Perhaps you’ve read 50 Shades of Grey or you’ve attended a BDSM for Beginners course. How do you put all you learned to good use? Where do you get some no-pressure practice time in before you unleash your flogger on a willing partner? Or maybe you’re ready to seek out more like attend a dungeon party or S&M function but you’re still not quite comfortable. What do you wear? How do you act? What exactly is expected of you at a BDSM party?
Sounds like you’re ready for BDSM 201: Dungeons for Beginners! This is an in-depth hands-on intensive taught by Ken Melvoin-Berg and Sunny Megatron in a professional S&M Dungeon!
If you did not take our BDSM 101 class at Taboo Tabou, no fear! It is not required to attend. We will go over some of the basic techniques and terminology to get new folks up to speed.
In this BDSM workshop Ken and I will familiarize you with all the dungeon equipment including safety procedures, use and aftercare. We’ll play games involving all the BDSM furniture/equipment to acquaint you with their functions. We’ll also go over dungeon etiquette so you will know what to expect and how to behave at an S&M party.
Interactive instruction will be given on OTK (over the knee) spanking, electric play, paddles, floggers, single tail whips, basic rope bondage plus you’ll learn how to construct a BDSM scene from start to finish. These skills can be used in a dungeon setting or in the privacy of your own home.
A Q & A session and open play party will follow. Beginners, as you try out your own scenes there will be seasoned pros on hand to help you with technique and answer questions. One of us can stand along side you and assist you with your flogging technique, answer questions about protocol, etc.
Nudity is not expected or required for this event nor is fetish attire. The dress code is casual. Wear something you can move and be comfortable in. If you have some of your own tools (floggers, paddles, restraints, rope, etc) feel free to bring them along to use!
This intensive allows you to visit a dungeon without intimidation, pressure or feeling like you have a neon sign flashing “newbie” on your forehead. It is a safe, casual environment where you’ll feel comfortable asking questions and receiving instruction. This is the perfect event to bring a partner to but it is not necessary. If you choose to get some play time in after the class, we can partner you up with someone. Heck, I’ll even let some of you flog and paddle me!
BDSM 201 – Dungeons for Beginers will take place on Wednesday, 6/27/12 from 8pm to 2am. 8-9 pm is social hour with beverages and light snacks. Late comers are welcome, but class starts promptly at 9pm. Open playtime will take place after midnight.
Those 18 years of age and up are welcome. This is a clean and sober event– no drinking, drugs or smoking allowed. ID’s will be required at the door.
The fee for this class is a $20 donation (more if you can afford it).
RSVP via e-mail to [email protected] with the names of the attendees. This event takes place at The Studio. The Studio is Chicago’s premiere, upscale BDSM dungeon and embraces all gender identities, sexual orientations, fetish interests and activity levels. It is approximately 10 min southwest of Downtown Chicago and not far from major expressways and public transportation. RSVPs will be replied to with the exact address of The Studio 24 hours before the event.
Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/events/145803825554085/ (You must still RSVP via e-mail even if you respond on Facebook)
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About the Instructors
Ken Melvoin-Berg is Chicago ‘s premier pervert and resident sexstorian. His vast sexual knowledge and dirty mind come in very handy when he covers subjects such as: Japanese Rope Bondage, Electric toy play, Balloon Bondage, BDSM 101 and Networking for Kinky People. His personal passion for all things sex includes, but is not limited to: fetishes, swinging, pornography, fetish films, gangbangs, the History of Red Light Districts and sex, prostitution, dungeons and orgies. And did we mention sex?
He has been involved in various sex industries from modeling, porn, owning an S&M dungeon, campaigning for sex workers rights, organizing kinky social events, raising money for AIDS charities to teaching adult sex education/kink classes for the last two decades. In addition to giving tours with his company, Weird Chicago Tours, and lecturing, he travels around the world teaching kink awareness to various private groups. New kink-friendly/sex positive classes are also in development for 2012. He is also responsible for the infamous Northwestern University Fucksaw incident when he was teaching his class Networking for Kinky People to the Human Sexuality class. No fucksaws were harmed during this event.
Sunny Megatron is a pleasure advocate, sex blogger, sexpert, adult sex 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.
“G-spot? I don’t get it? I bought all the funny shaped toys, did the ‘come hither’ motion with my fingers and nothing. Maybe I don’t have one?“
Rest assured, you do have a g-spot, however, it can be difficult to find and even more difficult to conquer. Join Ken and Sunny for a thorough lesson on the g-spot guaranteed to teach you a few tips and tricks you won’t find in the latest sex blog article.
In this class you’ll learn how to find the g-spot, ways to manipulate it and how to combine g-spot play with other types of stimulation. We’ll dispel the myths about female ejaculation and teach you which techniques and tools are most likely to turn you into Old Faithful.
This class is open to givers and receivers of all genders and sexual orientation.
Location: Kinky Kollege Convention, Chicago/O’Hare Area
Time: Saturday 4/6/2013, 1:30pm to 2:45pm
Room: Dungeon Left
More on Kinky Kollege!
Ken & I are teaching 3 classes along with some of the world’s most prominent BDSM & Sexuality educators at Kinky Kollege Spring Session April 5-7th!
See all the Classes we’re teaching at Kinky Kollege here: Ken Melvoin-Berg & Sunny Megatron Class Roster
What is Kinky Kollege?
Kinky Kollege Sexuality and BDSM convention is a wonderful weekend filled with sexuality and kink classes, seminars, a vendor area and social/play events. You can choose to participate in one, some or all of the activities. From the Kinky Kollege Website:
The campus will be open April 5-7, 2013, where some of the world’s most prominent professors and slippery students come together to create a pansexual educational event unlike any other. This event will take place at a beautiful hotel & convention center just 10 minutes from O’Hare International Airport and a short ride from Downtown Chicago.
The Nation’s top Alternative Lifestyle Educators will be at Kinky Kollege offering classes on everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask. The curriculum promises to be orgasmic. Earn credits toward your Masters (or Master’s) degree with accredited classes designed for students at every level of experience, ranging from beginners to the extreme edge player. There will be many classes, spanning all three days of the event, providing for an intense educational opportunity. Some classes will have hands on lab time and opportunity for professional coaching.
Location, registration info and all the juicy details are on the Kinky Kollege Website
Join Sunny and Ken for a memorable afternoon of fun and fellatio! Unlike other blow job classes, this one is taught from both a giver and receivers prospective.
We’ll go over anatomy, technique, safer sex tools, the etiquette of swallowing and spitting plus extras like hand jobs and perineal/prostate massage. We’ll also talk about what goes through your head while giving or getting head: get tips on how to get into the right headspace (<– not so accidental pun), how to give a confident blow job, how to battle a sore jaw, what to do if you have a small mouth, how to figure out what your partner likes best and a lot more.
This will be an interactive evening as participants have the option to practice everything they learn on their very own “stunt cock.” And of course, with Ken and Sunny, the class is sure to provide lots of laughter!
This class is open to givers and receivers of all genders and sexual orientation. It is also a lot of fun to attend as a couple.
More on Kinky Kollege!
Ken & I are teaching 3 classes along with some of the world’s most prominent BDSM & Sexuality educators at Kinky Kollege Spring Session April 5-7th!
See all the Classes we’re teaching at Kinky Kollege here: Ken Melvoin-Berg & Sunny Megatron Class Roster
What is Kinky Kollege?
Kinky Kollege Sexuality and BDSM convention is a wonderful weekend filled with sexuality and kink classes, seminars, a vendor area and social/play events. You can choose to participate in one, some or all of the activities. From the Kinky Kollege Website:
The campus will be open April 5-7, 2013, where some of the world’s most prominent professors and slippery students come together to create a pansexual educational event unlike any other. This event will take place at a beautiful hotel & convention center just 10 minutes from O’Hare International Airport and a short ride from Downtown Chicago.
The Nation’s top Alternative Lifestyle Educators will be at Kinky Kollege offering classes on everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask. The curriculum promises to be orgasmic. Earn credits toward your Masters (or Master’s) degree with accredited classes designed for students at every level of experience, ranging from beginners to the extreme edge player. There will be many classes, spanning all three days of the event, providing for an intense educational opportunity. Some classes will have hands on lab time and opportunity for professional coaching.
Location, registration info and all the juicy details are on the Kinky Kollege Website
It 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 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.
Ken & I are thrilled to be teaching at Winter Wickedness in Ohio. This is our third AIS event and they are some of our most favorite in the country. We’ll be teaching Go Ahead & Shock Me! Electrosex and Humor in Sex in S&M on Saturday. Full schedule HERE.
