History ain’t what it used to be! Steampunks mash up the past and present while looking to the future. Altered History and Alternate Histories are two websites that have fun scrambling the past.
Captain Kit Kaboom (aka Abbey Manalli of …
Archive for the ‘History’ Category
A Psyche-Dells-ic Trip
Apr
02
As summer slowly approaches one’s mind may wander to what a steampunker, or just general human being, might go about doing? If that is the case with you, and you happen to be local to Northern Illinois or Chicagoland, then …
Chicago’s BOHO Theatre running “Tartuffe” a la Steampunk Style
Jan
19
Thanks to our friends at Terra Mysterium for this heads up. Local Chicago theatre troop The Bohemian Theatre Ensemble is doing a “steampunk” rendition of the French classic Tartuffe running at The Wit theater in Lakeview through Feb 12th.
To …
Jelly Boy of The Squidling Brothers Caught in Queens Fire
Jul
06
On Saturday, July 2nd Jellyboy The Clown of The Squidling Brothers was caught in a non-performance related fire in his friend’s Queens apartment. He’s presently in critical, but stable condition and can use any and all of our wishes and …
The Circus as a Steampunk Trope
Feb
14
Regardless of what anyone says, I stand by the notion that steampunk is an impossible idea to ultimately define (at least as I write this it still seems to be). That does not, however, mean it is impossible to …
