That’s right fanboys & girls, dust off whatever sci-fi and/or fantasy and/or horror trope/icon costume you have and head out to the Hyatt Regency O’Hare for Cyphan II! Tomorrow starts the second year of one of Chicago’s newest fan-cons …
Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’
Futura Obscura: The Timeless Art of Jason Brammer
May
20
There’s a nostalgic decay in the work of Chicago artist Jason Brammer. His Time Machines series incorporates antique items into his paintings, using the 3D materials to pull the 2D past into our world. It draws from Art Nouveau. …
Steampunk Christmas Party a Clockwork Dream
Dec
31
With a mechanical arm, typewriter key beard, and fanciful monocle on a real wooden hat, Steampunk Santa greeted guests and provided cheer to hundreds at the year’s end Clockwork Christmas! Fancy dressed patrons, steampunk angels, and fortune tellers from miles …
Reenactment of “Battle of Halsted Viaduct” Fun & Outlandish!
May
04
Photographs by Elizabeth Mason.
It was a late July 1877 morning in the burgeoning city of Chicago in the Fascist State of Illinois when blue-collar workers from Bridgeport and Pilsen left their streetcars, ships, trains, and factories to clash with …
Clockwork Vaudeville: Chicago Defines Midwestern Steampunk Dance Party
Mar
20
It was the Saturday before St. Patrick’s day – it was raining outside – it was cold – there were a whole lot of things going on – what was a Steampunker to do?
Go to Clockwork Vaudeville of course! …
