Steampunk Chicago

Colonel Obadiah Gunn’s Wild West Music Show

Apr

Joe Mason

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There’s a new passel of rough riders a-ridin’ into town, a-whompin’ and whoopin’ every livin’ thing that moves within an inch of its life. These here buzzards are Colonel Obadiah Gunn’s Wild West Music Show. Colonel Gunn (aka V …

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead!

Apr

Joe Mason

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The Promethean Theatre Ensemble adds steampunk to their production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The play reinvisions Shakespare’s Hamlet from the absurdist perspective of two of its minor characters.

Director (and Promethean Artistic Director) Beth Wolf …

Steampunks to Gear up at Chicago’s Airship Harbor

Apr

The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint

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Steampunks are used to dressing up, going antiquing, and having adventures, and often dancing into the night. Seldom though do we meet up over drinks and coffee, share ideas, tell stories, and keeping things moving in the scene. That’s why …

Mecca Flat Blues

Apr

Joe Mason

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Got the Mecca flat blues and somebody’s goin’ to pay.

Harper’s Magazine called Bronzeville’s Mecca Flats building “The Strangest Place in Chicago.” With a history stretching back to the 1893 World’s Fair, it inspired a 1920s blues classic and poet …

Movits! and Caravan Palace Swing Through Town

Mar

Joe Mason

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April kicks off with visits from a couple of touring bands of swingers from Europe. Movits! play Reggie’s Music Joint on Tuesday, April 1, and Caravan Palace plays the House of Blues on Friday, April 4, 2014.

Movits! hails from …

Crowdfunding Roundup

Mar

Joe Mason

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Several steampunk stalwarts are running crowdfunding campaigns. Eli August and the Abandoned buildings are working on an EP. Frenchy and the Punk are recording a new CD. Unwoman is working on an original album. Victor Sierra is trying to come …

The Steampunked Fantasticks

Mar

Joe Mason

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This is just a hunch, but I suspect that some steampunks may enjoy musical theatre. For them, the Nebraska Theatre Caravan is touring a steampunk-inspired staging of The Fantasticks. Chicago-area productions swing through in March 2014.

The Fantasticks is …

The Gorey Details

Feb

Joe Mason

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Murdered children, lithe spirits and pornographic sofas—the world of Edward Gorey is full of dark whimsy. The Chicago native’s odd morality plays will be featured in the dual exhibit Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey and G is for …

Red-Letter Nights at Rouge

Feb

Joe Mason

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In a Facebook post, man about town Rory AquaBear Sunderland wrote, “In this day and age how do you put Steampunks, Dieselpunks, Cyberpunks, Goths, Hipsters, Preps, Stuggles (Steampunk + Muggles…yes I just made it up), Bro’s, Gypsyunks, and Carnies in …

A Day After Valentine’s Day Poetry Bordello

Feb

Joe Mason

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The tradition of Valentine’s Day cards derives from the Roman Lupercalia fest. As part of the February 15 celebration, young men would pull a lady’s name from a box and pair off with her. This February 15^th, 2014, …

Colonel Obadiah Gunn’s Wild West Music Show

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead!

Steampunks to Gear up at Chicago’s Airship Harbor

Mecca Flat Blues

Movits! and Caravan Palace Swing Through Town

Crowdfunding Roundup

The Steampunked Fantasticks

The Gorey Details

Red-Letter Nights at Rouge

A Day After Valentine’s Day Poetry Bordello

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