We are a queer-centered educational and community building space for sex-positive adult education, including relationships, dating, BDSM, kinky, polyamory and more. Posts mostly written by Mir (that dude in the chair) on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team. Welcome aboard!
This Week with Wicked Grounds (6/18 - 6/28)
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Howdy kinksters - It’s hard to believe, but San Francisco Pride is just a week and a half away! If you’re in the SF Bay Area – or visiting for the weekend – come find us in Leather Alley Sunday at Pride! We’ll have lots of information about kink education and the local kink community as well as fabulous prizes that may be relevant to your interests! We also have a wide variety of online classes this week, going deeply into creativity, sexual pleasure, creative new kinks, and much more! Check out the full event listing below. We’ve also added a couple of new intensives to the line-up, including the return of our sex magick intensive Pentacles of Power this September and our annual Month of Mindfulness next January. Let’s dive in! This Week!Thursday, June 18 and Friday, June 19No live programming today, but check out our growing list of video classes and other useful information at WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com. Saturday, June 20Mendocino, CA: It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds event, but our own Miriam Green organizes a monthly munch and rope lab for north coast kinksters, and our next session is this Saturday! The Mendocino Munch meets from noon - 2pm, followed by the Mendocino Rope Lab from 2:30 - 4:30pm. Find out all about it at the FetLife event listing here. Sunday, June 21Online: It’s Father’s Day, so of course we’re doing classes on DD dynamics! Join Lady V online today for Daddy Issues: Daddy Dynamics & You. Learn about Daddy Dynamics in this workshop dedicated to the Daddy who understands from the inside & out! Can’t attend live? We’ll record it for you! Tickets are available from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Online: Yes, of course submissives make excellent community leaders! Join Hannah The Scribe online today for The Literal Servant Leader. In this class, we’ll cover being a successful community leader for those on the right side of the slash. Join live or through the recording with advanced tickets through Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Monday, June 22Online: Looking for some new ways to explore sadomasochism? Join Miss Mackenzee online tonight for Torture with a Twist: Fun with Tickling! Get an inside look into Miss Mackenzee’s trade secrets for elevating your experiences and bringing uncontrollable laughter into the bedroom. Advanced tickets require to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Tuesday, June 23Online: Ready to get creative and deeply in touch with your desires? Join erotica author and editor Sinclair Sexsmith this and next Tuesday for Writing Spicy: A Two Part Series. Learn all the basics of writing your own erotica! This class is offered online and is not recorded. So get your tickets and mark your calendars! Tickets available through Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Wednesday, June 24Online: Want to unearth some new ideas for great BDSM scenes? Mine your own subconscious! Tarot for Scene Creation with H G Wyndell will teach you an approach for using your tarot deck to unlock some great new scene ideas. Learn all about it either live online or through the recording with your advanced tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Thursday, June 25Online: Join Lilithfoxx tonight to take your oral skills to the next level in The Art of Pussy Eating. Advanced ticketing required to attend either live or through the recording. Get yours from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Friday, June 26No live programming today, but check out our growing list of video classes and other useful information at WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com. Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28San Francisco, CA: It’s Pride weekend in San Francisco, and there are a couple of places you can catch us this weekend! On Saturday, our own Miriam Green will be house topping at the AfterDark Queerdos party at Paradox. If you’d like to go to Pride Sunday with lots of cane stripes, come sign up for their station! Then on Sunday, come find us in Leather Alley, where we’ll be running an information booth about kink education and probably giving away a lot of cool stuff. We could still use a couple of people to help us make the magick happen, so if you’re in the SF area and would like to volunteer, let us know! (You’ll get some free classes or coaching for your time and help!) Intensives!We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and online.
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We are a queer-centered educational and community building space for sex-positive adult education, including relationships, dating, BDSM, kinky, polyamory and more. Posts mostly written by Mir (that dude in the chair) on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team. Welcome aboard!
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