# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Healing, Pleasure, and Play: A Queer Take on Psychedelics (in person & live-streaming)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm – Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join director/actor Marco Calvani and author Joe Dolce for an intimate, mind-expanding conversation about Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook for Mindful Exploration.

These two longtime friends will dive into the unique connection between LGBTQ people and psychedelics — how these sacred molecules have fueled healing, creativity, and ecstatic self-discovery. Expect a candid, provocative dialogue about how psychedelics can be used to deepen emotional and sexual intimacy, dissolve old stories, and awaken new layers of pleasure and transformation.

If you’ve ever wondered how expanded states of consciousness can open the heart, ignite desire, and bring more authenticity to your relationships — this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

 

To reserve a copy of Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook for Mindful Exploration (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, August 5, 2025, paperback, $24.99) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Modern Psychedelics for November 22 event” in the subject line.

Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!

You can also purchase Modern Psychedelics (click on link below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd:

https://bookshop.org/a/14040/9780762488537
 

This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.

Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.

Also live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel:

youtube.com/@bgsqd

The Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books.

All are welcome to attend, with or without a donation.

We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD

Even better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau!

https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/bgsqd

Thank you for committing to sustaining this vital project!


Joe Dolce is the author of Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook of Mindful Exploration and Brave New W**d: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis.. He is also the founder and CEO of Medical Cannabis Mentor, an online education platform serving healthcare providers, dispensary personnel, and community colleges around the US. When not exploring the intersection of substances and consciousness, Joe runs Joe Dolce Communications, one of New York’s most esteemed presentation and media training companies. He is the former editor-in-chief of Details magazine and he lives in Brooklyn, NY.

 

Marco Calvani is an award-winning writer, director, producer and actor. Over the course of his twenty-year career he has received commissions from the Phoenix Theatre of London, Kunsthaus Tacheles of Berlin, and La MaMaTheatre of New York, among others. His first feature film High Tide https://youtu.be/pGC8hwKMmwM premiered at SXSW to critical acclaim and features Brazilian star Marco Pigossi, Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei and Tony-winner Bill Irwin. As an actor, he co-stars in Tina Fey’s The Four Seasons https://youtu.be/WKTwtIL4xyk (Netflix) playing opposite Oscar-nominees Steve Carell and Colman Domingo. The show returns for a second season in 2026.
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- **Event Categories**: art, nonprofit, theatre, literary-art, workshops, entertainment, lgbt-pride, trips-adventures, dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: New York
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bureau of General Services-Queer Division
- **lat**: 40.738017806
- **long**: -74.0009880035
- **full address**: Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, 200 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011-7702, United States

## Event Organizer details

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, 200 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011-7702, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bureau of General Services-Queer Division
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, nonprofit, theatre, literary-art, workshops, entertainment, lgbt-pride, trips-adventures, dog
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Healing, Pleasure, and Play: A Queer Take on Psychedelics (in person & live-streaming) ?
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