Sexy in NYC: Events for the Week of July 21st

Posted at 9:08 AM Jul 21, 2008

Though chronologically they should appear at the bottom of this post, The Wet Spots are getting bumped up to the top because Naked City is sponsoring a contest to win tickets to their show at the Zipper Factory on Sunday, July 27th. Click here for full details.

Book Reading/Signing Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir - Tuesday, July 22nd at 7 pm. Bluestockings Books, 172 Allen Street (between Stanton and Rivington). A live reading and signing from "Since My Last Confession," a funny, irreverent faith journey by a gay Catholic pursuing his Archbishop in the style of Michael Moore’s Roger & Me that answers the perennial question, “What’s a Nice Gay Catholic Part-time Porn Writer Doing in a Nasty Church Like This?” Scott Pomfret, a practicing Catholic in a long-term committed gay relationship with a hardcore atheist, tries to reconcile his faith with the Catholic hierarchy’s bitter attacks on gay marriage, gay adoption, gay seminarians, Capri pants, innate style, and anything else remotely homosexual. Convinced that a meeting with the Archbishop would foster homo-Catholic rapprochement and world peace, Pomfret pursues the prelate from pulpit to Chancery to state funeral -- and runs into a host of motorcycle lesbians, gay priests, flaming friars, pious prelates, would-be Opus Dei monks, a radically atheistic boyfriend, dozens of Irish women named Mary, and angry orthodox bloggers along the way. Addressing topics ranging from a firsthand account of a 1970s SWAT team raid of a gay Mass to “Ten Ways to Recognize a Gay Catholic” to Harry Potter’s Satanism, Confession is one man’s personal experience of wrestling with faith, doubt, sex, love, and priestly undergarments. FREE.

Phuk It! Play Party - Friday, July 25th from 10 pm to 4 am (no entry after 12 am). Location provided upon RSVP. A play party is a gathering of kinky and kinky curious people (beginners, experts, voyeurs and exhibitionist). At these gatherings, people play together. Play in this context refers to kissing, touching, full-on sex, BDSM, role playing, and other kinky, sexually liberating shit. Play should always be done consensually. Attendees are pansexual, kinky, and/or kinky-curious queer women, queer men, bi women, bi men, straight trans, bi trans, genderqueer, transgender, multi-gender, gender non-conforming, gender variant People of Color and their queer/gay and trans white allies. Basically for queers who like to play with other queers regardless of gender ID, gender presentation or gender expression. $20 until 11pm
$25 after 11pm. Visit website to RSVP.

Night Of 1001 Starrs - Allanah Starr's Annunal 21st Birthday Party Friday, July 25th from 10 pm - 4 am. Showtime 2 am. Lucky Chengs, 24 First Avenue (between 1st & 2nd St.) Produced by Dina Delicious, the 'Night of 1,001 Starrs" bash will include TS porn star guests Gia Darling, Buck Angel, Carmen Cruz, Vo D'Balm, Foxxy, Sexxxy Jade, Kimber James, Olivia Love, and Wendy Williams. The evening will also feature 10 transsexual Las Vegas-style dancers, surprise celebrity appearances, a cabaret show, and "all the wild and crazy tranny fun your heart can handle!"

--Audacia Ray

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Sexy in NYC: Events for the Week of July 14th

Posted at 9:19 AM Jul 14, 2008

Fresh Fruit Festival - July 11 - 27. Various venues, check website for details! Yes, Fresh Fruit is a colorful and healthy snack. But it is also an inclusive International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Cultural & Arts Festival held in Manhattan each July! All Out Arts' and New Village Productions' Fresh Fruit Festival feeds the spiritual and artistic souls of the LGBT and artistic communities.

Fresh Fruit's mission is to share the LGBT community's unique perspective, creativity and diversity and to build links between the LGBT, local, national and international artistic communities as well as to the general public.

In the Flesh Monthly Erotic Reading Series - Thursday, July 17th at 8 pm. Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome Street. Featured readers this month: D.L. King, editor of Erotica Revealed, and Susan Wright (A Pound of Flesh) to letter lover Samara O’Shea (Note to Self, For the Lover of Letters), memoirist Scott Pomfret (Since My Last Confession), Jeremy Edwards, (Clean Sheets, F is for Fetish), novelist Anna David (Party Girl) and playwright/memoirist Rachel Shukert (Have You No Shame?). Hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Spanked, Rubber Sex, Dirty Girls). Free event, free candy and cupcakes will be served.

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Sexy in NYC: Events for the Week of July 7th

Posted at 9:12 AM Jul 07, 2008

Ladies of the Night Book Launch - Friday, July 11 at 12:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Ave (46th Street). Gene Simmons launches his new book, Ladies of the Night: A Historical and Personal Perspective on the Oldest Profession in the World. The man will be there live in person. Chances are good that the line will be long. FREE.

Creative Sex Life with Ducky Doolittle - Thursday, July 10 at 8:00 pm. Babeland Brooklyn, 462 Bergen St. between Flatbush and 5th Avenues. In a rut? Tired of the same old routine? That's normal! By nature, humans are lazy creatures. This is the perfect reason to join Ducky and learn new ways to give and receive pleasure. Take home tips and techniques that you can use that very night and for the rest of your life. Ducky is the author of the best selling book "Sex with the Lights On: 200 Illuminating Sex Questions Answered." $30

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Sexy in NYC: Events for the Week of June 30th

Posted at 9:30 AM Jun 30, 2008

Grind the Vote -Thursday, July 3rd, doors at 8 pm, performances start at 9 pm. The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard Street. $pread Magazine, in conjunction with SWANK (Sex Workers Action New York) and SWOP-NYC (Sex Workers Outreach Project), is proud to host their first pre-fourth of July burlesque bash and voter registration event. A national effort-- with events from Sin City to the Windy City, the Capital to the Big Apple-- sex workers and their allies are organizing into an electoral force in the pursuit of political and economic justice. $5.

TES Fest - July 4-6, 2008 at the Radisson Hotel in Piscataway, N. J Spend the holiday weekend learning all about BDSM in dozens of hands-on workshops, organized by The Eulenspiegel Society. Classes include: Laughter in Rope, Mummification, Wild Rope - Bondage Techniques from the Great Outdoors, Conflict Resolution Within a M/s, D/s Framework, Wrestling for Fetish Play, and many others. Regular NonMember $180, Regular Member $160. Day passes are also available, hotel is extra.

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Sexy in NYC: Events for the Week of June 16th

Posted at 10:02 AM Jun 16, 2008

Carly Milne reads from Sexography - Tuesday, June 17th from 7 to 9 pm. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington. By turns serious and playful, Sexography maps the coming of age, tragedy and rebirth of one woman's sexual self. From "making out" with imaginary Hollywood stars in her closet (and getting busted) to coming to terms with abuse, assault and rape, from embracing her curiosity enough to become a sex toy tester to accepting and dealing with her tumultuous past, Milne paints a brutally honest and, at times, amusing picture of what it's like to learn about and experience sex in every sense of the word. From the earliest experiences in her childhood homes in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, to present-day Los Angeles, Milne guides readers through the troubled waters of female sexuality with a mixture of candor and humor. Whether you've been through similar experiences or just know someone who has, Sexography will change your mind about why and how survivors survive. FREE, donations welcome.

Voyeur: The Romance of SM: A Slideshow and Talk by Barbara Nitke Tuesday, June 17 2008, 7:30pm - 11:00pm. 260 W 36th Street 3rd floor, between 7th and 8th Avenues "My work is a celebration of diversity, especially in the sexual arena. I believe that love is love, no matter how it is expressed. I hope that in the upcoming years the people I have photographed will be embraced by our culture for their openness and imagination in an area which is so often misunderstood, for a most amazing artistic presentation…" Please join us as Barbara Nitke, internationally renowned Scene photographer, displays and narrates some selected example of her work. $4 for members of TES; $8 for non-members.

Drag Show Video Vérité - Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 6pm. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street (best access to auditorium). It’s the ultimate New York City drag show…on video tape. Drag Show Video Vérité gathers and screens rare film and video that documents the faces and places of New York City’s vibrant drag scene. This year’s edition offers more colorful and never before publicly screened footage from the 1950s to the present and offers a who’s who of NYC’s male and female impersonators. FREE.

In the Flesh Reading Series - GLBT Erotica Night - Thursday, June 19th from 8 to 10 pm. Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome Street. In The Flesh’s third annual GLBT Night offers up a wide range of the queer writing, from Cris Beam reading her entry “dyke” from Ellen Sussman’s anthology Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex, to Selfish and Perverse author Bob Smith, spoken word performer Aimee Herman, and erotica writers Amie M. Evans and Cecilia Tan (reading from her new collection White Flames), both based in Massachusetts, and Charlie Vazquez (Best Gay Erotica).Hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel (editor of First Timers, Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica, Up All Night). FREE, with free candy and cupcakes.

Leather Pride Night - Saturday, June 21st from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Splash! at 50 W. 17th Street. 25th Annual Leather Pride Night and Auction. MCs Susan Wright, writer and activist, and Leatherman of Color 2007 "Doc" Hoskins will keep the evening moving, directing attendees to the varying activities and announcing the opening and closing of the auction times. Jo Arnone, LPN's veteran auctioneer, will preside over almost a hundred items being auctioned, including leather and latex fetish clothing, unique toys and equipment, art objects, Broadway theater tickets, and much more. $15.

Queer Fetish NYC Kickoff Party - Sunday, June 22nd at 9 pm. Nowhere, 322 East 14th Street.
Join us with your hosts Spittles the Clown, and comedienne Amber Martin, who will be sure to leave you holding your sides and picking your jaw off the floor for a half hour or so of zany entertainment around Midnight. On the decks all night long will be DJ ChaotiQueer spinning an eclectic mix that wll dazzle the ear. Fetish demo is currently TBA, but be sure to check back in a few days for the latest developments. Drink specials, and no cover, so strap yourself in and join us for wild ride of debauchery! FREE.

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Sexy in NYC: Events for the Week of June 9th

Posted at 9:39 AM Jun 09, 2008

In Discussion: Lawrence Weiner and Andrew Blake - Wednesday, June 11th at 7:30 pm. Swiss Institute is located in Soho at 495 Broadway, 3rd floor, between Broome and Spring Streets. Lawrence Weiner in conversation with erotic film director Andrew Blake (Los Angeles) on art, porn and more, moderated by Piper Marshall. Presented as part of the exhibition WATER IN MILK EXISTS, on view until July 19 2008.

Brooklyn LGBTQ Pride Day - Saturday, June 14th. Prospect Park at Bartel-Pritchard Circle, 15th Street and Prospect Park West.
--10K Run (9:00 AM) A fun charity sporting event held each year in the morning of Pride for the LGBT community and friends in a festive, healthy and inclusive environment. Fifty percent of the proceeds from the event benefit one local organization.
--Multicultural Festival (11:00 AM - 6:00 PM) It’s more than your usual street fair featuring stage performance, family zone, shopping and great food. Most importantly, it provides opportunities for the community to come learn about community organizations, issues and businesses.
--Kid Space (12:00 PM - 4:00 PM) Kids come join the fun at Brooklyn Pride with your own space! We will have sing a song, puppet making workshops, story time, bookmaking and much much more!
--Night Pride Parade (8:30 PM Kick Off) Come join the fun with the one and only Night Time Parade in the Northeast. A celebration of our Pride and Heritage.
Parade Route: 15th Street to 7th Avenue Right on 7th Avenue down to Lincoln Place.

Babeland Brooklyn Grand Opening Party - Sunday, June 15 at 12:00PM. Babeland Brooklyn, 462 Bergen Street between Flatbush and 5th Avenue. Celebrate Babeland’s arrival in Park Slope! Enjoy local treats, gift bags, store tours and previews of our most popular workshops. We’ll raffle fabulous Babeland goodie bags every hour and a grand prize you’ll have to see to believe. The first 50 customers will receive a free Babeland Silver Bullet.

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Sexy in NYC: Events for the Week of June 2nd

Posted at 9:56 AM Jun 02, 2008

Babeland Brooklyn Opening Day - Tuesday, June 3, at noon. 462 Bergen Street, between Flatbush and 5th Avenue. Be among the first to walk through the doors of Babeland's new Brooklyn location!

Bi the Way (film screening) - Friday, June 6th at 5.45 pm as part of NewFest 2008. AMC Loews 34th St Theater 13. Bisexuality has long been the subject of suspicion and dismissal by some lesbians, gays, and straights. But are perceptions of bisexuality changing, in part due to pop cultural influences? Are younger people in American today embracing the idea, if not the exact label, of bisexuality? Bi the Way takes an entertaining and informative trip around the US to find out, stopping at various points along the way to explore the opinions of a variety of people, including Michael Musto and Dan Savage, while focusing the camera on five main subjects who each have been open to exploring relationships with both men and women. NYC Premiere. Directed By: Brittany Blockman, Josephine Decker. $13, tickets can be purchased here.

Batters/Kroll/Weegee - From the Collection of Eric Kroll - Opening Friday, June 6th from 6 to 8 pm. Anna Kustera Gallery, 520 West 21st street If anyone could amass a fantastic collection of erotic photography, it would be the legendary Eric Kroll, whose 1994 Taschen book Fetish Girls has sold 200,000 copies. A Los Angeles photographer who specializes in fetishistic erotica with a sense of humor, he is now exhibiting for the frist time at the Anna Kustera Gallery a selection of photographs by Elmer Batters, Weegee and himself that show just how sexy, intriguing, funny and original the genre can be. FREE opening, show remains up until July 3rd.

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Sexy in NYC: Events for the Week of May 26th

Posted at 12:44 PM May 26, 2008

Bisexual Girls Club - Wednesday, May 28th at 8 pm. Madame X, 94 West Houston btwn Thompson & Laguardia.
It can be so hard to meet a fun sexy gal or group to share a good laugh with and party with regularly. I’m hoping there are others out there who are interested in reaching out. There’s so many people out there it can be very hard to stand out. On personals sites, they may promise a lot, but deliver very little. In many of the party scenes it’s just a jungle out there -every man and woman for themselves.

Join the bisexual girls club and we can start our own parties. You may have an opportunity to meet some great women, foster rich new friendships, learn new things and perhaps find a wonderful lover or two… FREE.

NY FETISH MARATHON VI - May 28th - June 1st, 2008

May 28th, Wednesday: DeMask NYC : "Rub Her" Rubber party @ Rehab (fomerly Club Midway) 25 Avenue B. NYC 10002

May 29th, Thursday: Mistress Didi's Vantage @ Lucky Chengs 24 1st Ave. NYC 10002

May 30th, Friday: Paradise Lost @ Lucky Cheng's 24 First Ave. NYC 10002

May 31st, Saturday: SMack! @ Club Element 225 East Houston St. NYC 10002

June 1st, Sunday: The Baroness's Fetish Retinue @ Uncle Mings 225 Ave B @ 13th St. NYC 10009. The Baroness offered 10% off on all latex @ the store for those buying tickets to any Fetish marathon event!

Film screening: The Sexes - Saturday, May 31st at 6 pm. Hoboken Multi-Service Center, 124 Grand Street, Hoboken, NJ. Part of the Hoboken International Film Festival.
Québec-born actor Mario Brassard (As The World Turns, Spin City) stars and co-produced The Sexes, the film adaptation of The Dorothy Parker story. Set in upper class Manhattan the day after a chic cocktail party, Adam (Brassard) insists on knowing why Evelyn is giving him the silent treatment. Could the seductive Florence Leaming be to blame? With Ms. Parker's biting dialogue and acerbic wit, all's fair in love and war when the two meet. Brassard also produced the film and adapted the story with Darlene Violette. photo above: Cindy Ball and Dana Rae Scott (by Vesta Goodarz). $9 - part of a short film program.

Queens Pride - Sunday, June 1 Kicks off at noon, 37th Avenue and 89th Street in Jackson Heights

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