CV Meeting: Booted Domination

April 28, 2008
9:15 PMto11:00 PM

Join us for the last official meeting of the semester! Avivokhai will discuss usual boot kink, pain, and kicking, as well as methods of femme style domination with boots, especially forms that are creative but non-painful. Demonstration will be “pretty and flexible”.

On a personal note: Avivokhai introduced me to Conversio Virium and her legs have captivated me since freshman year. I can’t think of a more suitable ending to my time as an administrator. Drop in and say goodbye before our graduation!

ECLTH: BDSM Community Forum

April 26, 2008
3:00 PMto6:30 PM

The East Coast Leather Town Hall (ECLTH) presents a moderated, open forum and panel discussion on the history and future of the different BDSM, Scene, and Leather and Fetish groups. Many people, whether members of this community or just discovering it, are unaware of the vast array of different groups, their goals, and the variety of events in which they are involved.

Conversio Virium’s current and future presidents will both be on the panel representing our organization. Come to show your support for CV and experience the diversity of the BDSM community!

The event details:

5$ suggested donation
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212 620 7310

KinkyJews New York City’s Third Annual Kinky Seder

April 27, 2008
6:00 PMto10:00 PM

Want to spice up your Passover this year? Join KinkyJews for this annual treat:

A Seder like you’ve never experienced before. While maintaining key elements of tradition, celebrate Passover with KinkyJews, as we have a humor and hedonism infused chocolate themed Seder with four cups of chocolate milk, chocolate covered matzah, Hillel S’mores, and more. Have a wild time with the search for chametz kit (candle, feather and wooden spoon), Passover erotica, maggid show and tell, re-enactments slavery and redemption, floggings a-plenty, new friends and fun! Play space is available for use after the afikomen is found.

LOCATION: Grand Space, 778 Bergen Street (at the corner of Grand Street) in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 11238

RSVP: RSVP by April 23 to contact@kinkyjews.com. A $5 charge will be added to the cost of anyone who RSVPs after April 23.

COST: $30 for couples (any gender), $25 for single men, $10 for women and $10 students under 25. If the cost is prohibitively expensive for anyone, please let our coordinator know at contact@kinkyjews.com.

“SWITCH” it up @ Paddles – new party!

April 18, 2008 11:00 PMtoApril 19, 2008 3:00 AM

Check out SWITCH, the newest monthly BDSM party, set to take place at Paddles. Gina, the organizer, has also asked us to pass on the following message:

“In case anyone is feeling particularly enthusiastic, I’m looking for volunteers for the door! It’s not the door of paddles, and not taking money or anything, but just being in front of the closed doors of the party to let people know it’s going on and that it’s a women/trans/genderqueer party (there will be signs for the door and everything and i’ve been telling people to team up to make it more fun!)”

The party information follows from the promotional material:

SWITCH

the all new monthly
women/trans/genderqueer
bdsm party
in a room of our own
behind closed doors
at PADDLES

EVERY 3RD FRIDAY
APRIL 18TH
MAY 16TH
JUNE 20TH

$10
($5 for LSM members)

MAT FOR WRESTLING! BOY FOR BOOTBLACKING!

No experience necessary. No participation required.
We won’t beat you up unless you ask for it.

PADDLES 250 W. 26TH STREET
(enter through parking lot side door facing 8th Avenue)
mailing list/info/volunteer:
switchparty@riseup.net

Pleasure Salon at the Happy Ending Lounge

April 29, 2008
7:00 PMto10:00 PM

Pleasure Salon returns, this time at the Happy Ending Lounge, on 302 Broome Street.

If you still haven’t been, this is a great opportunity to go:

The Pleasure Salon has been created to build community, allowing sex-positive activists to cross-pollinate. Our gatherings bring together members of the BDSM, swinger, alternative gender, LGBT, sex-activist, nudist, sex-magic, polyamory, Pagan, radical faerie, tantra, dark odyssey, sex-blogger, porn, pervert and sex-worker communities, and others whose passion is sex. (Let us know if we missed any one of you!) Through building networks in the sex-positive community, The Pleasure Salon hopes to help create a sex-positive world. It is a place for the open exchange of ideas and sensual expression.

We have been thrilled by the turnout at previous gatherings. A community of New York area Pleasure Positive folks is developing rapidly, and we hope that you will join us or continue to be part of it. Please invite your like-minded friends. In keeping with the spirit of Dark Odyssey, we encourage everyone to embrace the basic principles of respect, tolerance, acceptance, openness, and non-judgmental support.

Starting in June, Pleasure Salon will meet at Happy Ending the first Wednesday of every month.

We hope to see you there,
Patricia Johnson, Selina Fire & Mark Michaels

SPAM Party

April 19, 2008 10:00 PMtoApril 20, 2008 5:00 AM

SPAM’s happening once again. No, it’s not in your inbox (unless that’s what you want to call it).

Admission: $10 women/trans $20 men
Students 18-22 w/valid ID free.
Doors close at 2 am.
Call for exact location 718.789.4053

Brooklyn’s Nastiest Queer Party!
Mandatory Pants Check Down To Your Underwear!

New expanded space! New equipment!

**NO HETEROSEXUALS ALLOWED** NO SMOKING **
**Other New Rules to Maximize your Fun and Keep It Safe**

Bklyn’s Hottest Sex Party for the entire LBGT community
BYOB~~Hot Music~~WOMEN/TRANS ONLY ROOM~~Queers Only!

Safety’s name of the game with our SPAM quality control experts who
circulate in order to maximize your nasty fun.

check out spam party at www.submitparty.com
If you have questions, please email Red@submitparty.com

CV Elections! Decision 2008!

April 14, 2008
9:15 PMto11:15 PM

All members (valid CU-affiliates) are requested to come to this meeting to nominate, run and vote. As always, every CV executive board is up for re-election, which means we have four positions that need filling by current CU undergrads (who expect to be enrolled until at least 2009). These positions are as follows:

President: Generally runs meetings, sets up programming each week with the help of the VP, public relations representative, and handles official correspondence.

Vice-President: Handles membership cards and records, handles correspondence, plans weekly programs with Pres., gets the nifty title of “President of Vice,” fills in any gaps as needed.

Treasurer: Handles all finances, must be especially responsible, reliable and expect to attend meetings regularly, handles refreshments.

Secretary: Sends out [witty] weekly emails, posts events and meetings to the website, helps out in any other way needed by the board.

If you think you’ve got what it takes, or even if you don’t, WE WANT YOU to help run Conversio Virium next year. Remember, this is great experience if you are thinking of going into event planning, public relations, or anything that requires a cool head, and strong organizational skills.

LSM Event: Flames of Desire: Tantric Fireplay with Barbara Carrellas

April 18, 2008
8:00 PMto10:00 PM

Since it would quite an ordeal to schedule a Fireplay demo or workshop on campus, I am pleased to announce that Barbara Carrellas will be holding just such a class at LSM this month.

Where: The LGBT Center at 203 West 13th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Cost: $5 for members, $10 for non-members

For more information about LSM attendance policy, please be sure to visit their website.

Imagine the relaxation of a sensual massage combined with the thrill of fireplay. In this workshop, you will learn how the sensuous use of fire can transform a sensual massage into a trance-inducing journey into bliss. Barbara will demonstrate four secrets of exquisite touch as well as the basic techniques of fireplay. She will then demonstrate how her unique combination of fire, conscious breath and sensual massage can create a dramatic, profound and intensely pleasurable sexual and sacred experience. Technique, safety, and sensual/art/erotic applications will be covered. Even if you might think that fireplay is not your thing, you may be surprised by the sensual beauty and artistry of the dance of the flame.Barbara Carrellas is the author of Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty First Century and Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and Pleasure. She is the founder of Urban Tantra®, an approach to sacred sexuality that adapts and blends conscious sexuality practices from Tantra to S/M, and the co-founder of Erotic Awakening, a pioneering series of workshops focusing on the physical, spiritual and healing powers of sex. Barbara was named Best Tantric Sex Seminar Leader in New York City by Time Out/NY Magazine for her Urban Tantra® workshops. Barbara has been featured in the videos Selfloving, The Sluts & Goddesses Video Workshop, Zen Pussy, Annie Sprinkle’s Amazing World Of Orgasm, in the film Sacred Sex, and in several episodes of the HBO television special Real Sex. Barbara frequently lectures, performs and facilitates workshops with her partner, author and gender outlaw, Kate Bornstein. Visit www.barbaracarrellas.com and www.urbantantra.org to find out more.