The Great Lakes Leather Alliance will hold its GLLA XI Weekend Aug. 23-26 in Indianapolis, Ind.

Events will include the kissing booth, workshops, book signings, bootblack ice-cream social, master/slave interviews and a vendor fair, among many other items.

Highlights include a “Fireside Chat” with Chicago leather activist Doug O’Keeffe and entertainer/activist Queen Cougar; an “Indiana Younger Kink Pool Party”; and a performance by Sir Jim Ellison.

Registration is now $129; for more info, see www.GreatLakesLeather.org.