NOVEMBER '05 EVENTS

Every Tuesday Men's Massage Exchange
SF-MMEN -- Men's Massage Night
This group has formed to foster massage exchange amongst men with diverse experiences of giving massage. Members are asked to be open to sharing touch and respecting each others' boundaries. While some shared touch is erotic in nature, this is not a requirement. The massage exchange is on Tuesday evenings; members also belong to a Yahoo group, which is the main vehicle for members to communicate. New members are asked to establish a Yahoo profile with information about themselves and hopefully a picture. Once they join, they are asked to post a message introducing themselves to the group.

Men are expected to have some massage experience, but if you're interested and don't have much massage background, Mack, the group moderator, will suggest ways of getting the experience necessary. Not all the members are working masseurs or CMTs. However, the group is looking for a certain level of conscious touch, so some experience is necessary. If you're interested in joining, or simply getting more information about, this group, please contact Mack: mstorton@sbcglobal.net.

1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 8 pm:
Women's HPV/Herpes Support Group
BREAK THE STIGMA: GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH HERPES AND/OR HPV (GENITAL WARTS). Women with HPV and/or Herpes will talk about how having a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) affects life, plus: * educational discussion about these STI’s
* alternative health options for curing/preventing outbreaks
* sharing creative expression on these topics
Laughter and snacks may be included. In order to reach out to the greater community of the Bay Area, we'll collect information, writings, articles and pictures fostered by these meetings and produce an anonymous zine for publication and distribution.

Men are expected to have some massage experience, but if you're interested and don't have much massage background, Mack, the group moderator, will suggest ways of getting the experience necessary. Not all the members are working masseurs or CMTs. However, the group is looking for a certain level of conscious touch, so some experience is necessary. If you're interested in joining, or simply getting more information about, this group, please contact Mack: mstorton@sbcglobal.net.

1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 8 pm:
Women's HPV/Herpes Support Group
BREAK THE STIGMA: GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH HERPES AND/OR HPV (GENITAL WARTS). Women with HPV and/or Herpes will talk about how having a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) affects life, plus: * educational discussion about these STI’s
* alternative health options for curing/preventing outbreaks
* sharing creative expression on these topics
Laughter and snacks may be included. In order to reach out to the greater community of the Bay Area, we'll collect information, writings, articles and pictures fostered by these meetings and produce an anonymous zine for publication and distribution.


[Not CSC, but looks like a great program:]
From NYC... CINEKINK IN SAN FRANCISCO!!
November 3-5, presented by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Featring full-length and short films:
WRITER OF O; "Negotiations and Love Songs" (a collection of short give-and-takes on the ebb and flow of power and erotic control in a range of relationships - from polyamory to S/M to ... celibacy?!?); ORIGINAL PRIDE: THE SATYRS MOTORCYCLE CLUB; PORNOLOGY NEW YORK; "S/M at the Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous"; "The Best of CineKink"; OPEN; HARIGATA: THE ALIEN DILDO THAT TURNED WOMEN INTO SEX-HUNGRY LESBOS; PUP; MOUSTACHE; MEAT; and more!

LOCATION AND TICKETS
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Screening Room
701 Mission Street
San Francisco
Ticket prices for each screening are $8; $5 for seniors/students/teachers and YBCA members.
Advance tickets are STRONGLY recommended and available for purchase at http://www.ybca.org -- go there for schedule details.

ABOUT CINEKINK
Billing itself as "the really alternative film festival," CineKink is an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of kink-positive depictions in film and television, topics touched upon will include S/M, leather and fetish, roleplay, swinging, non-monogamy, polyamory and gender bending. With offerings drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, works presented by CineKink range from documentary to drama, camp comedy to porn - and everything in between. For more information visit www.cinekink.com or email info@cinekink.com.


Sunday, 11/06, noon to 5 pm:
Gallery hours for noted local photographer Michael Rosen's latest work -- "Vanilla Sex, 2005". See above. Rosen will be on hand.


Monday, 11/7:
YogaPlay for Men on Mondays at CSC -- come celebrate your body, and the freedom of natursim! Nude YogaShare sessions from 7 to 8:30 pm combine strength training, yoga poses, and partner-oriented community. $20 a session - mark your calendars for Dec 5 too - contact thom at thom@tgpraxis.net or at 415 505 8980.

11/10 through 13 OFFSITE:
Creating Change LGBT political action conference at the Oakland Marriott -- Carol appears on a couple of panels with her cohorts at the Woodhull Freedom Foundation on Saturday: That's Obscene! and the Sexual Freedom Caucus. www.thetaskforce.org

11/11, 12 and 13:
Cleo Dubois' Erotic Dominance Intensive --
FOR DOMINANT WOMEN & WOMEN WHO SWITCH
November 11-13, 2005
Hands on Training! Class limited to 8! Enrolling Now!
Teachers : Cleo Dubois and Eve Minax with the assistance of Selina Raven
Email: cleodubois@earthlink.net
URL: http://www.sm-arts.com/players-course.htm
http://www.sm-arts.com/players-application.htm


11/10 through 13:
Creating Change LGBT political action conference at the Oakland Marriott -- Carol appears on a couple of panels with her cohorts at the Woodhull Freedom Foundation on Saturday: That's Obscene! and the Sexual Freedom Caucus. www.creatingchange.org Also keep an eye out on the schedule for a booklaunch event for *Getting Bi* -- a new book Carol contributed to. [She'll be there if possible, still trying to figure out how to deal w/ that weekend's schedule!]


11/12:
Deep-Ocean's Crave event has been CANCELED.


Wednesday, 11/16, 5 to 8 pm:
Gallery hours for noted local photographer Michael Rosen's latest work -- "Vanilla Sex, 2005". See above. Rosen will be on hand.

Wednesday, November 23, 8 pm -- EditrixAbby’s Sexy Salon

Center for Sex & Culture
398 11th Street at Harrison
8pm – 12am
Price: $5 suggested donation
Just in from New York! EditrixAbby is inviting her sexiest San Francisco friends for refreshments and raconteuring, performances and personalities, music and magnificence, all to benefit The Center for Sex and Culture. The evening will begin at 8pm with some delightful salon time, ideal for networking with contemporaries, catching up with friends in town for the holiday or meeting new ones. Larry Utley will unveil the newest thing in art exhibition: a totally mobile presentation of his photography that can be rolled up and taken anywhere. Performances include an erotic reading by Diana Cage, burlesque by The Indra, erotic antics by Julep aka Humidity, plus drag terrorist Trauma Flintstone and song stylings by chanteuse Cara Vida. Fudgie Frottage will provide comic relief as will the Editrix herself, telling dirty stories. DJ Davide will be spinning the conversation-conducive soundtrack throughout the evening. Additional local sexy celebrities will no doubt join the bill as they appear. Join us and help make the Sexy Salon SEXIER!

Friday, November 25, 5:30-7:00 pm -- Marta Sanchez Workshop: Art Ending Sexual Violence
At the Center for Sex & Culture, 398 11th Street at Harrison (ring bell marked 303 to left of door) $5 -- $50 sliding scale, but NO ONE turned away for lack of $. No pre-registration necessary.

In order to eradicate sexual violence, communities must first deal with the pervasive silence that enshrouds it. Many survivors deal with their experiences in silence, never getting the support they deserve from professional healers or even loved ones.

A different approach to ending sexual violence. The mere act of creating can be one of radical protest and profound healing. For those who have not found their voice, the usual dialogue is unlikely to be an effective form of outreach. The use of art and writing can be a stepping stone toward feeling safe enough to reach out for help.

Art is an effective means of exploring the problem of sexual violence. Art is not only self-healing. It is a catalyst for dialogue. Discussing sexual assault can be overwhelmingly painful, but the universal language of art gives people a new, non-threatening way of communicating thoughts and feelings too difficult to say with words.

Survivors and their communities can always access beauty and hope. Art has the ability to connect individuals across gender, race, age, socio-economic status and educational level, with truth. I create images to communicate universal concepts so they can be easily understood. Through my paintings and poems, I strive to share a message of hope and of healing.

A self-taught visual artist and poet, Marta Sanchez was born and raised in Panama. She is a sexual assault survivor who uses art to break the silence surrounding sexual violence and to heal invisible wounds. In sharing her work, she aims to simultaneously raise awareness, reassure other survivors and encourage the advocates who support them.

Sanchez, a former rape crisis center educator, is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and Spelman College. At the law school, she served as assistant director for the Rape Crisis Advocacy Project, and created and hosted the Project's "Survivor Art Group.” She is a full-time artist and activist; visit www.poetryandart.org

If you are a survivor, a counselor, a friend or an advocate, please come experience Marta's powerful work. Patrick Califia, who just met her at a conference in Eastern Europe, says of Marta: "Marta Sanchez is a powerful artist and healer who has done deep and beautiful work on the issue of healing from violence and sexual abuse. Her paintings and poetry cast a transforming spell of reparative love. I learned so much about myself from attending this workshop and felt inspired creatively as well as emotionally." -- Patrick Califia, author of Public Sex

Monday, November 28
-- Last day to RSVP for Don't Stop women's party (see below, Dec. 10)

Wednesday, November 30, 7:30 pm -- Sex Education Students' Salon
At CSC. Join us if you are a student at one of the many Bay Area sex education programs, or if you're specializing in a sex-related direction in any other field... or if you're just curious about doing so. Compare programs, talk about your research, network and share resources, or just meet new people.