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News to Abuse: NWLC Room Block - Furry Swine - LA&M DADT Rate

Northwest Leather Celebration Hotel reservations

Northwest Leather Celebration is pleased to announce that they will once again be at the Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, less than one mile from the San Jose International Airport. 

NWLC attendees will enjoy complimentary courtesy shuttle service to/from the San Jose airport and attendees who stay overnight in the event host hotel will also enjoy complimentary parking.

Registered attendees of NWLC may reserve rooms in the event block for the rate of just $91 per night (plus all applicable taxes) for standard guest rooms.

Visit http://www.northwestleathercelebration.com/hotel and click on the link to make your hotel room reservations for NWLC 2012. NWLC 2012 attendees who reserve through this link qualify for the special rate of just $91 per night! 

 

A Furry Swine Fest Of Epic Proportions...

PIGGY BEAR'S BACK for one night only on Friday, Feb. 17 at The Eagle NYC, 554 West 28 St, at 10PM.  And there's No Cover!

A Post Valentine's Event for NYC's Bear Community and friends. Muscle Bears, Cute & Cuddly Cubs, Hairy Hipsters, Otters & Wolves come together under one roof with Go-Go Bears, videos & more. Heavy petting & drinking all night long with $15 Bud/Bud Light Pitchers and featuring DJ Damian Cote of Buddies

Dress to get Mauled!

More info on Facebook

News to Abuse: Helping one of our Own - 15 Association Anniversary - Smokeout 2012

Ron Greenwood Fundraiser

Master Olivier sent the following about helping a leather brother in need.

The benefit for Ron Greenwood’s medical expenses has been set for Saturday Feb 4^th at 10 PM at Club Mavericks in Tulsa OK. Pup Sparky and Master Olivier will be attending so if anyone has something they would like to donate to the silent auction, please email Olivier directly.

 Many of you are out of state, and wondering how you can help. Send any donations, event certificates, etc to Olivier and he will make sure they're all added to the pile. If you prefer to donate directly, the items can go to either Wes Bigfeather on Facebook or to the President of TULSA – www.tulsaleather.com  - The bottom line here is to try and raise as much as possible to ease Ron’s stress at this difficult time. Ron was diagnosed a while back with AIDS induced Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which is fatal. His medical bills are piling up and the community is coming together to help this man and his boy Ryan Setzkorn, ABW boy 2005.

Ron has been a member of the Oklahoma Leather community for a very long time and has given of himself tirelessly, its time we step up and help him and his family out in his final days.

Fur Ball

On Saturday, October 15th, join the Northeast Ursamen at Partners, 365 Crown Street in Hartford, CT for Fur Ball, a night of fur and fun

Celebrate the Northeast Ursamen's 19th Birthday! Bear Night at Partners with TWO main events: Hairiest Chest Contest and Silent Auction!! Hairiest Chest will take home a cash prize.

Special Judges: Stephen Hogan, Jr. (Mr. Boston Bear 2011), Matt Kenney (Mr. Connecticut Leather 2012),  Joe Mannetti (Mr. International Daddy Bear 2009).   

The Silent Auction will feature an array of special items so you better come ready and willing to bid on these awesome prizes!

$5 Cover - Members of the Northeast Ursamen who attend the Annual Meeting earlier that evening will get in free.  Drink specials all night.

All proceeds to benefit the Jim Michel Memorial Fund.

News to Abuse: Our Favorite Bear - SoCal Leatherwoman - Seattle Leather Daddy & Boy

Our Favorite Bear

Okay, that might be stretching it a bit cause we know a LOT of great bears but Joe Manetti (Mr International Daddy Bear 2009) is right at the top of the list.

Joe's always up to something and this time it's a biggie birthday - yep, he's just turned 50 and is the subject of a great interview with Jed Ryan (Mr Rawhide NRC 2011)

Check it out after the jump

 

SoCal Leatherwoman 2011 

Don't miss the always amazing SoCal Leather Woman Contest on Saturday, October 1 at the Abundant Sugar Loft, 618 Moulton Ave., Los Angeles

Get there by 8:00 Meet n' Greet "Blood Lust" with scalpels, needles and whips!  The contest starts propmptly at 9:30 and guess what?  No Cover Charge!

The year the judges include: Head Judge Rane Fox (SCLW 2007), Alexei Romanoff (AvatarLA), Tiger (Ms. San Diego Leather 2010), Eddie (International Ms. BootblacK 2003) and Gabrielle Antolovich (Ms SoCal Leather 1989).

The emcee for the evening is the one and only Ms Diana.

 

Seattle Leather Daddy & Boy

Seattle Leather Daddy 2011 Shawn Holman and Daddy's boy 2011 Brandon Reyes are hosting a fundraising event on September 17 & 18 from noon to 4pm at R Place Bar & Grill 619 East Pine St.

The event is a Winter Coat Rummage Sale. Throughout the winter months, Seattle Leather Daddy and Daddy's boy collected leftover coats from various bar coat checks around Seattle's Capitol Hill and it's time to sell them off as a benefit for the Chicken Soup Brigade - Lifelong AIDS Foundation's Food Program.

The Winter Coat Rummage Sale is sponsored by R Place Bar & Grill and Seattle Men in Leather.

 

What Did You Learn, Dorothy?

by Joe Mannetti – Mr. International Daddy Bear 2009

Going back to LA after a year of living back east was a very empowering experience for me. The Southland was my home for twenty-four years after I made the move there from New York back in 1986. I packed up my bags once again in June of 2010 to start a new chapter of my life in Connecticut just outside of the New York area where I grew up. I felt love on my return to LA, and I am very appreciative that I have friends on the west coast who still remember me. I hope that you will always remain my friends. I know that Los Angeles, California will always hold a very special place in my heart.

News to Abuse: Kink Crusaders Love - Urban Bear - Goodbye SF Eagle?

Kink Crusaders

The IML documentary Kink Crusaders is getting lots of love these days!  Next up is the Boston LGBT Film Festival screening on Friday, May 6 at 9 pm at the Brattle Theatre

Plus, the Boston Ramrod is hosting a Kink Crusaders After-Party starting at 10pm after the screening.

Get info on the screening at http://bostonlgbtfilmfest.org/program/kink-crusaders and there's also a great review over at EdgeBoston.com

"KC" is also getting love in a lot of other places like the Mexico International Film Festival where it just won a Bronze Palm.  The Fetisch Film Festival in Germany has also programmed a screening of the movie and the producer reports he's been contacted by programmers in Tampa, Saugatuk MI, Australia, Ireland and Paris.

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News to Abuse: Volunteer Bears, Pride in Long Beach; Eagle SF Reprieve

Urban Bear, May 12-15 in NYC

Plans are well underway for the 3rd annual Urban Bear Weekend NYC scheduled to take place May 12-15, 2011. With the overwhelming success of last year’s Urban Bear, plus the return of New York’s Outdoor Bear Fair in the heart of the Meat Packing District, you are encouraged to not only attend, but get involved as a volunteer with what has become the premiere Bear event of the East Coast. Last year’s Urban Bear brought upward of 1,000 men out to NYC and that number will be even larger for this event. 

Be a part of the fun & excitement!  Volunteer positions range from raffle, t-shirt & ticket sales, security, check-in, set-up, barbecue grill attendant, porters, and so much more.  Of course, as a token of appreciation, all volunteers will receive a t-shirt, as well as free admission to a select event.

Send a note to UrbanBearWeekendVolunteerInfo@gmail.com for more information.  Details about Urban Bear Weekend here.

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News to Abuse: Leather Gathering, Bear Vendors, Mama at IMsL

Southern California Leather Gathering 10th Anniversary

June 25th from 11 AM to 4 PM at Whittier Narrows Rec Area in South El Monte, CA

SCLG is an annual outdoor picnic gathering that is open to ALL leather, bdsm, fetish, kink, motorcycle and bear groups/individuals of all genders and orientations. The aim of the event is to provide an opportunity for these various folk to interact in a relaxed atmosphere, have fun and raise awareness about the size and diversity of the leather/bdsm groups within Southern California. 

Leather/bdsm groups and events are encouraged bring banners and/or informational flyers about their events/groups to share with other SCLG attendees.

Please RSVP on FetLife at http://fetlife.com/events/41370  More info at http://www.sclg.org

Please, no minors and no alcohol and there is no smoking inside park grounds. 

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News to Abuse: Kinky Map, Eagle SF, Urban Bear

Where The Kinksters Are

Who knew?  We had no idea that the kinkiest women are in West Virginia and the kinkiest men are in the Southwest.  Although it's where in the Southwest that's most surprising.

And it's kinda scientific too.  Check it out after the jump

 

Eagle SF Closing?

There's frantic buzz all over the web today about the reported closure of the Eagle Tavern at 12th and Harrison in San Francisco.  Here's a blurb about it on SFGate.com

Be sure to read the comments.  It would be a shame to lose the Eagle, god knows at least a couple of generations have spent (squandered?) many a night cruising the patio.  But we tend to agree with the observation that the Eagle of lore closed a long time ago when it became the Eagle Tavern.

Still, it's a great place to have all those fundraisers.

 

Get your Bear on!

This May 12-15, thousands of Bears, Cubs, Wolves, Otters, and other furry creatures from around the globe will gather for NYC's premiere Bear event, Urban Bear Weekend NYC. Get more info at urbanbearweekend.com

Wax-A-Bear

Seattle Leather Daddy Shawn Holman and Daddy's Boy Brandon Reyes on behalf of Seattle Men in Leather are producing their first fundraising event for 2011 at Seattle's Cuff Complex on Saturday March 19 at 9pm. Wax-A-Bear is being held as a benefit for Lambert House  which provides services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth in Seattle and the surrounding areas. 

Spectators will have the opportunity to bid on their favorite bear or leatherman to have his chest waxed while he's strapped to a St Andrews cross.

The event coincides with the Cuff Complex's 18th Anniversary and the kick-off to Seattle Leather Pride week and is sponsored by a variety of local businesses.