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  • Trans Tea Party

    • August 30 @ 1:00 PM
    • until 4:30 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    Join us be having tea along with an open mic/jam session at the leather archive and museum on august 30th from 1-4:30! as usual, this is a potluck style event - bring snacks and drinks to share! we’ll be in the auditorium, if you want to bring something to perform, please do! You'll also have access to the museum and library/archive during the event, so you’ll also have the opportunity to see a bunch of queer art Note that stairs are required both to get to the space and to get to the restrooms.... Read More

  • Erotic Hypnosis class and demo

    • September 3 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    Wednesday, September 3. 7pm-8:30pm at the LA&M. Free admission. Nancy Ava Miller presents... Erotic Hypnosis 💤✨ A class and demonstration with assistant Ninjet Kitty. A JOURNEY INTO CONTEMPLATION AND MORE… Eye-opening! Intelligent! Profound! Attendees at this workshop will be guided into a deep, relaxed hypnotic and meditative state, during which they will experience a calm “inner being” — uninhibited and blissful.... Read More

  • Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: Jarrod Shanahan in Conversation with Lake Effect Collective

    • September 3 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:00 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

    Join us in celebrating this long-awaited collection by Chicago author and agitator Jarrod Shanahan, who will appear in conversation with members of Lake Effect Collective. Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help (PM Press, 2025) collects a decade of reflections on recent US struggles—Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion—alongside accounts of the rise of Trumpism, the alt-right, and an apocalyptic shift in popular culture, to paint a dense and complex portrait of a decade of protracted social crisis. Jarrod... Read More

  • Bondage with the Persian Prince

    • September 4 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave

    Learn techniques and skills, and practice your ties with an expert. All experience levels are welcome. Thursday sessions are scheduled for June 26, July 17, July 31, Aug 14, and Sep 4. $5.00

  • BDSM History & Memories Talk and Exhibit Opening

    • September 5 @ 6:00 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    Friday, September 5th. 6pm-8:30pm at the LA&M. Free admission. Exhibit opening at 6pm, talk at 7pm. BDSM History & Memories: Notes from the Sexual Underground with Nancy Ava Miller 💋📝 Come to the LA&M for a lively discussion about life and love in the sexual underground of the 1970s, 80s and 90s.... Read More

  • BDSM History & Memories Talk and Exhibit Opening

    • September 5 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    Friday, September 5th. 7pm-8:30pm at the LA&M. Free admission. BDSM History & Memories: Notes from the Sexual Underground with Nancy Ava Miller 💋📝 Come to the LA&M for a lively discussion about life and love in the sexual underground of the 1970s, 80s and 90s.... Read More

  • Anti-ICE Block Party by All Chicago Tenant Alliance

    • September 6 @ 11:00 AM
    • until 6:00 PM
    • Cuyler Ave Between Clarendon and Broadway
    • Cuyler Ave Between Clarendon and Broadway

    🅰️🐺⚡️SAVE THE DATE⚡️🐺🅰️ @fuerzasbroadwaycuyler and ACTA are throwing a rager on September 7th, all day! The occasion, like all things, contains some good and some bad. We are celebrating six months of Fuerzas Inquilinos in the struggle; this is right on time as their historic rent strike approaches is climax.... Read More

  • Second City Bootblacks Present - Leather: It's Not What You Wear, It's Who You Are

    • September 6 @ 3:00 PM
    • until 4:00 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    Join us at LA&M for "Leather: It's Not What You Wear, It's Who You Are" Saturday, September 6th, 3 - 4pm Taught by Master Leather Redux and raea Presented by Second City Bootblacks Come learn, reflect, and grow with us. whether you're new to leather or a lifelong traveler on the path, this class is for you.

  • Knotty & Nice — Rope Fun & Safety, with Jay

    • September 7 @ 3:00 PM
    • until 4:30 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    Rope can be very daunting at times... This class is will bring back fun and emphasize safety in rope bondage basics. There will be an emphasis on anatomy and common ties which can be used for light suspension. Let’s get knotty and nice! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jay is a Leather Woman and a body work specialist.... Read More

  • Talk Long, Talk Love! a free communication workshop

    • September 8 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    September 8 at 7pm. TALK LONG, TALK LOVE!, a free workshop with Nancy Ava Miller, MEd, CHt. At this unique and FUN workshop, learn to reach beyond the chatter and the clutter of small talk to the soul of our beautiful kink community.... Read More

  • Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation with Eileen Flanagan

    • September 8 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:00 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL

    Join us as we welcome Eileen Flanagan to the store for an event in celebration of her new book Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation. As heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods become ever more deadly, it has become apparent that we have a shared stake in protecting the air, water, and climate—for ourselves and for future generations.... Read More

  • Fetish Film Forum - Queen Bee Empire (2014)

    • September 20 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 10:00 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    This raunchy and campy DIY film is about the sexcapades of friends Tracey, Stacey, Lacey, Kacey and Macey over 24 hours during a hot and sweaty summer. Single Tickets can be puchased in advance and cost $10 per screening, or $8 for LA&M Members & Students.... Read More

  • The Black Banjo Jam

    • September 28 @ 12:00 PM
    • until 2:00 PM
    • Harrison Park
    • 19th & Damen

    The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.

  • The Black Banjo Jam

    • October 26 @ 12:00 PM
    • until 2:00 PM
    • Harrison Park
    • 19th & Damen

    The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.

  • The Black Banjo Jam

    • November 23 @ 11:00 AM
    • until 1:00 PM
    • Harrison Park
    • 19th & Damen

    The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.

  • The Black Banjo Jam

    • December 28 @ 11:00 AM
    • until 1:00 PM
    • Harrison Park
    • 19th & Damen

    The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.