Join Mission Control staff photographer, Todd Hartman, at One The Edge, an erotic photography exhibition. This event takes place at The Artist Alley, located just 2.5 miles from Mission Control at 863 Mission St.

After the opening on Friday, join Todd at Pink! for the official LIGHT Bondage after-party at MC.

Why not make it a tripple-hitter for the evening and attend On The Edge, followed by the PrePink Playshop, and then topped off with Pink!

(P.A.L. required for Pink!)

For more info about the exhibit, check out eroticartevents.com

Presented by Wendy-O Matic

Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 – 7pm to 9pm

Cost:  $25 for Members AND Allies

Mission Control events are for members only | Become a member, it’s free and instant

Wendy-O Matik is a Bay Area based freelance writer, published poet, and radical love activist. She is the author of Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships (2002), a feminist critique of love and relationships outside the status quo. As an educator and spokesperson for the polyamory community, Wendy has become a revolutionary activist of the heart. Since the release of her book, she has taught over a hundred Radical Love & Relationship workshops internationally, helping to reshape the future of alternative relationship models for the 21st century. As an activist for social change, Wendy is pushing the boundaries on firmly rooted notions in mainstream society on relationships, love, gender, sexual equality, and sexual politics.

Wendy has been invited to speak frequently at universities, student groups, and progressive bookstores, including Esalen Institute, University of California, Berkeley (Female Sexuality), San Francisco State University (Human Sexuality), Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA), Mills College (Oakland, CA), and California Institute for Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA). She is available for educational and motivational discussions on the topic of alternative relationship models and responsible non-monogamy.

Wendy holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley (1988). She also hold a state-certified degree as a holistic Nutrition Consultant, specializing in diet and stress reduction, from Bauman College, Berkeley, CA (2006).

RADICAL LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

Building on her feminist critique of love and relationships, Wendy presents the major concepts and challenges that we face trying to re-invent our relationships outside the dominant social paradigm. Radical love is the freedom to love whom you want, how you want, and as many as you want, so long as personal integrity, respect, honesty, and consent are at the core of any and all relationships. Radical love primarily focuses on love and intimacy, not sex and sexual conquest. At the heart of this work are three components: feminism, social activism, and revolution. The workshop is followed by Q&A.

No alcohol will be served. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

A PAL is not required. This event is an educational workshop and not a play party.

A huge thank you kiss to all sexy and sassy couples and single ladies that made it out to our BIGGEST PARTY EVER last Saturday night!  Mission Control was truly standing room only – so we’ve got some VERY IMPORTANT CHANGES coming your way for the next party and beyond…

As KISS has now become THE place to be on Saturday nights, we are now going to be a PRE-SALE-ONLY party…some of our members were turned away last weekend due to the insane number of people packed into our little slice o’ heaven, and we don’t want that to happen again!  So that means that each and every time you want to attend a party, you will need to buy your tickets through Brown Paper Tickets, our awesome new ticketing system HERE. (This link is for Kiss Members only.)

Also, you may have noticed that we shortened the name of the party to Kiss. Simpler, easier, and more to the point.

Please remember that Kiss occurs on the 2ndt and 4th Saturday of each month.

So until the next party we hope that y’all are getting up to some seriously naughty shenanigans and enjoying the summer!

Kisses, kisses, kisses….

Volunteers help to make things happen at MIssion Control! Volunteering is also a great way to become involved in the community and meet your fellow crew members! This Training program will provide all event and non-event crew members with the foundations of volunteering at Mission Control.

Get the nitty gritty details on:
- Mission Control’s Volunteer Philosophy
- Responsibilities of event volunteer roles such as Top Door, Bottom Door, Walk-around Host, Charter
- General and Event-Specific Policies
- What to do when ______ happens
- The Go-To People when you have questions
- Crew Benefits and Endowment Program
- Volunteer Feedback Cycle
- and MORE!

The next training session will be held at Mission Control.
-Saturday, July 10, 1pm – 4pm

Through a carefully concocted combination of discussion and role-playing, you will complete this training, empowered with more MC knowledge than ever before!

This training is recommended for all MC volunteers, event and non-event, past, present, and future. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Feel free to bring something for yourself or to share.

RSVP is recommended but not required. Please arrive on-time.
RSVP and questions may be sent to volunteers@missioncontrolsf.org

As always, we thank you for your continued contributions to Mission Control. Hope to see you here!

ART RECEPTION and THRESHOLD PRE-PARTY

Wicked Grounds, 289 8th Street (at Folsom)

7pm – 9pm on Friday, July 2nd

Feel free to support Wicked Grounds by enjoying a snack, tea or coffee
Meet Nancy Peach as she presents more of her “LoveLies” collection,
then join us for play at Threshold!

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We are not defined by who we love
We are not defined by the contents of our pants
We are not defined by how many people we love
We are not defined by who likes to be in charge
We are not defined by how we fuck
No scale or map can tell us who we are
We are sexual pioneers in a Brave New World
With open minds and open hearts
We live to love and love to live
We are SAN FRAN SEXUAL
This city turns us on

We will be gathering this weekend bring our sexy vibe out to the world
and tempt in some new fun and creative people into our Kinky Salon
Community. Join us for a whole weekend of fun.
DRESS: STRIPES, GLITZ, GLAMOR: Show our SanFranSexual Pride!
BRING: Plain garments like t-shirts to stencil on the SanFranSexual mark!

Friday June 25th TRANS MARCH
5:00 pm meet at Mission Control
5:30 pm meet at Dolores Park For Mingling with community for making
new Kinky Friends for Kinky Salon.

Saturday June 26th DYKE MARCH, PINK SATURDAY
4:00 pm meet at Dolores Park for Frolicking in the park
9:00 pm – 10:00pm Snacks and Drinks at MC for all those who helped us flyer
10:00pm – 4:00am Kinky Salon San Fransexual!!

Sunday June 27th GAY PRIDE PARADE
10:00 am meet at Market Street and 8th For Parade
1:00 pm meet at Hyde Street between Golden Gate and McAllister in
Civic Center for Fun in The Sun

WATCH THE KINKY SALON TWITTER FOR ON THE GO UPDATES OF OUR LOCATION
www.twitter.com/KinkySalon

Get connected with Mission Control and keep up to date with party information.  Keep in touch with your Mission Control friends.  Find out about the latest volunteering opportunities.

	Openly.us – A social network for friends of Mission Control, Kinky Salon, Pink, and others. Openly is the best way to stay in contact with friends you meet at Mission Control or other Nor Cal events. http://www.openly.us/group/missioncontrol
	FetLife – The BDSM community site that’s like Facebook for delightful deviants like us, now has a Mission Control group. You can join and participate in discussions or just check it for event updates. http://fetlife.com/groups/18005
	Twitter – Get up to date in real time on the Mission Control Twitter page. This is a great way to find out about volunteer opportunities. http://twitter.com/missioncontrol
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