Sophie's Soap Box Pulpit

12:42am: Just a tease and a taste.
Here is a quick and dirty video of part of our dress rehearsal we did this week for this Saturday's coming White Show at the Little Red Studio.

The video is SFW but some of the ads pop up as related videos on the side bar are NSFW.

Oh, and we kinda had to be bad with the music. The LRS band, Red Delicious, weren't available to help us out with the music on the video. (Key band members missing.) So that's why we went with Henry Connick, Jr. He does a nice job, but Heather, our singer is infinitely better for this piece. For that reason alone you should come to the show on Saturday. Hopefully, we will get that music track swapped out soon.



Info: http://www.littleredstudioseattle.com/
When: Saturday, June 21st
Where: 750 Harrison Street
How Much: $30
Reservations: (206) 328-4758
Tickets online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/34411

Feel free to forward this video clip where appropriate and welcome.

8:22am: It's official!
I will be teaching a workshop at the Center for Sex Positive Culture on July 6th from 2pm - 6pm. Cost is $35.
Please repost this anywhere it will be welcome and appropriate. Thanks and I hope to see you there!

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Anatomy 101 for BDSM

Why should you have a deeper understanding of human body beyond "the knee bone is connected to the leg bone"?

So you don't break your toys! Whether that is someone else, or your own body, this class will help you gain a basic understanding of human anatomy, and some physiological processes, in order in increase safety and enhance enjoyment of BDSM activities. Learn how to palpate various structures such as nerves, exploit the body's weaknesses to further a scene, strategies to distinguish good pain from bad pain, and increase play options. (Translation: Tops, I am going to teach you easy ways to be meaner. Bottoms, I am going to help you recognize potentially problematic circumstances so you can keep playing.) Bring a writing utensil and wear loose clothing.

Instructor: Sophia Sky is a switch who enjoys dynamic scenes that push the edges of conventional play. She has been licensed in the state of Washington as a massage therapist since 1994 and taught for 6 years at a Seattle based, nationally accredited school. Subjects included anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, massage theory, and basic through advanced techniques. After many years in the injury rehabilitation field, Sophia is currently the director of the Little Red Day Spa. In her off time, she performs at Seattle's Little Red Studio where she is always looking for new ways to combine her love of the aerial arts with her fetishes.

Date: 7-6-2008
Time: 2pm - 6pm
Location: Center for Sex Positive Culture - www.sexpositiveculture.org
Cost: $35
Who: Anyone 18 years or older ((No membership required, must have ID.)

7:06pm: New LRS experince for the taking!
Little Red Studio
The White Show
May 31st @ 8:30 PM

"Even educated fleas. . .do it."

Welcome to Donn's Hampton Estate for a weekend party that will include dancing, singing, lawn sports, tea, a seance, poetry and more. Over the course of 2 days and 2 nights, lives will be forever and miraculously changed.

The wearing of white between Memorial Day and Labor Day brings up many memories of decades past and societal mores. Summer beach vacations, sprinkled with lavish parties and secret rendezvous, entice us to remember our own days and nights of coming out and to peel off the layers of winter to see what's peeking at us underneath...

In bygone eras of our history and of our lives, we remember that moment when innocence was lost, while so much more was yet to be discovered.

White or light colored clothing is encouraged.

A no-host wine bar will be supplied by Serafina Restaurant.

Please arrive between 8:30 and 8:45 at our offices and gallery at 406 Dexter Ave. N. and we will escort you over to the main space as we prepare to begin the evening.

Where: 750 Harrison Street

How Much: $30

Tickets can be purchased in advance at Brown Paper Tickets or reserved by calling (206) 328-4758

12:35pm: Wanted: Bodyworkers to rent our Spa!
The Little Red Day Spa is opening it's doors to independent practitioners to rent and use the spa for their massage and bodywork business. We are offering hourly, half day and full day rates starting at $50, which will include use of all the Spa's equipment, linens and supplies. More rental info.

The Spa consists of a small office/waiting area and spacious treatment room, totaling 1200 sf. The actual Spa area contains a bathroom, a double, custom stonework shower, changing area complete with antique wardrobe, an 8'x8' medical device rated hot tub large enough to do Watsu, and open floor space for 3 massage tables to be set up at once, or a small yoga class, Thai massage or other body work styles requiring a large amount of floor area. A PDF file with diagram of Spa, labeled Lower Studio.

Due to this configuration, only one appointment is possible at a time. Rental times are 10am - 10pm daily, but flexible, and will be made on a first come first serve basis. (We use Google's online calendar, which you will be given access for scheduling purposes.)

If you are interested in renting work space at the Little Red Day Spa as an independent practitioner, please call Sophia at (206)963-0772 or email Sophia at HengstStudio.com. for a sneak preview of what the space looks like and more about what we do, please visit our web site.

11:16pm: Not for BMW riders.
http://www.brainsweb.co.uk/uploads/the-wrong-bike.wmv

4:13pm: Woot for Bondage Aerials!
Just got confirmation that Jim and I are in this coming Saturday's LRS Gold Show.

We are doing the "dirty" version of the Bondage Aerials piece, Flight to Freedom. This one is rougher and darker than the version we did for the Black Shows. We also have livened up the choreography. I have started practicing "left-handed" and discovered a whole bunch of new tricks.

Come out and see us perform and then hang out with us for the rest of the show!

Little Red Studio
Gold Show
Saturday, May 17th
Doors open at 8:30pm, show starts at 9pm
Cost: $30 per person
Arrive at Box office: 406 Dexter Ave. N,
Performance held at 750 Harrison St.
Info and Tix: 206-328-4758
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/25601

12:05pm: Sunday Art Show: Hengst works on paper

Today! May 11th from 1-6PM
406 Dexter Avenue N, Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 328-4758

To be so Fortunate:

Most of us wish that we had something we could do in those funny little moments throughout our day. These are the times between this or that when you have the time but not the energy for anything particular. And yet there is that yearning. To be productive! To be creative! For some, it's noodling around on the piano, for others it's, well, cleaning the bathroom.

Many visual artists develop a way of sketching that satisfies this itch. And if they are lucky, this practice becomes a tender intimate relationship with their muse. It's a way of communing with the roots of their artistic source without the burden of producing a "Serious work of art" or fulfilling the terms of a commission or even just lifting the materials and tools that are often more complex and costly. (You may be familiar with Dale Chihuly's ketchup bottle squirts on paper.) And if you are really lucky, this intimacy will become a source of inspiration for new directions and individual pieces in one's main artistic production. And if you are luckier still, these humble explorations may be worth looking at in their own right.

Jeff feels that lucky. For a long time he allowed every guest at LRS to pick one of his works of this nature off the wall or out of a tray as a way of saying thank you for coming and passing along the good fortune. Well, that was back when there were 20 guests on a good night. Now, with 80 or so guests coming almost every week, it just isn't possible.

So, we are having a sale and we are selling them at as reasonable a price as we can. But what are these works? What do they look like?

Jeff will be showing two types of this work in a special show this Sunday from 1-6PM. They will all be small works on paper. They are a cross between landscape and abstraction and they are made with the tools and materials of printers. In fact, they look a lot like prints but they are all one of a kind. Jeff considers these to be the most sophisticated and subtle of his creations. He will also be showing works that are 4"x6" photographs that have been painted over in a similar fashion. Many of the photographs are of LRS troupe members modeling or performing.

All works will be $20 or $40. These are great keep-sakes of LRS and make great gifts.

10:24pm: May I present...
Scott Ezell!
He is a wonderful writer and musician. Not to mention a dear friend who occasionally performs at the Little Red Studio.

2:16pm: What I am doing Saturday and Sunday
24 Art-A-Thon
& Kick off Party!
Saturday, April 26th @ 9PM
thru Sunday, April 27th @ 9PM

Of course, Kerry and Clayton better work out their issues before it starts!



We'll kick off 24 hours of art making and revelry with a rocking party at 9PM on Saturday night, complete with dance music, entertainment, and merriment. Then at midnight, the focus of the event will shift and we'll go into creativity mode. Anyone and everyone is welcome to stay and participate. There will be a $20 charge for the party, but after midnight the event will be free to all.

On Saturday evening, Zan and Jim and I are planning on collaborating on a suspension body painting photo shoot. Feel free to come and watch! I imagine we won't get started until late.

On Sunday morning, Chef Kim will provide us with a pancake breakfast at 10AM. Donations will gratefully be accepted to cover the cost of food.

We'll hold a closing ceremony at 7PM on Sunday evening followed by an open gallery sale of much of the art created over the weekend.

Tickets for the kick off party: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/32193

9:05pm: A cool thing to do on a Wednesday evening.
From my troupe-mate, Adele. The show that is being concocted will be put on by LRS during Memorial weekend.
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I'm in a production called "A Room of Our Own" (that's our "working title for now; www.roomproject.org). It's an exciting, awesome project that entails 13 women examining sex, gender, and sexuality - slash - what happens when you put 13 women in a room together. :)

And we're having a FUNDRAISER tomorrow (Wednesday) night! It's (as they say in Boston) "wicked cheap" - just $10 - for an evening full of juicy entertainment.

I'd love it if you or anyone you think might be interested (feel free to forward this on!) could come!

Here are the details:

Eat This, Fall Deep…
A fundraiser for the “Room of our own” project is happening Wednesday April 16th
Doors at 7pm
Performance starts at 8pm
At the Little Red Studio
750 Harrison Street,
Seattle, WA 98109
CASH BAR
For more info check us out at
www.roomproject.org

Thanks for reading! :)

Love,

Adele

6:03pm: Pretty Penii
I just spent part of my afternoon ferrying art works of penises, nude torsos and a variety of abstract paintings between studios for Jeff's sale.

Damn but that man paints the most gorgeous penises!

I bought myself a painting, too. I didn't meant to, but it was a piece that I hvae admired and enjoyed since joining the troupe 4 years ago. It would be a loogie in the gods' eyes to turn down owning it for a hundred bucks.

3:54pm: Hengst Studio is having a "Garage Sale"
This weekend, Jeff Hengst is having a "garage sale" of paintings sculptures at the gallery on 406 Dexter Ave. N. (Around the corner from LRS. It is actually in the same building, just a different street address.)

This sale will be both tonight, Friday, and Saturday evening 8-9pm, and Sunday the 13th between 1pm and 7pm. Please call Jeff at (206)963-0633 if you would like to arrange another time during this weekend to come to the Gallery. (There is also the possibility that he will extend this sale out longer. And he definitely will if you call and make arrangements with him.)

From Jeff's press release:

All kinds of paintings and sculptures from all phases of my career. All sizes and shapes. Everything for $100 or less.

I have a number of paintings that are very fine, but don't fit into the main body of my work. And I can not price them the same way my other work can. There are beautiful pieces.

The sale will go on Friday night when our box office is open and Saturday night too. The again on Sunday from 1PM to 7PM. That is this weekend starting today. Cash, checks and credit cards are all accepted. All money raised from the sale will go to the Little Red Studio.

I have been helping to load paintings to go to the Gallery space and I am going to have a hard time not buying lots of art. The things he is going to be selling for as low as $20 is ridiculous!

1:08pm: LRS tomorrow
There is a Gold show happening tomorrow. I am excited to be able to perform in a regular LRS after be so tied up in the Black show.

If you are looking for something to do on a Friday night, you should give us a whirl.

Little Red Studio
Corner of Dexter Ave. N & Harrison St.
Doors open at 8:30pm
Show starts at 9pm
Cost : $30 per person
Friday, April 11th

For more info: http://www.littleredstudioseattle.com/
For online tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/25601

I'm off to aerials class.

3:33pm: I rock!
And so do the people in my life who teach me how to do things myself.

I changed my car's burned out headlight with out assistance.

2:34pm: Ladies' Night at the Little Red Day Spa
1506 Franklin Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102
Every Monday 6pm - 10pm
Cost - $10
206-963-0772


Relax into your week every Monday evening!. These nights are designed
to be a casual and social evening. There will be a practitioner
present to make you feel welcome and facilitate use of the spa's
equipment. Drop in anytime between the hours of 6 and 10pm and soak in
the hot tub, play in the clay, scrub yourself until you are polished
or lounge in the sumptuous atmosphere with interesting women. The spa
is clothing optional. Cost is $10 per woman.

Each week features an addition treat for a nominal fee. Massage or
Watsu is available for an added $10 for ten minutes. Essential oil
aromatherapy custom blends are an extra $5 if you bring your own oil
or lotion, or $10 if you choose to have your blend added to a 4 ounce
glass bottle of the spa's base massage oil of choice, sunflower oil.
I can scent any product you would like, or just bring in an empty
glass vial or jar for a pure essential oil blend to be used as
perfume.

Little Red Day Spa
1506 Franklin Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102
Call 206-963-0772 for information or directions.
Please park on the street, as there is limited parking in our lot.
We would like to reserve that parking for guests with mobility issues.
( Do not park within the yellow lines.)

6:52pm: calm before the storm
Tonight, I rest.

Tomorrow I have a 3 hour continuing education class to attend in the morning, work and the last Black show performance at LRS.

But tonight, I will bathe, snack, listen to music, lounge, fiddle with paperwork, fold laundry and snuggle with the Mean Man.

Life is good. But I am sure I will whine about being tired Sunday evening. :-)

7:54pm: The Black Show (Finale)
Come see the Bondage Aerials that Jim Duvall and I do to the poetry of Eileen Fix and the music of Shaina Ward-Siegel. This will be the last time we do this incarnation of the bondage aerials.


Date & Time: Saturday, March 22, 2008, 9:00 PM
Location: Little Red Studio
750 Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109
More Info: 206-328-4758
www.littleredstudioseattle.com


This will be our final presentation of the Black Show. This show, written by "Coyote" Eric and directed by Jeff Hengst is dark in mode like a tragic opera. Throughout the evening the cast, divided between "the gods" and "the humans", struggle to achieve an erotic connection between them that will re-ignite the spark of life, divinity and compassion within.

Our no-host wine bar will be provided by Serafina.

We encourage you to come in costume, sexy attire or some kind of creative dress. Of course black or other attire in keeping with the theme would be fun.

Please arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 at our offices and gallery at 406 Dexter Ave. N. and we will escort you over to the main space as we prepare to begin the evening.

Where: 750 Harrison Street

How Much: $30

Tickets can be purchased in advance at Brown Paper Tickets or at the door.

8:50pm: Looky here!
Many thanks to malixe for being Seattle Erotic Art Festival's Director of Documentation. Wish I could credit the photo and I will as soon as I find out whose shutter got me and Leopold.

Kerry, the Theatrical Director for Little Red Studio saw this act at SEAF and asked us to be in the up-coming White Show, which should debut in May. I''ll keep you posted.


The Swing by ~sophiasky on deviantART

10:57am: Unclad 2008
this is a fantastic art show that Jim Duvall and Tom Jensen are in up in Stanwood. I highly suggest making the trek north if you have time this weekend, as tomorrow, Sunday, is the last day of the show. I was very impressed with much of the art. And Tom Jensen's paintings are as incredible as Jeff Hengst's, but in a vastly different way.

http://uncladart.com/content/view/12/29/

I attended the opening last weekend and today I am headed back up to do some modeling for Tom during their drawing workshop from 2pm - 4pm.

Hope everyone is having fun this weekend! Busy! Busy!

6:00pm: I'm alive.
I think.

I am amazingly tired despite having 2 days off IN A ROW this week. I spent one of them in bed reading, shenanigans and lounging. Part of the tiredness is directly proportionate to working a spa session today with 6 women celebrating a birthday and only having one other person to help me. I think I will definitely reorder how I handle those types of sessions in the future.

Also, doing some emotional work around my sexuality has me off kilter. (Surprise, surprise!) I am reading Jack Morin's The Erotic Mind and it encourages the reader, and is written so that you almost have to indulge in the exercises. I left it up in Bellingham and I am vacillating between relief and irritation that I can't read it until the next time I go back up there. I'm not going to recommend it, yet, but I have a feeling I will when it's all said and done.

Tomorrow I get to help with a photo shoot with Jim. Even though I don't do it very often, I love photo assisting as the chance to watch art being made is incredible. This is something he is very excited about and is going to be a very powerful and disturbing piece. It's part of a bigger project that if you have been hanging around him, you have heard him talking about pregnancy and societal attitudes and boundaries surrounding pregnant women. He touches on some concepts that mirror my experience during pregnancy. If you know anyone pregnant who is at least kink-friendly, give them mine or Jim's email. Not all of the concepts incorporate bondage.

11:24am: A non-LRS show at LRS!
"Hello Penis: A Man-ifesto" is opening this Wednesday and running for 5 nights at 8pm! I'm really hoping you'll all make the effort to come out and see it. It's a really wonderful two-man show, truly not to be missed. (I'll be there opening night.) Wednesday night we'll be hosting an opening night party following the show and on all other nights, the cast will hold a talk-back with the audience to discuss some of the themes and questions raised.

Tickets are $20 for the public and only $10 for anyone under 18. It's appropriate for ages 13 and up.

More info: http://www.littleredstudioseattle.com/
Tickets online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/25682

1:49pm: SEAF Gala tonight 6pm - 2am!
The tech rehearsal for my piece went well. Only had 2 people ask me where Jim was. Yep, they read the Sinner article.

I am very excited for tonight. Leopold and I feel ready. I am going to be performing at 9pm at the aerials stage at the back of the hall. You'll want to get pretty close since I don;t get very high up off the ground.

For info- http://www.seattleerotic.org/site/

See you there!

10:19am: Words make me happy.
Almost as happy as good sex.

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/

10:14pm: I'm performing at SEAF!
Seattle Erotic Art Festival GALA 2008

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

March 1st 6pm-2am (My performance starts at 9pm. Supposedly.)

$20 in advance, $25 at the door.
No host bar. 21+

The Seattle Erotic Art Festival (SEAF) is pleased to announce its move to the expansive Exhibition Hall of Seattle Center, the regional epicenter for arts and culture.

On Saturday, March 1, 2008, Seattle Erotic Art Festival will present a comprehensive retrospective of contemporary erotica featuring a special exhibition of new artwork created by SEAF award winners and Festival favorites Hypnox, Kenji Signani, Kevin Hundsnurscher, Andrew Caldwell, Elisa Lazo de Valdez, Arice, Jim Duvall, Chris Crites, R. Nina Ruchirat, krystof nemeth, Ellen Forney, Jessica McCourt, and Derek Nobbs. Special guest artists include Midori, David Steinberg, and Michele Serchuk. Performers include Arnaldo!, Seattle's premiere drag chanteuse; world-class aerialist artists; live psychoclassical music by EQlateral Ensemble; daring bondage suspension; seductive world-class tango; a selection of Seattle's finest burlesque stars; erotic spoken word and more. Participate in interactive installations: have your photo taken at Barb Penoyar's popular Photo Booth, or if you prefer, The Virgin Project will sketch your portrait. Feel like making some art yourself? Dr. Sketchy will be there to lead you through a tantalizing life-drawing session that you'll never forget.

Seattle Erotic Art Festival was founded in 2002 by the nonprofit Foundation for Sex Positive Culture to promote freedom of sexuality, speech and creativity through the erotic expression of fine art. This event is a fundraiser to present a full Seattle Erotic Art Festival to enthusiasts in the Spring of 2009.

Festival information: www.SeattleErotic.org · Tickets: www.BrownPaperTickets.com

THIS EVENT IS OPEN ONLY TO THOSE 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER

2:45pm: and the search is on...
The car was deemed a "total loss."
I have a check in hand.
I have no desire to go car shopping.
I want a good, reliable, safe car with a big trunk to come to me.
Thank you.