Author: JP Dean

• Presented by Belinda Evans & Lori Schambureck (For the Love of Steampunk)
  
• Workshop: 90 minutes
• Attendee Limit: 20 (sign ups outside craft room)
• Materials Cost: $10 (payable to presenters)

In Chapter 2 of Alice in Wonderland – Through The Looking Glass, Alice encounters a garden of live flowers. How facinating! So we shall make giant flower fascinators to wear and be our own live flowers walking about all weekend. All supplies will be provided for making the facinators. There will be a variety of colors for the giant flowers, ribbons, decorative items, and even miniature tea cups to add as embellishments.

Belinda Evans is a dedicated art teacher, with a Bachelor’s degree in art, deeply committed to inspiring creativity in her students. Her artistic journey is fueled by a love of Steampunk, seamlessly blending historical aesthetics with industrial innovation. She finds immense joy in creating Steampunk art and costumes, skillfully incorporating seeing techniques and a talent for transformating found objects into captivating works of wearable art. This passion extends to sharing the Steampunk aesthetic with others. In the upcoming maker session, Belinda will guide participants in crafting Fascinators-a type of small Victorian hat. Utilizing various steampunk themed odds and ends, such as clock parts, gears, and even teacups. These workshops showcase her dedication to fostering imagination, craftsmanship, and a love for the creative process within both her student and the wider community.

For the Love of Steampunk is a Facebook Page created by Lori Schambureck that provides her own creative ideas, inspiration for projects, completed costumes, and information from world wide events. Lori has a fine art degree and finds steampunk as the perfect aesthetic for her unique style that incorporates up-cycling items. For the Love of Steampunk was created to inspire others to try new ideas and embrace the creative process. Lori is enthusiastic about the fact that Steampunk has no rules or limits to how creative you can be so everyone can have fun.

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• Games Master: Father Henry Astur
• Gaming System: Call of Cthulhu
• Players: 3-6
• Duration: 3 hours
• Sign Up at the main Registration Desk in the Atrium Lobby

Poetry Night at The Lakeside is a truly fantastic experience. It is an upscale cafe known for hosting some of the finest artists, poets, and other sorts. You received personal invitations to tonight’s show. It is certainly one to be remembered. (If you’d like to bring your own poetry to read here feel free!)

TW: Self-harm, violence, gore.

Dice, writing implements, and character sheets will be provided.

Father Henry Astur has been running games for over a decade. With a preference for science fiction and horror, he loves bringing stories and worlds to life with his players. He looks forward to working with all the players at the exposition to create a welcoming and entertaining table to share.

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• Games Master: Father Henry Astur
• Gaming System: Call of Cthulhu
• Players: 3-6
• Duration: 3 hours
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A missing friend, a mysterious note, and map to a place long abandoned. Some places take on wonder and personality of their own, and can act as borderlands between worlds. Can you find your friend and return with them and yourselves safe… and unchanged?

TW: Cramped spaces, self-harm

Dice, writing implements, and character sheets will be provided.

Father Henry Astur has been running games for over a decade. With a preference for science fiction and horror, he loves bringing stories and worlds to life with his players. He looks forward to working with all the players at the exposition to create a welcoming and entertaining table to share.

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• Games Master: Rhonda Rehmke
• Gaming System: Dungeons & Dragons 5e
• Players: 6 
• Gaming Time: 3 hours
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In a gallery of mysterious living paintings, the group finds themselves in possession of a brass key. The ghostly curator explains they must find the proper key to exit the gallery somewhere within. They find themselves following an elusive rabbit that seems to be just out of reach. Finding the right path is difficult and full of trials ending in a choice that could change them.

Rhonda Rehmke, gamer tag VeternRoge63, has been playing roleplaying games for more years than she is willing to admit. It began with a group of friends inviting her to play AD&D like so many others. Her enjoyment of the game that allowed her to freely express her imagination grew as she began to pass it along to her family and friends. Family gaming night became a love of hers and joining with her sister they decided they would start a campaign with just three other family members. From that point on it did stop. Now Rhonda also enjoys gaming and creating her own worlds and stories and sharing them at conventions. She currently is teaching her grandkids D&D5e, to help them with reading and math, and to inspire their creativity.

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Presented by Kay Gray and Crysta K Coburn

Did you know Lewis Carroll was very close to the occult? You might have, considering his books. But! Join Crysta and Kay from Haunted Mitten Podcast to learn about the details and weird intricacies of Carroll’s involvement with Aleister Crowley, the Golden Dawn, and his dive into psychical research.

Kay Gray has been podcasting for seven years, studying the paranormal for upwards of twenty years, and is a short story pro. A So Cal ex-pat who calls the snowy depths of Michigan home, when she’s not writing fantastical stories, one can find her neck deep in research for her podcast, Haunted Mitten, which she co-hosts with her partner in paranormal, Crysta K Coburn. Otherwise, you can be sure that she is surrounded by needy pets while she reads yet another fantasy book.

To get the latest podcasts, head to hauntedmitten.com. To delve into the mind of Kay herself (reader beware), check out her social media @KGrayWrites. And find her latest book, Ypsilanti Ghosts and Legends, at your local bookstore!

Crysta K. Coburn has been writing award-winning stories for most of her life. Her first short story was published at the age of sixteen after winning runner-up in a local writing contest. She earned her bachelor’s degree in creative writing from Western Michigan University in 2005. She is a fiction writer, poet, playwright, journalist, editor, podcast host, and occasional lyricist. She co-hosts the popular podcast Haunted Mitten. Her latest book, Ypsilanti Ghosts and Legends, can be found at your local bookstore. Find her online at crystakcoburn.com.

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