A house with a solid foundation provides a sense of continuity, metaphorically as well as structurally. The legacy of the Prairie School and Arts and Crafts movements in Chicago can be seen on a number of architectural tours, but there …
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Their House Is a Museum
Aug
27
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The Sons of Temperance
Aug
13
The Sons of Temperance describe themselves as “The 19th Century sound of ringing banjos, clacking bones, rhythmic bass and the jolly tambourine playing somber murder ballads, jaunty minstrel tunes, Celtic drinking songs, and tunes superimposed into that time with reckless …
The Eastland Disaster
Jul
25
This year saw the 98th anniversary of the Eastland disaster. On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland sank in the Chicago River, taking with it 848 lives.
The tragedy owes something to the sinking of the Titanic. After the …
More Mechanical Music
Jul
02
Last year, I wrote about mechanical music. Joe Vourteque followed up with pictures from the Musee Mecanique in San Francisco.
My plunge has delved deeper. When I went to the Grayslake Antique Fair in August 2012, there were representatives …
Chicago by Day and Night
Jun
03
Chicago Publishers Thomson and Zimmerman released Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker’s Guide to the Paris of America as companion to visitors to the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. It combines boosterism, a dash of morality and a …
Daria Melnikova, Independent Videographer
May
28
An interview with Daria Melnikova, Steampunk Chicago’s hard working resident videographer.
1. When did you begin to work in video production?
I wanted to be a movie director since I was 12 years old. Even in childhood I realized that …
Come to a Neo-Victorian outing for the whole family!
May
13
This Sunday marks the start of our summer-long steampunk tea and music series, Watch Chains and Lace! Come to Pleasant Home in Oak Park this Sunday at 5pm for an evening of music, tea, cookies, lawn games, and socializing with …
Tres Bien!
May
08
Saturday April 20th saw Gearbox Fantastique 3, the Steampunk Chicago Spring extravaganza. Hosted at Reggie’s Music Joint at 2109 S. State Street (that great street), it was just a hop, skip and a jump away from Chicago’s famed Chinatown…
Gearbox Fantastique III on April 20!
Apr
16
On Saturday April 20th, Steampunk Chicago presents: Gearbox Fantastique 3!
Your MC for the evening:
Thee Bluebeard!
www.theebluebeard.com/
LIVE ELECTROSWING by
The Swingrowers (Italy)
soundcloud.com/swingrowers
LIVE Gypsy Punk by
Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands (North Carolina)
crystalbrightandthesilverhands.com/
With Burlesque, …
Come to the Old-Timey Salon April 6!
Apr
05
Yes come out tomorrow for our old timey salon! Come experience the Victorian salon like they used to do it! Friends, merriment, beverages, music and pleasure.
NEBBIA GALLERY 902 N California!
Come as you are of course, but we encourage …
