Who’s that doll?

Dollification Workshop, Sunday Sept 18, 2011

The Dollification workshop was held on Sunday, with Vanessa giving the workshop. In it she talked about female masking, dollification, the dollification lifestyle, where to buy the masks, tips, and the multitude of reasons behind

Learning some advanced flogging

Advanced Flogging, Sunday Sept 18, 2011

The advanced flogging workshop was held on Sunday, with Sir Master Marc instructing. He demonstrated various ways of using the floggers, and areas that some do forget about when flogging. He also taught how to properly

D/s Relationships Workshop

D/s Relationships Workshop Sept 14, 2011

The D/s Relationships workshop was held this past Wednesday, given by Contessa Alura and like the group before it, VERY well attended! Despite another topic that can be a long one to cover, it was done remarkably for the

RED LIGHT WALKING TOUR

٠•● RED LIGHT WALKING TOUR ●•٠

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Friday September 2nd
As part of the Montreal Fetish Weekend- King and Candyass are pleased to offer the Redlight tour of Montreal once again

Sunday Sept 4th
12 noon-1:30 pm (90 min walking tour)
10 $ per person

reserve yourself a spot
optatif@gmail.com

please meet us at :
Bar le Midway
1219 Boul Saint-Laurent
Montreal, QC H2X 2S6
approx 20 mins prior to start of tour

Guides:Your cheerful hosts- Donovan King & Velma Candyass

Description:
Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles is rising from the ashes of the storied old Red Light District, but the district has not entirely disappeared! This walk looks at the infamous Red Light District and attempts to “cleanse it”, from New France to Prohibition to the 21st Century and the Cultural War being waged between artists and developers.

Online: www.optative.net & www.savethemain.com

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2011/08/30/montreal%E2%80%99s-notorious-ta-fetish-weekends-storied-sin-city-red-light-district-walking-tour/

Small is still good

The Drop In Day for August 7, 2011 was pretty small, but still good.  With the hot and sunny weather people do tend to do other things in the summer, so it is something that we do expect at the ALCC 🙂  Regardless there was a small turnout, and Vanessa joined in after the meeting for the Pride parade.  Though she *did* forget to bring gloves since she didn’t think she’d make it in time lol.

Remember, our drop in days are free, and if you’ve never visited that is the PERFECT day to stop on in!  Even if you have stopped in before, or taken a workshop or attended a group, this does give you a chance to catch up 😉

 

– Vanessa Cummings, Board Secretary

Gotta Whip It… Whip It Good! :P

Wednesday night was the Flogging 101 Workshop given by Contessa Alura.  During this workshop she introduced the attendees to the art of flogging.  She showed different types of floggers and explained the different effects of all of them.  She explained the different regions of the body where you can actually use the flogger safely.  Her demo model that night got a bit more then he bargained for since she used him as a human blackboard and marked the different areas on his back.  I hope for him that the lipstick she used for that washed away easily.  And lucky she didn’t use a permanent marker…lol

   After the theory we got into the practice.  She put some tape on chairs so we could practice hitting the target before trying it out on each other.  Once we seemed to hit the targets properly we started it out between ourselves.  But then it was the end.  Some of us were not bad others would need more practice.  One hour and a half was already gone.  Thanks Contessa for a wonderful workshop.

Gilles, Translation & Mobility Coordinator

It was a dark and horny night…

Dark and Erotic Imaginings:

Well, if you wanted to know what a “Sleeve Job” is, then we learned all  about it during a reading from Robert Nye’s wonderful book: Merlin. I won’t spoil it for you however, it is a book I recommend.

We had fun hearing Clov’s own work: Slave Gold… Great writing! He has created an entire world through his writing.

Isis read from a book of poetry around an interesting concept…. poems which only use words containing one vowel (e.g. the first poem only has A as it’s only vowel for every word) Eunoia, writen by Christian Bok. She had an interesting observation on the poems, that it seems so constraining to have to write a poem with words having  the same vowel for each and every word. But I found the poems so expressive, expansive, free and imaginative.

It’s as if the constraint actually was liberating at the same time. I immediately thought of how bondage, or restraints… while seemingly
constraining, can actually be liberating to the spirit and immagination. It kind  of channels energy in a way.

But maybe BDSM is too much on my mind!

– petal

Wanted to learn about fetishes? Here it was!

Intro to Fetish:

Clov’s discussion on ‘fetish’ explored the meaning and current use of the word. What is the power of fetish? How and why can fetishes affect us? These are just a few of the questions which Clov explored through examples from history, sport, film, art, and sexy images!

– petal

So you wanted to learn about crossdressing?

Intro to Cross-dressing:

I want to thank the attendees to my first workshop on Cross-Dressing who were enthusiastic and curious on the subject. Cross-dressing in itself is a big topic, and a lifestyle which is close to my heart. After many years, I have finally come to accept that it is a part of me, and a great source of fun and discovery. I showed off some of my outfits too & appreciated the feedback.

– petal, Website

Cuddly Miso Soup

Polyamorous Group June 26, 2011

The new poly group led my Amelia was held on Sunday the 26th, and it was quite well attended.  She asked some very pertinent questions about polyamory and how each of us had approached it, dealt with the issues that can come with this lifestyle, and we all shared experiences that related to it that we have had.  Some were exploring the possibility of being poly, some have been in poly relationships, and some are still in a poly relationship.

The group was very enlightening, and I learned a lot and perhaps cleared a few things up for myself in my outlook on relationships, whether I am poly or simply non-monogamous. I look forward to the next one, where we may even have it somewhere that we can have “cuddly miso soup”!

– Vanessa, ALCC Secretary