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APRIL '08
EVENTS
APRIL EVENTS
Wednesday, 4/2, 7 pm -- CRAFTS AND COLLAGE AT CSC! 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. At the Center for Sex & Culture, 1519 Mission near 11th. $5 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. At CSC, 1519 Mission. Thursday, 4/3 -- BODY HEAT: FEMMES WRITE PORN Come to the Center for Sex and Culture for the inaugural performance of the Body Heat: Femme Porn Tour on Thursday, April 3. This will be an evening of fierce, decadent performances/readings by Vixen Noir/Veronica Combs, Celestina Pearl, kathleen delaney and Jen Cross-- with, we're hoping, a couple special SF-area guests!
7pm, $10 & up (to help us pay for gas, for goodness' sake), no one turned away...
FMI: http://www.myspace.com/femmeporntour BODY HEAT MANIFESTO Body Heat is a collective of fierce, sassy, irreverent Femme artists setting ablaze performance art communities and smashing Femme stereotypes. Porn, Kink, Smut, Erotica - Body Heat is not reclaiming our sex so much as OWNING it. We will turn you on. We will challenge all of your Gender, Sex, Feminist, Social, & Political boundaries & assumptions. We will entertain the hell out of you. Mostly we will leave you panting, begging, dripping for more.
About the performers: kathleen delaney is a High Femme who performs Queer Hard-Core Porn Spoken Word, full-time slave, definite DIVA, whose provocative performances ignite, shock, challenge, and eroticize Butch/Femme, Queer, and BDSM dynamics! kathleen has been performing her special brand of Queer Southern Kink & Porn for several years in the Atlanta area. She has toured both coasts, sharing the stage with such acts as Margaret Cho, Shar Rednour, Amber Dawn, Athens Boys Choir, Michelle Tea, Ian Harvie, Meliza Banales, Amy Ray, Scott Turner Schofield, Bitch, and S. Bear Bergman. kathleen has graced the stages of Margaret Cho's Sensuous Woman, Cliterati, Homo-A-Gogo, Mother Tongue, Down 'n Dirty, K'vetsh, Ladyfest South, and was recently a key organizer for Atlanta's Mondohomo Dirty South 2007. kathleen's chapbook "Fierce" was published in 2005, and is a steamy collection of her most Erotic work. Her first CD, "Stiletto," is slated for release September 2007!!! www.myspace.com/stilettospokenword Celestina Pearl was born and raised in the City of Angels, and moved to San Francisco from Eugene, Oregon in January 2000. She's a 33 year old Chicana Femme Dyke, performance and visual artist, poet, writer and bruja. She's performed sola at many venues up and down the West Coast. She founded and performed with the Fierce Pussy Posse Cabaret Theatre Company from 1997-2000, in Eugene, Oregon. In San Francisco, she performed in Liquid Fire 2000, 2001 & 2004, in several performances of "Wet", an erotic cabaret by Lesbians of Color from 2000-2004, in many shows at Lunasea Women's Theater from 2000-2003, with Debauchery, a queer performance group from 2001-2003, and in "Please Don't Stop" and "Voluptuous Vixens", two movies celebrating the erotic lives of Lesbians of Color. She directed and starred in "Dangerous Curves: The Femme Show" and painted her first large scale public mural at Lunasea Women's Theater in 2003. In 2006 she graduated from City College of San Francisco's Nursing Program and participated in and performed for the the San Fransicso Femme Conference. Her movie, "Las Mañanitas" (The Little Tomorrows) about her relationship as a queer Chicana Femme Dyke with her Drag Queen Nana showed at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival and Frameline LGBTQ Int'l Film Festival in June of 2007. She is currently working on an autobiographical movie about a Queer Femme Dyke and her FTM wife who is transitioning while they are also trying to become pregnant. Jen Cross is a femme dyke incest survivor and smut writer. Her erotica has appeared in a plethora of anthologies, including, most recently, Nobody Passes, Best Women's Erotica 2007, Naughty Spanking Stories A-Z 2, as well as on CleanSheets.com. Based in the Bay Area, she's featured at such lascivious events as Sizzle, Writers With Drinks, the National Queer Arts Festival, Queer Open Mic. She participated in the smutty part of 2006's LitQuake LitCrawl, pouring out porn for a capacity crowd at GoodVibes. She's is a co-collaborator in the dyke erotica collective Dirty Ink, and, because she cannot get enough dirty words, leads erotic writing workshops and co-facilitates (with Carol Queen) a monthly Erotic Reading Circle at the Center for Sex and Culture. Jen writes to release, transform, and create space for as much unspoken erotica as possible, and is a firm believer in the transformative power of smut. Vixen Noir (a.k.a. Veronica C. Combs) is a San Francisco-based erotic performance artist and burlesque dancer, actress, poetess, modern/jazz dancer, singer as well as director, producer, choreographer and filmmaker who has been wowing audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area and abroad with her sexy jaw-dropping performances for more than 12 years! Vixen integrates her extensive dance and theatre background to create performances that range from sublime to raucous, raunchy to seductive, titillating to beautiful, and that are artistically compelling and visually stimulating. Her work embodies a commitment to claiming erotic power, building bridges across racial, social and economic divides and celebrating the diversity of gender expression. Vixen's work is unapologetically sexual, multicultural, and assists us all to revel in the ecstasy of our own divine power. During 2007, Vixen made her mark in Australia where she gave crowd-pleasing performances at Sydney's world-famous Gurlesque, a Lesbian Strip Club hosted by the divine Sex Intents and Glita Supernova. She also brought the house down at the Sly Fox's Queer Central, Vanessa Wagner's World Famous Amateur Strip Comp, and at Hellfire, Sydney's premiere fetish club. In Melbourne, she was a Midsumma Festival favorite as she strutted her stuff in Tranzlesbian Gendermash and the sold-out raucous rock event, Rock Strip! One of Vixen's most notable claims is as founder and former Artistic Director of liquidFIRE Productions, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization dedicated to the authentic representation of lesbians and queer women of color on stage (1997 - 2006). She is the mastermind behind the organization's theatre company, The liquidFIRE Project, whose original productions explored and celebrated erotic power. Vixen is currently developing a one-woman show that explores the origin and evolution of her erotic power and her full-length narrative film, Unlikely Soul.
Monday, 4/7, 7 pm -- ADVANCED NUDE YOGAPLAY FOR MEN Advanced Nude YogaPlay is for men with yoga experience and is scheduled for Monday evenings in Room 1 at 7 pm at the CSC, 1519 Mission (at 11th) - MUNI/BART: Civic Center/Van Ness stations) in San Francisco the FIRST Monday of each month, holiday weekends excepted. Sessions last approximately 80 minutes, and feature classic partner-oriented yoga poses with a focus on kundalini breath and intention..sessions are $20 each (NOTAFLOF), and mats are available
for rental, as well ($5). RSVPs are ESSENTIAL to gain entry into this class: thom@tgpraxis.net or 415.505.8980 Additional programs and events are scheduled during the year, and will be posted here and elsewhere. Saturday, 4/12, 9-5 -- EXPLORING MASCULINE ENERGY: Transforming our Connections as Men What does it mean to be a man? Some is biology, yes. But what is masculine energy? How is it a positive force? Connect to your own masculinity Saturday April 12, 2008 Ed Ehrgott is an Erotic Coach, Life Coach and Massage Therapist who lives and works in San Francisco. He’s been working with hundreds of men helping them experience new ways of being authentic and alive. Saturday, April 12, 7:30 pm -- WRITERS WITH DRINKS with MC Charlie Anders and...
At The Make-Out Room 3225 22nd. St., San Francisco CA (makeoutroom.com), from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open at 7 PM. Benefits CSC and the campaign to save rent control. Thanks, Charlie!!
Growing up in a sex-negative culture affects each of us in different ways. Some of us internalize messages that sex is bad, while others discover the need to hide their sexual experiences or practices from family, friends or lovers. The impact that this has can be both subtle and far-reaching, especially when secrecy and shame rear their heads. In this six-week workshop, we'll explore some of the ways that we have absorbed erotophobic ideas and beliefs in order to begin to move through them and discover our authentic sexual desires. Through presentation, interactive discussion, individual and group exercises, and personal reflection, we'll shed some light on questions such as the differences between privacy and secrecy, how to support sexual well-being, ways to respond when challenging experiences arise, and how to identify what authentic sexuality means to each of us. Professionals requesting CE credits: $200 - $150 Saturday, April 19th, 10am to 5pm -- MAXIMIZING M2M PLEASURE: Enjoying More Slices of Your Sexual Pie. 
Explore your sexuality with other men in a safe and nurturing environment. Participate in sexy group exercises, honest sharing, lively facilitation and a few fun surprises, to more fully experience a rich, satisfying and open-hearted sex life. Break through long-held beliefs that keep you locked in unconscious shame. Learn healing techniques to release negative emotions that hold back your sexual freedom. Experiment with options to fulfill more of your sexual desires. Receive and give intentional, arousing touch with respect for your personal boundaries. Build a stronger “sex-esteem.” Facilitated by: Sexologist, Dr. Jallen Rix, “The GaySexpert.” And by: Life Coach and Massage Healer, Mark Hollenstein For more details or to register online at: GaySexpert.com/maxsex.html or call 415-902-1080 to receive registration by mail. When: Saturday, April 19th Saturday, April 19, 7:30 -- PERVERTS PUT OUT! .jpg) This time PPO will be held at the Center for Sex & Culture (in Back Alley Sally's -- room 2), 1519 Mission near 11th -- look for the pink awning. PERVERTS PUT OUT Come celebrate the post-tax season at the special FTIRS Edition of PPO. Performers include Greta Christina, Jim Provenzano, Kirk Read, Steven Schwartz, horehound stillpoint, Fran Varian, and your emcees Carol Queen and Simon Sheppard. Saturday, April 19 Hot Draw! Friday, April 4th - 7:15pm-10:00pm - Hot Draw! Hot Draw! is an erotic leather/fetish drawing group for gay men hosted by Mark I Chester at his studio at 1229 Folsom St. in SF. Open to sketchers of all skill levels. Friendly and non-competitive. Poses include fetish gear, leather, bondage and eroticism. Call 415-621-6294 to make a reservation. Suggested donation. http://markichester.com/hotdraw Monday, 4/21, 7PM-10:30PM -- MEN'S CUDDLE PARTY $35 per person, no one turned away for lack of funds - RSVP at www.cuddleparty.com/calendar Men Only Cuddle Parties (www.cuddleparty.com) are an innovative and unique workshop/social-event designed to give men better tools for communicating boundaries, asking for what you want, and meeting one another in a safe, playful, non-sexual environment. It's...
Learn to ask 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! Come and get your touch and nurturing needs met in the company of cuddly and extraordinary men. Bring comfy clothes or pajamas to change into so we can relax. Arrive on time - NO LATE ARRIVALS - and please RSVP. Gay, Straight, Queer, and Trans Men welcome! To RSVP and for more info on how a Cuddle Party works, please go to www.cuddleparty.com Wednesday, April 23 -- 2 CLASSES WITH MISS INDIGO BLUE (All the way from Seattle!) All genders welcome to both classes, but Miss Indigo requests no voyeurs -- please come and participate in the exercises! 
#1 : The Art Of The Tease - (lecture with some exercises) Women in the Golden Age of Burlesque refined teasing to an art – the art of strip-tease! In this class, students are empowered to explore and discover their own inner tease-artiste in a safe and friendly environment. $30 -- please pre-register at mail@sexandculture.org or (415) 255-1155. CSC can take checks and credit cards (Visa, MC and Discover). At the Center for Sex & Culture, 1519 Mission near 11th -- look for the pink awning. and! #2: Tassel Twirling for the Twenty-First Century Watch ‘em wiggle! See ‘em jiggle! Shake left! Shake right! Can you go clockwise? Counterclockwise? In opposite directions? Learn the ancient alluring burlesque skill of nipple tassel twirling! A Revolutionary class for all budding Helicopter Girls. $30 (or $55 with a pair of your very own TwirlyGirl tasseled pasties) -- please pre-register at mail@sexandculture.org or (415) 255-1155. CSC can take checks and credit cards (Visa, MC and Discover). About Miss Indigo Blue, Headmistress of The Academy of Burlesque: It could be the elephant trunk attached to her crotch, or the dozens of blown up latex gloves surrounding her torso, but you just know that sultry bombshell on stage isn't your uncle's burlesque dancer. She's Miss Indigo Blue -- and get ready, because she's one comely coquette that will leave you panting for more. Sexy, funny, irreverent and ingeniously clever, Miss Indigo Blue flirts with the edgy, exotic and erotic fringes of burlesque. Evoking the elegant tease of legend Gypsy Rose Lee, and inspired by the brilliant comic wit of Whitney Biennial recipient Julie Atlas Muz, Miss Indigo is more than just a great practitioner of the ol' bump and grind; she enlivens her performances with a heady blend of brainy and bawdy that makes audience's mouths water, as their minds whirl. For the last ten years , this “nouveau burlesque” entertainer has titillated crowds across the country and in Europe with her wild tassel-twirling techniques and smart, sexy, and funny skits. With a strong dance and theater background and extensive experience as a stripper, Miss Indigo Blue brings sensuality, sexuality, eroticism, and humor to her carefully crafted routines. Miss Indigo is known for her creative and hilarious surprises, erotic dance skills, detailed and authentic retro 1930’s-1960’s costuming, and naughty reformulations of favorite characters like Holly Golightly and Wonder Woman. Miss Indigo has performed across the globe including with the Twisted Clits in Amsterdam, Va Va Voom Room in New York and San Francisco, Gurlesque Burlesque in Chicago, Burlesque As It Was in Denver, Kit Kat Follies in Los Angeles, and BurlyQ in London. Seattle's burlesque stalwart, Miss Indigo is a three-time award-winner at the annual Miss Exotic World competition, and currently holds the First Runner Up title from the Jennie Lee Tassel Twirling Contest. Miss Indigo founded BurlyQ Queer Cabaret in 2002, which now has outcroppings in New York and London. Miss Indigo currently performs as a soloist *and* with the Emerald City All-Stars and the Atomic Bombshells, to be one of the most sought-after performers in the Northwest. Miss Indigo Blue is also the President and Chief Twirling Officer of TwirlyGirl.net, creating exquisite pasties for discriminating nipples, and the founder and Headmistress of the Academy of Burlesque in Seattle. She has taught Tassel Twirling and Teasing techniques in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and Seattle. Miss Indigo Blue is based in Seattle, WA. See www.academyofburlesque.com Wednesday, 4/23, 7:30-9:30 -- EROTIC READING CIRCLE (TONIGHT AT THE FLOOD BLDG!) Come read with us! Bring your newest story, one you're hoping to revise (respectful listening and helpful comments guaranteed), or your Happy Hour cocktail napkin with a new erotic haiku scribbled on it. Facilitated this month by Jen Cross (Carol is in Stockton doing a gig and will be back next time). $5 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. TONIGHT ONLY: the ERC reading will be held at the Writing Ourselves Whole space -- it's at 870 Market St (the Flood building), Suite 423 (4th floor). Tuesday, 4/29, 7 pm -- LAURA ANTONIOU (The Marketplace series) presents TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU REALLY REALLY WANT 
Often, when we try to tell our partners what we like or want, those words are filtered through things like expectations, projection, fear, shame and verbal shortcuts. Expand your creativity and verbal skills beyond “I like flogging” or “anything you want” through an interactive game and exercise. Learn how creative communication and courageous risk-taking can make your relationship and play more intimate, satisfying and fun. Communicate fantasies in a way that will inspire reality; say what you mean, and mean what you say – and make it seductive. At the Center for Sex & Culture, 1519 Mission near 11th -- look for the pink awning. Bio: Laura Antoniou has been writing erotica for over 20 years, ranging from anonymous stories in trashy magazines to the acclaimed Marketplace series. As an editor, she assembled many collections, including the Leatherwomen anthologies and Looking for Mr. Preston, an anthology honoring the late John Preston. She is married to Karen Taylor, whose work also appears in some of Laura's anthologies, including The Academy; Tales from the Marketplace. She is also Kim Attica's boy. Laura has spoken and taught extensively in the US and Canada and is a proud member of the Middle Aged Guard.
$35 per person, no one turned away for lack of funds - RSVP at www.cuddleparty.com/calendar Men Only Cuddle Parties (www.cuddleparty.com) are an innovative and unique workshop/social-event designed to give men better tools for communicating boundaries, asking for what you want, and meeting one another in a safe, playful, non-sexual environment. It's...
Learn to ask 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! Come and get your touch and nurturing needs met in the company of cuddly and extraordinary men. Bring comfy clothes or pajamas to change into so we can relax. Arrive on time - NO LATE ARRIVALS - and please RSVP. Gay, Straight, Queer, and Trans Men welcome! To RSVP and for more info on how a Cuddle Party works, please go to www.cuddleparty.com
$20, no one turned away for lack of funds The Hollywood idea of romance being flowers, dinner and diamonds doesn't always work well when you or your sweeties are living lives outside of the box! Join sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko for an entertaining and informative evening where you will find out how to woo lovers new and old (queer or straight), discover your love languages, understand why your loved ones "just don't seem to get it," and learn what the top romantic activities are for folks no matter what gender they identify as. To find out more, contact Reid Mihalko at 212-737-6368 or reid@cuddleparty.com |
Sex-Positivity
Saturday, 5/10, 1-4:30 pm -- MEN'S CUDDLE PARTY
Wednesday, 4/30, 7:30PM-9:30PM -- ROMANCE FOR THE REST OF US