EduKink provides BDSM / leather/ fetish / kinky, sexuality and relationship classes, parties, munches, and special events.
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Forthcoming events (both ours and some recommendations) include:
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2012 (partial):
Thu February 9: Dark Desires: Chocolate Fetish playshop Paideia (fifth annual) 7:30-10:30
Thu March 1: Kinky Dating 7:30-10:30
Fr-Sa March 2-3: SF Leather Alliance / BALA Weekend (46th annual)
Thu March 8: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Fr-Su March 18-20: Portland KinkFest conference (14th annual)
March ??: LLW Kick-Off
March ??: Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball
Th-Su March 29 - April 1: IMsL 26 conference
Thu April 5: Beginners’ Dungeon class (35th) 7:30-10:30
Thu April 12: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Fr-Su April 13-15: Master-slave Retreat un-conference (2nd annual)
Fr-Su April 13-15: Leather Leadership Conference (LLC 16, in Nashville)
Sat April 14:
Lady Thorn’s Flea 1-5,
and SFCitadel Fandango party 8-1
Thu May 3: 100 Ways to Play 7:30-10:30
Thu May 10: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Fr-Su May 18-20: Northwest Leather Celebration / Northwest Master/slave conference and contest, San Jose CA (5th/7th annual)
?? May ??: Scenes Without Pain, at NWLC
Sat May 19: Port Social (fifth annual), at NWLC,
by SOJ, approx 9:30-11+ pm
?? May ??: "The Chamber" labyrinth at NWLC
Tue May 22: Harvey Milk Day (2nd and 81st) Celebrate Sexual Freedom for everyone
Fri-Sun TBD: The Eleventh Annual
"Dog and Pony" weekend, an animal role play celebration -
tribes.tribe.net/Dog-n-Pony conference
Sat TBD: RenFaire Night in the Dungeon 8-1 (7th annual)
Thu June 7: Kinky Relationships 7:30-10:30
Thu June 14: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Sun June 24: Leather Contingent at SF Pride, starting 10:30 am
Sun June 24: Leather Alley, approx 1-5 pm
Thu June ??: IASHS Sensorium for enrollees only
?? July ?: IASHS SAR for enrollees only
Thu July 5: Beginners’ Dungeon class 7:30-10:30
Thu July 12: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Fr-Su July 6-8: SVL Valley Heat Leather Weekend Sacramento (fourth? near-annual)
Fr-Su July 13-15: Thunder in the Mountains, Denver conference (14th annual)
Sun July 15: SF Aids Walk - Cynthia Slater (Leather) Contingent #TBD
Tue July 24: International Ds Day
Thu August 2: Your First Scenes 7:30-10:30
?? August ??: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Th-Su August 9-12: LLW weekend, an LGBTIQ leather campout (12th annual),
usually co-organized spirituality track
Th Aug 9: Opening Ritual at LLW 12
Fri Aug 10: Sampler at LLW 12
Sun Aug 12: Closing Ritual at LLW 12
Sat August 11:
Lady Thorn’s Flea 1-5,
and SFCitadel Fandango party 8-1
Fr-Su August 17-19: LeatherWoods campout (5th annual) Salem, Oregon
Sat August 25 ??: TGIF Anniversary Celebration (14th annual) Fresno
?? September ??: National Sexual Freedom Day
Sat September ??: BALA Progressive Dinner, 6-9
Thu September 6: Kinky Dating 7:30-10:30
Thu September 13: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Fr-Su September 14-23: Leather Week
Sun September 16: Raising of the Leather Flag and Leather Walk, noon
Wed September 19: LDG Fetish Fair 8-10 (usually do the fire and/or wax demo), TBC
Fri-Su September 21-23: FolsomFringe conference (11th annual), Santa Clara
Sun September 23: Folsom Street Fair 11-6 (29th annual) (charity flogging at SOJ booth)
Thu October 4: Beginners’ Dungeon class 7:30-10:30
Thu October 11: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Thu November 1: 100 Ways to Play 7:30-10:30
Thu November 8: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Sat December 1: World Aids Day
Thu December 6: Kinky Relationships 7:30-10:30
Sat December 8:
Lady Thorn’s Flea 1-5,
and SFCitadel Fandango party 8-1
Thu December 13: Kinky Holiday Fantasia - Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 (9th annual)
Sat December ??: Dickens Victorian Christmas party in the Dungeon 8pm-1am (9th annual)
Fr-Su TBD: Leather Traditions weekend - TBA (fifth near-annual)
??: RAK-con, (uncertain) proposed new conference in Mountain View (changed and unspecified venue and dates, postponed from July 2010)
2013 (partial):
Thu January 3: Beginners’ Dungeon class 7:30-10:30
Thu January 10: Paideia playshop 7:30-10:30 - topic TBA
Fr-Su January 25-27: Southwest Leather conference, Phoenix (12th annual)
Fr-Su April ??: Leather Leadership Conference (LLC 17, in Seattle)
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