Mar
18
Sun
On The Edge: Erotic Photography @ The Studio
Mar 18 @ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Sunday, March 18, 2012 · 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

On The Edge presents Erotic Photography with Liquid Mojo and Zaana. We will take a look at the basics of digital cameras and how to shoot erotic photography where ever you may be, a dungeon, your house or on the street. Bring your digital camera, as the course will cover the functions and options available on your device, and any questions you have about the art of erotic photography. This class is best if you come with a friend/lover/playmate so that your favorite model is ready to start shooting with you the moment you get home.

This event is clean and sober, no alcohol, drugs or smoking allowed. This event is open to anyone 18 years or older. IDs with proof of age will be required at door.

RSVP to Ken Melvoin-Berg’s email [email protected] by no later than 3/17/12 for the info on location of the Studio (approx 10 mins southwest of downtown Chicago).

This class will be about Erotic Photography with digital cameras – The Basics:

1) Introduction
2) Composition
3) Lighting
4) The Camera
5) Post-Production
6) Practical Application
7) Q & A

The instructors for this course are pretty well known in the Chicago scene, but if you’re not in the know or you don’t know their entire backgrounds, here you go:

Tunde, aka “Liquid Mojo”, has been shooting professionally since 2005. He specializes in glamour, boudoir and fetish portrait photography. Tunde has had many shoots nation-wide, and his work has been on display throughout the United States, including national shows such as the Dirty Show #10 and #11, as well as internationally in countries such as Germany. He enjoys working with women of all shapes, sizes and ages and has a particular talent for capturing the special beauty of each model. He is active in the Chicago BDSM community, having worked with many models on both FetLife and Model Mayhem. His home base is in the Chicago area.

View his work here:
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/liquidmojo
Twitter – https://twitter.com/liquidmojo
Model Mayhem: http://www.modelmayhem.com/83381
Instagram: @liquidmojo

Zaana, the artist behind Ann Drake Photography, is a newcomer, but has quickly made her mark on the Chicago photography scene. With a focus in glamour, fetish and boudoir photography, she enjoys finding ways to bring out the beauty and sexiness within each model that steps in front of her camera. Zaana has been both active and a leader in the BDSM community for 2 years, creating and running the Lakeview Munch and working with many models and kinksters to produce erotic, gorgeous art. Having just started working within the Chicago sex toy industry, Zaana hopes to continue learning more to further sex-positivity and body-positivity, and to continue understanding exactly what it is that makes people feel sexy and beautiful; in front of her lens and elsewhere. Her home base is in the city of Chicago.

View her work here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anndrakephotography
Twitter: https://twitter.com/anndrakephoto
Model Mayhem: http://www.modelmayhem.com/2199091
Instagram: @anndrake

May
30
Thu
Buckle-Up! Strap-On Basics with Allison Moon @ The Studio (10 min SW of Downtown)
May 30 @ 1:00 AM – 3:00 AM

Strap-on class chicagoSexuality educators Sunny Megatron and Ken Melvoin-Berg are super excited to have sex and relationship expert, Allison Moon at The Studio Chicago on Wednesday, May 29th 2013 from 8-10pm!

Wanna add another tool to your box but don’t know where to start? Love the idea but nervous about the execution?

Strap-on play, once considered taboo, is now en vogue, and, for many of us, an essential part of our sex lives. But unless you had the chutzpah to blaze your own trail or a special someone to show you the ropes, buckling up and pitching or catching can be intimidating.

Join Sapphic savant and veteran pegster, Allison Moon, for this fun, informative, and sexy introduction to the world of harnesses, dildos, lubes and moves for all genders.

In this workshop, you will learn…

  • The ins and outs of strap-on play
  • How to choose a dildo and a harness that’s right for you
  • Fun positions for giving and receiving
  • Special considerations for anuses and pegging.
  • How to brooch the subject of strap-ons with your partner and integrate it into your regular sex life
  • and, especially… What not to do!
  • Plus a few advanced tips and tricks that will leave your lovers coming back for more…

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Sex classes chicagoKen and I are beyond delighted to have the opportunity to host Allison’s class at The Studio! Cost is $20 in advance or $30 at the door. Because our students confidentiality is important to us, the exact address of The Studio will be emailed to you after you purchase your ticket on EventBrite. It will appear at the bottom of your ticket purchase confirmation email that has your paper tickets attached.

If you plan to purchase your ticket at the door please RSVP to [email protected] and you will be given the address. It is located roughly 10 minutes southwest of Downtown Chicago, is easily accessible by public transportation, near expressways, and has a parking lot available.

To purchase tickets via Eventbrite: 

Eventbrite - Buckle-Up! Strap-On Basics with Allison Moon

Facebook Invite and discussion: https://www.facebook.com/events/450731955014362/?fref=ts

About The Studio Chicago and Hosts Sunny Megatron & Ken Melvoin-Berg 

BDSM Dungeon ChicagoThe Studio is Chicago’s premier, upscale playspace located just outside of downtown Chicago. This independent kink and erotic arts community believes in continual learning and hosts educational events on a regular basis. The Studio is the home of the popular Rough Crowd Educational Series, Black Beat Chicago, On The Edge BDSM Workshop Series, among many others. The space is clean, sober and non-smoking. Anyone 18+ years of age can attend our educational events.

Sexuality and BDSM educators, Sunny Megatron and Ken Melvoin-Berg are partners in every sense of the word. They co-teach classes across the U.S. on BDSM, polyamory, sexual techniques, sex toys 101 and more. Ken & Sunny are most known for their approachability, humor and ability to present alternative sexuality topics in a way that is accessible and understandable to the mainstream. Their most recent endeavor features the couple as host and co-host for Outside the Box on X3Sixty, a web-based television network devoted to sex and the adult industry.

Ken & Sunny Outside The Box

Jun
30
Sun
Ethical Non-Monogamy: Navigating Open Relationships @ Meow University at Good Gyrll Studio
Jun 30 @ 9:00 PM – Jul 1 @ 12:00 AM

Polyamory workshop ChicagoIt seems everyone’s talking about non-monogamous relationships these days.  Polyamory has recently been featured on prime time news shows, magazine covers and reality TV programs.  If you’ve thought about exploring some form of non-monogamy, you’ve probably wondered:

Is there a difference between and open relationship and a polyamorous one?   How do swinging and group sex factor in? What is the appropriate way to approach someone for a threesome? How is jealousy managed with multiple partners? Isn’t “open-relationship” just a fancy term for cheating?  Are people poly because they like to have lots of sex?  How I talk to my partner about opening up our relationship?  What happens if I get jealous? 

There is no magic formula for an open relationship or one right way to be poly. In this workshop Ken and Sunny explain different types of non-monogamous relationships and give you tools to craft and maintain a relationship that’s right for you (and them!).

 

This class is through Chicago’s Meow University

And will take place at:

Good Gyrrl Studio
1200 W 35th St
Chicago, IL 60609

Eventbrite ticket page and additional details coming soon!

 

About the Instructors

Ken & Sunny Outside The Box

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.

Sunny Megatron is a pleasure advocate, sex blogger, sexpert, adult sexuality educator and accidental superhero.

Along with Ken, she is one of the infamous Northwestern Fucksaw Four and is the proud owner of that fucksaw heard around the world.

On any given weekend you can find Sunny hosting Red Light District Sex Tours and bachelorette parties for Weird Chicago Tours. She also teaches various sexuality workshops around the country including: Networking for Kinky People, BDSM 101, How to Give a World Class BlowJob, Exploring Non-Monogamy, ZAP! Electrical Play, The Female Orgasm, and Junk For Your Junk: Sex Toys 101.

Although Sunny covers various subjects, her specialties are the female orgasm and alternative sexuality— from LGBTQ topics to swinging, BDSM, nontraditional relationships, extreme toys, g-spot techniques and more.  She particularly enjoys helping those curious about adding a little spice to their sex lives that aren’t sure where to begin.

 

 

Feb
14
Sat
Kinky Tapas BDSM Class- Los Angeles @ Stockroom/Syren Retail Boutique
Feb 14 @ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

BDSM Class LASaturday, 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

 

Nov
13
Fri
Playground Confrence – Toronto, Canada @ Holiday Inn Downtown Centre
Nov 13 @ 5:00 PM – Nov 16 @ 4:59 AM

Playground conference

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.

Aug
26
Fri
Foreplay Friday: Bondage & Fetish 101 – Phoenix @ Castle Megastore - Deer Valley
Aug 26 @ 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

 

 

sex class phoenix

Come join Castle Megastore on Friday, August 26th 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.

Seats are limited. Tickets are FREE for this event, please RSVP on Eventbrite. We cannot guarantee seating will be available if you do not RSVP.

BOGO EVENT on specific brands. Some Exclusions may apply.

For attending the event all guests will receive a FREE gift valued at $34.99.

Biography
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.

About Ken Melvoin-Berg

Ken Melvoin-Berg is a Chicago based TV producer, freelance writer, BDSM/sex educator, adult industry consultant, and male sex toy advocate. He is also the content creator and consulting producer 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 medicine/biology. Ken has been writing and lecturing on these subjects since 1997. Ken is known for his amazing facial hair and tattoos. 

May
5
Fri
Trigger Warning BDSM Conference – Cleveland, OH @ Cleveland Playspace
May 5 – May 6 all-day

Formerly KDM, this rebranded convention presented by OhioSMART focuses on edgeplay.  Our workshop details are TBD (they are going to be GOOD– at least one brand new class!).  The Convention Website will be updated with more details as they become available.  From the website:

“Trigger Warning is the taboo event that you don’t want to miss! Each May, kinksters flock to Cleveland for a wonderful weekend of debauchery hosted by OhioSMART, including two nights of extreme play, and shopping at our hand-picked vendor marketplace for the latest fetish gear, toys, and so much more!!

• This year’s classes aim for the edge, including watersports, hypnosis, and so much more!
• Engaging group socials and meet & greets.
• An immersive experience at our Exploratorium of the Senses featuring skilled players/presenters
• More than 7,500 square feet of secured play space filled with versatile furniture to play on
• Exquisite auctions to benefit OhioSMART!
• Premium vendors to range from corsets, floggers, cuffs, and so much more!