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|Club:||'''The Wet Spot''' / '''Center for Sex Positive Culture'''
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|Type of Club:||[[dance (clubbing)|dance]], [[play (clubbing)|play]], community center
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|[[active (clubbing)|Active]] or [[defunct (clubbing)|defunct]]:||Active
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|Venue: ||Located in Seattle, Washington, USA. Has own rather sizable building in the Interbay area.
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|Contact: ||info AT wetspot DOT org
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|website: ||[http://thecspc.org/ Center for Sex Positive Culture]
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|Summary: ||Calls itself a "Sex-positive community center" ("SPCC"). Enormous range of activities ranges from workshops on both the physical and emotional aspects of sexuality and BDSM to play parties, dance nights, non-sexual social gatherings, offsite party at a heated pool, to more unusual activities like somewhat kinky life drawing sessions for artists or a weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting or a bunch of people watching (and heckling) porn films. Also various support groups (e.g. Women's Welcoming Committee, Slaves' support group). Runs an anual art show, the Seattle Erotic Art Festival ([http://www.seattleerotic.org/ SEAF]).
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|What's good: || 
#Probably the best free circulating library of sexually related materials (books and videos) in the English-speaking world.
#It's run as a non-profit. The affiliated '''Foundation for Sex Positive Culture''' is actually organized as a 501(c)3 educational organization. You can barter volunteer time for almost admission to almost any events. Prices reflect the non-profit nature of the venue
#Both relatively public and relatively private play spaces
#Lots of cool equipment
#A club-worthy sound system
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|What's either good or bad, depending on your tastes: ||
#Pretty equally mixed among gay and straight, male and female (with no small number in between in either category: with reference to the latter, Seattle is home to the Ingersoll Gender Center, so it has a lot more transsexuals than your typical scene)
#No alcohol, no smoking
#Located in an off-the-beaten-path part of town
#Very different rules on different nights
#Some evenings are VERY LOUD, (e.g. the long-running weekly Thursday night dance/play party known as The Grind which ended in 2015 after over a decade).
#Some evenings are <small>very quiet</small>, such as the monthly Sunday night bondage party
#A small number of men-only or women-only parties
#Range of permitted play at most of the play parties is extremely broad
#No guys wandering around wanking (except at the monthly "Myself" party on the fourth Sunday)
#Members range from age 18 to definite OAPs; a very small number of "TNG" parties (such as the one on the first Thursday of each month) are limited to those 18-to-35 and their guests.
#Organization is also involved in BDSM activism and outreach
#Membership club, and you have to go through an orientation to become a member (but there is some accommodation for members to invite guests, especially out-of-town guests; also, out-of-town visitors active in the kink world can contact ahead for arrangements).
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|What's bad: ||
#The one thing unequivocally bad is that you can pretty readily tell that it is converted warehouse space.
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*[[Clubbing]]

[[category:clubs|Wet Spot, The]]