Running for its third consecutive year, 2013’s production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show Live” brings some gears and grunge to the plate with a Steampunk theme. Join us at the majestic Chopin Theatre at 9pm (or 6pm on Sunday) …
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Rocky Horror Steampunk Show
Oct
24
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Carnivale Delirium IV and So Much More!
Oct
14
This Friday we entreat you to return to our spectacular fall event – Carnivale Delirium! Our giant yearly show is upon us again, and don’t miss out!
This year we welcome back Eric Stern, front man of Vagabond …
A Hot Steaming Mug (More Like a Demitasse) of Steampunk
Oct
08
Steampunks tout tea, but I’ve got to have my two cups of java first thing in the morning. How can I reconcile my loves of steampunk and coffee?
The quick and inauthentic way is to grab a mug from a …
League of STEAM kicks off their third season with a new Kickstarter!
Sep
26
I first met the members of The League of STEAM at Steam-Con Two about what feels like ten or fifteen hundred years ago (though I think it was actually only three). They immediately grabbed me, literally grabbed me, and introduced …
The Masonic Steampunk Connection
Sep
24
With the Congress of Steam coming up at Teslacon October 31 – November 3, the time is right for shifting alliances and smoky backroom plotting. What better way to get a jump on the clandestine machinations than to join a …
Journey to the End of the Night: Robot Apocalypse!
Sep
13
The robots are coming. Tomorrow night. Noble Square.
Grab your team and survive the technological uprising by outrunning and outthinking our mechanical aggressors! Dash from checkpoint to checkpoint in a race to the finish line. An alternate world awaits you, …
Terra Mysterium Casts Its Spell
Sep
12
Forget about Terra Mysterium’s post-modern blurring of theatre, technology and consensus reality. Their latest play The Lion & The Serpent is a magickal spell.
Without giving too much away, blogger Ranty Wilberforce (played or incarnated by Sean Wilson) seeks …
Terra Mysterium Presents “The Lion & The Serpent”
Sep
05
Although Chicago’s theatre collective Terra Mysterium debuts its new play The Lion & The Serpent, part of the experience premiered on July 15 when Ranty Wilberforce began blogging.
At rantywilberforce.com, Wilberforce began posting music, poetry and videos. He found …
Steampunk Shines in Russian Band’s Sea of Despair’s Latest Video
Aug
21
Steampunk music videos don’t need to be filled with airships, derring-do, mad science and Tesla coils. Sometimes, the steampunk aesthetic sets not only a mood but a story as well. In Russia, the band Sea of Despair has a music …
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 …
