Past Events

January

• Jan 7th 9pm-10pm (Members Only) – Naughty Nibbles

A Taste of Art of Restraint featuring Bondage Performance Art Piece by FiveStar & a presentation on How to bring Art into Bondage Performance and how to bring elements of Bondage into Art, presented by Madison Young. Join us for Pink, Mission Control’s infamous pansexual play party, after Naughty Nibbles. Free for all FP Members! Sign up for a membership today. You must email feminapotens@gmail.com to RSVP for this sexy event!

 

• Jan 28th 7pm – FeminaPotens.org and ReidAboutSex.com proudly present… Celebrate the launch of SALACIOUS Magazine with Madison Young and Reid Mihalko as they go head to head, revealing their BEST bedroom moves!

Entertaining, informational, guaranteed-to-be-funny and friendly “competitive” throwdown (indie porn pioneer Madison Young vs. Sexpert Reid Mihalko)? Queer feminist sex, illustrated and photographed for your reading pleasure (that you get to take home with you)? All in one evening?! Tickets available Here

February

• Feb 17th 8pm – 11pm ($10)

Sizzle, Award winning open mic,spoken word, performance evening featuring award winning Adult filmmaker, writer and Sex Educator, Tristan Taormino and San Francisco queer literary legend Michelle Tea and sexy dominatrix/writer extraordinaire Keva i Lee. Get Tickets Today

• Feb 19th 5-7pm ($15)

Kinky Possibilities: Open Relationships in the Scene w/ Tristan Taormino. Get Tickets Today. (FP Members get $10 discount on the Kinky Salon Sweethearts Ball that follows the workshop – email us for discount code at feminapotens@gmail.com)

 

March

• March 10th 7 – 9pm – Strap Ons & Smut

Learn how to wield a Strap-On in the bed room to please a partner of any gender w/ kinky educator Rain DeGrey and her hottie demo bottoms. Then take a lesson learning how powerful the pen can be as Erotic Writing Coach Jen Cross teaches us how to turn our partners of with the steamiest of love letters. Hosted at Mission Control.

Check out Rain DeGrey’s podcast interview on strap on play with Madison Young at TheWomansPOV.com. Get Tickets Today ($15)

 

• March 23rd 8pm – 12am – THE LEAGUE

Fine brandy and cigars. Saucy laughter and Sinatra. At The League, you can be a bounder, a cad, a scoundrel and a rogue- as long as you’re a gentleman. You can be a tramp, a vamp, a strumpet or a femme fatale, and still be a lady. The League is a place where everyone dresses to the nines. Roles are up for grabs, fluid and playful, but always hot. Whoever or whatever you are in your daily life, The League is your chance to groom your inner gentleman, or slip into your inner lady of the evening. Located at Mission Control. Cigars will be provided. ( Free for FP Members – Sign up for membership today)

Dress code: Anyone can be a gentleman and anyone can be a lady. Noir glamour. Rat Pack style. Mad Men chic. Suits and ties, ascots or cravats. Smoking jackets. Pinstripes and wingtips. Pocket squares and cufflinks. A stingy-brim fedora or a jaunty fez. Painted on mustaches. Or if you so wish, wiggle dresses, silk stockings and sequins. Vintage lingerie and backseams.

 

• March 26th 9pm – 12am - Taste of Leather

FP invites you and your submissive to join us for an erotic whiskey tasting where dominants sip from the finest glasses and submissives take nips of what is given to them . You will be guided by libation expert and whiskey enthusiast Val Kilmore as she gives your tongue a tour around the nuances of a finely poured drink. The finest fragrant leather goods will be there as well to meet your fetishistic needs. Explore their ability to make your submissive squeals or moan in deep pleasure or watch as the fabulous Dominate performers demonstrate the leather of their submissives. Dress is fetish, formal, lingerie, or nudity. Feel free to fully express yourself and your kink.Located at Viracocha 998 Valencia ST (ViracochaSF.com) Get Tickets Today ($50-75) $25 off for FP Members

 

• March 31st 8pm – 10pm & Kinky VIP Play Party 10pm – 12am

Fist Full of Film – Blood, Gore, & Girls: A tribute to the Scream Queen featuring Lesbian cannibalistic horror film, THE CRAVING, directed by Val Kilmore & presented by Hellfire Cinema. Get Tickets for the FilmToday ($10) After the movie, enjoy a Q&A with selected performers from The Craving, including Madison Young and director Val Kilmore. Be chilled by this queer cannibal-sploitation horror then heat back up with horror inspired BDSM performances and burlesque numbers by Ms. Cherry Gallette and Lady Monster. Stay late in the night for a kinky VIP Members Only play party! If you haven’t enjoyed yourself yet a Mission Controls sexy space, now is the time- Femina Potens members get in free kinky play party following the films. ( For VIP Play Party Attendance Sign up for membership).

 

April

• April 7th, 7 – 8pm ($15) – Erotic Journaling Workshop with sexpert and published writer, Susie Bright.

A sex journal is like any diary— it simply doesn’t hide, or lie, about the sexual part of life. It’s a place to preserve your private adventures, to remind yourself of close calls, and think about your history, as well contemplate things you’ve never put to words before. Susie will get you writing, on the spot, to bring candor and articulation to your sexual life story, as well as your sexual philosophy. She’ll give you the prompts and chops to say what needs to be said— the words and pictures you’ll remember forever!

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• April 7th (8:30pm) ($10) – Sizzle

Award winning open mic, literary and performance series featuring Kinky Mamas, writings from kinky and sex positive moms on kink and sexuality featuring a star studded line up of Susie Bright & Shar Rednour, also featuring Madison Young, Thea Hillman, and Penny Barber.

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• April 19th – 30th - ArtGasm

ArtGasm is a series of exhibits, live art making, performance art, and multi media art installations presented by Femina Potens on a quarterly basis.  Between April 17th and April 30th Femina Potens will be presenting exhibits & groundbreaking performance art focused around Birth, Conception, the Womb, & Motherhood. Exhibits for our April ArtGasm include Sadie Lune’s Biological Clock, an ongoing piece about time and fertility, which will peak in a queer fertility insemination ritual performanceat the gallery.  Collaborators for this piece include Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens. Madison Young will be opening her exhibit of Becoming MILF,which addresses her journey through pregnancy and birth while continuing her work in the adult industry. Ms Young will be doing a live performance piece in the gallery in which she pumps breast milk and hands out breast milk ice creamto the gallery goers.  Other exhibits include Sonya Genel’s Womb Nostalgia, which addresses an inherent desire to return to the womb and pieces fromAmelia D’Entrone‘s photography series After Birth, which explores the emotional and physical adjustments experienced during post-partum.  ArtGasm will be taking place at the Michelle Oconnor Gallery located on Mission St at 17th St.  Gallery Openings, gallery hours and performance times will be posted shortly.

 

• April 30th (8pm-11pm) – Art of Restraint

Art of Restraint brings together kink community, performance artists, and world class rope artists to create new innovative performance and installation works for a night of decadence and erotic enlightenment. This April Art of Restraint will feature rope artists and performances by the fabulous Five Star, Madison Young, JP Robichaud, Dylan Ryan, and more.

Get Tickets Today – Now through the end of the year members buy tix for as little as $30 !

 

May

• May 1 – Woman’s Point of View Roundtable discussion

On May Day we had our first Woman’s Point of View Roundtable discussion at the Michelle Oconnor Gallery featuring Sadie Lune, Stacey Swimme and Madison Young on queer community, sex work and family. This roundtable will be available for online viewing on FeminaPotens.org.

• May 6 – The Sexy Mama’s Social Club (www.sexymamassocialclub.blogspot.com) has their first meeting for a pre-mother’s day brunch at 1pm.

San Francisco’s Sexy Mama’s Social Club is a group of moms (and mom’s to be) in the San Francisco and Bay Area who are sex positive, part of alternative sex communities (kink, poly-amorous, lesbian queer), adult industry professionals, sex educators, sex writers, burlesque performers, sexual artists, sexual healers, sex workers (past or present) or allies. For location details email Madison Young at feminapotens@gmail.com

 

• May 11 – Mark your calendars!

At 7:30pm – 9:30pm join Femina Potens’ Madison Young in Santa Cruz, CA at Pure Pleasure as Madison discusses the ins and outs of Anal Pleasure at Pure Pleasure. This workshop will include an informative and sexy anal lovin’ demonstration, because sex-ed should be sexy. So if you have ever been curious about trying anal play on yourself or your partner/s this is a workshop that you don’t want to miss. All attendees get a trial membership to Madison Young’s newest web site – TheWomansPOV.com. Space is limited so please make sure to register ahead of time. ($25 advanced tix).

 

• May 12 - Fist Full of Film

Featuring the Erotic Feature Film, Indietro, directed by Viviane Darkbloom & presented byKink Studios staring Lila Cat, Aurora Snow, Ned Mayhem and Madison Young. Q&A w/ the director and performers along with installations of black and white porn loops, burlesque performances by some of the bay area’s sexiest burlesque performers. Purchase your ticket now ($15 in advance $20 at the door) Locaed at Mission Control: 2519 Mission St @21st.

• May 22 ( 2pm-4pm) – Femina Potens thinks Mother’s Day should be celebrated not just once a year but every day.

So on May 22nd from 2-4pm bring your partner/s out to Madison Young’s Sex, Pregnancy and Motherhood Workshop! Madison divulges her personal secrets on how to keep things spicy in the bedroom through pregnancy and finding the time for intimacy once your bundle of joy arrives. She’ll talk about sex positions that work for every trimester, how to safely engage in kinky sex during all points in pregnancy, how to use your sexual & body awareness during labor, uncovering the mystery of orgasmic birth, and how to find time to nurture your sexual center when you are nursing more than playing Naughty Nurse. Madison will guide you through how to embrace your pregnant goddess body and how to feel your best and sexiest as a mom and mom to be.

Purchase your tickets now ($20 in advance). Located at Good Vibrations at 1620 Polk Street.

 

June

• June 11th 8pm-11pm ($10)

Sizzle w/ Seedlings, Award winning open mic, spoken word, performance evening featuring a short film by Bill Basquin, Visual Art Work and Multi-Media performance featuring local performance artists and writers, inspired by the visual art works of Lydia Daniller and Bill Basquin on environmental sustainability. Photography works by Lydia Daniller and Bill Basquin will be on display. Written works by Chloe Camille, music by T&A, live art making, DJs, reading by Bix Warden and dirty eco art muses.

Located at Viracocha – 998 Valencia Street. Get Tickets Today!

• June 12th 12pm-4pm ($10-15) – Summer Seed Swap, Vegan bbq, & Eco Workshops

Drop by for an afternnon of eco friendly skill shares and workshops including

- How to make EcoSexual DIY Porn – Madison Young (Noon)

- How to talk dirty to an Earth Lover -Tina Horn (12:30pm)

- How to make corporal implements of punishment and pleasure out of nature – Eve Minax (1pm)

- Yoga in the Garden -Selina Raven (1:30pm)

- Learn how to make a strap-on out of recyclables – Rain DeGrey (2pm)

- How to make compost for your urban garden -DizDog (2:30pm)

Bring seeds to swap with participants and enjoy a vegan bbq grill out.

Located at TallTreeTambo – 776 Haight Street (@ Scott Street). Get Tickets Today!

• June 16th 8pm-11pm ($10) – Eco Sexual Queer Porn Nite

A nite of dirty queer porn featuring films by Madison Young, Good Releasing, Reel Queer Films that are filmed in the eco-sexual landscapes of the great outdoors. Whether it is a romp in the park, dirty seaside sex, or orgasmic ecstacy in Italian Vineyards. Featuring some of your favorite queer porn stars including Jiz Lee, Lorelei Lee, Devi Lynn, Bella Rossi, James Darling, Puck Goodfellow, Juliette March, and more. Panel and Q&A with directors and performers will follow the screening discussing how public sex and eco-sexual environments effect the libido of these queer erotic artists.

Located at TallTreeTambo – 776 Haight Street (@ Scott Street). Buy Tickets Today!

• Friday June 17th – EcoSex Manifesto Art Opening (7-9:30pm) located at the Center for Sex and Culture (1349 Mission Street, SF, CA) w/ Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens.

As a strategy to create a more mutual and sustainable relationship with our abused and exploited planet, and to make the environmental movement more sexy fun and diverse, Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle are shifting the metaphor from the “Earth as mother,” to “Earth as lover!” Sprinkle & Stephens kick off the weekend with an ecosexual art exhibit and reception, and present an Ecosex Manifesto. Ecosexuals unite!

The Ecosex Manifesto Art Exhibit by Elizabeth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle will be open for public viewing through July 24th.

Gallery Days and Hours: Thursdays and Fridays

6/23 & 6/24 2:00-5:00 PM / 6/30 & 7/1 2:00-5:00 PM / 7/21 & 7/22 2:00-5:00 PM

For detailed information on the opening reception & symposium visit www.SexEcology.org.

• June 18th 10:30am-10:45pm & June 19th 10am-1:30pm – EcoSexual Symposium ll w/ Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens located at the Center for Sex and Culture (1349 Mission St SF,CA)

At Ecosex Symposium II, artists, academics, nature lovers, environmental activists, eco-fashionistas and other movers and shakers of this budding movement will meet to explore what it’s all about and what it can become through art making, panels, and guest speakers. Ecosexuals unite!

For detailed schedule of speakers and events during the symposium visit www.sexecology.org.

$35: 2 days pass
$50: includes a very special “ecosexi-love-a-licious vegan raw lunch”!
$20: Saturday
$15: Sunday
No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds. Purchase tickets today by Cliking here!

Thanks to our generous donors for the EcoSexual Symposium II:

www.bondageclubbaltimore.com & www.lochaistine.com

 

• June 20th – “Community Action Center” – Frameline 35

Femina Potens is proud to co-present the film “Community Action Center” as part a community partner of Frameline 35 on Monday, June 20 at 9:30PM Roxie Theater
$10 for Frameline members, $11 general admission.

 

July

• July 1st 1pm-4pm - The Sexy Mama’s Social Club (www.sexymamassocialclub.blogspot.com) has their third brunch.

San Francisco’s Sexy Mama’s Social Club is a group of moms (and mom’s to be) in the San Francisco and Bay Area who are sex positive, part of alternative sex communities (kink, poly-amorous, lesbian queer), adult industry professionals, sex educators, sex writers, burlesque performers, sexual artists, sexual healers, sex workers (past or present) or allies.
For location details email Madison Young at feminapotens@gmail.com

 

• Weekend Intensive July 9th and 10th (11am-6pm) – Lights Camera Action: Deep Inside Madison Young

This is a class for everyone who wants to know how to get involved in making erotica – either in front of or behind the camera. In this weekend intensive we will cover all of the basic technical skills and resources needed to make your own erotic photo series or an sex positive porn video. In a fun and entertaining way we will do a basic overview of photo and video editing, script writing, creating a budget, marketing, and getting your films funded. Along with the nuts and bolts we will assist you in creating a vision for the erotic media that you are creating and discuss how you can use porn to create community and cultural change. In this intensive class you will have a chance to watch first hand as Award winning director Madison Young, directs a sex positive porn scene. Buy the end of the weekend all participants will have a chance to make their own 3 minute erotic short film and leave the weekend with the resources and skills to manifest their erotic vision. All participants are able to schedule one 30 min one on one consultation with Madison to work out any questions or creative blocks they might run into after the class.
$400

*limited to 15 participants

 

• July 10th (8pm – 10:30pm) – Naked Girls Reading: San Francisco presents – Naked Girls Eating

Femina Potens is proud to co-present this reading delectable, mouth-watering tales of food, gastronomy and eating with Carol Queen PhD, Cherry Galette, Lady Monster, Ophelia Coeur de Noir and Burlesque Legend and Isis Starr as special cast members.
Located at the Center for Sex and Culture (1349 Mission Street @ 10th Street).
Tickets: $15.00 General Seats. $20.00 Front Row Seats. Discount Advance Tickets: http://ngrsf.eventbrite.com
More Info: www.nakedgirlsreading.com/sanfrancisco

 

• July 14th (7pm) – The Other View Roundtable discussion: “Exploring Alternative Relationship Dynamics with in Sex Work”

Femina Potens and Feminist Porn Network are joining together to coordinate an event called “The Other View” which is a roundtable discussion on a different topic each month.
This roundtable discussion will be on the topic of “Exploring Alternative Relationship Dynamics with in Sex Work”, with Carol Queen, Eve Minax, and more to come!
The discussion will be available for live viewing on TheWomansPOV.com and FeminaPotens.org.
Get Tickets today!

 

• July 20th 1pm-4pm – The Sexy Mama’s Social Club (www.sexymamassocialclub.blogspot.com) has their fourth brunch.

San Francisco’s Sexy Mama’s Social Club is a group of moms (and mom’s to be) in the San Francisco and Bay Area who are sex positive, part of alternative sex communities (kink, poly-amorous, lesbian queer), adult industry professionals, sex educators, sex writers, burlesque performers, sexual artists, sexual healers, sex workers (past or present) or allies.
For location details email Madison Young at feminapotens@gmail.com

 

• July 24th (noon – 4pm) – Art Party and Skill Share for Lyon Martin Health Clinic

Join Femina Potens for an Art Making Party and Artist Skill Share with local artists who will be leading presentations in drawing, needle point and creating visual works of art with the type written word.

Afterward join us for a potluck lunch, community artist panel on how to create health awareness in the queer, women and trans communities with art, and live art making in the garden.
All art works made at the Art Party will benefit Lyon – Martin Health Clinic.
Located at TallTreeTambo – 776 Haight Street (@ Scott Street). Buy Tickets Today!

 

August

• August 6th (8pm – 11pm) – SIZZLE: “Hot For Teacher- An Education in Health & Awareness” ($10 – Free for youth under 23)