all encouraged. If you have particular collage or craft materials you wish to work with, please bring them; we don't yet have a big stash for you to play with. Thanks to Annie Sprinkle for our great new event name! She's the best! At the Center for Sex & Culture (room 1), 1519 Mission near 11th. $5 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. FYI: From July onward, Tarts and Crafts Night will be the SECOND Wednesday of the month, not the first. NAVIGATING OPEN RELATIONSHIPS: A Workshop for Couples - Wednesday, July 9, 7-9 pm So, you and your significant other have decided to explore non-monogamy. Now what? With the dizzying array of options available to people who've decided to go "off the map," how do you and your partner plot a course of your own? And what do you do when the inevitable challenges arise? Opening up any relationship takes skill, patience and perseverance. Mistakes will be made. But why make any more than you have to? Join relationship coach Marcia Baczynski for a two-hour workshop devoted specifically to couples who are charting new territories in their relationships. In this interactive, revealing evening, you will learn: The most common pitfalls of open relationships and how to avoid them. How to merge different poly styles so that everyone ends up happy. Five things that will help you survive any poly exploration. The secret key to turning jealousy into a blessing. At the Center for Sex & Culture (room 2), 1519 Mission near 11th. $25/person, $40/couple. no one turned away for lack of funds. CSC can accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, plus personal checks. Instructor bio: Marcia Baczynski is a consultant, educator, and coach who is passionate about providing the world with better tools for relationships and sexuality, and empowering people to use them. As co-creator of Cuddle Party, Marcia has worked with thousands of people, teaching them about boundary-setting, non-sexual intimacy, and effective interpersonal communication. As a coach and workshop leader, she brings humor, intelligence and depth to address issues that affect people of all orientations and genders, with an emphasis on providing practical tools and useful concepts that participants can apply immediately. Marcia is a graduate of the Grady College at the University of Georgia, where she studied media, history and women's studies. She is a regular guest lecturer on sex and gender at colleges and universities, and has been a featured speaker at countless conferences on relationships and sexuality. Marcia has appeared on the Montel Williams show, Fox News, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, the Sex Files, Sex TV, and Life & Style, on NPR, Maxim radio, and Cosmo radio, and in Marie Claire, GQ, People, and Newsweek. She splits her time between New York and San Francisco and travels regularly. THE ART OF PARTNERSHIP: Creating Partnership within Relationship - Saturday, July 12, 1-3 pm When it comes to relationships, the word "Partner" gets tossed around all the time… We talk about our partners, whether we want a partner, what we want from our partner and so on, but rarely do we take the time to examine what partner actually means within the context of relationships. In this workshop, we will explode the myths and fantasies around partnership and learn how to dance with and enhance both your individualism and togetherness. Whether you're in a relationship, or want to be, join relationship coach Marcia Baczynski as we explore the concept of partnership as a distinct relationship style. Discover what it means to be a partner to someone else, learn how to cultivate partnership in your life, and find out what successful partnerships have in common. With relationship coach Marcia Baczynski. For instructor bio, please see July 9. $25/person, $40/couple. No one turned away for lack of funds. CSC can accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, plus personal checks. CAROL QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY! - Saturday, July 12, 8 pm Join Good Vibrations in celebrating another year in the life of our favorite sex educator/author/activist, Dr. Carol Queen! Enter the peepshow, complete with live performances, toasts, roasts, and more merriment than you can stand. Spin the Wheel of Pleasure, enter to win a variety of awesome prizes, and all proceeds go to the Center for Sex and Culture! When: Saturday, July 12th Time: 8:00 - 10:00 pm Where: Good Vibrations Valencia Street Store 603 Valencia Street (at 17th Street) San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 522-5460 Free POSTPONED!: PARTS IS PARTS with Eve Minax - Sunday, July 13, 1-4 pm Minax says: I am an equal opportunity artist. I believe all mediums ought to be treated with the same amount of respect and manipulation as others. The fact remains, however, that all matter (genitalia) are respectively part of a larger whole (the body), making them unique to the individual. In this workshop we will tackle the larger picture of how matter sometimes "dictates" the "approach" creating the form. By playing with various parts, learning how to decorate, celebrate, and ideally masturbate in a variety of ways, we will see how polarizing and segregating parts becomes an exclusionary and potentially isolating practice. Finally, we will ideally find joy in creating "art" with our own or other's parts and share the pleasure of difference. In a word, we will have fun with PARTS! This will be a hands-on workshop in which individual parts will be treated with equanimity and respect. Be prepared to practice on yourself or a partner. I will have loads of ideas, skills, and "objets de plaisir" to share. Please bring yourself and any tips, techniques, and toys you have as well. Eve Minax (http://www.mistressminax.com) is a Professional and Lifestyle Domina, educator, consultant, performer, trainer, and activist. She first began power play issues on the playground in childhood when she led a group of young girls as superheroes and her subsequent studies in performance, circus, and alternative sexualities combined with international travel and living transformed her natural propensities into serious BDSM explorations around the globe. Presently based in Chicago, Illinois, Minax has led and continues to lead many different workshops for organizations and conferences. A long time volunteer for the Leather Archives and Museum, (http://www.leatherarchives.org) , Minax coordinates the kinky film festival "CineKink: Chicago" http://www.cinekink.com with the LAM. You may find her several times a year in San Francisco as lead staff instructor at the Cléo Dubois Academy of S/M Arts, (http://www.sm-arts.com). When not traveling, teaching or training, Minax can be found resting with her loving extended leather family either in Northern California or Chicago. At CSC, 1519 Mission near 11th St. $5-20 sliding scale; no one turned away for lack of funds. CSC can accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, plus personal checks. SAVE THE DATE! More detail next time. Michele Serchuk Photo Class -- 7/20 Candye Kane Benefit at El Rio! -- 7/23 Tara Jepsen and Beth Lisick performance! -- 7/24-8/2 Perverts Put Out, Dore Alley edition -- 7/26 Next YogaPlay for Men -- 8/4 August '08 -- a visit from Heather Corinna! *****OTHER EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INTEREST***** Lovejourney Tantra for Women Jenny Block Bookparty SAR (Sexual Attitude Reassessment and Restructuring) in LA, 7/12-13 Cleo Dubois Intensives LoveJourney: Tantra for Women goes to....SUMMER CAMP! July 11 - 14 ~~ Friday noon thru Monday evening A Joyous Retreat at LoveJourney's beautiful Temple Come play in sacred community, meet new women, laugh and dance, and enjoy ecstatic Tantric connections! Four days of bliss! - Join our growing community of women for powerful rituals and scrumptious ceremony - Frolic in the gardens and hot tubs, pleasuring in lazy days together - Enjoy advanced Tantric practices and exchanges of healing and massage - Relax and recuperate, enjoying the pleasures of women at play in nature - Practice erotic arts and connect joyfully with women experienced in Tantra - Explore deep heart-sharing and sacred, prayerful, erotic touch - Pleasure in sweet, sensual delights in our delicious PUJA - Be royally entertained in the world's best TALENT SHOW For Women Who've Studied Tantra and their loved ones. Each day we share powerful rituals, creating a community altar, energized by our love and song. Our Saturday offering is the latest evolution of sacred touch practices, and our Puja is delightful and deeply fulfilling. Enjoy the beautiful gardens and meditation nooks as you rest, play, connect. For maximum pleasure, stay here camping or sleeping in the Great Room (no cost). Come early Friday to begin enjoying paradise with your Tantra sisters, absorbing beauty from these delightful gardens and enjoying the deep connections we've made. You are invited to bring your bodywork table and offer Tantric or therapeutic bodywork to your sisters, or enjoy receiving work that enhances your capacity for pleasure. Stay into Monday to enjoy the sweet nectar of afterglow and the closing ritual Monday evening. $295 by July 1, $325 after. $475 any pair. Covers all four days and meals. One day: $125 (any 24 hours). Covers meals if you give us 48 hours notice. Pre-registration required: $75 deposit by July 1, non-refundable after July 1. Work exchange, scholarships, and payment plans available. NOTE: Last year, we tried pricing each individual section, a strategy that proved costly in time and resources. This year, we reduced the price instead. Either pay for the whole weekend (the wisest course), or pay a one day price and choose times you'll attend, up to 24 hours. For the second option, you must inform us you'll be here at least 48 hours before a meal to have food available to you. No further breakdowns in price will be considered, though you can ask for work exchange, scholarships or payment plans. Camping and floor sleeping free, Indoor beds $20/night, Private room: $65/night, $90 for two. PLEASE PRE-REGISTER -- it honors us and supports ease of preparation! Directions & "What to Bring" will be sent upon receipt of FEE or $75 DEPOSIT Send check to: Evalena Rose, 7909 Lynch Rd., Sebastopol, CA 95472 Or, sign up on our website by credit card: www.tantraforwomen.com Questions? Call 707/ 824-1117 or Email: lucy@tantraforwomen.com. FRIENDS & LOVED ONES NEW TO TANTRA must attend an introductory session (one Thursday evening, July 10) or private session. This increases safety and comfort for all. Contact Evalena to discuss anyone you want to bring from outside LoveJourney or the larger Tantric community. SCHEDULE: Thursday: We'd love your presence for the women-only introductory session from 7-10. Help welcome new women to the community and the event. They gain safety and benefit more from our circle by learning the breath and boundaries. Friday: Grounds open at noon, come play, rest, recuperate, set up camping, hot tub, schmooze. Bodywork and healings may be exchanged in the afternoon, with dinner at 6, and the official opening circle at 7:30. Saturday will include fulfilling energetic connections, maha mudra (making love to the universe), some advanced explorations of erotic practices and finding our "yes" to pleasure. We'll have free hours to enjoy the fabulous grounds and the amazing women who come. Saturday evening is a delicious Puja with room after to stay and snuggle, run energy, play into the night. Sunday allows time to sleep in, hot tub, commune with nature and each other. We'll sing, do heart centered ritual, and enjoy heart shares about Tantra and our lives. Enjoy our unsurpassed community barbecue. Bring your props and costumes for our crazy and delightful Talent Show and stay into the evening for frivolity and fun. Great singing, dancing, talent, and raucous skits. Stay and enjoy this sanctuary through Monday (sweet nectar of afterglow). The closing ritual is 7-9PM. For me, the best part of Summer Camp is the days and evening after the weekend as we reap the benefits of having dropped so deep into the One Heart! Last year, the most common comment was "I wish I'd stayed the whole time." Time to dance, go deeper, enjoy sanctuary. Weekend Meals will be catered with breakfasts and other meals either BBQ or prepared communally from food provided. As usual to keep costs lower than workshop weekends, we ask that you give a couple hours toward food service and grounds clean up at the end. A sincere request, not a requirement. -- Evalena Rose, M. A., MetaTherapist, Channel 707/ 824-1118 LoveJourney: The Healing Path of Tantra Featured on award-winning documentary, "Hearts Cracked Open" Sample of film: http://www.lovejourneytantra.com Sacred Sexuality evenings: Introducing Tantra Women Only: July 10 - Sebastopol, Men and Women: July 25 - Sebastopol Evoking Divine Passion: Introducing Tantra & Sacred Arts of Love Oct 24-26, 2008 - Men and Women Circle of Radiance: A Puja for Men and Women experienced in Tantra July 26 Jenny Block book party for "Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage" - Saturday, July 12, 7 - 8pm Jenny Block is proud to present her first book, "Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage," to be released June 1 by Seal Press. Finally, a book about open marriage that grapples with the problems surrounding monogamy and fidelity in an honest, heartfelt, and non-fringe manner. Jenny Block is your average girl next door, a suburban wife and mother for whom married life never felt quite right. While many books on this topic presuppose that the reader is ready to embrace an "alternative lifestyle," Block operates from the assumption that most couples who are curious about or engaged in open marriages are simply good people who love their spouses but want variation; capable parents who are not deviant just because they choose to be honest about their desires. Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman's journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that's in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage. When: Saturday, July 12th Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm Where: Good Vibrations Valencia Street Store 603 Valencia Street (at 17th Street) San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 522-5460 Free SAR (Sexual Attitude Reassessment and Restructuring) July 12-13, Sat 7/12: 10 am-6 pm Sun 7/13: 10 am-5 pm WHERE? California Graduate Institute, Los Angeles/Westwood Campus 1145 Gayley Avenue, 3rd floor; corner of Kinross Los Angeles, CA 90024; in downtown Westwood Village WHO? Presenters: Patti Britton, Ph.D. & Robert Dunlap, Ph.D. COST? Fee: $425 per person in advance; Limited Seating BENEFITS? AASECT-approved for 13 CE credits. 1 Credit course at CGI WHAT ELSE? For more info contact Dr. Patti Britton: (310) 575-8889; drpattixox@aol.com Erotic Dominance Weekend Intensive for Dominant Women & Women Who Switch July 19-20, 2008 in San Francisco Hands on Training! Class limited to 9! Gain the confidence you need to make your scenes soar! Teachers: Cleo Dubois and Eve Minax, with the assistance of Selina Raven www.sm-arts.com/intensives/women.html www.sm-arts.com/intensives/form-women.html Erotic Dominance Weekend Intensive, Professionals' Course August 15-17, 2008 in San Francisco Hands on Training! Class limited to 9 The techniques, fetishes and business of Professional Dominance Teachers: Cleo Dubois , Eve Minax and Selina Raven http://www.sm-arts.com/intensives/pros.html http://www.sm-arts.com/intensives/form-pros.html Saturday, 6/21, 8 pm -- WRITING OURSELVES WHOLE READING With Jen Cross and her band of hot, sexy, challenging writers. More detail soon! SHERRY HUGGI-MA is a multi-faceted healer and artist who's been doing her life's work of erotic educating for over 10 years. She started her massage and tantric healing career while living at Harbin Hot Springs in 1996, and has studied with Margot Anand, Steve and Lokita Carter, Deborah Anapol, Victor Gold, Shakti Shen, and graduated from The Love and Ecstacy training and Skydancing Tantra. Sherry was lucky to live in a sex positive community in her younger years, which helped expand her own practice to the fullest. She has taught Sacred Touch Massage and Pelvic Healing, and does private coaching around sexuality, relationships, chakra breathwork, bodywork and health. Sherry has been a spokesperson for her community around sex activism, and has made numerous erotic films and created beautifully successful play parties for her entire community. SAVE THE DATE! More detail soon. Save the date! Upcoming from CSC $10 off your purchase of any Octopus tickets. Now thru 6/8! A gift to CSC list members from The Magic Theatre
IDA FUNDRAISER Tingel Tangel Pre-Party Bubble Lounge, 714 Montgomery St. (btw Jackson & Washington) Wednesday 6/25 7p-9p  IDA FUNDRAISER Tingel Tangel Pre-Party Featuring special appearances by: Taylor Mac Annie Danger Gage Elan Bubble Lounge, 714 Montgomery St. (btw Jackson & Washington) Wednesday 6/25 7p-9p Admission is $10 toward the Ida land fund. Further donations gladly accepted and passed along to Ida. YO YO YO! calling out to all: friends of queer music! friends of the revolution! friends of the earth! friends of ida! The wonderful and epic Idyll Dandy Acres (a.k.a. IDA) is a revolutionary transgender land commune in rural Tennessee. For 20 years, IDA's played an important role in keeping our movement vital with its support for activists, travelers and musicians. Their biggest bash the annual Idapalooza Fruit Jam has incubated some truly amazing queer art and music too. But there is trouble in IDA-land. Our friends have been renters for many years and the land they live on is now for sale. This 250 acre parcel of wooded and quiet land is on the market, and Ida has to raise a whole bunch of $$ to buy the land from the original owners ... or face eviction. The toss. Out in the cold. Sadness. So the call goes out to all friends of IDA to come down and help raise the money these cats need to keep doing their thing. We'll be enjoying the comfort and spaciousness of downtown's Bubble Lounge. Four incredibly zany, talented queer performers will delight and entertain you. And your cover price includes admission to Tingel Tangel, Earl Dax's late night review featuring a whole spectrum of other performers from both coasts. Soooo please forward this to all yr friends and bring 1, 2, or 3 more people to contribute to and have a fabulous time. Here's some links in case ya have more questions: Tingel Tangel -- http://www.tingeltangelclub.com/ Taylor Mac -- http://www.taylormac.net/ See you there! xoxo
Saturday, July 12th: Jenny Block book party for "Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage" Jenny Block is proud to present her first book, "Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage," to be released June 1 by Seal Press. Finally, a book about open marriage that grapples with the problems surrounding monogamy and fidelity in an honest, heartfelt, and non-fringe manner. Jenny Block is your average girl next door, a suburban wife and mother for whom married life never felt quite right. While many books on this topic presuppose that the reader is ready to embrace an "alternative lifestyle," Block operates from the assumption that most couples who are curious about or engaged in open marriages are simply good people who love their spouses but want variation; capable parents who are not deviant just because they choose to be honest about their desires. Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman's journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that's in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage. When: Saturday, July 12th SAR (Sexual Attitude Reassessment and Restructuring) WHEN? WHERE? WHO? COST? BENEFITS? WHAT ELSE? Erotic Dominance Weekend Intensive for Dominant Women & Women Who Switch Erotic Dominance Weekend Intensive, Professionals' Course Click here to see a list of our previous events! |
