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LPN Flea Market 2012
NEW YORK, NY February 1, 2012 — Leather Pride Night NYC will be presenting a special event: The Leather Valentine Market on Sunday, February 12th, 2012. This afternoon of fun, frolic and bargains will be at the Eagle NYC , 554 West 28th Street, (between 10th & 11th Avenue), NYC. The Leather Valentine Market is a sale of gently used leather and fetish items, including clothing, boots, s/m items, videos, magazines. The event will include a bootblack, a spanking booth and a raffle featuring a grand prize of a portable sling donated by New York’s premier leather store, The LeatherMan NYC. New York nightlife icon, Will Clark, will keep the action going as host of the event. This event will be an opportunity to snag post-Christmas bargains before Valentine’s Day and the upcoming Black Party. The doors will open for the event at 3:00PM and run until 6:00 PM in time for the Eagle’s regularly scheduled Sunday Beer Blast. Liquor, beer, wine and soft drinks will be provided at a cash bar. Admission is limited to 21 years or over. Entry is free and open to the public.
The Leather Pride Night Committee is dedicated to promoting freedom of sexual self-expression, and actively works to improve the image and understanding of S/m and fetish lifestyles. It meets on the first Thursday of the month (October through June) at 8:00PM at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street. LPN is run by volunteers! If you want to volunteer, send email to LPNnyc@aol.com.
Media inquiries can be directed to Darrell BlackandBlue at DarrellBlackandBlue@gmail.com
NYC’s 28th ANNUAL LEATHER PRIDE NIGHT AUCTION
The 28th annual Leather Pride Night Auction will take place on Saturday, June 18th, 2011. This year the festivities will be at Arena, 135 West 41 Street. Arena’s doors will open for LPN at 6:00 PM and the auction will run from 7 PM until 10:00 PM. Liquor, beer, wine and soft drinks will be provided at a cash bar. Light finger food will be served. A sign language interpreter will be present and sign the announcements throughout the evening. This year, as every year, there will be a team of bootblacks to keep your boots and shoes looking sharp. We encourage everyone to come early to view the items up for auction, get your boots blacked, and be seen! Jo Arnone, LPN’s veteran auctioneer, will preside over almost a hundred items being auctioned, including leather and latex fetish clothing, unique toys and equipment, art objects, event passes and tickets, and much more.
Leather Pride Night is sponsored by nine NYC S&M-leather- fetish organizations: Imperial Court of New York, Iron Guard BC, Lesbian Sex Mafia, MAsT Metro NY, MetroBearsNY, New York boys of Leather, Pariah’s MC, The Eulenspiegel Society, ONYX New York, and many committed individuals.
Over the years, Leather Pride Night has donated over $300,000 for local and national charities. This year, Leather Pride Night will donate the 2011 Auction proceeds to: Trinity Place, The Carter – Johnson Library, and Youth Enrichment Services (Y.E.S.) and as is customary, annual donations to Heritage of Pride, the producer of New York’s annual Pride Parade and The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom.
Tickets for Leather Pride Night are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door. Paypal payment is available at the LPN website www.leatherpridenight.org. Tickets can also be obtained at any of the sponsoring organizations or the beneficiary organizations, as well as the following supporting commercial venues: David Samuel Menkes Custom Leatherwear, Dom Sub Friends@ Paddles, Purple Passion / DV8, The Leather Man, Passional, Come Again, and Le Chateau Exotique.
Leather Pride Night is part of a month of fabulous leather and fetish-oriented events in New York City
Kicking off the weekend of leather events, on Friday June 17th, Lesbian Sex Mafia will be hosting a talk and demonstration which will be held at the LGBT Center in Manhattan, 208 West 13th Street. For information, call 212 726-3844 or go to: http://www.lesbiansexmafia.org
Immediately following Leather Pride Night on Saturday, keep the Leather Pride energy going at the all-gender Eulenspiegel Society Play Party when TES hosts the “A Midsummer Night.s LPN After Party”. When: Sat, June 18, 2011, 10pm to Sun, June 19, 2011, 3 am Where: Paddles, 250 W 26th St For more info: http://www.tes.org
FOLSOM STREET EAST, Inc. will be running an S&M leather-fetish block party on West 28th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues) in front of the Eagle NYC Bar on Sunday, June 19th. Over 10,000 leathermen and women cap off Leather Pride Weekend with the largest outdoor festival of its kind on the East Coast. For more info: http://www.folsomstreeteast.org
Also on Sunday, following Folsom Street East, women and trans are invited to LSM.s Leather Pride Women & Trans Play Party. LSM.s annual party is their biggest with folks traveling from all over the country to join in the fun. From 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM. For tickets and location, call 212-726-3844 or write LSMNYC@hotmail. com for details
TES Fest 2011. July 2nd-5th, 2011 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Find Your Freedom at TES Fest with special events, tons of exciting classes and presenters, vendors and a 24-hour dungeon space. With outdoor play, nude swimming, a catered Bar-B-Que and more TES Fest 2011 promises to be the must-attend event of the summer. All info can be found at http://www.tesfest.org/
The Leather Pride Night Committee is dedicated to promoting freedom of sexual self-expression, and actively works to improve the image and understanding of S/m and fetish lifestyles. It meets on the first Thursday of the month (October through June) at 8:00 PM at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street. If you want to volunteer, please contact LPN.
There is no photography or cellular telephone photography allowed at the event. Media photography inquiries can be directed to Fred at LaRubia425@aol.com