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DSD now at 8:30pm
Published on May 16, 2010 at 8:39 PM by kenneth | Filed under CV Announcements, Calendar Events, Unaffiliated Events | No Comments| May 16, 2010 | ||
| 8:30 PM | to | 10:30 PM |
Due to popular demand, DSD will now begin on 8:30pm Monday nights. We’re still at the Good Stuff Diner though.
Location: 109 West 14th Street, between 6th and 7th Ave.
(Do you know of an event that you don’t see on our calendar and want to share? Please send it in!)
Summer CV begins, now DSD-NYC
Published on May 4, 2010 at 12:48 AM by kenneth | Filed under CV Announcements, Calendar Events, Unaffiliated Events | No Comments[ May 10, 2010; 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. ] With the end of the school year, yet another set of official of CV meetings has come to a glorious close, leaving many CV’ers with a dearth of kinky social interaction.
Summer CV to the rescue! Now with a new name — DSD (and a website)!
We’ll be having weekly, unofficial, meetups at the Good Stuff Diner, [...]
Stratton and KFANYC
Published on April 30, 2010 at 11:05 AM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ May 3, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Jack Stratton will be joining us to talk about the organization, so to speak, of KinkForAll, and to give a demonstration of its typical content by assembling presenters for three 20-minute presentations.
CV Meeting: Hypnosis 102
Published on April 16, 2010 at 7:28 AM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ April 26, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Rachel joins CV this week to give us an idea about bottoming for hypnosis.
Ever wonder what it’s like to be in trance? Have you found it a challenge to just relax and let go? Curious about all the sexy hallucinations you keep hearing about? Getting hypnotized is a skill that you can develop yourself, and [...]
CV Meeting: Hypnosis 101
Published on April 7, 2010 at 10:32 PM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ April 12, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] The first in a three part series! This first week, join us for the basics of topping for hypnosis – taught by Ben and demoed by Rachel. Next weeks: bottoming for hypnosis, brainwashing.
316 Hamilton Hall
CV Meeting: Massage
Published on April 3, 2010 at 2:00 PM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ April 5, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Wendy Blackheart joins us this week for a class on massage. Not sensual massage, not ten gallons of scented oils and slippery dildos massage, but straight-up hard-core old-school MASSAGE: anatomy and the the ways to get out all those unfortunate kinks our difficult life of kink creates.
Location: 316 Hamilton Hall
CV Meeting: Oops…
Published on March 28, 2010 at 7:25 PM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ March 29, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] In our ongoing streak of excellent luck, we’re out of a presenter for tomorrow night as of 5 PM this afternoon. A long story involving massage tables and Pennsylvania is to blame, but you can be heartened by the fact our complete lack of content will not prevent us from going forward with our meeting.
Food [...]
CV Meeting: Edgeplay from the Top
Published on March 21, 2010 at 6:43 PM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ March 22, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Corey Alexander joins CV once again.
Pushing Your Own Limits: Edgeplay from the Top
Bottoms are not the only ones that push their limits. This interactive workshop/discussion focuses on edgeplay that pushes tops out of our comfort zones. Whether you are a seasoned or newly exploring edgeplayer from the top, or want to support a [...]
CV Mini-Munch
Published on March 12, 2010 at 8:33 PM by kenneth | Filed under CV Announcements, Calendar Events, Unaffiliated Events | No Comments[ March 15, 2010; 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. ] Hello, lovely people! As there is no regular CV meeting due to Spring Break, please come join us for a fabulous time at 7pm, at the Good Stuff Diner, 109 West 14th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue. Food and company await.
There’s a FetLife event too.
CV Meeting: Whips
Published on March 8, 2010 at 12:37 AM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | 1 Comment[ March 8, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] That right: whips. All of them, ever, tomorrow night. Who said CV isn’t ambitious?
Okay, maybe not all the whips. Maybe just some of them. A few of them. As many as Dov can get to during our two hour meeting.
This is a class geared to get anyone who has just bought a signal whip up [...]
CV Meeting: Tightlacing
Published on February 28, 2010 at 11:04 PM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ March 1, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Halo Jones on tightlacing and corsettry.
Tightlacing for Beginners: types of corsets, fitting, corset cleaning and care, how to lace and tighten corsets, the experience of wearing a corset daily, and, of course, how to lace in a friend.
CV Meeting: Menace
Published on February 21, 2010 at 1:12 PM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ February 22, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] We’re joined by Rob for a look at menace.
Menace: Fear and Intimidation
How to scare the hell out of your bottom without actually hurting them. It will have a review of some techniques, a discussion, and demos. At no point would anyone actually be hurt, but expect a lot of safewords.
Location: 316 Hamilton
CV Meeting: Japanese Rope Bondage
Published on February 5, 2010 at 1:47 AM by President | Filed under Calendar Events | No Comments[ February 8, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] The first in a two part series, we’re joined by Sebastian for some good rope fun. Some rope will be provided by CV, but feel encouraged to bring your own if you have it.
Japanese Rope Bondage
Shibari or Kinbaku is a form of rope bondage that involves intricate weaves and few knots. The goal is not [...]
CV Meeting: Erotic Writing as a Tool
Published on January 31, 2010 at 6:45 PM by President | Filed under CV Announcements, CV Meetings | No CommentsWe’re joined by Jack Stratton (http://writingdirty.com/) this week for a workshop in erotic writing.
Erotic Writing as a Tool: Erotica and Sex Blogs as Tools for Negotiation, Seduction and the Articulation of Desire
1. How to use writing as a tool to articulate and process your desires and experiences.
2. How to use sex writing and correspondences as [...]
CV Meeting: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Hurt Me
Published on January 20, 2010 at 8:48 PM by President | Filed under CV Announcements, CV Meetings, Calendar Events | No Comments[ January 25, 2010; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Conversio Virium returns January 25th with Mistress Coraline
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Hurt Me: Playing with a Vanilla Partner
Your lover is sweet, your lover is hot, your lover is… vanilla?!? Not everyone is kinky but a lot of vanilla people are kinkier than they know. We’ll talk about broaching the subject, negotiation [...]
Call for Volunteers and Presenters for Spring 2010
Published on January 11, 2010 at 4:21 PM by President | Filed under CV Announcements | No CommentsAs Columbia’s spring semester approaches, CV’s administration is looking to fill up our presentation roster. If you have a new demo, an old demo newly perfected, an idea you’ve wanted to try in front of a live audience, or the narcissistic need to hear yourself talk, CV would love to have you present at one [...]
CV End-of-Semester Party
Published on December 13, 2009 at 7:05 PM by President | Filed under CV Announcements, CV Meetings, Calendar Events | No Comments[ December 14, 2009; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Sassafras Lowry has elected to avoid inflicting finals-ridden Columbia students with her ongoing case of H1N1 by staying home tomorrow night, rather than regale us with her presentation on Leather Storytelling. She will be making her debut next semester.
Instead, CV will be throwing a small party; food and drink will be provided, CV’s next semester [...]
CV Meeting: Trust
Published on December 1, 2009 at 9:33 PM by President | Filed under CV Announcements, CV Meetings, Calendar Events | No Comments[ December 7, 2009; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Lolita Wolf joins CV this week to present on trust.
Location: 316 Hamilton Hall, Columbia campus
How do you achieve intimacy and create an awesome, even sacred bond with a partner? How is it that one person allows another to take control over them? Before such a potent understanding is forged between adults, trust needs to exist. [...]
CV Meeting: BDSM ER
Published on November 22, 2009 at 6:06 PM by President | Filed under CV Announcements, CV Meetings, Calendar Events | No Comments[ November 30, 2009; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] Sir Guy will being giving a presentation on BDSM ER, or what to do in case of an emergency.
316 Hamilton Hall
BDSM ER: It’s Not a Scene
Your fire play session was hotter than expected. Now someone got burned. What do you do? Your knife play was cutting edge and your bottom got the [...]
CV Meeting: Gendering Power
Published on November 11, 2009 at 9:24 PM by President | Filed under CV Announcements, CV Meetings, Calendar Events | No Comments[ November 16, 2009; 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ] We are joined this week by Sinclair Sexsmith, writer of the Sugarbutch Chronicles (http://www.sugarbutch.net/) and kinky presenter. Expect a more extended description of the presentation in the next few days.
Gendering Power, or: How to Spice Up Your Roleplay! An interactive workshop on how the addition of gender to power dynamics in sexual role play scenarios [...]
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