Hello kinksters - Happy nearly Halloween! Several of the events you’ll see this weekend are at Dark Odyssey: Surrender in San Jose! Registration for the conference is the only way to attend this weekend’s events Friday through Sunday, and registration is expected to close today (Wednesday, 10/22). If you’ve been waiting to get tickets, now is the time. Like, right now! Not at DO? Don’t worry! We have lots of online classes before and after the conference. Also, our yearly cohort of Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires launches in less than two weeks. I’d love to include you in this year’s adventure. Let’s get into it . . . This Week!Wednesday, October 22Online: What do you see in your kink future? Whether you want to go deeper exploring your own desires, want to improve communications with partners, or want a novel way to explore scene-building, tarot can be a surprisingly powerful tool! Learn more with H G Wyndell in tonight’s online class Spicy Tarot! Advanced ticketing required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Thursday, October 23Online: Ready to explore the world of sex toys but not sure where to start? Sex Toys 101: Enhancing Pleasure and Connection with the Right Tools with Lilithfoxx is the perfect class for anyone curious about adding new sensations to their intimate life. Join us online tonight (or through the recording) to learn more! Tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, October 24Online: No live online classes today. Check out our on-demand video classes and digital downloads at WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com. Dark Odyssey: Surrender, San Jose, CA: If you are at the Dark Odyssey: Surrender conference, you are in luck! We will be facilitating the opening ritual Friday night, and Psychokitty Ryan will offer two sessions of Kinky Speed Dating between 3pm - 6pm! Check the schedule for details. Saturday, October 25Dark Odyssey: Surrender, San Jose, CA: The local Wicked Grounds team are running a few events today! Please note that there is always the possibility of last-minute changes. Check the schedule for details. You’ll also see a few of our favorite online educators teaching this year.
You’ll also be able to catch Alexandria giving tarot readings in the vendor hall most of the day! Sunday, October 26Dark Odyssey: Surrender, San Jose, CA: The local Wicked Grounds team are running a few events today! Please note that there is always the possibility of last-minute changes. Check the schedule for details. You’ll also see a few of our favorite online educators teaching this year.
And join us for the closing ritual tonight, facilitated by Miriam Green, to prepare for reentry into the day to day world. Monday, October 27Online: Want to add some new sadistic tools to your pleasure and pain toolbox? Join Miss Mackenzee online tonight for Genitorture for Vulvas! This class will be recorded for viewing within one week of the workshop, so you can attend live or over the week at your own pace. Advanced ticketing required! Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Tuesday, October 28Online: We’ve talked a lot about writing spicy over the years but . . . what if you want to go a lot further than spicy? Join erotica author and editor Sinclair Sexsmith tonight for Beyond Spicy: Writing the Taboo! Please note that this online writing workshop will not be recorded, so if you’d like to attend mark your calendar and get those tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Wednesday, October 29Online: You want it darker? So be it. Join Lee Harrington online for tonight’s workshop Dark Roleplaying, and explore lots of ways to make your dynamic spookier, scarier, edgier, or otherwise more taboo! Advanced ticketing is required, and you can attend live or later through the recording. Get your tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Thursday, October 30Want to get started learning the ropes? Join SuspendDisbelief online tonight for Tied and True: Introduction to Rope Bondage. Please note that this workshop is offered only to live attendees; it will not be recorded, so mark your calendars! Advanced ticketing is available through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, October 31Online: No live classes today. Check out our on-demand video classes and digital downloads at WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com. Saturday, November 1Online: Interested in getting involved in your own local kink scene, but not sure what to expect or how to get started? Join our own Miriam Green online today for Welcome to the Public Kink Scene!. This is an online, national (even international) version of what started as a local kink scene orientation, and focuses on the culture, etiquette, types of events, and ways to feel safe and have fun while exploring your own local scene. Advanced ticketing required to either attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Online: Want to make the most out of your scenes, dating, and generally interacting in kink? You’re going to want Badass Boundaries for BDSM! Where do you get those? Get started thinking about it this afternoon with Buzz Stingyear! Advanced ticketing needed to either attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Sunday, November 2Online: Today is the day! Join us online for a six-week journey of kink & erotic self-discovery in this year’s Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Kink Desires with our own Miriam Green. Through three online group sessions, one or more individual coaching sessions, and lots of at-your-own-pace coursework, you’ll build your own personal template for getting what you want in your intimate play and relationships. Online: Join us online for our three-hour workshop Consent, Accountability, and Neurodivergence with Adam from Consent Academy. This three hour workshop is well worth the time to develop self-knowledge and better skills for the entirety of our community. Attend live if you can to make the most of it, but we’ll also have a recording available for one week after the workshop. Advanced ticketing is available through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Intensives!We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and online.
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The next cohort of Diving Deep is just a couple of weeks away! This work is perfect for anyone launching a new phase in their erotic journeys (or feeling stuck in an old phase). Is this course for you? Do you get stuck when asked "what do you want in intimate relationships?" Are you uncomfortable telling partners about your desires and kinks? Have you been doing the same thing for a long time and want to find new routes to eroticism? Do you want a deep understanding of the physical and...
Hello kinksters - We’re a flurry of activity right now, getting ready for next week’s Dark Odyssey: Surrender in San Jose and our yearly cohort of Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires, which launches in early November. If you’re headed to Dark Odyssey, you can now see all the events from our most active local instructors posted to our FetLife events for your perusal. As of right now, DO still has full registrations and day passes available, so that you can join us – but that...
Behold our latest full events roster! We update this a couple of times a month to showcase all the new events that are currently available for ticketing, and we add new events all the time, and we’ve added about a dozen since our most recent edition. Whew! As our events team keeps saying, November is STUFFED! Love us? Make a monthly membership contribution. (VIPs get great benefits, discounts, and some free classes!) Links below are to Forbidden Tickets. If you’re a Plura member, check the...