Ice and cold are not new. Technology and chemistry have given us some amazing advances in this realm. Ken Melvoin-Berg, our resident science geek and sexpert, will be teaching this edge play seminar.
We will be learning about the procurement, gear, safety issues and background of using liquid nitrogen (LN2), frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice) and frozen water (ice) play. This class will be a demo learning class only.
Disclaimer: Liquid nitrogen play is very extreme but is actually less dangerous than rope bondage.
We will be addressing the medical/aftercare side of all this play as well. Hypothermia, cold burns, lacerations and asphyxiation are all dangers in this sort of play. We will help you identify and treat these issues before they become a problem.
This event is at The Studio in Chicago, IL. All our events are clean and sober, the age limit is for people 18 and up. Please have IDs available at the door.
Due our extreme cost of obtaining the equipment and chemicals needed for the demo, we are charging $20 in advance or $30 at the door. No refunds will be given for advance payment.
RSVP to Ken aka at [email protected] with the word “CRYOPLAY” as the subject. To forward advance payment, use paypal to [email protected].
This will put you on the list and give you the location for this event. We expect it to sell out as we are getting the same sort of interest that we had in our interrogation class, so register early.
About the Instructor:
Ken Melvoin-Berg owns Weird Chicago Tours and the Midwest’s premier S&M Dungeon, The Studio. As a Lecturer and Sexstorian, he is the creator of On The Edge (a lecture/film series on BDSM). In addition to authoring 14 books on various subjects, Ken edits and writes numerous articles on sexuality.
He travels around the world teaching kink awareness to various private groups and continually develops new kink-friendly/sex positive classes.
Ken is responsible for the infamous Northwestern University Fucksaw controversy while teaching his class, Networking for Kinky People. Sunny Megatron is his partner in crime in his perverted adventures.
On The Edge is offering “Give Me The Code,” an Intelligence Gathering Interrogation workshop with Ken Melvoin-Berg (@Kreamy) and Fetlife’s @Happy-Venom. These two gentlemen (well, always polite but not necessarily gentle!) are former Special Forces military folks (ok technically, Ken was only “elite,” not special) involved with interrogation or its aftercare.
Get ready to delve into extreme edge play, psychological play, pressure points, electric persuasion, water tortures and more!
Throughout the course of the evening Ken and Mr. Venom will address interrogation, confirmation and reward plus some of the extreme tactics the intelligence community uses to retrieve top secret information. They will also look at after effects including psychological aftercare, PTSD, Stockholm Syndrome, etc.
There will be much more information here than your typical BDSM Interrogation class– this is the real deal! To facilitate learning and bring together all of the elements discussed, they will conduct an intense live interrogation scene for the class.
Class will conclude with Q & A followed by open playtime at The Studio.
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This event is 18 years of age and up, clean and sober. No drinking, drugs or smoking allowed in The Studio. It will take place on 6/30/12 from 9pm to 2am. Late comers are welcome, but we will be starting the class at 9:45pm sharp.
This class is a $20 donation (more if you can afford it).
RSVP to [email protected] (especially if you don’t know where the Studio is located. It is approximately 10 min south of Downtown Chicago). RSVPs will be returned 24 hours before the event.
Dress code: Casual, military or fetish. Hell, dress however you want!
Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/events/383445108368547/?ref=notif¬if_t=plan_user_joined (note, you must still RSVP via e-mail!)
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2014 2:00–5:00PM
Kinky Tapas
With Ken Mevoin-Berg and Sunny Megatron
Just in time for St Valentine’s day, a sampling of 6 different types of play in one class for you and your sweetie. You will get expert instruction with a focus on safety, hygiene, preparation, and execution of the scene. You will also be able to sample a variety of play during the demo portion of the class. Bring your curiosity and a willingness to try something new. You must be 18 years or older to attend. Singles, couples, and poly groups are all welcome.
Topics to be covered include:
• How to construct a BDSM scene/Role Play
• Service and slave training
• Impact play: Floggers, single tails, paddles, punching, and spanking
• Balloon bondage
• Edge play: Trigger warning!!! This one is extreme play, not for the weak of heart.
• Sensory deprivation/Sensation play
About the Facilitators:
Superheroes of sex ed, Ken Melvoin-Berg and Sunny Megatron are partners in every sense of the word. In addition to co-producing Showtime’s Sex with Sunny Megatron together, the couple initially gained recognition writing and teaching about everyone’s favorite subject: SEX. Some of their sell-out workshops include: BDSM 101, Prostate Milking for Beginners, Ethical Non-Monogamy, Sex Toys 101, ZAP! Electric Play: Wands, TENS & More, G-spots & Squirting and How to Give a World Class Blow Job.
Ken Melvoin-Berg is a Chicago based professional pervert, unscripted TV producer, freelance writer, BDSM/sex educator, and male sex toy advocate. He is also the consulting producer/Sharon Osborne of Showtime’s Sex with Sunny Megatron. Ken is an edutainer armed with knowledge of all things sexual, a humorous lecturing style, and a professional background in biology. Ken has been writing and lecturing on these subjects since 1997. Ken is known for his amazing facial hair and tattoos.
Sunny Megatron is an adult sexuality educator, public speaker, blogger, and pleasure advocate. She is also the host and executive producer of Sex with sunny Megatron on Showtime. Voted one of the 6 most savvy sexologists in North America, Sunny is most known for her approach-ability, humor, and ability to present alternative sexuality topics ways that are accessible and understandable to the mainstream.
Located next to our retail store.
Store Address:
Stockroom/Syren Retail Boutique
2809 1/2 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Ticket Pre-order page: http://www.stockroom.com/Stockroom-University-Kinky-Tapas-P4598.aspx
We are so excited about this class! Whether you’re into humiliation play, curious about it, or ask your self “WHY are people into that!?” This is the workshop for you! We’ll delve into the psychology of humiliation, types of humiliation, techniques, go over scene ideas, and have lots of laughs plus a few Halloween surprises for you too!
You can pre-order your ticket here.
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P.S. That same night Ken & I will be performing at Bar Sinister’s Halloween Ball hosted by Skin Diamond and Hudsy Hawn. Check my calendar event for all the details :)
Ken and I are very excited to be involved with Playground Toronto! We’ll be giving the keynote at the Saturday night dinner plus teaching a class on pervertables earlier that same afternoon. All the details for our sessions at Playground are here. You can see ticket options and read about other sessions here.
Pervertables Class Description: What the heck is a pervertable? They are ordinary household objects you have converted over for sexy time fun. If you’ve ever picked up a spatula to spank your partner or used a neck tie as a wrist restraint, you’ve made a pervertable! Ken Melvoin-Berg and Sunny Megatron (host and Executive Producer for the Showtime original series Sex with Sunny Megatron) are a married couple that teaches together, works together and are “Ambassadors of Fuck” and will teach you how to take ordinary objects and make them into something fun (and cheap) you can use for sex. Join us with an open mind and a good sense of humor.
On Sunday well be teaching at Oasis Aqualounge nearby. Stay tuned for more details on that.
Class Description
If you think electrosex toys are only for pain and hardcore BSDM scenes, think again! While they can be used to bring your play partner mercifully to their knees, a simple setting adjustment can bring sensual, erotic play to your bedroom. You can even use electric toys to kick back and enjoy hands free orgasms!
During this class, you’ll get to try out a number of e-stim toys along with a wide variety of their attachments and accessories. Whether you’re new to electric play or a seasoned pro, like things on the vanilla side or are a heavy S&M player, you’ll learn how to tailor electrosex tools to suit your specific needs.
Ken Melvoin-Berg and Sunny Megatron will cover applications for every type of player, giving you both the basics and walking you through advanced techniques. You’ll also learn about alternate uses and get a sneak peek at some brand new products not yet on the market.
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/474989252694214/ (Invite your friends!)
Fetlife invite: https://fetlife.com/events/437130
Bio: Sunny Megatron and Ken Melvoin-Berg
Married Sex ed Superheroes, Sunny Megatron and Ken Melvoin-Berg, have over 25 years of sexuality teaching experience between them. Their unique brand of “edutainment” puts audiences at ease in their sell-out workshops. Each session seamlessly combines their humorous lecturing style, interactive exercises, and the latest sexuality research. Always professional and forever memorable, their events just may change your life for the better.
This dynamic duo teach in sex positive sex shops, BDSM learning spaces, sexuality conferences, university events, and more. Subjects they cover include pleasure anatomy, sexual technique, hands on kink instruction, the psychology of sex, sex toys and tools, BDSM theory, and sex related field trips.
Sunny is a sexuality educator, sex and relationship writer, media personality, and pleasure products expert. She’s also the host and executive producer of the groundbreaking, sex-positive Showtime original television series, Sex with Sunny Megatron.
Her approachable demeanor and infectious humor puts audiences at ease in the sell-out sexuality workshops and university guest lectures she co-teaches with her husband, sex educator, and Showtime producer, Ken Melvoin-Berg. Named one of the 6 most savvy sexologists in North America, Sunny’s work has been featured in Cosmo, Playboy, Jezebel, Buzzfeed, CNN, Refinery29, Playgirl Magazine, and more. Her popular YouTube channelfeatures sex tips, tours of interesting sexy places, and plenty of reviews of the latest pleasure toys.
Nominated for XBIZ 2016 and SHE 2015 Sexpert of the Year, Sunny’s passion is helping people become their authentic, sexual selves by learning to overcome shame and shed inhibitions. As a lifestyle BDSM enthusiast, much of her work centers around normalizing alternative sexual practices and ending sexual stigma.
Ken is a Chicago based, self-described professional pervert, TV producer, freelance writer, BDSM/sex educator, adult industry consultant, and male sex toy advocate. He is also the consulting producer and a writer on Showtime’s original series Sex with Sunny Megatron.
Ken is an “edutainer” armed with knowledge of all things sexual, a humorous lecturing style, and a professional background in as a veteran of the USAF, medicine, and biology. Ken has been writing and lecturing on these subjects since 1997. Ken is known for his amazing facial hair and tattoos. You can find him on Twiter: @Psychicken, on Fetlife: @LordThunderpants, and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Psychicken. Read some of his sexuality articles on sunnymegatron.com and kinkly.com.
Are you a fan in the #Tacoma or #Seattle area? Do you want to learn more about how to bring #kink into your #sexlife? Do you already practice #BDSM and want to add more to your pervy portfolio? If so, come out this Friday 1/27 from 7-10pm for #FetishFriday at @castle_megastore!
Ken & I are teaching a #FREE BDSM workshop! Registration for this class gets you in store discounts and a free gift! Registration & more info here: http://www.castlemegastore.com/foreplay-friday
This is our very first time teaching in the area and we don’t know when we’ll be back– come out and meet us! Please share this and tell your friends!
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Come join Castle Megastore on Friday, January 28th from 7 – 10pm for Foreplay Friday – Fetish and Bondage 101. Hosted by Sunny Megatron and Ken Melvoin-Berg. This workshop is perfect for beginners and experts.
RAFFLES, GIVEAWAYS AND PRIZES AND MORE!!!
RECEIVE A $10 GIFT CARD FOR REGISTERING (YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT CARD THE DAY OF THE WORKSHOP)
The book 50 Shades of Grey brought S&M out of the shadows and into the spotlight. It also left many of us wondering how to safely incorporate all those delicious things we read about into our own bedrooms.
In this class Ken Melvoin-Berg and Sunny Megatron take you through the elements of BDSM: Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission and Sadomasochism. They also cover pre-negotiation/contracts, toys & tools, role-play, meeting other kinksters, the differences between BDSM and abuse, physical and mental safety plus much more.
Whether you aim to dive into the BDSM lifestyle or simply want to incorporate a little kink in the bedroom, you’ll walk away with the tools and confidence you need to get and give the most out of kinky play.
This class is suitable for those single or partnered. Persons of all gender identities, sexual orientation, kink interests and activity levels welcome.
Superheroes of sex ed, married couple Ken Melvoin-Berg and Sunny Megatron are partners in every sense of the word. In addition to co-producing Showtime’s “Sex with Sunny Megatron,” they initially gained recognition writing and teaching about everyone’s favorite subject: SEX. Some of their sell-out workshops include: BDSM 101, Prostate Milking for Beginners, Ethical Non-Monogamy, Sex Toys 101, ZAP! Electric Play: Wands, TENS & More, G-spots & Squirting, and How to Give a World Class Blow Job.
In Showtime’s original series, “Sex with Sunny Megatron,” Sunny takes viewers on a journey into the world of adult play, as everyday people expose their deepest and most intimate fantasies. Always honest, funny, and sex-positive, the show provides an interesting, fresh twist on sexual exploration.
About Sunny Megatron
Sunny Megatron is a sexuality educator, writer, media personality, and pleasure products expert. She’s also the host and executive producer of the groundbreaking, sex-positive Showtime original television series, SEX with Sunny Megatron. Named one of the 6 most savvy sexologists in North America, her work has been featured in Cosmo, Playboy, Jezebel, Buzzfeed, and CNN. Sunny’s passion is helping people become their authentic, sexual selves by learning to overcome shame and shed inhibitions. As a lifestyle BDSM enthusiast, much of her work centers around normalizing alternative sexual practices and ending sexual stigma.
