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Hello lovelies,

It's been a minute since you've heard from us, as G&S Loft is still in limbo land waiting on a different type of liquor license (did you hear? We're building out a kitchen!). Our regular events are on hold, but our sister company, House of Scorpio, is still full steam ahead with 5-7 events each month. It also remains the best way to support us in this financially painful transition, with membership ranging from $5 to $55 per month. That top tier includes ALL HoS events, making it an incredible value this month in particular, when the annual Persephone goth dance & dungeon blowout alone is $50.

You can also do one-time donations through Venmo, PayPal, etc (in signature). And even if you can't help financially, you can invite friends to our parties, IRL and on FB, and let them know that our magic Loft is available for private events, as well.

Here are a couple of HoS October events we thought you might find enticing (see the HoS site for full schedule) -- and of course our annual Masquerade Macabre Halloween, which we can't wait to share with you. Full invites below.

- Thur 10.3 - HoS Taste The Rainbow ($0-10, open to all) - each month kicks off with a chance for new folks to join our community -- as well as for the regulars to have a chill hang and meet all the new faces. No membership required to dip your toe in our waters.

- Wed 10.16 - HoS Sinema Club ($0-10, HoS members only) - Spooky season top pick: The Hunger, an aesthetic masterpiece, sexy AF, vampire flick with David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon. Plus, a talkback discussing queer interpretations of the vampire genre and more.

- Fri 10.18 - HoS Fierce! (FREE / by donation, open to all) - a dance party and mixer giving you one more chance to meet the community before the big blowout Halloween weekend. You'll surely want to know more of our peeps better by then...

- Fri 10.25 - HoS Persephone ($0-50, members only) - Kinky cabaret meets dungeon play party, against our Dark DecaDance backdrop. Dark music, dark vibes, happy playtime. EARLYBIRD TIX: until Wed 10.9, each higher membership level gets you $10 off instead of $5.

- Sat 10.26 - Masquerade Macabre ($30-60, open to all) - Lineup TBA, but you know how we roll: brass bands, circus, burlesque, variety. EARLYBIRD TIX: until Wed 10.9, $25 tix are available, plus the usual $20 Low Income tix, which tend to go quickly.

*** Please reserve tickets in advance! It helps us plan staff and supplies. ***

Cheers,

Gemini & Scorpio,
makers of themed costume events with live entertainment

One-time donations: https://www.paypal.me/geminiandscorpio or https://www.venmo.com/gemini-scorpio
Monthly donations & sex-pos events via HoS: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/membership.html
Handmade merch (flasks & geeky buttons): https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeminiScorpio
Vintage, thrift & designer clothes: https://linktr.ee/miss_scorpio_fashion (reply for an in-person appt)

http://www.geminiandscorpio.com | #geminiandscorpio | #geminiandscorpioloft
FB personal: https://www.facebook.com/gemini.scorpio
FB official: https://www.facebook.com/gemini.scorpio.loft
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gemini_scorpio
Instagram: http://instagram.com/gemini_scorpio
YouTube: http://bit.ly/GS_ytube
House of Scorpio - the sex-positive side of G&S http://www.houseofscorpio.com | http://bit.ly/HoS_FB

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THUR 10.3: MIXER + HoS INTRO
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House of Scorpio
presents

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

Thursday October 3*, 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/887272046648150
FL: https://fetlife.com/events/1600816
PL: https://plra.io/m/taste-the-rainbow-sex-positive-kinky-poly-lgbtq-263
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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WED 10.16: FILM
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House of Scorpio
presents

Sinema Club: The Hunger with special guest Nancy Roche

Wed Oct 16*, 7-11:30pm, 21+ (25+ suggested), open to all
Main space: movie night, $0-$10 sep 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)

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/838751448443167
FL: https://fetlife.com/events/1609161
PL: https://plra.io/m/sinema-club-sex-pos-and-lgbtq-film-club-the-hunge
Socials: @houseof_scorpio [producer] @gemini_scorpio [venue] #houseofscorpio

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 remains open for socializing, while the film plays in the main space. Plus: free popcorn from our vintage cart. Order dinner in, and make it dinner and a movie.

This months screening: hot hot hot noir vampire classic The Hunger (1983) with Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie

When The Hunger was first released, it got mediocre reviews: dismissed as a stylistic triumph at best, but not a particularly noteworthy addition to the vampire movie genre. Yet more than 40 years later, the film remains a cult classic. It's not difficult to see why: look just a little bit beneath the surface of the plot -- a couple of sexy-as-all-hell vampires approach a beautiful young doctor (Susan Sarandon!) when one of the immortals finds they're having a serious health problem -- and you get unexpectedly poignant themes of mortality and loss of long-term domestic partnership alongside the more familiar tropes of power, sex, and bloodsucking. And of course, the film remains aesthetically breathtaking.

Our screening of The Hunger will be followed by a talkback with Nancy Roche, noted writer and academic. Nancy currently teaches film studies with emphases on gender and identity at Belmont University. We will discuss the film -- and vampire mythos in general -- through a queer lens.

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 10.18: DANCE PARTY & SOCIAL
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House of Scorpio
presents
 
Fierce! poly, kinky, queer & allies dance party & social
 
Fri Oct 18, 10pm-3am, 21+ (25+ suggested)*
For existing & prospective HoS members
FREE! $5-20 sugg donation to cover staff & loft rent
(Advance donations help a LOT, so the usual $0-15 tix are avail)
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
 
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1495245261134730
FL:
PL:
Socials: @gemini_scorpio @houseof_scorpio #houseofscorpio
 
Calling all poly, kink, LGBTQIA+ and other "alternative" dating/sex/gender-aligned humans and their allies for a chill social & dance gathering in our lush nightlife lair. We got lights & smoke & lasers, booming bass, spinning disco ball, lots of dance floor, lots of couches. Queer DJs lay down an eclectic mix of retro and current pop hit remixes & mashups with happy house vibes.
 
Dress code: your queerest self! Sparkly unicorns, leather daddies, LED aliens, fancy fairies, punk dykes, glitter glamour queens, sequin divas, kinky party monsters, dandy butches, neon rainbow bears. This party is inclusive of all genders & expressions -- except casual wear. Dress to dance!
 
*HoS rules: Dress code required; HoS membership, PAL or 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.
 

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SAT 10.25: HoS HALLOWEEN
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House of Scorpio
presents

Persephone: dark dance + dungeon Halloween

Fri 10.25, 9pm-4am, 21+ (25+ suggested), HoS members only
$0-50 depending on membership level / $20 after 12:30am if capacity allows
// EARLYBIRD SALE: each membership level gives you $10 off instead of $5, until Wed Oct 9 //
Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

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

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/557466569958107
FL:
PL:
Socials: @houseof_scorpio [producer] @gemini_scorpio [venue] #houseofscorpio #gspersephone

As autumn's chill stills the air, Persephone once again journeys to the underworld to bring redemption and pleasure to its denizens and to seek out her immortal lover Hades. Taste the sacred pomegranate and join us in a modern recrafting of the sacred and erotic Eleusian mysteries.

A dark and haunting mix of dance, performance, sensory experience and kink play, Persephone is a myth-meets-fetish Halloween celebration. Featuring interactive sensory experiences and performances by Lydia Vengeance, Vonka Romanoff, Logan Laveau, Andreas Fenix and more. You may engage our dark demigods for personal scenes with their consent (and your tips) between their performances. Our resident dark DJ Alley Shiver keeps you dancing all night with goth, industrial, synth, dark 80s, new wave, electro and more.

Explore your dark desires...bring your dates & your toys. Consent and polite party behavior strictly enforced. Welcome to our underworld.

Dress code: gods and goddesses, devils and demons, damned souls, gothic, fetish, dark Lolita, cyberpunk, ninja warrior. Effort required / no casual wear.

HoS rules: HoS membership is required; no PAL requirement except at or near play stations (BYO or engage one of our hosts); dress code and Code of Conduct apply; 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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SAT 10.26: G&S HALLOWEEN
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Gemini & Scorpio
present

Masquerade Macabre

Sat 10.26, 9pm-4am, 21+ (25+ suggested)
$25 earlybird until Wed 10.9 / $30-60* GA / $20 after 12am if capacity allows
Gemini and Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

Official info: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
Tix: https://buytickets.at/geminiandscorpio/1415152
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/3496214010676024
Socials: @gemini_scorpio #geminiandscorpio #MasqMacabre

A marvellous and mysterious event...a Halloween celebration of the extravagant and the grotesque...an all-night spectacle of atmosphere, costumery and diverse entertainments...an explosion of riotous live music, dancing, circus arts and late-night revelry, snake-charmed into an absinthe-fueled early-morning speakeasy. A Halloween like only G&S can do.

Dress code: your glamorous, dark, witchy, steampunk best or your Halloween wear. Effort required / no casual wear / if we have to ask, it's not a costume. You WILL be turned away without a refund.

COVID safety: masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.

*All tickets offer the same access to the event. Please buy at the highest price you can, to support artists, production and affordable tickets for everyone. For every patron ticket ($60) we add a low income ticket ($30).

 

 

 

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