Live The Dream

A Day at the Beach: Topanga Beach in Malibu
2019-07-21 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Come join us for a Day at Topanga Beach in Malibu (where Topanga Canyon meets PCH). Bring a picnic meal for yourself…with something extra to share with the group. We will leave from the Penfield House (8515 Penfield Ave, Winnetka) at 10am and caravan to the beach. Those that want to meet us there at 11am, the address is Topanga Beach 18700 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265. Call Live the Dream Hotline day of trip 818-886-0069 will be forward to Terry’s cell.

WILL YOU MULTI MARRY ME?
2019-07-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Fiction authors such as Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson and Marion Zimmer Bradley have offered us marriage ceremonies for joining with more than one significant other. Terry did a very well attended workshop on this at the Heinlein Centennial Celebration in Kansas City in July 2007. We will discuss not only the ceremonies themselves, but the promises being made and the effect of the future of the relationships being committed to. In the real world, the Church of all Worlds, Loving More and others have created such vows & ceremonies for current use. We will have examples of those as well.
1 pm Pot Luck Lunch Bring something healthy and delicious to share
2-4 pm Sensitivity Exercises & Growing Closer—Verbal and non-Verbal. We may play a poly version of the UnGame… (Shaded hot tub also available)
For those that are going to Sunday’s Trip to the Beach and(or) want to spend the night, please RSVP by July 15. We have many Poly or SF themed movies available (or bring your favorite). Together we will pick out something wonderful to watch!
We will order out for dinner (pizza/Chinese/??? Group choice). Live the Dream will supply breakfast for those that spend the night.
Hot tub (clothing optional) available all evening.

SWINGING TO POLY—BLACK AND WHITE OR SHADES OF GRAY?
2019-06-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Marcus, currently in a triad with Terry and Craig Brussel Rogers, has been in two other long-term triads in his life including his first marriage. Sixty now, he has been poly all his adult life. He also attended his share of swing parties… He will be happy to answer any of your questions on the poly lifestyle.
Some poly people are former or “evolved” swingers. (YOU may even be at such a point in your life as a swinger.) Others may straddle both worlds as they attend poly gatherings and “permissive” parties. Hopefully these folks have read Bouquet of Lovers (please see full article on the CAW web site www.caw.org/content/?q=bouquet) and practice safe sex! At LifeStyles Conventions given by Wide World of Swingers from the 70s until 2011, hospitality was handled by a group of people who had known each other over many conventions. They had worked closely together on all the details of making a big convention successful for those giving it and those attending it. Some may have originally met at one of those parties which were frankly Swing parties, had sex and not asked their partner’s name. After working together for years, going to each other’s weddings and kids Bar Mitzvahs as well as social gatherings of all kinds for holidays, etc. any love making they do with each other is no longer casual and is certainly not anonymous. Even if they still call themselves swingers, they are probably poly by most definitions. Can going to swing parties be one way to introduce people to the poly life style while looking for potential love partners who may not yet know they are poly? Surprise! Some swingers think they are monogamous because they have sex but not LOVE with people at swing parties. That is why you might need the “I’m in a poly relationship” conversation as much with one of them as with someone who you (in an open committed relationship or even looking to be in one) are attracted to who has never stepped outside of monogamy.

RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE
2019-05-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Renaissance Pleasure Faire at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, 15501 E, Arrow Highway, Irwindale, CA, 91706, United States
JOIN US AT 10 AM for the OPENING PARADE
Location: Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, which is at the Irwindale exit off the 210 Freeway, just east of where the 210 and 605 Freeways cross. BARDIC PLAYS, BAWDY SONGS, PAGEANTRY, UNUSUAL FOOD, SAUCY WENCHES & OTHER DELIGHTS. Opening Parade is at 10 am –Best to meet us there and it is fun.
Other Planned activities: May Pole for the May Day ceremony 11am Queen’s Show 3 pm
More on scheduling at Faire or by phone if you RSVP (PLEASE) at LTD HOT LINE 818-886-0069.
At faire you can reach Terry’s cell phone at 818-388-5612 to connect with us on site.

2150 AD by Thea Alexander-A POLY METAPHYSICAL FUTURE
2019-05-18 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Our hero travels at night in his dreams to a future society when people have clear memories of past lives and of the relationships they had in those lives with present friends and lovers. He brings back real and amazing metaphysical powers which completely change the lives of those he cares about. Learn how jealousy and other relationship issues are handled in such a society. Learn how macro contact (sparking spiritual powers such as telepathy and healing) can be achieved by love making when your vibrations match…Though the book is presented as science fiction, some very real psychic research has been inspired by the philosophy it discusses. The whole adventure may even have a basis in reality.
1 pm Pot Luck lunch: Bring something healthy and delicious to share
2 -4 pm Hot tubbing and socializing

Etiquette of Alternative Relationships
2019-04-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
What do you do when your wife brings her lover home for dinner? Who sleeps where if he offers (or is invited) to stay overnight? If your wife is sick on a night you’ve got a date, should you cancel and stay home with her? Should your girlfriend keep you company if you do stay home? Is it proper poly behavior to bring a lady home for dinner with your wife before taking her to bed or only if considering a serious long term relationship with her? Should a residential triad (one woman & two men for example) sleep all together or alternate between joining the lady in her bed? Emily Post did not cover this stuff, but we will!
Note: the real answer to all these questions is that they involve agreements between those involved in a couple, triad or larger group marriage. All of this is negotiable– preferably before the situation arises…Printed examples of such agreements will be available at this meeting.
1 pm Pot luck lunch Bring something healthy, delicious to share
2-3 pm Get to know each other through a poly type ungame featuring questions designed for quick and deep connection…
3-4 pm socialize in the hot tub.

Live The Dream Passover Seder Lead by Rob Milander
2019-04-19 19:00 - 23:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
RSVP Extended! Call by Wednesday Night to save your place!
This holiday commemorates the first time one People (the Jews) freed itself from bondage to another People (the Egyptians). We’ll do this with plenty of group participation! You don’t have to read Hebrew for this or even be Jewish. Whether you want to learn more about your own heritage, just share this special holiday with those you care about, or discover a cultural experience new to you, you are welcome! This is coordinated pot luck since it requires special foods. This event is FREE to one clean up coordinator, one serving coordinator, and the single or couple who volunteers to bring 5 pounds of lamb or 10 pounds of chicken. Cost: $8.00 with arranged food contribution and one bottle of kosher wine for each adult in your party, one bottle of grape juice for each child. $18 each without food contribution + bring beverage. Children under thirteen free with food, $5 without. You can arrive 6-7 pm to socialize and help with preparations. Seder itself starts at 7:00 pm.
Requested food contributions are:
Gefelta fish for 10 people
Vegetable Salad for 10 people
2 large bottles of Kosher Dill Pickles
Tsimis for 10 people
3 cans of Macaroons
Kuggel for 10 people
Choroseth
24 Hard boiled eggs
Parsely for 25 with red & white horse raddish
Call 818-886-0069 to make arrangements!

Dragon Riders of (Poly) Pern by Anne McCaffery
2019-03-16 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Led by Dreena Grace, avid SF fan who has been reading the Pern books since they came out. In a world protected from life destroying spores by genetically engineered fire breathing dragons bonded at their hatching to empathic human dragon riders, the social structure is an unusual one. Queen dragons are ridden by women, Browns and Bronzes by males. However, males as well as females can bond with and ride female fire breathing green dragons. When a rider’s dragon makes her mating flight, the passions of their dragons causes the riders to mate in their own way. In the Weyr caves which house dragons and their riders, sexual mores are different from those on the rest of the planet of Pern since dragons may not honor the current romantic commitments of their riders when mating. Since the Weyrs are group living arrangements in any case, children resulting from such liaisons are raised by the “village” with a foster mother and/or father doing the primary parenting.
1 pm Pot luck lunch—corn beef and cabbage provided by your host and hostess. Bring healthy and delicious dishes to share, please
2-3 pm Spring Equinox ritual. Flowers, joy… gratitude for the beauty and abundant fertility of Mother nature.
3-4 pm Hot tubbing and/or listening to Pern inspired music—tends to be pretty Celtic. Schooling on Pern is done by Harpers from the Harper’s Hall where musically inclined lads and lassies are apprenticed as early teens to become storytellers, singers, composers and musicians. More classic St. Patrick’s Day music such as Irish Rovers also available.

CHOOSING, FINDING AND ATTRACTING YOUR LIFEMATE(S)
2019-02-16 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Led by 4 th generation matchmaker & Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist Terry Brussel-Rogers with her Lifemates Craig Brussel Rogers and Marcus Brussel Jenkins.
Donation suggested for parties (not including Passover) and regular day time meetings: Ladies Free with pot luck dish. Gentlemen: Nonmembers $10 Members $5. Bring something healthy and delicious for the pot luck.

You are INVITED! To a 65th Birthday celebration (and meeting too)!
2019-01-19 11:00 - 16:00 | Arroyo Del Sol, 3139 Ridgeview Dr, Altadena, CA, 91101, United States
This Saturday 1/19/19 11am to 4pm come celebrate Paul Gibbons’ 65th Birthday
after his presentation:
Cooperative Living: from Family Synergy’s Allott House in the 70s to Live the Dream’s Penfield House 2019 for the January Live the Dream Meeting
and you are INVITED to come & join us.
Birthday celebration starts at 1pm, the meeting at 11am
See below for special location, (a Beautiful B&B with heated pool/Jacuzzi in Altadena), for this event!
Details on the presentation:
Paul will talk about his poly life and group living experiences from age 19 to present. He came from Cleveland to LA for a Star Trek Convention…and stayed. The Allott House was Family Synergy’s group living example as well as its meeting and party house in the late 70s. Terry and Paul met there when she and her first husband Richard brought their children to a Family Synergy Passover Seder led by group founder Hy Levy. The group went to concerts, movies and social gatherings together.
They had fun. There, Paul learned what it was like to have all the sex you could handle and what followed when there was time to build a RELATIONSHIP. Penfield House, bought by Terry and Paul (then in a triad with Marcus) in 2003, was in part an attempt to recreate some of that experience, lasting into the present. Though Paul now spends much of his time in Phoenix with his lifemate, Athena, they stay a part of the group house through frequent visits like this one…while Terry and Marcus share the home with Terry’s new husband, Craig. Polyamory and group living offer many options.
This event is at the beautiful Altadena home of Rolf & Cynthia 3139 Ridgeview Dr, Altadena, CA 91001. Beautiful heated pool, hot tub, yard and house: ALL clothing optional!
http://www.clothingoptionalhomenetwork.com/locations/california/pasadena-altadena/ for more pics or details on their nudist BNB
1-2pm Pot luck lunch
2-4pm Hot tub or pool as people wish.

Poly Meet Point: Live The Dream at LosCon!
2018-11-25 11:00 - 12:30 | Loscon at the LAX Hilton Hotel, 5711 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90045, United States
Come talk to some kindred spirits who have discovered it is possible to joyously love more than one special person in your life by being inclusive rather than exclusive. Some of us, originally inspired by such writers as Robert Heinlein, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Spider Robinson and Robert Rimmer, now LIVE such alternative lifestyles as group living, group marriage and open committed relationships. If you are among those people or just want to learn more about it, join
us for brunch!

POLY and BI?
2018-11-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Are you bi or bi curious or have a partner who is? Are you a male who has fantasies of making love with two delightful ladies who are also into each other? Surprise—some ladies have fantasies like that about two men. There is a whole fan fiction genre called Slash devoted to it. Perhaps you have always known you were bi or have even had a same sex lover, but have been embarrassed to discuss it with your straight partner.

If you are single and looking, should you mention your bisexuality in a personal ad or on a first date? What happens if you mention it in an on-line profile or on a dating site? Does being Bi really double your chances of a date on Saturday night?

Have you ever considered a family consisting of a triad with two bi men and a lady who wants kids? Or two couples who are all bi? If you are Poly, being bisensual or at least comfortable with touching another man may make more sense than discomfort with hugging your wife’s lover. It may be difficult to avoid touching him when he joins you and your wife in bed. If you are bi, polyamory makes more sense than monogamy for many reasons. You can have your cake and eat it, too…

We’ll discuss all of this and whatever YOUR particular questions are.

Pot luck lunch at 1 pm followed by clothing optional hot tubbing.

30th Annual All Hallow's Eve Extravangaza
2018-10-20 18:00 - 23:59 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
EVENING EVENT STARTS AT 6 PM
For the evening Pot Luck: Live the Dream supplies breads, spreads and hot apple cider.
You bring a dish big enough for 10 (last name begins with:)
A-F Your favorite Meat, cheese, nut, fish or other delicious protein dish
G-M Juices or fresh fruit
N-R Salads
S-Z Desserts and treats.
Or feel free to bring whatever dish means Halloween to you.

ALL HALLOWS EVE RITUAL 7:30
with Ealswythe High Priestess assisted by Terry & Craig as Priest and Priestess

HALLOWEEN PARTY 8:30-MIDNIGHT
Costume as you will, paint each other (LTD provides supplies) or be painted by a professional artist–appointment required.

If you would like to do some kind of skit or presentation relating to your costume, leave that on the LTD Hot Line, too. We will call you back to set a time for it and provide audio visual assistance if needed.

If you want to be painted by artist Marcus Jenkins, leave a message on the LTD Hotline 818-886-0069 by 10-18-18 at latest. He will make the arrangements, including appointments and price , with you and can provide AMAZING photos of the results. He painted me (Terry) as the tattooed Patty in Stranger in a Strange Land for a television documentary on Polyamory. I felt like an art object of rare beauty. Think about an unusual holiday gift for someone you love.

We may close with the Rocky Horror movie on our Big screen TV—IT’S TRADITION!

Or, if the group prefers, HG Wells Time Machine (the original one) is another possibility.

Spider Robinson’s Poly Primers
2018-10-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Note: Ladies free for both events with pot luck dish to share — same price as gentlemen otherwise. Gentlemen (pot luck dish appreciated): Paid members of Live the Dream: $5 for each event, $7.50 for both.
Non -Members:$10 for each event or $15 for both events.
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon introduces a group of people who support each other in handling their problems and celebrating their joys. In this and later books they go beyond this to actual group telepathic communication. In Callahan’s Keys they show their commitment to each other by all moving out of state together when local laws and the abuse of them prevented them from meeting together where they were. According to Spider’s biographical material, many of the metaphysical as well as the group related experiences come from his real-life ones with his expanded family and close friends during the ‘60 s in Haight Ashbury.
The Lady Callahan books are definitely Poly as committed couples share their partners’ with customers of this high class brothel/international diplomacy center. The “artists” who work there have relationships with the Lady herself, other artists (some of which include legal marriage), etc. Lady Callahan’s place could itself be considered group house since the artists and some of their partners actually do live there. Spider’s Star Dance series features very unusually configured group marriages — combining extra-terrestrials with humans, gays with straights who share mental “intercourse” etc. Eventually his proposed intentional Family includes the whole human race, past, present and future. Spider has written many other stories with incidental poly themes in fictional (?) worlds where it is assumed any choice of whom and how many you love is OK. He has been called the new Heinlein by many. How can we use this information in our own group living and multiple committed relationship efforts?
1 PM Pot Luck lunch — bring something healthy and delicious to share
2-4 Socializing in clothing optional Hot tub (which will be available all evening, too, except during the ritual.)
Maybe we will watch Nightmare Before Christmas, Paint Your Wagon or Polyamory: Married and Dating at 4 — or continue socializing in the hot tub–as the group desires.

Intro to Tantra led by David Harris
2018-09-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Tantra is the merging of two (or more) energies to create something greater. It can be sexual, intimate, and enlightening, for tantra is a type of yoga (breathing) that is often called “a fast path to enlightenment.” David has planned an experiential presentation. He will demonstrate the Tantra exercises with Terry, allow couples (or those who find a partner at the meeting) to practice it together and singles to experience a guided meditation for drawing a tantric partner into your life. David gave Live the Dream an intimate, memorable Tantra workshop back in 1987– in our first year. We are delighted to welcome him back. More on Tantra and David in the September Newsletter.
1pm Pot Luck lunch, Bring something healthy and delicious to share.
2-3 Discussion of how to actually implement in your own lives what you have learned of Tantra.
3-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

Live the Dream Meet point and Filking at WorldCon 76 in San Jose
2018-08-18 21:00 - 23:00 | McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA, United States
Yes, you are reading correctly, two Live the Dream events the same day— hundreds of miles apart! If you are going to WorldCon, the largest Speculative Fiction convention in the World you can join Terry and Craig sharing Polyamory in the Filk room! Kathy Mar is running Music for the convention, so expect to hear a LOT of good songs.
* WorldCon is not a Live the Dream event.

Swinging to poly—black and white or shades of gray?
2018-08-18 11:00 - 16:00
Led by Marcus Brussel Jenkins (While Terry and Craig are sharing Polyamory in the Filk room at World Con in San Jose! www.worldcon76.org )
Some poly people are former or “evolved” swingers. They discovered they wanted more from a relationship than the sex alone could give them. Others may straddle both worlds as they attend poly gatherings and “permissive” parties. Hopefully these folks have read Bouquet of Lovers (please see full article on the CAW website ) and practice safe sex!
At LifeStyles Conventions given by Wide World of Swingers, Hospitality was handled by a group of people who had known each other over many conventions. They had worked closely together on all the details of making a big convention successful for those giving it and those attending it. Some may have originally met at one of those parties which were frankly Swing parties, had sex and not asked their partner’s name. After working together for years, going to each other’s weddings and kids Bar Mitzvahs as well as social gatherings of all kinds for holidays, etc. any love making they do with each other is no longer casual and is certainly not anonymous.
Even if they still call themselves swingers, they are probably poly by most definitions. Might swing parties be one way to introduce people to the poly life style while looking for potential love partners who may not yet know they are poly?
1 pm Pot Luck lunch Bring something healthy and delicious to share.
2-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub (Bring sandals and a towel) or watch a video.

Group Living, Expanded Family and Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein
2018-07-21 13:00 - 16:00
An integral part of this story involves multi generational group marriage — line marriage.
Line marriage is a multi generational marriage which can last for centuries as young people opt in and older people pass on… Line marriage is the strongest possible device for conserving capital and insuring the welfare of children – the two basic societal functions for marriage everywhere -in a fictional lunar environment in which there is no security, neither for capital nor for children, other than that devised by individuals. Line marriage is a remarkably successful invention to that end.
A line marriage has the advantages of financial security, the fine home life it gives children; they simply could not be orphaned. The advantages apply here in the real world as well.
1pm Pot Luck lunch Bring something healthy and delicious to share.
2-3 Group living discussion—Learn how you can LIVE YOUR DREAM.
3-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

World Naked Bike Ride
2018-06-23 10:00 - 18:00
“Put a stop to our indecent exposure to cars and the pollution they create!
We ride to celebrate HUMAN POWER. We ride naked because Nude is NOT indecent”
WHY WE RIDE NAKED:
NOTICEABILITY AND BODY POSITIVE VALUES
ADVOCATING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE LIVING
SAFE, HUMAN POWERED TRANSPORTATION
Please mark your calendar and plan for the event. Please remember on the day of the event, there will be a check in booth to receive a wristband. This is very important as these wristbands identify our participants to LAPD so that riders that might get lost can be redirected to the group by officers without incident and help our organizers to identify participants and keep people who aren’t participants at a distance. Participants are not limited to bicycles, skateboards, skates, solar bikes, scooters, electric assisted bikes, are all acceptable. IF you have an alternative power mode of transportation and want to know if its allowable, please contact us prior to the ride for approval. NO fossil fuel powered vehicles are allowed except authorized support vehicles used to ensure your safety.
THE 2018 IS PLANNED TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEARS RIDE WITH 2 LOOPS. ONE IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON PUT TOGETHER IN AN EASY TO NAVIGATE ROUTE WITH THE SAFETY OF OUR RIDERS AS A PRIMARY CONCERN. THE 2017 RIDE WAS GREAT AND THOSE WHO ATTENDED HAD A GREAT TIME.
www.facebook.com/pg/WNBRLA for details & to sign up!
This is not a Live the Dream event.

POLY Sex in Your Fifties, Sixties & Beyond: MAKE it BETTER THAN EVER!
2018-06-16 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
We will discuss ways to please your partner(s) at any age, the special issues of both men and women as they add years to their chronological age, and how to stay young where it counts.
Polyamory offers options on this which monogamy does not. This discussion climaxes in Guided Meditation for male and female sharing of Sexual Intimacy and Love Delights. Hobbit Birthday tradition–: Since Terry is celebrating her 65th Birthday, you get a gift. Participants will each have a choice of one of Terry’s audio recordings—Male Multiple Orgasm, Intimacy Without Jealousy for Open Relationships, Sexual Enhancement for Couples, or Relationship Joy for Couples as a gift for attending this meeting. *
Birthday cake, too, and do let us know if you have a June birthday so we can include you on the cake.
*Terry received the Lifestyles Award for Contributing to the Knowledge of Human Sexuality in 1988 for the recordings and the founding of Live the Dream.
1pm Pot Luck lunch 2-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

Afternoon Activity 2 pm : Summer Solstice Ritual
led by Terry Lee Brussel-Rogers and Craig Milo Brussel Rogers
Craig is a man who can really move Chi energy, his Healing hands are a pure delight in delivering massage. For the first time in many years I have a partner with whom I want to lead such a ritual! It is a lovely birthday gift.
Your presence and participation will make it an even greater joy.
Clothing optional Hot tubbing follows ritual — bring towel and sandals.
Filk Sing follows: Science Fiction folk songs from the outrageously funny Banned from Argo Star Trek spoof to the Ballad of Apollo 13 and other more serious songs of the space age. Ask for a Harry Potter song or something on group marriage by Heinlein and you are likely to get it!
Pot luck Dinner at 6 pm — a Bar B Q! Bring your own meat if you are feeling carnivorous and other dishes to share.

Burningman: Polyparadise’s 20 Years In The Desert
2018-05-19 11:00 - 16:00
The Village of PolyParadise has been influencing the Hearts & Minds and Washing the Bodies of Playa Citizens from ‘2:00 – 10:00‘ since 1999 celebrating 20 years in BRC in 2018. Come sit & talk with 14-time Burner, Harold about Poly Paradise, the many other poly/poly friendly camps that have been at Burning Man since 2000. We will also discuss the difference between a Camp and a Village… and what it means to grow from 20 people to 300 including people from over 12 other countries! And most of all, how YOU can be a part of this yourself! Please, if you have ever been to or camped with PolyParadise, we welcome your participation in this conversation
Please note: if you are planning on going to Burning Man in 2018, the main ticket sale is coming up this month! Registration is March 21-23 with the ticket sale on March 28th!
1pm Pot Luck lunch (and it is both Harold & Marcus’s birthdays earlier this week!)
2-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

Live the Dream Outing to Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale
2018-05-12 10:00 - 18:00 | Renaissance Pleasure Faire at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, 15501 E, Arrow Highway, Irwindale, CA, 91706, United States
Gather round the Mayberry Pole! Lunch with the Green Man and admire the deliciously displayed serving wenches. Enjoy robust Shakespearian theater and heavenly dulcimer music. We will meet at Opening parade 10am. Mothers will be honored at opening and throughout Faire this weekend—bring yours or let your kids bring you. Let us know you will be joining us and we can make plans together—LTD hot line 818-886-0069.
To connect at the Faire, Terry’s cell can be reached at that number day of event. Details on the faire web site go to www.renfair.com/socal.

Poly Progress: Is Legalized Group Marriage Ahead?
2018-04-21 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
In the last few years progress has been made in terms of legal standing of those who live a poly life style. Visiting rights for poly partners who have helped raise a child they no longer live with is one such milestone. Another is protection (at least in San Francisco!) against job discrimination based on lifestyle—Gay, Poly, etc.
A child can’t be removed from the home of a mother or father who chooses to be in a triad or larger group marriage unless harm to the child is actually proven in court in some jurisdictions in the US and certainly in other parts of the world. We have had people show up at Live the Dream meetings who actually had three or four mothers (though generally one father) from Africa and other countries. Where they came from, this was not unusual. We will also discuss Robert Rimmer’s Proposition 31, published 1968. It is speculative fiction about how legislation legalizing group marriage might be passed through our political process-one of his best “couple meet couple, they fall in love, get married and raise kids together” stories.
What would it take to speed the legalization of group marriage in the US? Let’s brainstorm it!

Live the Dream PASSOVER SEDER Led by Rob Milander And Ivan Frankel
2018-03-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Call Terry to RSVP before 3-24-18 at (818) 886-0069 to arrange what to bring for the
Seder or to attend without a food contribution. We need time to plan things and shop for supplies.
This is a Celebration of Freedom!
This holiday commemorates the first time one People (the Jews) freed itself from bondage to another People (the Egyptians). We’ll do this with plenty of group participation! You don’t have to read Hebrew for this or even be Jewish. Whether you want to learn more about your own heritage, just share this special holiday with those you care about, or discover a cultural experience new to you, you are welcome! This is coordinated pot luck since it requires special foods. This event is FREE to one clean up coordinator, one serving coordinator, and the single or couple who volunteers to bring 5 pounds of lamb or 10 pounds of chicken. Cost: $8.00 with arranged food contribution and one bottle of kosher wine for each adult in your party, one bottle of grape juice for each child. $18 each without food contribution + bring beverage. Children under thirteen free with food, $5 without. You can arrive 6-7 pm to socialize and help with preparations. Seder itself starts at 7:00 pm.

Poly Oriented Novels By Ursula Le Guin
2018-03-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Pot Luck Lunch(1pm): LTD provides corn beef and cabbage + Irish Music to enjoy it by. Bring healthy side dishes and desserts to share.
We note the passing this year of Ursula K. Le Guin, aged 88. Ms. Le Guin was a highly respected author who changed the nature of science fiction and fantasy, blurring the boundary between them, through her innovative exploration of human (and nonhuman) nature in extraordinary settings.
Her story, A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, found in the collection of the same title, describes a world where most marriages are a “sedoretu” of two couples, which may be expanded to include up to 8 participants. There are rules about who in a marriage is expected to have sex with whom, and who may not, as society is divided into two halves (“moieties”) to prevent inbreeding. This is clearly a form of polyamory, although with additional restrictions.
The Left Hand of Darkness is one of Ms. Le Guin’s best known works, which influenced the conversation and direction of feminism when it was published. It is set in a cold world where the population is ambisexual: most days of the month an individual is essentially sexless, but for a few days a month a person may become & mate as either female or male. Thus, a person can be both a father and a mother; gender roles are fluid. The story has been criticized as overly masculine, a position to which Ms. Le Guin eventually conceded, leading her to write the stories “Winter’s King” and “Coming of Age in Karhide” as more feminized counterpoints.
“The Matter of Seggri”, winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award in 1994, explores a world in which women are plentiful and males are rare. In this society, gender roles are very different than those of our current, Western world.
The study of these stories is a worthwhile exploration of the author’s vision of alternative lifestyles and genders. The study of the study of these stories is a worthwhile exploration of our society’s changing views on gender and sex.
2-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

Choosing, Finding and Attracting Your Poly Lifemate(s)
2018-02-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Happy slightly belated Valentine’s Day! How to Make Loving Connections in the Poly Community: In Person & on the Net Led by 4th generation matchmaker Terry Lee Brussel, author of the book Choosing, Finding and Attracting a Life Mate and guided meditation CD ‘Attract Your Special Someone(s)’ Everyone attending will be given the poly supplement to the book. Whether you are a single looking for the right partner for a primary relationship, a couple seeking a third to make a triad, a couple looking to pair with another couple or any of these looking for a group house or intimate network to join; this is the meeting to find out how… Bring a laptop if you have one as we may be looking at sites where poly partners can be found.
Hypnotic Love Magnet Meditation draws to you the love(s) you desire…
1 pm Pot Luck Lunch – Bring a dish which you would enjoy offering to someone you love…healthy and delicious.
2 pm Afternoon activity: Group massage and Socializing in the Hot tub.

A Course on Moral Philosophy: Liberty in our Politics and Our Lifestyles
2018-01-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Led by Paul Gibbons, Libertarian activist.
Heinlein was a champion of a largely self-sufficient society, encouraging people to learn the basics of survival and self reliance. Principles of respect for persons and property and commitment to duty and honoring the dignity of competence were described at length in many of his books, including Starship Troopers, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land.
Many people believe Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers are complete opposites. Heinlein himself stated that if a reader did not get it that both of these books are about the same thing, they have completely missed the point of all of his writings. Both these books and Moon is a Harsh Mistress are about personal responsibility for the state of your own life, the happiness of those you care for, and the safety and freedom of the village (or the planet) in which you live. This includes the government we choose and the lifestyles we live.
Science fiction has been consistently pointing the way to the future in science, technology, and politics. Heinlein and others made considerable inroads into other areas of life and philosophy. What inferences can we make from the questions posed in these works of fiction that can serve us today and into the future? Come discuss these issues as we unpack the great ideas we have admired in our favorite stories and work back to the first principles that would make these worlds and ours more successful.
1 pm Pot Luck Lunch Bring something healthy and delicious to share
2-4 pm Group discussions or hot tub
Paul may share some video’s relating to the Free State Project
Libertarian-themed Filk sing follows at 7pm (6pm for pot luck dinner)

Karl Hess Club Presentation: Atlas Shrugged, Liberty Loves
2018-01-15 19:00 - 22:30 | Dinah’s Family Restaurant, 6521 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90045, United States
Company by Paul Gibbons and Terry Lee Brussel.
Dinah’s Family Restaurant
6521 S. Sepulveda Blvd. (at Centinela Ave.)
*not a Live the Dream event
The difference between those of us who are comfortable with the status quo and those who truly love liberty is the willingness to share the freedom we want for ourselves with the rest of the world—whether politically or in our love lives. Ayn Rand herself lived an alternative lifestyle, though perhaps in a way which would not be considered ethical polyamory today—how would it have affected the story if her characters were poly? Liberty advocates who want the freedom to act in their own best interest while maintaining the desire to see others restricted in their ability to do the same (short of actual harm) because those others might do something the “liberty advocates” disapprove of are not really serving the cause of liberty. Is it true that liberty best serves the needs of humanity? We will discuss whether Rand’s characters embraced this position as well as examine whether she herself held that view in Atlas Shrugged and her other writings.
Don’t miss it!
Founded on April 30, 1994 by Samuel Edward Konkin III, J. Kent Hastings, Brad Linaweaver and Mike Everling. If you wish to learn more about Karl Hess, please consult his autobiography. “In a laissez – faire society, there could exist no public institution with the power to forcefully protect people from themselves. From other people (criminals), yes. From one’s own self, no.” — Karl Hess The Karl Hess Club is a Los Angeles based libertarian supper club that meets each month on the third Monday at Dinah’s Family Restaurant.
For more info on the Karl Hess Club go to www.karlhessclub.org/

Chosen Family & How Science Fiction Has Affected Real Families - We will discuss chosen families in real and fictional life. Tell us about yours!
2017-12-16 11:00 - 23:59 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Heinlein’s juveniles portrayed traditional families for the most part; good ones with mothers and fathers who loved each other. Line Marriage: Multi-Generational Group Marriage, triads and other unusual alternatives are described in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Time Enough for Love’s Tersius colony Family features a large group marriage consisting of many of our favorite characters from Heinlein’s other stories-on a planet where the government wouldn’t think of interfering in one’s marital choices and only your very advanced geneticist gets a vote on whom you make babies with. The water sharing ceremony in Stranger In a Strange Land is the best example of Family by choice and has effected families in reality probably more than any other of his books. Church of All Worlds and many other less formal groups including my own intimate friendship network have used this as a model for permanent committed relationships which may shift from lovers to friendship and back again multiple times during an ongoing relationship. Members of a Nest may live together or be “semi residential”. They may live nowhere near each other, but maintain their bonds through phone calls and visits (weekly, monthly, or perhaps a few times a year). The patterns are endless. The common denominator is long term loving commitment.
Which of Heinlein’s writings most affected the choices YOU have made regarding family and relationship structure? Did some other author effect your family choices?
1 pm Pot Luck Lunch Bring something healthy and delicious to share
2-4 pm Group discussions, Hot Tub available
Then that evening:
SATURDAY DECEMBER 16 6pm to???
Live the Dream WINTER HOLIDAY PARTY
6PM Evening of December 16 is LTD’s annual Winter Holiday Party with Hot tubbing and socializing in between the day time meeting and the party. (Crash space available by arrangement when you RSVP)
Latkes (provided by Live the Dream, along with Apple Sauce and Sour Cream), songs about the Maccabees, dreidels, lighted up Christmas miniature houses, and a Winter Solstice ritual. We’ll light the Hanukkah Menorah all candles—8th night! Did we forget a ritual important to you? Tell us and we’ll add it…
Bring stories/songs/poetry to share.
Wrapped science fiction, fantasy or magikal gift ($5-$10) for GIFT EXCHANGE.
Your favorite holiday dish (perhaps one you loved as a child) for pot luck supper—
(big enough for 10 to share.)
Children bring child gifts to exchange with each other.
Children welcome 6-8:30 pm ONLY—Adults only after that.
Sharing our holidays is part of what weaves the bonds of Family in a group like ours. Understanding what is important to each of us during this festive season and how we celebrate it is a way to grow closer and delight in our diversity.
8:30 Solstice Ritual led by our High Priestess Ealswythe (Actress, Author and so much more!)
Clothing optional Jacuzzi (with holiday music playing inside it!) available all afternoon and evening–bring sandals and towels.
Cost $5 for paid members of Live the Dream $8 for non-members.

Live the Dream Meetpoint at LosCon 44 LAX Marriott Hotel
2017-11-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Loscon at the LAX Hilton Hotel, 5711 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90045, United States
