Friday, July 8, 2011

PrePink Workshop: 9pm to 10:15 pm
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am

Getting to the Good Stuff!

With Marcia Baczynski

Cost: Free with paid Pink admission

The Playshop:

Getting to the Good Stuff: Playful Play Party Negotiation
You’re at Pink (or Kinky Salon, Or Kiss) and you notice that hottie looking at you. How do you get from sideways glances to hooking up without missing a beat (or looking like an idiot)? How do you figure out what you’re each up for? What do you do when safer sex needs to be discussed? How do those other people make it look so easy?!

This hands-on (and hilarious) pre-Pink Playshop will show you how to

• Ask so you’re more likely to get a yes
• Hear a No without being rejected
• Handle uncertainty in yourself or your partner
• Use playful counter-offers to get more of what you want
• Get more of the Good Stuff while staying inside your and your new friends’ boundaries

About Marcia Baczynski

Presenter Marcia Baczynski is known for her eminently practical, light-hearted, playful approach to intimate negotiation. As co-creator of Cuddle Party, she’s helped thousands of people explore non-sexual intimacy and boundaries, and as the founder and head coach at AskingForWhatYouWant.com, she works with individuals and couples to help them find out exactly what they want in relationships, love and sex, and how to get it. Marcia is a former member of the Bridge at Mission Control and thinks more people should hang out in sex-positive spaces while dressed like clowns.

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

PAL required for Pink. See our PAL page for details.

Friday, June 10, 2011 -PrePink Workshop: 9pm to 10:15 pm
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am

Negotiating Successful Threesomes

With Reid Mihalko

Cost: Free with paid Pink admission

The Playshop:

Double your pleasure without destroying your relationships…

The menage a trios is a popular fantasy with twice the pleasure potential, but navigating a three-way romance (if only for one night) can be tricky.

Join world renowned sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko of ReidAboutSex.com for this R-rated, fun-filled, playshop (with live demonstrations!)… just before Pink!

Not only will you get a chance to ask questions in this workshop, but we’ll cover:

* What are the best techniques to satisfy two lovers at once?
* Ways to overcome fears and concerns – Yours AND your partner’s!
* The most common threesome mistakes (and how to avoid them!)
* How to negotiate boundaries and safer sex protocols to make your next menage a trios tré bien!

Interested in M-F-M threesomes, F-M-F threesomes, F-F-F threesomes or M-M-M threesomes?… Whether you’ve had more threesomes than Jim Morrison or are just beginning to consider three-in-a-bed might be something you’d like to explore, this workshop will give you plenty of tools, tricks, perspectives and laughs to enhance your love life and strengthen your relationships!

Bring your loved ones, bring your friends, and enjoy an educational and entertaining evening on how to successfully navigate one of the most common sexual fantasies: the threesome!

Even if you would NEVER be interested in a 3-way, this fun-filled class will give you lots of ways to talk to your loved ones about the things you DO WANT in the bedroom – no matter how tame or outrageous!

About Reid Mihalko:

Reid has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences on relationships and sexuality. He has also appeared on the Emmy award-winning talk show Montel, Fox News, VH1’s Scott Baio is 45 and Single, Showtime’s Penn & Teller’s Bulls**t!, Canada’s The Sex Files and SexTV, and the short-lived Life & Style, on NPR, Sirius’ Maxim Radio and Cosmo Radio, and in Marie Claire, GQ, People, Newsweek and The National Enquirer, as well as media across the globe in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.

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

PAL required for Pink. See our PAL page for details.

Image note: Image comes from the most fabulous of on-line comics – Chester 5000 by Jess Fink. Chester features a most steamy punky threesome. Enjoy!:

Friday, May 13, 2011 -
Rope Restraint Workshop: 9pm to 10:15 pm
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am

Rope Restraint with Madame Butterfly

Cost: Free with paid Pink admission

This is part 2 of a 2 part series – both happening pre-Pink each month. You may attend one or both – they make a great pair!

The Playshop:
Allow Madame Butterfly to instruct us in how to use rope to restrain our playmates. She will teach us how to hogtie, spread eagle, bunny ear and more! It will of course still be artfully done – and yet there is other forms of fun to come! Rope offers both form and function – part two is more about function.

Please bring your rope. There will be a limited supply to share. Madame Butterfly will also have some for sale that night.

About Madame Butterfly:
Madame Butterfly is a bar area rigger of the first order as well as the creator of some of the most exquisitely colored 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.

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

PAL required for Pink. See our PAL page for details.

Rope Art: 9pm to 10 pm
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am

Friday, April 8, 2011 -
Rope Art Workshop: 9pm to 2 am
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am

Rope Art with Madame Butterfly

Cost: Free with paid Pink admission

This is part 1 of a 2 part series – both happening pre-Pink each month. You may attend one or both – they make a great pair!

April 8 = Rope Art
May 13 = Rope Restraint

The Playshop:
Allow Madame Butterfly to introduce you to the art of rope. She will teach us how to adorn with rope, to decorate and to be decorated and the fun to be had in the process. This class will focus on the artistic elements of rope harnesses with an emphasis on body-rope blends (ie different techniques for the male vs female physique) and the use of colored rope to great effect.

Please bring your rope. There will be a limited supply to share. Madame Butterfly will also have some for sale that night.

About Madame Butterfly:
Madame Butterfly is a bar area rigger of the first order as well as the creator of some of the most exquisitely colored 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.

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

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

PAL required for Pink. See our PAL page for details.

Rope Art: 9pm to 10 pm
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am

Friday, March 11, 2011 -
Love Triangle: 9pm to 2 am
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am

Love Triangle

Cost: Free before 9:30 | $8 afterwards | Free for Allies anytime during the evening

This month – Pink and Love Triangle are teaming up to offer you a double header of spring delights.

First – swing by the Blue Macaw and get your grove on at Love Triangle for their Spring Fling. Love Triangle is a polyamorous and non-monogamous nightclub event and this month’s Spring Fling encourages you to break out your Easter bonnets, bunny ears, and sun dresses.

LOVE TRIANGLE

Then stroll up the street to Pink to enjoy the other rites of Spring passage!

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Love Triangle is hosted at the Blue Macaw -a Bar (located at 2565 Mission St.)
No alcohol will be served at Pink.
Pink  is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!)

PAL required for Pink. See our PAL page for details.

Love Triangle: 9pm to 2 am
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am (Please arrive before 1 am)

Friday, Feb 11, 2011 -
Playshop: 9pm to 10:15pm
Pink Party: 10:00pm to 3am

A truly stellar Pink Playshop for you!

Erotic photography with Maxine Holloway!

Since the invention of photography humans have been taking dirty pictures. An erotic photograph has the timeless ability to inspire and stimulate the senses.

If you are ready to use your filthy mind in combination with your camera, please join us for “Picture Me Dirty” Photography Workshop with Maxine Holloway–professional photographer, artist, performer and dirty thought provoker. This interactive workshop will explore your personal desires and fantasies and go over the best way to capture them on film. This class will cover: subject matter, intention, concepts, models, props and presentation. And includes tips on model positioning, creative lighting and set solutions. Whether you love to be in front or behind the camera this workshop is sure to enhance your erotic picture collection, appreciation and skill level.

Please bring your own camera – anything from professional grade to your camera’s cell phone will be appropriate. Model(s) will be provided.

[Please note: No photography is allowed at Pink! All cameras and cell phones must be put away immediately following the playshop, and for the duration of the evening.]

About the presenter:

Maxine Holloway is an adult film performer, artist and photographer. Her films have been featured and awarded in the Good Vibrations Erotic Film Festival. Her photography has been shown in various galleries in California and Florida and featured in the San Diego Fahrenheit, The OC Weekly and is a photographic contributor for SF’s own Whore Magazine. One of her recent photography projects “Show me your Fantasy” documents the depths of female sexual desires. Her experience with photography and film lends to her ability to vamp it up in front of the camera as well – performing for many of the Bay Areas renowned queer porn companies.

As always the playshop is free for Pink party goers. RSVP by sending an email to info (at) missioncontrolsf.org

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

PAL needed. See our PAL page for details.

9 pm – 10:15 – Picture Me Dirty playshop
10 pm to late – Pink! Party (Please arrive before midnight)

Friday, Jan 7, 2011 – 9pm to 10:15pm

Another fabulous pre-Pink play-shop coming your way

Naughty Nibbles: A Taste of the Art of Restraint

Art, bondage, rope – how to make it as beautiful as it is hot.

Offered by Femina Potens, and marking the launch of the collaborative relationship between Femina Potens and Mission Control, Naughty Nibbles gives you a taste of the art of restraint. This playshop features Madison Young and Fivestar. Come on out and be the art you yearn to be.

Art of Restraint is Femina Potens decadent quarterly event featuring rope, art, submission and sublime sensations. On April 30th this full event will be at Mission Control for the first time. Mark your calendars now!

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

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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.

9 pm – 10:15 – Naughty Nibbles: A Taste of the Art of Restraint playshop
10 pm to late – Pink! Party

Friday, Dec 17, 2010 – 9pm to 10:15pm
Another fabulous pre-Pink play-shop coming your way

Charm School:  The Art & Science of Being Charming

When Science gets sexy!

Flirting successfully is a skill and an art.  In the subtle dance of attraction, studies have shown that 85% of communication occurs on a level below consciousness.  These patterns of communication are universal and ancient.  Using techniques derived from hard scientific research, theater, physical performance, therapy techniques, and hypnotism, Jasper of The New Eccentrics will show you how to identify sublime signals of flirtation and how to adopt them in your own life.  A short scientific demonstration of how the elements of human interaction relate to certain regions of the brain will be followed by hand’s on work on increasing access to the desired states of comfort, flirtation, confidence, and joy.  Come ready to play!

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

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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.

9 pm – 10:15 – Charm School Playshop
10 pm to late – Pink! Party

Friday, October 15, 2010 – 9pm to 10:15pm
Another fabulous pre-Pink play-shop coming your way

Blues Dancing

On the surface, Blues dance looks like a slower, sexier version of the Lindy Hop  and Swing dancing. Beneath that cursory view is a depth of connection, expression, and tension in the dance between partners and the music they’re moving to that goes well beyond the simple steps.

Aaron is a local Blues dance enthusiast and Pink regular, excited to bring these two worlds together. His class will demonstrate the Blues dance basic steps, and focus on the environment of the dance: asking a potential dance partner out onto the dance floor, establishing connection, expressing movement intention, the polarity of leading and following, and exploring how to carry an incredible dance off the floor and into the Pink space.

Stay on then to practice your steps on the Pink dance floor as we launch the party with a sexy, bluesy set.

Comfortable and sexy attire recommended. Please do not wear high heels.

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

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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.

9 pm – 10:15 – Blues Dancing Playshop
10 pm to late – Pink! Blue Party

A San Francisco ORIGINAL!     Friday, October 15 | 10pm – Late

This month Pink is Blue! We sing the blues, swing the blues and maybe even sting the blues.

Come out and learn how to Swing the Blues in our special Blues dance class play shop at 9 pm. Then practice your new swinging skills on our dance floor with the singing sounds of blues tunes old and new.

But the Blue doesn’t stop there. Oh No! We will be spreading that color all over the screen with some steaming hot vintage Blue films for your Pink selves.

Feel inspired to get in role? Come out in your fedora, spats, pin stripes, polka dots, rockabilly halter tops – wheeee!

Or come in your blue jeans – we won’t mind as long as you feel fine.

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Cost: $30 at the door | $20 for Allies | Alliance Cards or Multipasses passes accepted

Dress Code: You can leave your costumes at home and just come all gussied up or even dressed down.

Vibe: friendly, low key, relaxed. Pink is pansexual: queer, kink, 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.

This is a private event. 21 and over only (we check ID!) No alcohol will be served. Please RSVP for invitation & location.