Just wanted to show a little love for a fellow skillshare: the Boston Skillshare is an annual weekend event organized by the volunteer Boston Skillshare Organizing Collective. Similar to Sexy Spring, they believe everyone has something to teach and share. Their topics are wide ranging and it looks like fun! If any Sexy Spring peeps will be in the Boston area in April, maybe you should check it out.

Sexy Spring cannot happen without you! We need proposals for skillshares for this year’s event. Check out the work shop page. There you’ll find forms for proposals that you can email to us at info_at_sexyspring_dot_org or snail mail to us at the address on the form. We will be posting results of a survey asking about topics people want to see at Sexy Spring this year if you want ideas!

Proposals are welcome until May 15th. We need a few weeks to get the schedule together and publicize it before the event.

If you want to keep tabs on what the Sexy Spring Planners are talking about, check out our new Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/sexyspringplanners. Anyone can feel free to join; it won’t obligate you to do any planning. Most of the discussion will be nitty gritty details of the planning process that we didn’t want to spam the whole list with.

We are proud to announce that Sexy Spring 6 will be happening June 5th-8th 2009. Mark it on your calendars - we hope to see you there!

Date: Wednesday February 11, 2009

Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location: Midtown Global Market

Street: 2929 Chicago Avenue

City/State/Zip: Minneapolis, Minnesota

over by the kid’s play area (near Panaderia El Mexicano)

The schedule is now complete! Check it out!

Online Version | PDF Version

Remember your sweat bands for Kinky Kalisthenics, crafty projects on Sunday for the Sexy Spring Sewing Circle & Terrorist Society, your kinky toys Friday for the Kinky Round-Robin, and most importantly - your open mind!

The Twin Cities Daily Planet recently published an article by Lance Hegland about the discussions he plans to facilitate at Sexy Spring about disability, aging, dating, romance, and sexuality. Thanks to Lance for submitting the article and to the Daily Planet for publishing it!

All skill-share facilitators, and anyone excited about Sexy Spring, are encouraged to promote Sexy Spring in any way they can! Go out there and spread the word!

Sexy Spring V presents the Fairy Tales Cabaret

June 14

8:00pm (doors at 7:00)

Intermedia Arts

$10 Suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds, no advance tickets

Once upon a time there were some sexy, open-minded people looking for some fun after a hard day of learning about each other, sexuality, gender, and sex…Please join us on Sexy Spring Saturday (June 14) for some “Fairy Tales” (and perhaps some faery’s tails, if we’re lucky) from the amazing performers who will entertain us as part of the Sexy Spring V Cabaret!

You’ll hear stories told in words, music, dance, drag, film, and burlesque from performers like Heidi Arneson, Venus DeMars, Brooke Aberlin, Justin Leaf, Kats Fukasawa, Sweet LillyBee, Catherine Lundoff, Sexualis, and Dr. Jacky Wackensmack and Dollface! Arrive early, the show is certain to sell out!

On Tuesday June 10th we will be holding a little shindig for anyone
interested in volunteering at Sexy Spring as well as everyone that plans
to present. It’s at the Firehouse in Powderhorn Park at 821 East 35th
Street from 6-8. We’ll have two kind of separate groups, one for
presenters on facilitating good skillshares and one for anyone that wants
to help during the event. For people interested in being a Vibes Watcher
(maintainers of the safer space) there will be some training and
discussion about safer space and dealing with conflict. If you’re
interested in helping us with anything from set-up to break-down to food
to hanging out at the desk come and hang out with us! There will likely
even be food!

Let me sum up:

Tuesday June 10th, 6-8 pm
Powderhorn Park Firehouse @ 821 East 35th Street

Volunteers
Presenters
Food
Fun

Hope to see you there!
with love,
Sexy Spring Collective

p.s. if you can’t make it to this meeting and want to volunteer or
present, we’ll have another meeting the morning of the 14th. This isn’t
mandatory for presenters, but strongly encouraged!

In lieu of the pre-registration forms we’ve had in previous years, we’re asking all you prospective attendees to give us a shout if there’s anything you need to aid in your Sexy Spring experience. Such things can include but aren’t limited to ASL interpreters and large print or Braille reading materials. We will do our very best to try and fill such requests emailed to us by Friday June 6th with the resources we have available. We strive to accommodate as many people as possible and to help everyone have an enjoyable experience.