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Burning Brigid Media

Jan
20
Joe Mason
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Burning Brigid Media is a production company that aims to bring diversity to storytelling. “We create honestly entertaining diverse stories about people, who are people, instead of caricatures.” Kat O’Connor acts with Terra Mysterium and appeared in the award-winning Hatboxes…

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More Tea, Dears?

Jan
13
Joe Mason
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Tea Time Jan 2014

The Steampunk Tea Time at Geek Bar Beta in December was a success. The next one will be on January 17, 2015, at 3pm, and it will be an ongoing monthly event!

After the steampunks dissipated from December’s tea, staff …

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News from Nowhere

Jan
06
Joe Mason
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Commonweal

The first installment of William Morris’ Victorian scientific romance News from Nowhere was published in Commonweal on January 11, 1890. Like Rip Van Winkle or Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, the narrator William Guest slept …

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The Ragged Ragtime Girls

Dec
30
Joe Mason
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Not only did Aleister Crowley serve as the Great Beast and the prophet of the Age of Horus, he managed a girl group. The seven women in the Ragged Ragtime Girls played violin and danced. The act was based on …

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Burning Bluebeard: The Iroquois Theatre Fire

Dec
23
Joe Mason
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iroquoispostfire (1)Theatergoers did not know that when they went to see the musical Mr. Bluebeard on December 30, 1903, the Iroquois Theatre would become a deadly Inferno. Over 600 perished from the blaze. The Ruffians present Burning Bluebeard, a holiday show …

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A Steampunk Tea at Geek Bar

Dec
16
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint
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‘Tis the season to enjoy tea with friends! …Or so the saying goes. Luckily, there is a great option for we geeky steampunks this December.

UPDATE:

The event was a roaring success, with steampunks joining us from the city and …

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A Steampunk Christmas Carol Staged Reading

Dec
11
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint
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It’s that special time of year for eggnog, staying in to watch a show, and getting all steamed up for the holidays. What better way to celebrate the turning of the year than with shows and stories we love, with …

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Roi Rage

Dec
09
Joe Mason
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King Ubu

On December 10, 1896, Parisian theatergoers attended the premiere of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi(King Ubu). An obese grotesque carried a toilet brush as a scepter. He greeted them with the first word of the play, “Shit!” The audience erupted …

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Steampunk Music Video Roundup

Dec
05
Daria Melnikova
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Steampunk as a visual style has been spotted everywhere from fashion to interior design and of course, music videos! Right here in Chicago, the steampunk visual style can be seen by local artists and musicians.

First up, is our local …

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A Victorian Mansion Christmas

Dec
02
Joe Mason
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Dreimas

Silver and gold means so much more when I see silver and gold decorations in 19th century Gilded Age mansions. Fortunately, the Chicago area has several of these architectural representations with holiday events.

Downtown, the Dreihaus Museum (40 E …

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