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Hello lovelies,

Let's make 2025 as awesome as we can. Our packed early season:

- Tonight! Thu 1.2 - Taste The Rainbow: community social ($0-10, open to non-members) - with Countdown and Saints coming up in a few short weeks, now is the time to jump into this community. Without a membership requirement, this is a great place to start -- but if you do sign up before tonight, even at the $5 level, the party is FREE, and then look at everything else you could check out...

- Fri 1.10 - Lip Service: pansexual makeout party ($0-25, members only) - the place to get a little more personal and the only party where you can get approved for play events in person.

- Wed 1.15 - Sinema Club: Arabian Nights ($0-10, members only) - an outstanding thinking and sensual film, and one very purposefully chosen to air just before the inauguration. Extremely rare to see this one on the big screen.

- Fri 1.24 - Dark DecaDance with live band ($0-20, open to non-members) - DDD has been amazing lately, and we're going to try something new and fun to expand it further: a live band! More info TK soon, bur earlybird tix are now live until Fri Jan 10 (that's another $5 off the already lower advance price).

- Sat 1.25 - Countdown returns! - our signature pansexual play party is back, and we can't wait.... This is the one you need approval for, so please read that page of the site. If you already have approval, those tickets will be visible in the membership system when you log in.

- Fri 2.7 - Saints & Sinners: pop-up str!p clerb party ($0-25, members only) - One of the most special parties we do, back just in time for Valentine's Day. Perfect date night for all your kinds of loves.

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Please reserve tickets in advance! It helps us plan staff and supplies. Friend with Benefits level+ members can even retain credit for any unused tickets and roll them over to another event. If you want to upgrade levels: https://bit.ly/4bsZAKQ
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Cheers,

Miss Scorpio
http://www.houseofscorpio.com

One-time donations: https://www.paypal.me/geminiandscorpio or https://www.venmo.com/gemini-scorpio
Monthly donations & HoS event access: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/membership.html
HoS FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/259688232814
Miss S on Fetlife: http://fetlife.com/users/680639

G&S regular events & list: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/houseof_scorpio | http://instagram.com/gemini_scorpio
Bluesky: @gemini-scorpio | Twitter: @gemini_scorpio

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DEAR PRESS,
We love you, but please don't list HoS events without checking with us. ~ xo, Miss S
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THUR 1.2: MIXER
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House of Scorpio
presents

Taste The Rainbow: sex-positive kinky poly LGBTQ+ mixer

Thur Jan 2, 7pm-12am, 21+ (25+ suggested)
For existing & prospective HoS members; members: $0 / non-members: $10
Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

Official info & house rules: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/events.html
Memberships & tix: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/membership.html (log in for member tix)

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1692845331282659
FL: https://fetlife.com/events/1663463
PL: https://plra.io/m/taste-the-rainbow-sex-positive-kinky-poly-lgbtq-292
Socials: @houseof_scorpio [producer] @gemini_scorpio [venue] #houseofscorpio

We get asked all the time how people can join HoS if they are shy, don't have like-minded friends, lack PALs for play parties, have no idea how this whole thing works, don't feel like jumping into sexy activity but want to connect to open-minded humans, etc. This party is the answer!

Calling all LGBTQIA+, poly, kink, swinger and other "alternative" dating/sex/gender-aligned humans and their allies. We're creating a protected and judgment-free space for connections, conversations, community, games and interactivity. This is the key HoS event open to non-members. Come meet us before you join!

For those of you new to it all: direct introductions to HoS members new and old; facilitated discussions on poly, kink and swinger lifestyles; icebreaker games to welcome you to our club.

For our regulars: a way to ease new friends into our scene; a chance to meet all the new faces you may want to kiss later; a visit with the community even if your PAL is not around.

For everyone: tabletop and social games, both risqué and plain fun; a charming host to make the introductions and explain all things HoS and sex-positive, and a cozy setting for conversations and future kisses. Our main icebreaker game, HoS Guest Bingo, runs from 7:30pm until we have a winner: get to know everyone in the room, and win a drink if you complete your bingo card.

Miss Scorpio is back hosting the mixer! Come ask her directly anything you want to know about this community. We've been building it for you for 10+ years, and hope to be here for 10+ more.

HoS rules: HoS membership, PAL and dress code not required; no prior approval required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.

COVID safety: HoS requires proof of vaccination on file; masks encouraged; windows will be partially open for ventilation; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.

*Taste The Rainbow happens every first Thursday of the month except when a month starts on Friday (otherwise it would end up the night before Lip Service).

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FRI 1.10: MAKEOUT PARTY
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House of Scorpio
presents

Lip Service: pansexual makeout party

Fri Jan 10*, 9pm-2am, 21+ (25+ suggested), HoS members only**
$0-25 depending on membership level
Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

Official info & house rules: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/events.html
Memberships & tix: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/membership.html (log in to buy)

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1226254288473470
FL: https://fetlife.com/events/1663469
PL: https://plra.io/m/lip-service-pansexual-kissing-and-cocktails-party-324
Socials: @gemini_scorpio #houseofscorpio

Bring your luscious lips (yours and your PAL's), and join us for lubricating libations and naughty games with sexy friends and intriguing strangers. Bring toys & games to share (blindfolds? rope? sexy dice?).

Feeling shy or wanting to meet new folks? Come early! Meet our founder, Miss Scorpio. Between 9-10:30pm, Miss S is there to introduce new members to old timers, explain how the whole HoS thing works, and generally make a delightful fuss over your presence.

Think of our makeout parties as R-rated community mixers--a place to get to know your fellow kinksters, introduce a partner to a more playful lifestyle, and maybe even find a future PAL--before attending the more naughty play parties. It's also a way for us to vet you in person for those parties; talk to us at the event.

Dress to be kissed: sexy and fun. Fetish attire, formalwear, lingerie, corsets, tutus and costumes always welcome...and we consider those unisex options (the more colorful and outrageous, the better). No casual or business; door person WILL turn you away -- see Code of Conduct page on our site for more details on the dress code.

*Lip Service happens on the second Friday of every month

**HoS rules: HoS membership, PAL & Dress Code required; no prior approval required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.

COVID safety: HoS requires proof of vaccination on file; masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.

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WED 1.15: FILM
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House of Scorpio
presents
 
Sinema Club: Arabian Nights (1974)
 
Wed Jan 15*, 7-11:30pm, 21+ (25+ suggested)
Main space: movie night, $0-$10 dep on membership level
Bar & lounge: HoS Clubhouse, $FREE***
Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)
 
Official info & house rules: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/events.html
Memberships & tix: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/membership.html (log in to buy)
 
The body's largest sex organ is the brain. Sinema Club stimulates yours with films that are explicitly erotic, homo-romantic, or gender-exploring -- and always thought-provoking. A rousing discussion follows; drinking is encouraged throughout, and mingling happens before, during and after: the bar lounge remains open for socializing, while the film plays in the main space. Plus: free popcorn from our vintage cart. Order in from the many restaurants around, and make it dinner and a movie.

This month: Arabian Nights (1974)

Already internationally distinguished as a poet, novelist, and outspoken social critic by the time he turned to filmmaking around 1960, Pier Paolo Pasolini juxtaposed socio-political polemics with a graphic and critical examination of taboo sexual matters in the prolific 15-year span that ended abruptly with his unsolved abduction & murder in 1975. ARABIAN NIGHTS (1974) is the final part of his Trilogy of Life series, following THE DECAMERON (1971) and THE CANTERBURY TALES (1972). The locations - Yemen, Ethiopia, Iran and Nepal - form a luscious backdrop to tales of slaves, kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking. Engrossing, mysterious, profound and liberating, this is an exquisitely dreamlike, sensuous and adult interpretation of the original folk tales -- but also a surprisingly modern and egalitarian one, reiterating in its various threads that noone’s body is anyone else’s property, and that is represents a secular sacredness in conflict with venal hypocrisy of the religious state and man-made social controls: a natural sexual innocence essential to the true nature of free humanity. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.

The films in the trilogy were Pasolini's greatest commercial achievements, ironically spawning mindless sensualist copies that amounted to a commoditization of the body he had tried to deny in the first place. We will watch some scenes from one of these knock-offs, UBALDA ALL NAKED AND WARM (1972), allowing his philosphy and aesthetics to stand out all the more clearly.

Sinema Club is curated and hosted by Phil Guie-Ng (@thatphilguymovies): an inquisitive, ardent longtime film critic who is dying to tell you about movies you haven't heard of yet. As a reviewer at the website Film-Forward, his self-appointed mission was covering documentaries and features about subjects who challenged conventional attitudes about gender, masculinity, and more. When Phil isn't writing about movies, you can find him in Brooklyn taking part in protests on behalf of basic human rights.
 
*Sinema Club happens on the third Wednesday of every month
 
***Plus: House of Scorpio Clubhouse. Whatever your membership level, you are invited to use our space as your own for the night...as your clubhouse. While the ticketed activities will take place on the stage side of the room, the bar and lounge will remain open 7pm-11pm (12am if enough people are lounging). Just like with regular events, if you're Friend level and above, you can bring up to two friends with you. Order in dinner, have a few drinks, run a friendly board game, or just read a book on the comfy couch. This is not a mixer -- just us opening our doors for our members. It's up to you how much you socialize, if at all, and with whom.
 
COVID safety: HoS requires proof of vaccination on file; masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.

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FRI 1.24: MIXER & DANCE PARTY
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Gemini & Scorpio and House of Scorpio
 
present
 
Dark DecaDance
 
Fri Jan 24*, 10pm-4am, 21+ (25+ suggested)
For existing and prospective HoS members**; members: $0-20 / non-members: $15 adv, $20 door
***Earlybird tix! Get another $5 off if you book before Fri Jan 10***
Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)
 
G&S: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
HoS: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/events.html
Tix: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/membership.html (log in for HoS member discounts)
 
DDD is a queer-forward kink-friendly goth dance celebration, inviting all participants to let go, dance and play in our luscious private loft. We embrace all genders and sexualities and levels of darkness. Consent and polite party behavior strictly enforced.
 
On decks:
 
Resident DJ Shiver has been bringing the best of darkwave, goth, industrial, and post-punk sounds since 2015. Having spun at Femme Fest LA, Defcon NYC, and co-founding clubs Dolce Vita and Physical Ruins, she continues to blend both beloved classics and the best of new dark music. She also runs Wire Trap music magazine featuring the best new darkwave and post-punk music and events.

More entertainment TBA! Working on a band.
 
Dress code: goth, fetish, romantic, vampire, dark Lolita, neo-Victorian, steampunk, ninja warrior. Effort required / no casual wear. This month: bring your darkest Krampus 'fits!
 
*Dark DecaDance happens on every fourth Friday of the month.
 
**HoS rules: HoS membership, PAL and prior approval not required. Dress Code required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.
 
COVID safety: masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers cycle the air.

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PLAY PARTY: 1.25
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House of Scorpio
presents

Countdown: pansexual play party

Sat Jan 25, 10pm-3am (doors close at 11:45pm), 21+ (25+ suggested), HoS members only*
$0-50 depending on membership level
Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

Official info & house rules: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/events.html
Approval & membership required for ticket purchase**: http://houseofscorpio.com/attend.html

The official return of Countdown!

Part mixer party, part makeout party, part play party. The countdown begins when doors open at 10pm: it's a mix-and-mingle party for the first hour. At 11, all regular makeout party rules apply: all the clothes stay on, and all playtime is PG13-rated. But at 12am, the door is locked, and the party can take its natural course. Please arrive by 11:45pm, though you can leave anytime.

Dress to be kissed: sexy and fun. Fetish attire, formalwear, lingerie, corsets, tutus and costumes always welcome...and we consider those unisex options (the more colorful and outrageous, the better). No casual or business; door person WILL turn you away -- see Code of Conduct page on our site for more details on the dress code.

*HoS rules: HoS membership, PAL & Dress Code required; approval required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.

COVID safety: HoS requires proof of vaccination on file; masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.

 

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FRI 2.7: POP-UP ST1RP CLUB
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House of Scorpio
presents

Saints & Sinners: pop-up st!rp club

Fri Feb 7, 9pm-3am, 21+ (25+ suggested), HoS members only*
$0-25 GA / $0-45 reserved seats, dep on membership level
Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

Official info & house rules: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/events.html
Memberships & tix: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/membership.html (log in to buy)

For one night only, our sexy clubhouse becomes a full-on strip club, with a double-pole stage, an array of lap dance-ready seating, and our very own Champagne Room. A hand-picked lineup of burlesque, pole or circus stars awaits, each stepping outside the boundaries of their genre to spend the whole night dancing for you on stage and in your lap.

Lineup TK!

Don't be late: entertainment starts at 9:30pm. Once the dancers are done at 1:30am, the stage is yours to shake your booty on. Live out your strip fantasies as our DJ provides the beats into the night.

Rules of the club: Tip generously (dancers, wait & bar staff). Please only sit at the rail (stage-side seating) when actively tipping / rotate out when your wallet needs a break. Get lap dances: they're the best part...then try the champagne room, because that's the only way it can get better. Respect the dancers. Keep your hands to yourself (or your partner). Please treat our pole gently; no wild swinging.

*HoS rules: HoS membership, Dress Code & PAL required; prior approval not required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.

COVID safety: HoS requires proof of vaccination on file; masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.

**Reserved seats include: admission + seat at either a couch or a 4-person table with prime stage view + access to reserved lap dance seat. Seat choice is first-come, first-served.

 

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