Sold out: Once Upon A Time, presented by Twisted Windows at Folsom Street Events
2022-04-02 19:30 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 145 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103-2620, United States
This event is now sold out. You can join the waiting list at the ticket link, and join our mailing list so you don’t miss future events: http://eepurl.com/bufQZL
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An evening of fantasy fairy tales, combining scintillatingly sensual shows with interactive marvels. This gala reception features exquisitely erotic, sensually subversive, and particularly provocative performance art, including suspension bondage, pole dance, living statues, fetish acts, and burlesque, as well as decorated selfie stations, interactive art, gourmet bites, and other participatory marvels. All proceeds go to compensate artists and to support the Folsom Street 501(c)3 non-profit arts and culture organization.
Tickets are available here: https://forbiddentickets.com/events/twisted-windows/dbbe6e2198
Performers include:
* Vix Nolan
* Amermaidrenegade & MxBliss
* LaTahsha Ruby
* Drago Nesa
* Rain DeGrey
* Danarama & Shell
* Doll Fatale
* Rae Lune
* Shay
* Shibaritta
* Sluttyhands & Xean
* Cerulean
* JD (RopeRigger) & Kitty
* Angel
* EroticFixation & NotYourAnything
* The Purple Anon
* Sunny & KnottyDaddy
**Please carefully read our COVID guidelines to determine whether attending this event is within your risk profile. Particularly, note the k/n95 mask and up-to-date vaccination requirements, which includes a booster if eligible. Details at the ticket link.**
“Twisted Windows is like going to the ballet for kinksters. Every single time, there is a performance that makes me belly laugh. One that brings me to hot tears. One that inspires me to take my kink to the next level. And always several that just make me think about the intersection of kink and art. There is nothing else like it.” – Mir, owner of Wicked Grounds
Event photo by The Silence

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour
2022-04-05 20:00 - 21:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour!
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featured Readers:
Lusciouse
Houston Oak
Grok Amiri
Cornelius Belmont
Special Guest Reader
Daniel Erickson, author of the Erik Atlas
novels
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
Want to be a reader for a future event? contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free; want to thank us? Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

LCD: Walking Tour Subcommittee Meeting
2022-04-06 18:00 - 19:00 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88470691792
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is creating an Internet-based Walking Tour of noteworthy past and present locations in our South of Market neighborhood. We will help folks rediscover the lost gathering spaces of the past, and appreciate the businesses and cultural institutions that now struggle to survive.
We need folks help develop the content for the tour, and to provide (or help us recruit) expertise in research, editing, and voice acting.
This is a great time to get involved, whether your interest is historical, architectural, cultural, technological, or prurient. We need your input!
This is a free Zoom meeting, open to all 18+.
Agenda here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XRGWV6UJBluUw1crKo-kLrNYCYZiHO3XJrAEt09fgFQ
Join at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88470691792
or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter Meeting ID: 884 7069 1792.
More info at /make-tour

LCD: Diversity & Membership Committee Meeting
2022-04-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-05-05 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-06-02 18:00 - 19:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The Diversity & Membership Committee Meeting guides efforts to increase District membership with an emphasis on representing all members of our community.
First Thursdays at 6 pm PST
Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87865884248
Proposed Agenda:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WXvW91IgDN2ZOn-uh2wzRSISrTI1XaR0k-v091-zgbo/edit#heading=h.6bc6e5a12ww9
3 Functions of this Committee:
1. Membership drive and process
2. Diversity part I- outreach to groups and gain attendance from all clubs and groups within our community
3. Diversity part II- ensure our committees are functioning from a viewpoint of diversity in their structure and event planning.
Hope you can join us!

SOMA Second Saturdays!
2022-04-09 12:00 - 17:00 | 12th Street between Eagle Plaza and Folsom Street
We are returning to 12th Street between Eagle Plaza and Folsom Street. Come shop with some of the finest queer and kink artists, artisans, and craftspeople.
Beverages are available at the SF Eagle, including beer bust. Dine nearby at local restaurants.
Find out who else is going and join the chat with Bloom!
https://bl.ooo/m/soma-second-saturdays
Applicable COVID-19 precautions enforced. For your and others’ safety, please mask up.
Smoke-Free Event
Come out and join the fun.

LCD: Land Use Committee Meeting
2022-04-12 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-05-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-06-14 18:30 - 19:30 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The Land Use Committee tracks changes to real estate in the District in order to mitigate the effects of development and gentrification.
Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 865 1085 0238
Password: [REDACTED]
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The Land Use Committee for the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is interacting with city agencies, developers, and a range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, regarding a wide range of land use issues within the recently-created Cultural District in the South of Market neighborhood.
There are a wide range of opportunities for involvement, from being on call to show up at a meeting in City Hall, to critical negotiations with planners and developers.
While special skills in real estate or civic planning are great, anyone with an interest in the Cultural District is welcome to join.
Agenda is available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XX0IL_LNtV8EXYldtS3E-Yj-cCG_oZE6xm4iUf7-qsE/edit
For more information, please visit http://SFLCD.org, or contact land-use-chair@SFLCD.org.

Leather District: Communications Committee Meeting
2022-04-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-05-12 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-06-09 18:00 - 19:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The Communications Committee plans and guides the messaging and branding decisions for the District.
Join via Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84039453815
Join by phone:
1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID: 840 3945 3815
Please contact the committee chairperson, Bob Brown with any questions: bob.brown@sflcd.org

"Happiness and Other Diseases" Book Release Party
2022-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | 145 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103-2620, United States
Book Release Party for “Happiness and Other Diseases”
Author Book Reading
Book Signing
Q&A Session
Books for Sale
Mini-exhibit of photos from the cover photoshoot by photographer Garrett Sohnly
Photo prints for sale
Champagne and hors d’oeuvres will be served
Folsom Street Community Center
145 9th St
San Francisco, CA 94103
Preorder Here: https://mochamemoirspress.com/product/happiness-and-other-diseases/
Author Website: http://sumikosaulson.com/
Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/IL-TsyqgJSY
Tik-Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdBUFxAc/
Flynn Keahi has had a rough year. His nightmares are starting to manifest in reality, but no one believes him. Terrifying creatures are trying to cross out of dreams into the physical realm. Only Flynn can stop them – but doing so might cost him his life. Complicating matters further, one of these creatures cannot help wanting him — in every forbidden way. Will she be able to save him from his fate? Can she even protect him from herself?
Want to see who’s going, match, and chat before you go? Check out “Happiness and Other Diseases” Book Release Party on the Bloom Community app:
https://bl.ooo/m/happiness-and-other-diseases-book-release-party
What People Are Saying!
“In this entertaining novel, Saulson incorporates mythology into what might appear to be normal, everyday life. However, hir characters, Flynn and Charlotte, are far from normal. I enjoyed how ze keeps their relationship lively but honest – even sweet, but not in a saccharine way. Buy this book! For sheer enjoyment, it’s a keeper!”
– Marge Simon, multiple Bram Stoker winner, HWA Lifetime Achievement Award winner
“If you enjoy unsettling dark paranormal romances that place power dynamics in sexual relationships under the microscope, look no further. Sumiko Saulson gives us body horror, what feels like an insiders look at mental illness and the mental health system, dysfunctional families, semi-obscure mythological characters, and an excellent depiction of how many of us teeter on the fence between sex and death. Happiness and Other Diseases is a sexy, funny, disturbing, and unflinching tale of the insane lengths people will go to in search of love and acceptance.”
— Michelle Renee Lane, Bram Stoker Award Nominated author of Invisible Chains
“A twisted descent into arousal, madness and mad arousal, Happiness and Other Diseases pulls no punches as it peels back the layers of the human experience to reveal our soft, creamy centers. Take that how you want, but if you are looking for a disturbing, sexually charged read with solid writing, Sumiko Saulson delivers.”
— Angela Yuriko Smith, Bram Stoker Awards® Nominated author of In Favor of Pain
“It is a very unconventional book that offers a supernatural dimension to the mysterious, sometimes mind-bending world of psychological pathological conditions, psychosis, and disorders.”
Justin Boyer, bibliophilesreverie.com
“Happiness And Other Diseases by Sumiko Saulson is a tragic love story that includes dark humor, Greek mythology… moments of pure horror.”
David Watson, HorrorAddicts.net

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour
2022-04-19 20:00 - 21:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour!
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featured Readers:
Daniel Erickson
Foster
Jconr B. Ortega
Frank La, Mr Santa Clara Leather 2014,
Bare Chest Calendar Mr March 2021
Special Guest Reader
Hannah_Hellcat
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
Want to be a reader for a future event? contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free; want to thank us? Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

LCD: Board of Directors Meeting
2022-04-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-05-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-15 18:00 - 20:00
Board of Directors Meeting
The meeting is free and all community members are welcome to attend.
Please join us remotely via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789060820…
You can find the meeting agenda here:
You can also call 1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) and use Meeting ID: 844 9193 7145 and Password: [REDACTED] (Or find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kl0fPTq3u)
Board meeting minutes will be available when they are approved at the following meeting.
For more info, visit http://www.sflcd.org.

LCD: Arts and Culture Committee Meeting
2022-04-28 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-05-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s Arts and Culture Committee is dedicated to reactivating Folsom Street and environs as a cultural and community hub.
Committee members shared some great ideas at our last meeting, which we hope to develop into active projects in the coming year.
We are actively recruiting artists, both for our art shows and other programs, and in leadership roles in our organization.
We will also continue planning for “SOMA Second Saturdays” (see /show/) and other upcoming events.
The meeting is free, and open to all.
Join with Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89554242702 or call 1 408 638 0968 and use Meeting ID: 895 5424 2702.
We hope you will join us!

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour
2022-05-03 20:00 - 21:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour!
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featured Readers:
Dicey Grenor
Houston Oak
JConr B. Ortega
Cornelius Belmont
Special Guest Reader
Daniel Erickson, reading Part Two of
“Liber Confutatus”
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
See who else is attending to have fun in the show’s Chat by going to https://bl.ooo/m/erotic-storytelling-hour-277
If you have a story you would like to tell on a future ESTH, contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free but you can also feel free to thank us.
Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

Walking Tour Subcommittee Meeting
2022-05-04 18:00 - 19:00 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88470691792
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is creating an Internet-based Walking Tour of noteworthy past and present locations in our South of Market neighborhood. We will help folks rediscover the lost gathering spaces of the past, and appreciate the businesses and cultural institutions that now struggle to survive.
We need folks help develop the content for the tour, and to provide (or help us recruit) expertise in research, editing, and voice acting.
This is a great time to get involved, whether your interest is historical, architectural, cultural, technological, or prurient. We need your input!
This is a free Zoom meeting, open to all 18+.
Agenda here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_TkHy5Ieqxjp31nDF-JHZ-bmXweo7g5qXIMgJ-Z0uBM/edit?usp=sharing
Join at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88470691792
or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter Meeting ID: 884 7069 1792.
More info at /make-tour

Audacious Anniversary
2022-05-07 17:00 - 21:00 | Folsom Street Foundry, 1425 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US
Come celebrate the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s fourth birthday with us
Note that vaccination is required and we will be checking proof at the door.
In order to take care of yourself and those around you, we highly recommend:
1. masking during the event (we will have a limited number of N95s to distribute and a mask vendor onsite),
2. not coming if you have any symptoms or COVID contacts, and
3. screening by doing testing both before and after the event.
Entertainment, food, demos, and fun
Free Admission
Saturday, May 7, 2022
5 to 9 pm
Folsom Street Foundry
1425 Folsom Street
Featuring performances by
House of MORE!
The Rebel Kings
Ambient suspension bondage performances by Ivy Limieux and Shay Tiziano, with Sabriel Star
DJ Fawks
MC Lance Holman
Demos by ONYX Northwest, The 15 Association, and Society of Janus.
The first annual
Brazen Runway
Strut your smut
21+
Bring proof of vaccination.
See who’s going, match, and chat before you go. Check out Audacious Anniversary on the Bloom Community app.
https://bl.ooo/m/audacious-anniversary

SOMA Second Saturdays!
2022-05-14 12:00 - 17:00 | 12th Street between Eagle Plaza and Folsom Street
It’s the Super Sized Sexy Second Saturday!” Join us on 12th Street between Eagle Plaza and Folsom Street to shop with some of the finest queer and kink artists, artisans, and craftspeople.
Beverages are available at the SF Eagle, including Beer Bust from 3-6, benefiting the Leather Contingent for Pride. Stop by at 2 to vote for your Leather Marshalls.
Refresh your “wardrobe” at the Rough Trade Gear Swap. Get ear acupuncture with Dr. Marcos from Needle Play Acupuncture. Get spiritual insight with Tarot by Alexandria.
Vendors include Wicked Grounds, Aries I Am Production and Lea Magdangal Art, Laughing Cat Forge, A.B.O. Comix, Dungeon K Studio, Downtown Armor, Kay Sugars, Human Stitching Rope Company, ByrdBeaks, Gooch Photography, and BDSM Glass Arts and Crafts.
Dine nearby at local restaurants like Willows and Manora.
Find out who else is going and join the chat with Bloom!
https://bl.ooo/m/soma-second-saturdays
Applicable COVID-19 precautions enforced.
Smoke-Free Event
Come out and join the fun.

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour
2022-05-17 20:00 - 21:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour!
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featured Readers:
Special Guest Reader
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
See who else is attending to have fun in the show’s Chat by going to https://bl.ooo/m/erotic-storytelling-hour-123
If you have a story you would like to tell on a future ESTH, contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free but you can also feel free to thank us.
Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

LCD: Mermay Edition Erotic Storytelling Hour
2022-05-31 20:00 - 21:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
Mermay! The Hot Erotic Mermaid (merman, merperson and mercreature) edition of The Erotic Storytelling Hour!
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featured Readers:
Rie Sheridan Rose
Penelope Flynn
Scott Bradley
Sam Schrieber
Garrett Sohnly
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
Want to be a reader for a future event? contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free; want to thank us? Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

Walking Tour Subcommittee Meeting
2022-06-01 18:00 - 19:00 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88470691792

OASIS Mural Unveiling
2022-06-02 14:30 | SF Oasis, 298 11th St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the San Francisco Arts Commission, and Oasis Arts Presents:
OASIS Mural Unveiling
2:30PM – Festivities Begin
3:00PM – Ribbon Cutting
Immediately following the Ribbon Cutting, join us in the Oasis Champagne Room for drinks and light refreshments.
Mural Designed By:
Serge Gay Jr.
J Manuel Carmona
Elliott C. Nathan
Simon Malvaez
Christopher McCutcheon

SOMA Second Saturdays!
2022-06-11 13:00 - 17:00 | 12th Street between Eagle Plaza and Folsom Street
PLEASE NOTE: The start time for SOMA Second Saturday is now 1 pm.
Join us on 12th Street between Eagle Plaza and Folsom Street to shop with some of the finest queer and kink artists, artisans, and craftspeople.
Beverages are available at the SF Eagle, including Beer Bust from 3-6.
Vendors include A.B.O. Comix, Wicked Grounds, Moon and Spear, Bitches Love Leather, Houston Oak, JKATZART, It’s Simple SF, Human Stitching Rope Company, ByrdBeaks, Aleckz Anthony, Dungeon K Studio, and Luke Andahazy.
Refresh your “wardrobe” at the Rough Trade Gear Swap. Get ear acupuncture with Dr. Marcos from Needle Play Acupuncture.
Dine nearby at local restaurants like Willows and Manora.
Find out who else is going and join the chat with Bloom!
https://bl.ooo/m/soma-second-saturdays
Applicable COVID-19 precautions enforced.
Smoke-Free Event
Come out and join the fun.

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour TAA Edition
2022-06-14 20:00 - 21:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour!
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featured Readers and Special Guest Readers from The Alpha Academy (TAA)
-mookey-
Verotica Screamer
Miss A
Lady P
Andalusite
The Alpha Academy is an educational social group dedicated to empowering womxn, self identified female and gender expansive dominants, tops and switches (FemDoms) in discovering and developing their Alpha side. They also welcome s-types of all genders who love to serve FemDoms* to join them. Read more about The Alpha Academy (TAA) HERE:
https://thealphaacademy.org/home/
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
Want to be a reader for a future event? contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free; want to thank us? Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org
