Beyond Twisted: Kink Outside the Box
Hosted by Midori
Thursday March 18, 2010
7:30pm
Location: Stormy Leather, San Francisco, CA

Ever feel boxed in by the definition and expectations of kinky sex? Want to better answer the question of “what are you into?” and have better play times? Find your self dissatisfied with scenes or frustrated at not having your desire accepted? Want to figure out how to create a multi person scene where everyone is happy? You’re not alone! Ever notice the expectation that sadist must be a dominant and a submissive must be a masochist? Or vice a versa… Is this right? Wrong! Come along as Midori explodes the standard definitions of kink roles and expands the idea of what kink is all about. In “Beyond Twisted,” she maps out a fine-tuned and flexible framework that anyone can use to help describe their adventurous appetites. And as we all know, that’s the first step to fulfilling them! This is a class for those who don’t quite fit into the standard boxes… and for anyone who’s curious about their own possibly untapped potential!

Beginners and newbies encouraged to attend.

Located at the Stormy Leather Retail Boutique
1158 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.626.1672
Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Purchase tickets here!

Forte Femme Sensual Dominance Intensive
Friday March 19 at 7:00pm through Sunday March 21 until 6:00pm
Location: Hyatt Regency at San Francisco Airport
An extraordinary weekend-long program of instruction and fun, this intimate class on Sensual Dominance is limited to 10 women only. Learn how to introduce sensual power play into your relationship and experience a series of personalized instruction, practice, discussions and demonstrations. For more information and to register, please visit http://fhp-inc.com/classdetails.php?id=72.

About Midori

Midori is a renowned best-selling author, lecturer and educator on human sexuality. Her seminars and workshops both here and abroad are always sold out. She is recognized internationally as the author of Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink from Daedalus Publishing, and The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage. Midori’s Expert Guide to Sensual Bondage, her latest movie, was directed by Tristan Taormino for Vivid-Ed.

Diligent Lust: Orgasm Control from Tie and Tease to Chastity Please!
Hosted by Eve Minax
Thursday February 11, 2010
7:30pm
Location: Stormy Leather, San Francisco, CA

Got a horny partner who needs discipline? Enjoy having your orgasm controlled or denied? Simply want to learn how to milk the moment in taking your partner to a higher erotic level? Join educator and expert Eve Minax for an arousing trajectory of the ins and outs of orgasm control. Tease and Denial is a truly delightful art form: utilizing special techniques for controlling orgasms can have a remarkable impact upon the sexual psyche of you and your partner. By training your partner to come on command through controlling their orgasm you can create more depth and intimacy in your relationship. We will discuss and demo forced, ruined, and denied orgasms, and tap into a bit of chastity training while we’re at it. This class is open to couples and individuals, whether desirous of being controlled or controlling, we will examine all perspectives. Come learn how to take your tease and denial to the next level.

Located at the Stormy Leather Retail Boutique
1158 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.626.1672
Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Purchase tickets here!

About Eve Minax

Eve Minax is a renowned educator and presenter who delights in proliferating carnal knowledge. She is a lifestyle and professional Domina, and acts as the Lead Staff Instructor for the Cleo Dubois Academy of SM Arts. She teaches at a variety of events including Domcon Atlanta and LA, IMsL, Thunder in the Mountains, Efest, and KinkFest. Locally, she presents classes at the SF Citadel, Edges, Stormy Leather and Good Vibrations, and elsewhere in her travels. Minax is the former coordinator for CineKink:Chicago, and the West Coast Coordinator for the LA&M Roadshow. She writes a regular column for Carnal Nation, works often with SeriousBondage.com, and has been pioneering a new genre of pairing kinky sex with food: Sexcipies. Minax maintains a loving and extended leather family throughout the world.

Friday February 5th
7:00pm
Location: Bondage Dinner at Supperclub San Francisco

Couture meets cuisine at the Supperclub’s monthly Bondage Dinner on February 5th. Indulge in a gourmet four-course dinner while feasting your eyes on a glamorous fashion show by featuring Stormy Leather’s new line of satin and lace corsets in an all-new palette of colors. The Stormy Leather Fashion Show is presented in partnership with the ladies of The Gates, the East bay’s premier house of domination, who will be modeling the stunning fabric and lace corsets.

If you can’t make it to the party in body, receive aural pleasure by tuning into San Francisco’s local “Sexploration with Monika” show on FCC Free Radio 107.3FM or fccfreeradio.com for a live show during the dinner.

Stay tuned on January 29th at 9:15pm to hear Stormy Leather’s Tom Grigor talk about new developments and upcoming events at Stormy Leather.

Located at the Supperclub San Francisco
657 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Email rsvp@supperclub.com to RSVP

For more info on Stormy Leather, visit our retail boutique:
1158 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 800.486.9650 or 415.626.1672
StormyLeather.com

“Stormy Leather has always been known for exceptional leather corsets. Having set the standard for fully cinching steel boned leather corsets, we are pleased to introduce all new materials and an all new color palette to these classic designs. Our aim is to create a more feminine bedroom ready aesthetic while maintaining the high quality of design and functionality of a real corset. Available in stunning fabric and lace combinations these re-imagined Stormy Leather corsets really highlight the versatility of our existing line. These corsets will appeal to a wider range of consumer beyond the leather fetishist or the D/s scene. Intimate and classy, the lingerie inspired details create an erotic and sensual look unlike anything in our current stock. Perfect in combination with latex or leather separates they add a layer of elegance and refinement to any look. We have been working very hard with our production team creating these memorable, wearable corsets and we can’t wait to unveil them to world on February 5th.” - Tom

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, The Stockroom has massacred prices on a hand-selected batch of favorite items you LOVE to love… So if love is your drug of choice, give them the injection they desire with our best-selling Lube Shooter™ or get your hands on the ergonomic Heartbreaker Vibrator or a premium calfskin 3 Foot Silicone Core Bullwhip – both guaranteed to make more than just the heart throb!

We always hurt the ones we love…or is it the other way around? Start saving now through Wednesday February 17!

Human Furniture & Living Art Centerpieces Hosted by Mistress Nikki Nefarious
Thursday December 10
7:30 - 9:30pm
Location: Los Angeles Stockroom Retail Boutique

Deck the halls with Human Furniture and Living Art Centerpieces! Stockroom University is proud to present a holiday-themed bondage objectification class hosted by award-winning Bondage Artist and Professional Dominatrix Mistress Nikki Nefarious! Ideal for beginners, intermediates, or those simply eager to learn about the beauty of living art incorporating bondage and objectification, Ms Nikki Nefarious’ demonstrational workshop will intimately demonstrate how to create comfortable and functional human furniture and centerpieces for your holiday party that all will enjoy.

Ms Nikki Nefarious will be giving an in-depth course, teaching various forms of bondage positions to create an intimate party setting with living art and interactive centerpieces designed for functionality as well as comfort to maximize display time. Ms Nikki Nefarious’s class will focus on the following topics:

• Objectification, Public Humiliation, and Fornaphilia
• Floor Bondage techniques suitable for beginner and intermediate bottoms and Tops
• Safety and Check-In guidelines to ensure a lengthy, enriching experience
• Decorative ideas for living art and human centerpieces
• Reposition techniques and Aftercare instructions for the bondage bottom

To add to the evening’s atmosphere, we will be playing music from Robert Waechter’s GoeddeConcerto, a beautiful and haunting soundtrack inspired by our own Steve Diet Goedde’s fetish photographs.

Located at the Stockroom Retail Boutique
2809½ W. Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213)989-0334
Purchase tickets here!

Predicament Bondage with Midori
Thursday, October 22
7:30pm

Here’s a class for fun-loving, wicked dominants and submissives alike who enjoy a challenge. Predicament bondage creates a situation where the submissive is between ‘a rock and a hard place.’ Whichever direction the sub moves has consequences, either physical or psychological. Midori’s lesson on predicament bondage aims to give you the tools to challenge endurance, pain threshold, and/or pride in a scenario.

The class will include several demos, and the opportunity to volunteer may be present. If you’re a service submissive or an escape artist, you may acquire a new challenge!

Located at the Stormy Leather Retail Boutique
1158 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
800.486.9650
Purchase tickets here!

Stockroom University Presents…
Rough Sex Workshop with Two Knotty Boys
Located at the Stormy Leather Retail Location
Thursday, August 20th
7:30pm

Sometimes a lover just wants to be “taken,” but the trick is how to control your lover–without letting things (and yourself) get out of control. In this innovative, intensive workshop, JD and Dan, a.k.a. the Two Knotty Boys, put their demo models through their paces to teach you a wide variety of rope bondage and other techniques for safely practicing the art of aggressive sensuality. Dan and JD will show you simple moves and positions that almost anyone can use to help gain a sexual advantage, even with a partner who outweighs you. You’ll learn how to use rope, household items and even your own or each other’s clothing as tools for creative, adventurous, memorable sex.

If possible, please bring one 10′ and one 30′length of 3/8′ to 7/16′ diameter rope, plus a belt and a pillowcase (but limited supplies will be available). Attending with a partner is recommended for practice, but not required.

$25 advance purchase, $30 at the door. Email staff@stormyleather.com with any questions.

Purchase tickets here!

Stormy Leather is located at 1158 Howard Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103
Please call (415)626-1672 for more details

Stockroom University Presents….ASS CLASS!
Sunday August 2
7:30-9:30pm

We’re putting the ASS back in CLASS!

Ever wanted a stick up your ass, but didn’t know where to start? Stockroom University presents a workshop on all things anal. Open from everyone to the kinky and the vanilla alike, to the experienced as well as the total beginner, Ass Class will discuss everything from basics such as participating in clean and comfortable anal sex, tips on shopping for the best butt toys for you, to a comparative overview of enema bags vs. shower douche sets. You’ll be in the back door in no-time with extensive details on everything you always wanted to know about anal…. But were too afraid to ask!

Attendees will receive 10% off all anal toys!

Located at the Stockroom/Syren Retail Store
2809 1/2 West Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
$25.00 advance purchase, $30.00 at the door
Call 213.989.0334 for RSVP and ticket sales

Forte Femme: Sensual Dominance Intensive for Women
A special weekend for women with Midori
When: Fri 8/14 through Sun 8/16 (Fri. 7pm to ¬10pm, Sat. 9am ¬to 6pm, Sun 9am ¬to 6pm)
Where: Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport

Cost: $650/per woman.
The class is limited to 10 women to ensure the highest quality tutelage.

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Weekend Detail:

Find your authentic inner femme power! Through exploration of safe and effective techniques with emphasis on connections with your partner, fortified with individual attention and guidance, you’ll learn the full scope of creating a fulfilling experience for you and your partner.

Join Midori for this special women’s weekend intensive of instruction and fun!

Experience a most unique, in-depth program on how to bring the joys of sensual power play to your relationship. Expanding on Midori’s ever-popular class “The Art of Feminine Dominance,” you’ll be fully tutored through a series of personalized instruction, practice, discussions and demonstrations. Midori believes in a compassionate approach of education focusing on “Head-Heart-&-Hands”, to go beyond mere focus on technique or formulaic scripts. Step into a place of empowerment, confidence and pleasure.

During this immersion retreat, you’ll learn creative negotiation, scene setting, special equipment, play techniques including flogging, various bondage types and more. You will also explore emotional and psychological issues of loving SM in a healthy relationship.

If you have a partner, they are encouraged to join in the Lab segment on Sunday afternoon.

Included: Workbook, morning coffee & nosh, lunch, afternoon snacks, fun goodies provided by The Stockroom and others, plus optional guided field trip into San Francisco.

Pre-requisite and Experience: No previous experience necessary.

For registration information, please visit https://fire-horse-productions-inc1.ticketleap.com/ForteFemmeSF2009

For general inquiries, please contact info@fhp-inc.com

Visit www.PlanetMidori.com for more information on Midori

Follow Midori on Twitter! www.Twitter.com/PlanetMidori

Playing with the Family Jewels: An Evening with Midori
Sunday July 12th, 7pm – 9pm
Located at the Stockroom/Syren Retail Store
2809 1/2 West Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Join us for a night debaucherous fun with Midori, where she will reveal clever and wicked ways that she likes to play with the family jewels. Promising to be as entertaining as it is educational, come be a part of this intimate show-and-tell workshop featuring a sexy CBT bottom boy. Curious about bondage, electrical, intense pressure play, chastity devices, piercings and more? Ever wanted to know exactly how those intricate and weird looking apparatuses are applied? Covering everything such as the basic sweet mind games and beyond, if you enjoy gleeful wickedness, this class is for you.

Attendees will get 10% off all CBT toys

! Midori contributed to Hardy Haberman’s CBT primer book Family Jewels.

Find Midori at www.FHP-inc.com and www.PlanetMidori.com

$25.00 advance purchase, $30.00 at the door
Call 213.989.0334 for RSVP and ticket sales

Erik Von Gutenberg and sponsors Stockroom/Stormy Leather present the first-ever Marquis Fetish Ball!

Saturday July 18, 2009 at Supperclub, San Francisco- Doors at 9pm

Your opportunity to Dress to Impress!

A night of glamorous fetish fashion and performances- San Francisco’s high style fetish event for 2009.

Join Marquis America and San Francisco fetish institution Stockroom/Stormy Leather for this fabulous high-style event where San Francisco’s naughtiest and sexiest players will be strutting their stuff!

Doors open at 9! All-night dance space and VIP salon.

MC’d by NYC’s famous latex diva, The Baroness!

Bondage performance by international superstar Midori, aerial performance by Evacide, live drawing by popular fetish artist Suzanne Forbes!

Just added to the lineup is top San Francisco turntablist DJ Netik of Meat, DNA and Exotic Erotic Ball fame.

Fashion excitement will be provided by edge designers Black Lickorish Latex and Antiseptic Fashions, who are coming together to do an outrageous fashion show!

Best-Dressed contest winners will participate in a live model shoot for Marquis America and Marquis Fetish Blog.

Midnight Madness Raffle with spectacular prizes from Stormy Leather and Stockroom!

Supperclub is located at 857 Harrison St. in San Francisco.

• Tickets $45 at door, on sale online at discounted price of $35.
• Tickets are $35 at these locations until July 1, $45 thereafter:

Los Angeles: Stockroom, 28091&frac2 W. Sunset Blvd. LA 90026
San Francisco: Stormy Leather, 1158 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

• General Admission Tickets are $35 until July 1, $45 thereafter
• VIP tickets $65 includes All Access, bar menu until midnite, private drawing session with Suzanne Forbes, your own complimentary issues of Marquis 44&45 and VIP Salon.

Sponsored by San Francisco’s own Stormy Leather, and Stockroom/Syren in L.A.

S&M World Mourns The Loss Of A Legend
By Athena Fatale

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Mistress Sabrina Belladonna. Sabrina first made her mark as a professional Dominatrix in the days before the internet when Dominas were still far from the public eye, and later used her success to educate and enlighten others about the S&M Lifestyle. Her diabolical manner and bewitching behavior made her a dark fantasy come to life for many fortunate submissives. Her contributions to the BDSM community include mentor, educator, friend, role model, and icon.

In an interview for Sexuality: The Documentary, Sabrina said “I don’t really question too much why I get turned on by it (BDSM) I just accept that I do. It sounds kind of ridiculous, but you can be very nurturing when you’re doing something like a heavy whipping or something like that.”

“One of the things I try to really promote in the scene in general is responsibility and safety. What I’m doing has nothing to do with oppressing someone or making them feel like less of a human being. What I’m trying to do is empower both of us by exploring these things.”

Rest in peace Sabrina, and thank you for everything that you gave us.