This Week with Wicked Grounds (4/3 – 4/13)

Hello kinksters –

It’s the first weekend of the month, and that means we have some excellent programming in the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend as well as lots of great online classes for kinksters everywhere throughout the week.

Let’s take a look!

This week!

Thursday 4/3

Tonight in San Francisco, join visiting instructor Jamie Joy for The Edge of Desire: Knife Play 101. We strongly recommend advanced ticketing, and we will require waivers for admittance. Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Saturday 4/5

It’s first Saturday! That means we have some great in-person classes for you in San Francisco.

Join us at noon near 5th & Mission for Welcome to the SF Bay Area Kink Scene with Miriam Green. You’ll learn all about the culture, groups, organizations, venues and parties that make the SF kink scene so memorable, and how to navigate this world safely. Get advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (Not in SF? Don’t sweat it! We do an ​online version of this class​ for kinksters everywhere on alternating months.)

Then at 2:30 pm, stick around for Negotiation Improv with Wiley Elote. Something like a cross between a negotiation class, an improv session and kinky speed friending, this unique format gives you the opportunity to practice negotiating in your out-loud voice. Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Sunday 4/6

Consent collisions happen. It’s what we do to avoid and recover from them that makes all the difference. Join us online at 11am Pacific for From Harm to Healing: A Guide to Community Accountability with Adam and Ash of Consent Academy to navigate all the ways to keep relationships and communities strong. Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Are you in SF? Want to get much better connected with your body? Join us from noon – 3pm for Erotic Movement with Click Your Heels in SOMA. Advanced ticketing strongly recommended. This class can and often does sell out! Get your spot through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Monday 4/7

Want to explore lots of potential paradigms for D/s play? Join us online at 6pm Pacific tonight for Sir! Yes Sir!: Exploring Protocol in Power Exchange Dynamics with Lee Harrington! Advanced ticketing is required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Wednesday 4/9

Want to meet a lot of new friends, allies, and potential play partners – fast? Join us at 7pm in San Francisco for Wicked Grounds + Plura Present: Kinky Speed Friending! Advanced ticketing is required. Get yours ​here​.

Then make a night of it and check out PlayXLand at the ​SF Cat Club​.

Thursday 4/10

Feeling down. A case of the Mondays. The dreaded “drop.” What is this malaise we get in the days after a scene and what can we do about it? Let’s explore this tonight in Dealing with Drop with Miriam Green! Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Sunday 4/13

If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, be sure to check out the San Francisco Fetish Flea up at Stopgap! This is a great way to get handcrafted kink gear and meet new friends. You can find details on FetLife and Erobay.

And join us online from anywhere for a look at hair pulling play! At 11am Pacific it’s Fatal Follicles: Hair Pulling for Harlots! with Lady V. Advanced ticketing required, so get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

In San Francisco, join Wicked Grounds and Click Your Heels for a unique daylong D/s intensive, Leading & Following: A Daylong Dominance & Submission Intensive. You’ll learn all about nonverbal communication for excellent D/s dynamics and BDSM scenes in this 1:30 – 7:30 pm class. Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

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Warmly, Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team

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