Hi beloved Bloom Community!

Did you stuff your faces with food this past week like we did? Certainly hope so! Don't worry, so much exciting stuff is ahead that you won't even have time to sit in your food coma. Please enjoy all our awesome partners' fun offerings :)

TONIGHT: Shay Tiziano on Fuck Yes!          

In our next episode of F Yes, we'll be interviewing renowned kink organizer, educator, and self suspender Shay Tiziano! Tune in on TONIGHT: Monday, 11/29 from 6-7pm PST to watch the livestream, ask questions, and hear from Shay. Details in the Bloom event below.

BAY AREA PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS - WEEK 1

• Tues 11/30: Rope Jam at Little Boxes by Atelier Shibari
• Wed 12/1: Rope Bite SF at Wicked Grounds - last one of the year!
• Wed 12/1: MANTIS SF at the Cat Club
• Thurs 12/2: Flow Sangha at the Center SF 
• Sat 12/4: Welcome to the San Francisco Scene at Wicked Grounds
• Sun 12/5: Queer Knitting Cult at Wicked Grounds

BAY SPOTLIGHT: Twisted Windows Winter Gala

We're so excited for Twisted Windows' winter event! This gala reception features exquisitely erotic, sensually subversive, and particularly provocative performance art, including suspension bondage, pole dance, burlesque, and kink-ified seasonal songs, as well as participatory activities.All proceeds go to compensate artists and to support our partners at Folsom Street.

BAY AREA PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS - WEEK 2

• Tues 12/7: Oakland QT Open Mic
• Wed 12/8: MANTIS SF at the Cat Club
• Thurs 12/9: Dirty Talk Game Show at Wicked Grounds
• Fri 12/10: SPANK - San Francisco's Hottest Spanking Party by AfterDark
• Sat 12/11: San Francisco Fetish Flea at Wicked Grounds
• Sun 12/12: Feral at the Black Thorn

LA SPOTLIGHT: Donna at the Virgil

Come to the newly renovated Virgil in Silverlake for a steamy pole dancing show and dance party hosted by our partners at Hot Donna's Clubhouse! Hot Donna's is a queer woman, trans + gender expansive centered space with affordable parties and a focus on safety. You won't want to miss this!

SOME UPCOMING LA EVENTS

• Mon 11/29: Let’s Talk About Sex(Positivity) w/Erin & Friends - Online event by Sex Positive Los Angeles
• Wed 12/1 (every Wed): Beat the Winter Blues: A Radical Self Care Series - Online event by Misfits in Love, an LA-based group for ethical non-monogamy
• Sat 12/4: A Very Kinky Christmas at 910WeHo
• Wed 12/8: Poly Cocktails Los Angeles December Meetup
• Sat 12/11: Donna's Holigay Market at Elysian Park
• Sat 12/11: SoCal Creatures Pawliday Mosh at Threshold