OCTOBER '05 EVENTS


Michael Rosen opens his beautiful photo show, Vanilla Sex, 2005, with a get-together Friday, 10/7 at 8 pm here at the Center for Sex & Culture, 398 11th at Harrison. Admission is free, though donations will be gratefully accepted.There will be light refreshments, raunchy readings and erotic performances! ENTERTAINMENT (between 9PM and 10PM): Readings by Diana Cage, Charles Gatewood, Bill Noble and Carol Queen! A strip tease by Ruby Pearl! A pagan ritual by Dragon and Soleil!

"For me, 'vanilla' means the spectrum of our community's sexuality; what we normally do," says Rosen. "The 50 photographs are soft and romantic images of explicit sex that challenge the banality of pornography."

Michael Rosen is our foremost photographer of radical sex photography and the first to proclaim that his work is sexual art. His work is represented by four deluxe monographs: "Sexual Magic: the S/M Photographs" (1986), "Sexual Portraits: Photographs of Radical Sexuality" (1990), "Sexual Art: Photographs That Test the Limits" (1994), and "Lust & Romance: Rated X Fine Art Photographs" (1998). In 1997, Rosen received a Venus Award from Good Vibrations. In 2000, he was nominated for an Erotic Oscar. He has had numerous solo and group exhibits, and his photographs have been showcased in many magazines and anthologies.

Michael's show will be up through November, gallery hours TBA or by appointment. Please email us at info@sexandculture.org if you want to arrange a time to come by.

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Sunday 10/9:
Sex Ed Students' Salon! No charge, donations welcome. Come join other students in local sex ed programs, or if you are specializing in sex-related topics within other programs -- or if you're just thinking about going back to school!
7:00 pm at CSC, 398 11th, no charge

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Monday, 10/10:
Book launch/reading for With A Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn!
7:00 pm at CSC, 398 11th. More info visit www.arsenalpulp.com
No charge!

The reading will feature local favorites Diana Cage and Daphne Gottlieb, plus editors Amber Dawn and Trish Kelly.

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Saturday, 10/15, offsite: Carol hosts Litcrawl's erotic reading at Good Vibrations (17th and Valencia location), 5 pm, no charge.
And in the afternoon she keynotes OneTaste's women's conference! www.onetastesf.com

The San Francisco Male/Male Spanking Party
This is NOT an S&M Leather event, but more of Traditional Spanking over Daddy's Knee and
Fraternity Pledge Initiation Paddling. Open to all Males over the age of 18. There is a $20.00 entrance fee. For more Info. Call or email #(415) 864-2766 or SanFranParty@Yahoo.com

Sex-Positive Parenting Salon and Discussion, Sunday, October 16
7:00 pm at the Center for Sex and Culture, 398 11th Street at Harrison

Please join us for a forum discussion on sex-positive parenting. There is no charge to attend.

This workshop is intended for parents who have chosen to be sex-positive and to share sex-positive values with their children. We live in a society with many mixed messages about sexuality. Many of us rejected our parents’ values in order to become sex-positive people. Now, raising children of our own, we find we are unsure how to communicate our values to our children and what information we should share or not share.

Because the event will be an open forum, we will address whatever issues individuals bring to the table. However, some of the general issues we are sure to discuss are polyamory; Paganism and alternative spirituality; interfaith unions; bisexual, homosexual, and heterosexual partnerships.

This event has arisen out of the concerns individuals have brought to the Center for Sex and Culture and the ideas of our current intern, Michelle Mueller. Michelle, student of the Graduate Theological Union, has a special interest in developing mentorship and sexual education programs for Pagan youth. Michelle co-founded a student Pagan group at Bryn Mawr College and was Assistant Coordinator for Teen Programs at Circle Sanctuary’s Free Spirit Gathering 2005. In the 2005-2006 academic year, Michelle intends to volunteer at UC Berkeley as a religious advisor for Wiccan and Pagan undergraduates. Although Michelle is not a parent, she enjoys mediating between Pagan or sex-positive parents and their teenagers.

Please bring any books or resources you think other parents would appreciate.

A Legal Defense Seminar for Adult Entertainers, featuring Harvard educated criminal defense attorney Katya Komisaruk, will be held at the Center For Sex & Culture on Sunday October 16th.

WHO CAN ATTEND:
This is a private seminar that will be limited to 30 screened participants. You must be a sex worker/adult entertainer to attend this seminar. People from all areas of the industry will attend: exotic dancers, BDSM professionals, massage therapists, escorts, tantric practioners, sexological body workers, transgendered entertainers, etc. To attend send an email to rubytulips@internet.lu and include a link to one of your ads and your phone number.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
This seminar will teach adult entertainers about the laws of California as they relate to the adult entertainment business. Subjects covered include: what the laws are so that you don’t break them, how to handle encounters with law enforcement agents, safety tactics during arrest, how to use your right to remain silent and see a lawyer, resisting interrogation, arrest and search warrants, rights of non-US citizens, and reporting police misconduct. There will be lectures, Q&A sessions, role playing drills, and you will also get one-on-one time with the attorney who can review your personal ad and website copy.

COST & PAYMENT:
The cost of this all day seminar including lunch is $100. Lunch will be a catered vegetarian, vegan and raw food. You may purchase your ticket by cash or credit/debit card in advance. No tickets will be sold at the door and the event is expected to sell out.

You may also wish to bring additional money to purchase autographed copies of Katya’s Book “Beat The Heat: How To Handle Encounters With Law Enforcement” ($10) or to purchase a scented heart candle that will benefit a local sex worker charity ($25).

THINGS TO BRING:
Pens/Pencils, Notepad, extra money for books or candles, anything else you want to eat/drink or share with the group, printed copies of your ads or website copy, emails and websites.

THINGS NOT TO BRING:
Children, friends, pets, and cameras/recording devices are prohibited, sorry!

And mark your calendars for later this month--more detail soon:

Women's Herpes/HPV support/discussion group, 10/19, 8 pm
Older Women's Sexuality Panel at the Women's Building, 10/26
Deep-Ocean Hallowe'en Playparty, 10/28