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March 14, 2013

Burly Bear Presents: SIRLOIN (a benefit for Pride Vermont)

Burly Bear

It's here!!

A party where muscle cubs in uniform dance alongside kinky twinks in sportswear, leather daddies drink beer alongside their sexy boys, and fetish-oriented identities of all kinds enjoy some raunchy contests and prizes!!

Suggested dress code: fetish, military, uniforms, rubber, leather, sport, jock, etc. 

$5 Door Cover [A portion of the proceeds goes to Pride Vermont]

Music by the amazing DJ Stephen Wallace [Montreal]

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November 21, 2012

VASE RACKshop & Book Signing at RU12?

RU12? welcomes Vermont Alternative Sexuality Education for a RACKshop (Risk Aware Consentual Kink) and book signing with Raven Kaldera and his slave Joshua Tenpenny!

The open book signing and Q&A is from 6:45-7:30pm on Saturday, December 1st - feel free to invite others who might be interested, this time is FREE and open to the public. Raven Kaldera has published over 33 books on a range of topics in spirituality, paganism, polyamory, BDSM, and more. You can see his titles at http://www.ravenkaldera.org/books.html. Bring the books you already own or bring cash/card to purchase ones you are interested in! The open book signing is held at the RU12? Community Center, located in the bottom level of the Champlain Mill in Winooski.

Now, about the RACKshop! This special event features 3 workshops: BDSM Spirituality, Master/slave Relationships as a Spiritual Path, and Sacred Prostituation. There are only 10 spaces left for the public. Please email VASE@nelaonline.org or visit this link to pre-register and save your seat. We are taking payment in cash or check at the door for this event.

Tickets are $25 each. NELA Associates, Rose & Thorn or Darkstone members, and college students get a $5 discount.

For a schedule and class and presenter descriptions, read more below.

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November 14, 2012

VASE: Innovative Fiber Arts (Rope Tying)

RopeTuesday, November 20, 2012 · 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Location: RU12? Community Center - basement level, Champlain Mill.The Champlain Mill, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Suite 102, Winooski, VT 05404

Cost: Free! Donations to RU12 help keep free kink-friendly space open, though!
Dress code: Comfortable to tie in - kinky themed tshirts, collars, etc, are ok.
Description: Since our most recent IFA meetup was such a huge success, we have decided to meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday night of every month. Yayyyy!!!!

The Innovative Fiber Arts group was started in 2011 by the VASE directors because

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September 28, 2012

Central VT LGBTQ Kink Discussion Group

Williamstown Kink

 

Central VT Kinky/LGBTQ/Sexual Violence and Safety Discussion Group

 

6pm, 3rd Thurs of every month
at Williamstown Masons Lodge, 111 Brush Hill Rd. Williamstown, VT

 

This new kink-focused discussion group is open to all. It is a chance to discuss safety within lots of different lifestyles, particularly kink.

This will be a safe place to express your concerns or fears, and to give your opinions on these subjects.


FMI: olderlover60@yahoo.com  

April 17, 2012

New Central VT Kink and Safety Discussion Group

This is a new kink-focused discussion group and is open to to anyone who wishes to participate. It is a chance to discuss safety within many different lifestyles, particularly kink. This will be a safe place to express your concerns or fears, and to give your opinions on these subjects. We just ask that you are respectful to any and all who attend.


This new group will be meeting for the first time this Thursday, April 19th, from 6-8PM and will meet the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Mason's Lodge. The Mason's Lodge is located at 111 Brush Hill Rd. Williamstown. You can find this group meeting on FetLife and RSVP at https://fetlife.com/events/100999/v2 or by emailing the facilitator directly at olderlover60@yahoo.com.

 

April 13, 2012

GRUEmont

What? A kink/BDSM unconference extravaganza the likes of which have never been seen in the snowy hills of Vermont.

When? April 20-22, 2012. 
Friday: Meet & Greet from 7-9pm, with cash bar & hors d'oeuvres. 
Saturday: Unconference from 10a-7p. Spectacle of Sin Fetish Ball & BDSM Exploration Event from 9p-2a.
Sunday: Pancake Brunch from 11a-2p.
Where?  Our Meet & Greet and Unconference will occur at the Windjammer Conference Center in South Burlington, VT.  TheSpectacle of Sin occurs at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Location for the Pancake Brunch is TBA.

You can register by purchasing your ticket online

Tickets are $45 per person and include the Friday Meet & Greet, Saturday Unconference (lunch included), and Sunday Pancake Brunch.  NELA Associates save $5 on their ticket! Tickets for the Spectacle of Sin are separate - visit Higher Ground to purchase.

If you need to make alternative payment arrangements, email vtkink@gmail.com.

TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR - PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED by purchasing your ticket online or emailingvtkink@gmail.com.

February 03, 2012

VASE Risk-Aware Polyamory Workshop (RAPshop) Sat, 2/4

VaseOn Saturday, February 4, 2012, VASE presents a Polyamory conference featuring Anita Wagner, poly skills educator, Bjarne Holmes, social psychologist, and Pam Steeg, relationship therapist, to present about the multi-faceted world of polyamorous relationships.

Valentine’s Day is coming – make the most of it at VASE’s RAPshop (Risk-Aware Polyamory)!
It’s only $25 ($20 if you’re a NELA associate) for a full day of classes, starting off with a safer sex class, 2 topic centered classes, learning about a Poly Grid, and a Q&A panel!  


Thanks to the support of RU12?, Vermont's queer community center, there will be free, anonymous, oral HIV testing available throughout the event!


This is going to be fantastic, so circle February 4th in your calendar with a big red heart!
Pre-registration is required by purchasing your ticket online.  You can also email vtkink@gmail.com to pre-register and pay via mailed check.  The conference will occur in South Burlington, VT and the address will be provided to registered attendees.

For more info: http://bit.ly/AmjXpA


Schedule: may be subject to change10am: Event Opens - Registration Check-in, HIV testing, meet & greet for attendees over coffee & pastries.11am - noon: Safer Sex class taught by Jean-Denis & Switchme12-1

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It's Friday, Friday, Friday!!

 

Don't miss out on some amazing events happening in our community tonight!

 

Twisted Munch - 6pm - St. John's Club Burlington

 

Twisted munch

Come try something new in February - Twisted Munch is going to be a potluck in a private function room with our own bartender on Friday, February 3rd!

This is going to be a fun event with dirty games and the chance to
sample some of the culinary talents of our friends!

(Please bring a notecard listing the ingredients of your dish so
people can choose what is appropriate for their dietary restrictions.)

There is a room fee, but if you're able to donate $5, we'll be able to
cover it. Seems like a decent trade-off for the advantages of a
private room!

We'll have dinner from 6-9p in the downstairs function room of the St.
John's Club. We offer 6-7p as a Newcomer's Hour for folks who are new
to munches or our area - regulars of Twisted are welcome to come then
as well to greet people & they promise not to bite unless asked :)

St. John's Club is at 9 Central Ave, which is just off Pine St in
Burlington.  There's plenty of free parking and is close to the bus
routes.

Twisted is ALWAYS open to people of any gender identity & orientation,
as long as they are 18 or older.

 

Bob Bolyard's Karaoke 8-10pm.

Friday nights get a little rowdy at the St. John's Club, a squat brick building in the old working-class Lakeside neighborhood in Burlington's South End. Club member Bob Bolyard hosts karaoke, which is free and open to the public.

 

 

First Friday at Higher Ground

First FridayJoin Pamela Means, DJ Llu, DJ Precious, Fonda LaCox & Spice Celestial for February First Friday. Get your gay on...

8pm – 10pm: Pamela Means “one of the fiercest guitar players and politically-rooted songwriters in the music industry today,” (Curve Magazine) is a Brooklyn-based, internationally-touring singer-songwriter and jazz musician. http://pamelameans.com

10pm – close:
DJ Precious & DJ Llu

 

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