Saturday, May 18, 2013

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Pink!

Posted by Gravity On April - 16 - 2013

A San Francisco ORIGINAL!

The ever popular and intimate Pink party is back Friday, May 10th at Mission Control!

Playshop: 9pm to 10:15pm
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am
(Please arrive before midnight)

We’re inviting all our allies & friends to join in and relax into a mellow, intimate night of conversation, dancing, & playful exploration.

Pink is Mission Control’s house party, where you can really be yourself. A lot.

Hope to see you there!

Membership: You must be a member of Mission Control to attend.  Membership is free and instant.  Click here to become a member. You should also consider becoming an Ally.  2011 Allies get into Pink and many other events for free.  Click HERE for details.

 

 

Cost: $25 Advance | $30 At the Door | Allies are free but please RSVP

Dress Code: n/a… you can leave your costumes at home and just come all gussied up or even dressed down. We’ll be happy you’re there no matter what you wear!

Vibe: friendly, low key, relaxed. Pink is pansexual, queer, poly, kink, vanilla, straight, lifestyle, and fetish friendly.

NOTE: to attend this event, you MUST arrive and leave with a responsible partner, your “PAL” for the night. You don’t have to be a couple, but you and your PAL are responsible for each other during the party.

As always BYOB & PAL required. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!) No alcohol will be served.


Pink is a monthly party that occurs on the 2nd Friday of each month.

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Pink Playshop: Get Your Ass In Gear

Posted by Gravity On April - 16 - 2013

 

Friday, May 10th, 2013 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous playshop coming your way!

Every Pink party launches with a playshop free for party goers. This month you will be guided through the ins-and-outs of anal sex!

Get Your Ass In Gear

Anal sex is one of the most common fantasies for people of all genders, and it’s much more fun when you have the info you need to make it work!

In this workshop, you’ll learn about the three essential ingredients for easy and fun anal penetration, finger techniques to get things started, how to choose the right toys to add to your pleasure, what positions work best, ways to add anal fun to other kinds of sex, tips for pegging and anal intercourse, how to introduce the topic with your partner, and more!

All it takes is a little knowledge and some practice to have pleasurable anal play. Whether you want to be the giver, the receiver, or both, come get what you need to add it to your sexual repertoire.

About the Charlie Glickman:

Charlie Glickman PhD, is a sexuality speaker, trainer, writer, blogger, and coach. He’s certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, and has been working in this field for over 20 years. His areas of focus include sex & shame, sex-positivity, queer issues, masculinity & gender, communities of erotic affiliation, and many sexual & relationship practices. Charlie is also the co-author of The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure: Erotic Exploration for Men and Their Partners. Find out more about him at www.charlieglickman.com or on Twitter and Facebook.

All Pink Playshops are free with Pink party. The playshop takes place the hour before the party begins. Doors open at 8:45 pm

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

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

A PAL is required. See our PAL page for details.

8 pm – 9pm – Pink Drinks located at Laszlo Bar
9 pm – 10:15 – PrePink Playshop at MC
10 pm to late – Pink! Party at MC

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Pink Performance: Wesley Morgan

Posted by Gravity On February - 20 - 2013

Friday, March 8th, 2013 – 10pm

Pink presents a very special live musical performance by Wesley Morgan. Wesley is a devout practitioner of Swamp Noir, a musical style that is full of images of charming devils and angels with broken wings. It is junkyard swing that is ragged and raw with melodies that drop off, bend, and crack. It is broken down blues and a soundtrack for your soul.

Wesley’s set will begin shortly after the conclusion of the Pink Playshop.

 

About the Performer:

Swamp Noir singer, songwriter, and guitarist Wesley Morgan has released his first EP titled Backroom In Tulsa. Recorded and mixed by Grammy Award winning engineer Oz Fritz (Tom Waits, Primus, Bill Laswell), the four original songs on this EP provide a first glimpse at the singer’s dark blend of broken down blues and junkyard americana, evoking comparisons to Tom Waits, Randy Newman, and Chris Isaak. www.thewesleymorgan.com

This event is free with Pink party entrance.

Mission Control events are for members only | Become a member, it’s free and instant.
No alcohol will be served. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

A PAL is required. See our PAL page for details.

8 pm – Pink Drinks located at Laszlo Bar
9 pm – PrePink Playshop at MC
10pm – Wesley Morgan at MC
10pm- Pink! Party at MC

   


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Pink Playshop: Rough & Stuff

Posted by Gravity On February - 19 - 2013

 

Friday, April 12th, 2013 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous playshop coming your way!

Every Pink party launches with a playshop free for party goers. This month you will be guided through the world of rough sex!

Rough & Stuff

Sometimes a lover just wants to be “taken.” Dan demonstrates and coaches a wide range of rough sex techniques that can safely make sex mind-blowingly dynamic and feel dangerously brutal, even without bondage.

Discussion will include:

  1. Rough Sex, (what is it and why do it)
  2. Rough Sex Safety (negotiation, physical limits, mental triggers, safewords, safe surroundings, problem prevention, hazards)

Demonstration:

  1. Rough Sex Holds (using clothing, grabbing, wrist pins, arm holds, fireman’s lift/drop, neck holds.)
  2. Positions (kitty style, prone locking, bed burial, stress positions, hands on ankles, chairs, transitions and more)
  3. Rough play (hair pulling, biting, slapping, slapping, stamping, breast play, fingers, rhythm, clit/cervix connection, controlling depth, faked-out thrusting, varying speeds, public bone pushing, tickling, incorporation of toys and available objects)
  4. Talking Dirty

About the Danarama:

Dan’s 2 decades as a Dom includes 13 years as one of the renown (now retired) Two Knotty Boys rope bondage instruction duo, a co-author of two best-selling rope bondage books and creator of numerous free bondage tutorials on video. In his light-hearted yet engaging workshops, Dan brings his intensely creative BDSM style to bear, backed by his degree in Communication and years performing on stage. In addition to his bondage workshops, Dan is also a frequent instructor for KinkAcademy.com and PassionateU.com. He continues to create many free instructional videos on his own, writes for Kink-e-Zine, and even creates knot-box dimensional art pieces. His rope bondage rigging has been seen adorning models in the work of world-renown fetish photographers including Ken Marcus, Eric Kroll, Z. Maitri, and on numerous bondage web sites including The Upper Floor.

All Pink Playshops are free with Pink party. The playshop takes place the hour before the party begins. Doors open at 8:45 pm

Mission Control events are for members only | Become a member, it’s free and instant.
No alcohol will be served. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

A PAL is required. See our PAL page for details.

8 pm – 9pm – Pink Drinks located at Laszlo Bar
9 pm – 10:15 – PrePink Playshop at MC
10 pm to late – Pink! Party at MC

 

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Pink Playshop: Fetish Games

Posted by Gravity On February - 11 - 2013

 

Friday, March 8th, 2013 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous playshop coming your way!

Every Pink party launches with a playshop free for party goers. This month, learn some sexy games that will be sure to spark some hot lovin’!

Fetish Games

Are you looking to put some fun back into your play? Well then come to this demonstration where we will look at and test several “naughty” games. There will be multi-person party games, similar to People Ping Pong and the Four Legged Lace, explained and demonstrated as well as some more intimate challenges for those at home players. Class participation is highly encouraged.

About the presenter:

“Psychokitty” Ryan is a Chicago born performance artist and improv actor having entertained on stage from New York, New York to Osaka Japan. He first entered the kinky stage hosting Whiplash, a weekly fetish night in Chicago and currently owns San Francisco’s only sex positive kinky cafe, Wicked Grounds Cafe. He’s MC’ed for Ireland’s Twisted Leprechaun; TNG 4, Bound for the Bay; Shibaricon 2010, 2011,and 2012 and has taught classes at the SF Citadel and Dark Odyssey Surrender.

All Pink Playshops are free with Pink party. The playshop takes place the hour before the party begins. Doors open at 8:45 pm

Mission Control events are for members only | Become a member, it’s free and instant.
No alcohol will be served. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

A PAL is required. See our PAL page for details.

8 pm – 9pm – Pink Drinks located at Laszlo Bar
9 pm – 10:15 – PrePink Playshop at MC
10 pm to late – Pink! Party at MC

 

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Pink Playshop: Full Body Kiss

Posted by Gravity On January - 14 - 2013

 

Friday, February 8th, 2013 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous playshop coming your way!

Every Pink party launches with a playshop free for party goers. This month, learn how to please that special someone!

Full Body Kiss with Reid Mihalko

Kissing. Macking. Smoooooching. Necking. Snogging. Lip-Locking. Tonsil Hockey…

Call it what you will, but making out is one of the best appetizers on the menu when it comes to turning a person on. And Full-Body Kissing (the art of using your mouth, lips, tongue, face, hands, arms, hair, shoulders, and legs) can be a main course all to itself, but only if you know how!

Join world-renowned sex and relationship expert Reid Mihalko for an entertaining hour of frank, humorous conversations and hot demonstrations on how to take your kissing to the next level!

In this playshop, complete with demonstrations, you will learn:

  • How to use your entire body to turn any kiss into a Full-Bodied Kiss
  • Ways to use pressure, body weight, and sound to enhance you and your partner’s making out
  • How NOT to give hickeys!
  • Reid’s favorite erogenous zones for surprise smooch attacks!
  • Ears, back of the neck, and wrists and how to tease them with your kisses…
  • Why French Kissing isn’t the end-all be-all and what lies beyond simple “tongue-macrame”…
  • Practical approaches to teaching a lover how to be a better kisser.
  • Fingers and forearms and why they’re JUST as important as your lips in making out…
  • Plus… Tips on breaking the ice for that anxiety-ridden first kiss and how not to botch it!

Whether you’re focusing on making your date swoon the first time your lips touch or getting your lover breathing heavy and writhing with pleasure on the couch, The Full-Body Kiss is going to upgrade what your mouth and body are capable of.

About the Presenter

Reid Mihalko of www.ReidAboutSex.com helps adults create more self-esteem, self-confidence and greater health in their relationships and sex lives, no matter what their self-expression of those happen to be. Reid’s workshops have been attended by close to 30,000 individuals from myriad walks of life, orientations, relationship styles, countries and religions. Known for his charisma, wit and emphasis on integrity, Reid travels the country teaching, coaching, consulting and collaborating on fulfilling his mission: Create more self-esteem, self-confidence and health for adults in and out of the bedroom. Reid has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences on relationships and sexuality and is a sought-after presenter and teacher at colleges and sex positive stores across the country.

Follow Reid twittering as @ReidAboutSex.

What to bring: someone to kiss! (not required but way more fun!)

All Pink Playshops are free with Pink party. The playshop takes place the hour before the party begins. Doors open at 8:45 pm

Mission Control events are for members only | Become a member, it’s free and instant
No alcohol will be served. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

A PAL is required. See our PAL page for details.

8 pm – 9pm – Pink Drinks located at Laszlo Bar.
9 pm – 10:15 – PrePink Playshop at MC
10 pm to late – Pink! Party at MC

 

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Pink Playshop: Bedposts & Joysticks & Rope! Oh My!

Posted by Gravity On December - 17 - 2012

Friday, January 11th, 2013 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous playshop coming your way!

Every Pink party launches with a playshop free for party goers.  This month, get roped into some bed bondage!

Bedposts & Joysticks & Rope! Oh My!

Take your rope skills a bit further in this playshop where the ever talented and oh so ingenious Madame Butterfy shows us how to rope that sexy someone to the bed. Bedposts are a pleasure – but you don’t need them to enjoy knotty delights. No headboard? No footboard? No Worry! Special tips for how to make that seemingly point lacking bed into a restraint rich recumbent rope riot. And what’s that you ask? How can you tease them into oblivion? Well with a few handy hitachi mounting ties you will have your bound beauty right where you want – where ever that may be!
This will be a hands-on class so please do bring two 30 foot lengths of rope to maximize your enjoyment. Oh and a hitachi if you want to play with one.
Madame Butterfly will have some of her own exquisite rope for sale. A rare opportunity to buy it in person.

About the Presenter

Madame Butterfly is a bay area rigger of the first order as well as the creator of some of the most exquisitely colored & interesting rope on the planet. You can read more about her rope at butterflyrope.com

Madame butterfly is a former MC Love of the Month and you can learn more about her HERE.

 

Free with Pink entry! RSVP by sending an email to info (at) missioncontrolsf.org

Mission Control events are for members only | Become a member, it’s free and instant
No alcohol will be served. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

A PAL is required. See our PAL page for details.

8 pm – 9pm – Pink Drinks located at Laszlo Bar.
9 pm – 10:15 – PrePink Playshop at MC
10 pm to late – Pink! Party at MC

 

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Pink Playshop: Erotic Role Play

Posted by Gravity On November - 14 - 2012

 

Friday, December 7th, 2012 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous playshop coming your way!

Every Pink party launches with a playshop free for party goers.  This month, get your kicks and play the part!

Erotic Role Play Made Simple by Midori

Want to get into hot erotic role playing?

Come to this playshop and discover easy, fun and flirty way to set it up for a steamy nights adventure. Feeling a bit awkward getting started? No worries! In this fully interactive class learn how to set up and enjoy fantasy role play, fun games and ideas for roles, scripts and how to combine it with hot sex.

About the Presenter

A sexuality educator, author and artist based in San Francisco, she’s made an improbable career out of being the traveling coach on the art of creative and sensual living. Frequent sightings of her from around the globe make us wonder if she ever sleeps or if she’s cloned her self! Dubbed “the super nova of kink” by Dan Savage, Midori is known for her hilarious and practical classes on enhancing sexual fulfillment, boosting confidence and expanding personal growth. Books: She wrote the first English language book on shibari with “Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage”, the hot essays in “Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink” and twisted dark science fiction in “Master Han’s Daughter”. In 2001 she founded Rope Bondage Dojo®. She has trained many cadres and leads many Dojos each year. She also created ForteFemme, a unique women’s dominance weekend training and empowerment intensive. She’s active in HIV fundraising as well as creating provocative and haunting art installations.
Also find her at:
Facebook / Twitter / Instagram:  PlanetMidori

 

Free with Pink entry! RSVP by sending an email to info (at) missioncontrolsf.org

Mission Control events are for members only | Become a member, it’s free and instant
No alcohol will be served. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

A PAL is required. See our PAL page for details.

8 pm – 9pm – Pink Drinks located at Laszlo Bar.
9 pm – 10:15 – PrePink Playshop at MC
10 pm to late – Pink! Party at MC

 

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Pink Playshop: Rub The One You’re With

Posted by Gravity On October - 16 - 2012

Friday, November 9th, 2012 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous playshop coming your way!

Every Pink party launches with a playshop free for party goers. This month, increase your connection through the power of massage.

Rub the One You’re With:

Do your beloveds beg you to massage them at the end of a long day, only for your hands to get tired after a few minutes? Do they constantly ask for more or less pressure? Do you feel like you don’t know what you’re doing? Do you want to deepen your connection with your lover by offering them the gift of relaxation, and learn how to trust your own intuition and refine your sense of touch?

In this playshop you will learn some simple techniques including how to ground yourself for the best quality of touch, how to use better body mechanics to minimize effort, and how to apply the energetic connection you already have as a lover. Drawing on her many years of practice and expansive study of massage, Nina will draw on multiple massage modalities to teach us how to cultivate mindful touch. Massage will be clothed and seated, mostly focused on neck and shoulders, and without oil. Bring a partner or recruit a friend to practice on! Read the rest of this entry »

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PrePink: Strap It On!

Posted by Gravity On September - 16 - 2012

 

Friday, October 12th, 2011 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous playshop coming your way!

Every Pink party launches with a playshop free for party goers. This month, the playshop reveals the naughty fun that play-partners can have with strap-ons!

Strap it On! Strap On Play for One and All
Come get a handle on what makes strap on play fun for everybody (and every body). In this class, we’ll cover:

  • The different types of strap on setups available (including harnesses, dildos, and harnessless strap on toys) and how to choose your gear
  • Tips, techniques, and positions for fantastic strap on sex
  • How to get more physical and psychological pleasure from your strap on fun.
  • What makes strap on blowjobs so incredibly hot!
  • How you can use a harness–even if you already have a “Tab A” attached to your body–to double your pleasure!

About the Presenter

Sabrina Morgan works in sex, sensuality and connection, in all its profound, messy glory. She is a sex worker, an advocate, and a sexuality educator and facilitator. Fascinated with the places where society and sexuality intersect, she has been practicing kink-focused sex work since 2005 and chronicling her experiences since 2006.
Her work in the sex trade has allowed her to work with others’ sexuality in a very personal way, giving her a deft sensitivity to the needs of those exploring new facets of their sexual selves and an understanding of hands-on sex and kink education for adults.

She presents regularly at conferences and workshops across the US on topics such as kink, sex work, media, advocacy, relationships, and conscious sexuality and is available for one-on-one coaching and mentoring as well. A queer femme with a little nylon fetish, she spends entirely too much time on Twitter as @SabrinaMorgan.

Keep up with her at www.sabrinamorgan.com

 

Free with Pink entry! RSVP by sending an email to info (at) missioncontrolsf.org

Mission Control events are for members only | Become a member, it’s free and instant
No alcohol will be served. This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

A PAL is required. See our PAL page for details.

8 pm – 9pm – Pink Drinks located at Laszlo Bar.
9 pm – 10:15 – PrePink Playshop at MC
10 pm to late – Pink! Party at MC

 

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