CLAW 2017 took place Thurday, April 27 to Sunday, April 30 in Cleveland, OH. Pictures supplied by Fetish Photography by Alpha Bayard. Thursday Night was the unofficial start to CLAW 2017, with a welcome party located at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, followed by several parties at local bars. Here we have pics…
(Above) Karaoke in the Main Atrium of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (Photos by Brett Peugh) CLEVELAND – With more than 2,000 attendees, 1,000 volunteer shifts filled, and 104 educational and skills workshops, CLAW 17 was the largest to date. The annual event filled The Westin, DoubleTree and Hampton hotels in downtown Cleveland.…
CLEVELAND — CLAW is Cleveland Leather Annual Weekend and is one of the biggest leather events in the country. Going to events like this can be daunting to begin with, but if it’s your first time, it makes it even more difficult to try to figure out what’s going on, when, and where. We are going…
CLEVELAND — Join the Midwest Puppy Co-Owners Papa Woof, Puppy Boo, Daddy John and Pup Scout, Midwest Puppy 2016 Gungnir, Northeast Handler 2017 Sir Damien and Northeast Puppy 2017 Pup Vidhra for LEASHED! The CLAW Handler focused social event Saturday night 11pm – 1am at the Westin 6th Floor Lobby. Sponsored by the Midwest Puppy…
CLEVELAND — CLAW moves back to Cleveland after three years in the suburbs, into the magnificent Westin Downtown Cleveland, our biggest and best hotel yet. The bulk of the CLAW schedule will be at the Westin, including the vendor mart, banquets, speed dating, cigar deck and most of the Skills and Education sessions, with some…
DETROIT — THE BIGGEST ONE …..EVER … CLAW, the Menjos complex and Impish Events are fucking stoked to invite you to experience a testosterone filled title wave of leather hotness at Michigan’s Biggest Annual Leather Event, Claw Leather Expo 8 Buy/Sell/Trade! This by far is the most ambitious Leather Expo we’ve ever done with overlapping…
CLEVELAND — CLAW Corp. announced this week that it distributed a record $70,000 to community charities, representing the net profits of CLAW 16, held in April. Twenty-five different charities were awarded money by CLAW. The biggest shares went to the Leather Archives and Museum; the Leather Heart Foundation; and the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland. A…
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend (CLAW) has joined a select group of organizations that have been targeted by Peter LaBarbera, aka “Porno Pete,” and his “Americans for Truth.” Pete, who in the past has done “exposes” on IML and protested the Leather Archives & Museum, has taken aim at the annual event with a…
CHICAGO – The Leather Archives & Museum announced today that CLAW Corporation donated $20,000 to the LA&M following the CLAW 2015 event. The CLAW Nation Silent Auction at International Mr. Leather 2015 raised an additional $6,800 for the LA&M. Since its inception in 2002, CLAW has donated over $120,000 to the Leather Archives & Museum…
