TES Members $5 Students, Senior Citizens, & Military with ID $10 Reciprocal Groups $10 Non-Members $20 Cash Only Doors open at 7:00 pm – Meeting begins at 7:30 pm Alchemical Studios, 3rd Floor, Room C Pain is the experience of intense sensation, and a dynamic, significant part of BDSM. But what is it? More importantly, why and how do we receive it, and enjoy it? In a scene, how much of the pain and the processing is physical and how much is mental? Join a diverse panel of m-types, s-types, and bottoms as they discuss their experiences and perspectives on pain and pain processing in the scene, and delve deeper into what makes the agony so sweet!

TES Members $5 Students, Senior Citizens, & Military with ID $10 Reciprocal Groups $10 Non-Members $20 Cash Only Doors open at 7:00 pm – Meeting begins at 7:30 pm Here’s your chance to try out different ways to play! We’ll have stations set up for Hypnokink, Impact Play (Caning, Flogging, etc.), Violet Wands and Bondage, and much more! Currently we have Flogging with Mr.CL, Violet Wands/Electrical Play with Adam, Sensory Deprivation and Overload with Lady Toro, and others will be announced soon.There will be plenty of opportunity to give or receive sensation, in a fun, laid-back environment with experienced kinksters. Stations include: Flogging, with Mr CunningLinguist Canes, with Handsome Savage Violet Wands, with Adam Sensory Deprivation/Overload, with Lady Toro Spanking/ CBT, with Venus Kinkade Close Impact and other Sensation Toys, with Jack TPK Rope Bondage, with Bound to Fly ….and more to be announced…..stay tuned!  

TES Members $5 Students, Senior Citizens, & Military with ID $10 Reciprocal Groups $10 Non-Members $20 Cash Only Doors open at 7:00 pm – Meeting begins at 7:30 pm Running a kink event poses no shortage of challenges, not least of which are those in the arena of consent. Join us as we continue the discussion from September's Consent Summit, as we tackle such issues as: - How do we address incidents at our events? - What degree of safety can be guaranteed? Can (and how can) consent be enforced? - Can (and should) we attempt to address accusations of issues that occur outside our events? - Is there an inherent conflict of interest between ensuring safety and making profit, and can it be overcome? - Can we balance support for victims with due process? - Are bans a viable means to deal with offenders? Do restorative justice principles offer an alternative? While this discussion will focus on the issues faced by event producers and organizers, event attendees are welcome and encouraged to provide their input. TES' very own Chair of Socials and DMs, Zero, will be moderating this important discussion as we work to map out an actionable plan to tackle these important issues in our community.

LOCATION, COST, & REGISTRATION INFO TBD Students will gain the skills and tools necessary to safely do basic rope suspensions. This course will focus on both topping and bottoming skills allowing the participants to grow as a team tying together. Tops will learn about chest harnesses, suspension lines, suspension positions and balance, and communication during suspension. Bottoms will learn tips about suspension, testing ties before they are loaded, making adjustments, speaking up and finding out preferred ties and positions. Topics to be covered: - Building solid chest harnesses - Assessing tie stability - Suspension lines Suspension basics - Normal sensation in suspension - Testing harnesses on the ground - Finding more and less comfortable positions - Making adjustments in ties Pre-requisites: - Tops o At least 2 stable chest harnesses. Only one of them may be a TK/box tie o A stable hip harness (ideally 2) o Ability to take critique from bottoms and desire to solve problems - Bottoms o Ability to tell when things are working or problematic in ties o Comfort speaking up when there is a problem o Desire to problem solve with top Required materials - At least 8 (and ideally 10) 8-9 meter ropes for suspension (nylon, mfp, hemp, or jute) - A suspension ring and 3-4 weight rated carabineers OR 6 weight rated carabineers - Any aftercare needs Belle- doesn't have a specific style of bondage but most of what she does is based on the Japanese style of bondage. Her goals are to create manageable pain for my bottoms and to create an experience that both enjoy, meaning that the type of rope she does at any given time is highly dependent on the person that she is tying. She really enjoys doing both structured ties and unstructured or informal ties, again, dependent on the goals of the scene. Her style of presentation is to have as much interactive time as possible and for the participants share their experience and bring their knowledge to the class. She tends to prefer leading workshop-style classes where the students learn the concept through a series of progressive activities designed to get them to think about their own tying. The goal is to teach them something that they can apply to their own scenes and their own styles.

Come join the TES Writers Group to share work and discuss creative writing for kink!

Join us for an evening where we talk about what s-types look for in Dominants, how the D/s or M/s dynamic is maintained, and what particular challenges are being faced.

Join Master Fine Arse for a fun evening of kinky live drawing and art making.

Happy holiday!

So you and someone(s) else want to scene? Now what? If you've ever been at a loss for how to negotiate, this workshop is for you. We will explore how to negotiate ethically and effectively. This class will focus on the concepts of consent, vetting, strategies for negotiating, topics to cover during negotiation, and common pitfalls. Novice and Newcomers classes are geared towards those with less experience in the NYC BDSM scene, but they are open to anyone! TES Members $5 Students & Military with ID $10 Reciprocal Groups $10 Non-Members $20 Cash Only