On May 21, 2016, at 9pm, Burnt City Brewing will hold their 4th Annual Craft Beer Prom & Steampunk Ball at 2747 N Lincoln Avenue in Chicago. Amy Jones, marketing manager at Burnt City Brewing, was kind enough to …
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Carnivale Delirium Returns
Apr
05
Carnivale Delirium returns with The Midnight Cabaret. The vaudevillian extravaganza runs from 11pm to 3am on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Reggie’s 2105 S State St, Chicago, IL.
$25 – LIMITED EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
$35 – Once …
Iron Horses Can’t Be Broken
Mar
29
In January 2015, Steampunk Chicago featured Burning Brigid Media, a production company with an aim of creating stories for characters marginalized traditionally by their race, gender or orientation. They launched a serialized steampunk western, Iron Horses Can’t Be Broken…
Once Upon Geneva Steam
Mar
08
Once upon a time, in the Magical Land of Cheese, an enterprising young convention decided to hold its second gathering of steampunks. They summoned the retrofuturists from near and far and enchanted them. They became their favorite fairly tales!
Geneva …
In Memory of Matty Sirek
Feb
09
Our dear friend Matty Sirek passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2016.
I’m lucky to have filmed the first day that I met Matty Sirek. It was at a steampunk gathering at Pleasant Home in Oak Park, IL. Mohawked Matty …
Terra Mysterium Presents A Midwinter Mummer’s Tale
Dec
15
Theatre collective Terra Mysterium debuts its adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, A Midwinter Mummer’s Tale. Esmerelda Pennywise encounters ancient beings who transform her Yuletide season.
The play runs for one weekend: December 18, 2016, at 7pm, …
Steampunk Holiday Tea Party!
Dec
10
You are cordially invited to join the Steampunk community of Chicago in a service of tea, tea cocktails, and consumables of all types in the modern fashion. Take the occasion to dress in your finery and discuss literature, fashion, and …
TeslaCon 6: The Wild Wild West
Nov
17
Steampunks will come a-ridin’ into town, a-whompin’ and whoopin’ for TeslaCon 6: The Wild Wild West. The three-day immersive event runs November 20th through the 22nd 2015 at the Marriott Madison West in Middleton, WI.
TeslaCon offers …
Take Tea with Author Alyson Grauer
Nov
03
In lieu of the usual monthly tea, Geek Bar will be hosting a party for steampunk author Alyson Grauer. On the Isle of Sound and Wonder, released by Xchyler Publishing, reimagines Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The party …
Oc-Tea-Bar!
Oct
06
What’s with the pumpkin spice hate this season? The aetherweb seems to be abuzz with complaints about pumpkin lattes.
Regardless, they don’t have ’em at Geek Bar Beta. However, they make a batch of tea-infused specialty cocktails at the …
