As many of you may or may not already know the much heralded World Steam Expo is set to launch a week from today and we here at Steampunk Chicago and esteemed members of the Royal Ladies’ & Gentle-mens’ Experimental …
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Yoshi Akai’s instruments evoke a Steampunk feel, Also – Clockwork Vaudeville MAY!
May
10
The Wonderful World of Yoshi AKAI
If you are ever to find yourself in Sweden, Norway or The Netherlands I highly suggest seeing if Yoshi AKAI is planning a live performance. The Japanese native has certainly developed some of the …
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 …
Go Forth! Design a Raygun!
Apr
22
If you are anything unlike me (though perhaps like the Rev. Cpt. Flint or the Lady KL) then you wake up on any given morning and think “I wish I had some motivation other than mad science and/or sheer boredom …
Upcoming Midwestern Steampunkery!
Apr
12
My, My, look at All the Steampunkery!
Yes! It does look as though things are taking off in the Midwest! Why with the soon to be coming SECOND edition of Clockwork Vaudeville, a Steampunk book spread at Quimby’s, and the …
