Decade Of Bawdy Storytelling Opens Gateway To Sexual Underground

“I used to have a very boring day job,” she said by phone, and then my life was made more exciting by the fact that I fell down the rabbit hole and discovered sex parties. Being from the South, I loved the freedom and I loved the fact that it was safe, and all of the things that I had never thought sex really was. [...] it was usually a first-timer, and I really liked keeping an eye on that person and making sure they were safe, and letting them find the thing that they were there to find — maybe it was a young girl looking to kiss a girl for the first time, and I’d introduce her to people. [...] celebrating 10 years of Bawdy Storytelling, De La Tour has created a sort of gateway to the underground. What started as a place for sex-positive people to gather outside of a sex party has become a scene that people from all walks of life want to be a part of. What makes Bawdy distinct is the way De La Tour works with each storyteller to strip their stories of bravado. The events, which occur monthly in San Francisco and Seattle and rotate quarterly between Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, provide a provocative but safe space for people looking to make new connections, and De La Tour encourages this by beginning each with a game of Bang-O — adult Bingo with directives like “find someone who is polyamorous” and “find someone who identifies as bisexual.” Olga Zilberbourg celebrates the publication of her new collection of short stories, “A Clapping Land” — published in Russian — with an English-language party discussing Russian literature and themes within a global and specifically American context. Liminal celebrates two years with performances by Kate Schatz (“Rad Women Worldwide”), Akilah Monifa, Mg Roberts (“Anemal Uter Meck”), Indira Allegra, Alison Luterman (“Desire Zoo”) and Audacious IAM (7 p.m.