THE RAVENS’
33rd (Amethyst) ANNIVERSARY
LEATHER RUN
Fri eve Mar 21 – Sun morn Mar 23
including our
Truly Crazy Fabulous
GALA DINNER DANCE
created as a
STEAMPUNK/GOTH COSTUME BALL
staged at the
Gotham Dining Hall & Dancehall
Sat eve Mar 22, 6:00 – 10:00
The complete Run welcomes all leatherfolk.
$125 including all meals (Fri dinner through Sun breakfast),
two valuable seminars, four cocktail parties, the Sat dinner dance
and a separate two-room suite reserved for Fri and Sat late-night play.
We’ll also host the quarterly AMCC meeting Sat at 11:00.
The run fee doesn’t include hotel room or travel.
DRESS CODE NOTE: Run attendees don’t need to bring Steampunk/Goth costumes (unless they’re amused to do so) because costumery GALORE will be available gratis at the dinner dance venue. You can pack for the run as for any other run, with club vest, shirt & tie for Sat dinner, but a costume you create is a glorious alternative that night.
A Gala Dinner Dance ticket alone (non-run) is $85.
ALL DETAILS & RUN SCHEDULE BELOW
WHERE?
THE RUN is at the
Hampton Inn Brookhaven
2000 North Ocean Drive, Farmingville, NY 11738
about 90 minutes’ drive east from Manhattan on Long Island.
Book a room with their front desk: (631) 732-7300, specifying “Ravens’ Run.”
Early sign-up room rate now ended.
Check-in begins at 3:00. Check-out is 11:00.
Heated Pool & Hot breakfast included
See travel info below.
THE DINNER DANCE is at
Gotham
1745 Expressway Drive North
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Dinner Dance/Costume Ball is from 6:00 – 10:00
See travel info below.
TRAVEL
FOR THE RUN
BY CAR: Use the Long Island Expressway (U.S. 495) straight east to Exit 63 North. The big white hotel is visible from that cloverleaf. BY TRAIN: Use either of two stops on the LIRR, Central Islip or Ronkonkoma, then taxi/Uber/Lyft to the hotel.
FOR THE DINNER DANCE
BY CAR: Use your GPS to the Dance address above, straight out the L.I.E, (U.S. 495) about 70 minutes east of Manhattan. Plenty of parking.
RUN SCHEDULE
Note: Hospitality Suite room # will be posted in the Hotel Lobby
FRIDAY, Mar 21
6:00 Run Check-in in the Hospitality Suite
7:00 Opening Cocktail Party in the Hospitality Suite
8:00 Dinner in the Hospitality Suite
9:00 After-Dinner for Cigar-Fanciers in the Pavilion
11:30 – 12:30 Late-Night Cocktails in the Hospitality Suite
This party courtesy of Excelsior
Midnight til ? Playrooms open (room # TBA)
SATURDAY, Mar 22
6:00 – 9:00 Hotel’s hot breakfast
9:30 – 10:45 SEMINAR I in the Hospitality Suite
“Leather Networking & Activism in Trump’s America”
Details below
11:00 – Noon AMCC Meeting in the Playrooms
Noon – 1:00 Lunch in the Hospitality Suite
1:30 – 3:30 SEMINAR II in the Hospitality Suite
“Bleeding Control 101: 4 Basic Interventions & Essential Information
For the LGBT+ Community as Frequent Targets of Violence”
Details below
3:30 Rest Up and get ready for . . .
THE BIG NIGHT: OUR 33rd ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
4:45 – 5:40 Kickoff Cocktail Party in the Hospitality Suite
This party has free drinks; the Dinner Dance is cash bar.
This party courtesy of The Philadelphians
5:40 – 6:00 Car Caravan to the Dinner Dance venue
6:00 – 10:00 Ravens’ 33rd Anniversary Dinner & Costume Ball
12:00 – 1:00 Late-Night Cocktails in the Hospitality Suite
This party courtesy of Empire City Motorcycle Club
1:00 til ? Playrooms open
SUNDAY, Mar 23
6:00 – 9:00 Hotel’s Hot Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 Thank-Yous & Goodbyes in the Hospitality Suite
including award for Best Theme-Punked cocktail party
11:00 Deadline for Hotel Check-out
(Late check out of 12 Noon can be requested)
OUR TWO FORUMS
FORUM I
“Leather Networking & Activism in Trump’s America”
We have presenters, but this is not “panel + audience.” It’s an interactive forum.
All of us need your stories, ideas, links & next steps.
Presenter: Kenzo Onyx
“Good Next Steps toward Networking & Activism”
Presenter: Guy Woods
“Staying Sane & Positive in This National Crisis”
…and the Long Island LGBT Network
Sir Kenzo ONYX (He/They) is a Black & Latino leader, educator and advocate dedicated to creating inclusive spaces for queer BIPOC kinksters. Awards he’s won, (including ONYX Spirit Award and (twice) Brother of the Year, the Master Mufasa Ali Lion’s Strength Award, Black BDSM Leather Excellence Award and Mr. Eagle NYC 2022) have broken barriers in the leather and kink world. Also a Board Member of Folsom Street East and Judges’ Coordinator for IML, Kenzo’s more than a titleholder; he’s a movement, reshaping Black and Queer history and empowering others to embrace their authentic selves.
FORUM II
“Bleeding Control 101: 4 Basic Interventions & Essential Information
for the LGBT+ Community as Frequent Targets of Violence”
Presenter: Jim Schofield
This class covers four basic interventions for controlling a major bleed (direct pressure, wound packing, chest seals and tourniquets, including hands-on practice with tourniquets), scene safety, basic shock management and other essential bleeding control topics. The LGBT+ community is frequently the target of violence—the more folks in our community who have these skills, the safer we will all be. We protect us.
Jim Schofield is a member of the Philadelphia-based Untitled Medical Collective (UMC), an independent mutual aid group that focuses on helping working class and marginalized groups access healthcare knowledge through trainings and provision of trained medics to community events. Jim has been teaching this class to members of the Philadelphia LGBT+ community in general and leather community in particular once a month at the Bike Stop.
A NOTE ON OUR THEME
Some have said, “You say Amethyst, you say Goth, you say Steampunk. What’s with that?” Amethyst is the color for a 33rd Anniversary, but “Where’s the connection between purple and leather?” we wondered. Goth? It works, but it’s a bit grim. Add in Steampunk, with its over-the-top nutty mix of Victorians, Sci-Fi, dirigibles, locomotives and evil masterminds plotting world domination? Perfect!