Several weeks ago, I was invited to join or like a Facebook page for Splendid Teapot Racing. It’s a steampunk group for mounting teapots on remote control car chasses and running the contraption through an obstacle course. It looks to …
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Sep-tea-mber
Sep
22
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Oh. September, you muddled month! You awkwardly transition summer into autumn with your indecision about hot and cold.
Escape the weather with a gathering of steampunks at Geek Bar Beta on September 26, 2016, from 3-6pm. Specially blended tea-based cocktails …
Get Up (I Feel Like Making A) Sex Machine
Aug
25
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Victorians found better living through mechanical engineering with the introduction of the vibrator. Physicians used Joseph Mortimer Granville’s percusser, aka Granville’s Hammer, to treat female hysteria via paroxysm. In other words, women got vibrated to orgasm. Steampunk and DIY culture …
Tea and Geek Love
Aug
18
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Things were looking a little hairy for the monthly Steampunk Tea Party at Geek Bar Beta. Purse strings were tightening. Financial difficulties loomed. However, community and private support have provided tenability for the bar and future tea parties.
Fleet Admiral …
Cirque du Soleil Goes Kuriosly Steampunk
Aug
11
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Cirque du Soleil rolls into Chicago with its steampunk-themed Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities. Performances run August 6 through September 20, 2015, at the United Center.
The show revolves around an inventor and his wunderkammer, the titular cabinet of …
Steampunks Invade the Renaissance!
Aug
04
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The 1800s invade the 1500s and all goes topsy-turvey, timey-wimey, wibbley-wobbley! It’s the the annual Steampunk Invasion of the Bristol Renaissance Faire, August 8 and 9, 2015!
Faire invites all its guests to dress up in their finest time-traveling …
A Weekend to Remember!
Jul
28
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The dance card for the weekend segueing July into August 2015 is booking up quickly! Just look at the itinerary of things to do.
Thursday July 30: Eli August and the Abandoned Buildings play Martyr’s with Spears & Gears and …
Mid-July Mirth
Jul
14
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Heavens to Betsy! Have I failed to mention the games and activities that are available at the July Steampunk Tea Party?
The Geek Bar offers game rentals. There are $1 dice games, $1 card games and $2 board …
Navigating Steamscapes
Jul
07
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Eric Simon, aka Fairman Rogers, is the Lead Developer for Steamscapes, a steampunk setting for the Savage Worlds role-playing game. He was kind enough to take the time to answer a few questions about the game for us.
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FTW – New Chicago “Barcade” Embraces Steampunk
Jun
30
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“Barcades” have become a real hit in Chicago as of late and as of Friday June 5th a new one has opened that takes a bit of a different twist. Instead of bearded hipsters and retro-arcade games, FTW (For The …
