Last updated – 4/13/24 ~ Please note that programming may be subject to change.
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Ongoing Events & Exhibitions
- 9:30AM to 12:00PM – Registration Desk (Atrium Lobby)
- 10:00AM to 4:00PM – The Underground Market (Sienna)
- 10:00AM to 4:00PM – Artist Alley & Printers’ Row (Slate)
- 10:00AM to 4:00PM – Museum of Awe & Wonder (Slate)
- 10:00AM to 4:00PM – Steampunk Clothing Exchange (Slate)
- 10:00AM to 2:00PM – The Promethean Society Faire of Mad Science (Mahogany 4)
- 10:00AM to 4:00PM – Tabletop Gaming Library (Gaming Room 1322)
- 12:00PM to 2:00PM – Blood Sirens and Dark Dwellers Encounter (Pool)
- 10:00AM to 4:00PM – Steam & Sorcery LARP Game (Whole Hotel)
- 10:00AM to 4:00PM – Quiet Room (Room 1332)
Scheduled Events & Presentations
10:00AM
- Jim Butcher Book Signing (Slate)
- Jeri Shepherd reads from At Fault (Cyan Tea Parlor)
- Steam & Sorcery LARP Game – Chapter VII (Main Stage)
- Renaissance/Fancy/Exotic Hair Braids (90 minutes) (Sage)
- Build-A-Blinkie Soldering Workshop (Maize)
- Dracula Forever presented by Leanna Renee Hieber (Mahogany 1)
- Afrofuturism + Steampunk (Mahogany 3)
- Tabletop Gaming Library (Gaming Room 1322)
11:00AM
- D.M. Ritzlin reads “Black Castle of Torture” (18+) (Cyan Tea Parlor)
- The Dark Side of the Fang: Antisemitic Caricatures in European Monster Lore (13+) (Copper)
- Strange Happenings at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (13+) (Mahogany 2)
- Build-A-Blinkie Soldering Workshop (Maize)
- Tabletop Gaming Library (Gaming Room 1322)
- Call of Cthulhu “Dead Light” (18+) (3 to 4 hours) (Gaming Room 1324)
- Hamster Wars (Arena – Sapphire Pavilion)
12:00PM
- Jim Butcher Q&A hosted by Leanna Renee Hieber (Main Stage)
- Reading from “Mendel’s Ladder” by ES Fein (Cyan Tea Parlor)
- Mechanical Creature Puppets Made by the Mad . . . We mean You!!! (Sage)
- Build-A-Blinkie Soldering Workshop (Maize)
- Momento Mori: Death Imagery in Western Art (Mahogany 1)
- Electronic Flourishes and Accoutrements for the Overly Ambitious Non-Engineer (Mahogany 3)
- Blood Sirens and Dark Dwellers Encounter (Pool)
- Tabletop Gaming Library (Gaming Room 1322)
1:00PM
- The Spirits of the Second City (13+) (Copper)
- Obscure Flirtations: Flower and Fan Languages (13+) (Mahogany 2)
- Build-A-Blinkie Soldering Workshop (Maize)
- Tabletop Gaming Library (Gaming Room 1322)
- Blood Sirens and Dark Dwellers Encounter (Pool)
2:00PM
- Valentine Wolfe (Main Stage)
- Afternoon Tea with Guests of Honor (Cyan Tea Parlor)
- Make a Blood Jar (Sage)
- Writing Steam (13+) (Mahogany 1)
- Museum of Wonder and Awe (90 minutes) (Mahogany 3)
- Tabletop Gaming Library (Gaming Room 1322)
- A Touch of Evil: Dark Gothic (2-3 hours) (Gaming Room 1330)
3:00PM
- Tea Scouts Meeting! – Cash in Your Quest (Cyan)
- Magic Explains Mayhem: True Stories of Werewolf Serial Killers (13+) (Copper)
- Tabletop Gaming Library (Gaming Room 1322)
4:00PM
- Closing Ceremonies (Main Stage)
- Steam & Sorcery LARP Game – Chapter IX (Main Stage)