The Chicago Steampunk Exposition - Volume 2024 - Issue 412 - Schedule

Oct 6, 2026

Chicago Steampunk Exposition issue details the FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1893 program with a dramatic opening premise: Florence Westinghouse is abducted by vampires, with witnesses citing “sharp pointy teeth!” The schedule lists time-stamped magic, reading, workshops, and LARP events, alongside evening ceremonies and multiple main-stage performances. Ongoing exhibitions run from 2:00PM to late night, including registration, an underground market, artist and printer areas, themed museums, clothing exchange, foam fighting, tabletop gaming library, open crafting, and a quiet room.

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Scheduled Events & Presentations

4:00PM

5:00PM

6:00PM

7:00PM

8:00PM

9:00PM

10:00PM

11:00PM

12:00AM

Ongoing Events & Exhibitions

Registration Desk

The Underground Market

Artist Alley & Printers’ Row

Museum of Awe & Wonder

Steampunk Clothing Exchange

Convention Foam Fighting

Tabletop Gaming Library

Open Crafting

Steam & Sorcery LARP Game

Quiet Room

The Chicago Steampunk Exposition VOLUME MMXXIV - No. 412 FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1893 WESTINGHOUSE NIECE ABDUCTED BY VAMPIRES! Attendees of the Exposition were shocked today when Florence Westinghouse was forced into a black carriage with mirrored windows outside the Mahogany Theater. Police questioned witnesses who claimed that the two men who attacked her had “sharp pointy teeth!” (Cont. p.24) SCHEDULED EVENTS & PRESENTATIONS 4:00PM ~ Magic Explains Mayhem: True Stories of Werewolf Serial Killers (Copper) 5:00PM ~ Kim McDaniels reads from Professor Lena and the Bloodlust Butterfly (Cyan Tea Parlor)~ Books for your Vampire Weekend (Sage) ~ Build-A-Blinkie Soldering Workshop (Maize) ~ When Science Meets the Supernatural (Mahogany 1)~ Taming the Toxic Tool Bench (Mahogany 3) ~ Steam & Sorcery LARP Game – Episode I (Main Stage) 6:00PM ~ Dinner Time & Refresh~ Build-A-Blinkie Soldering Workshop (Maize) ONGOING EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS 2:00PM to 8:00PM – Registration Desk (Atrium Lobby) 4:00PM to 8:00PM – The Underground Market (Sienna) 4:00PM to 8:00PM – Artist Alley & Printers’ Row (Slate) 4:00PM to 8:00PM – Museum of Awe & Wonder (Slate) 4:00PM to 8:00PM – Steampunk Clothing Exchange (Slate) 4:00PM to 8:00PM – Convention Foam Fighting (Sapphire Pavilion) 4:00PM to 10:00PM – Tabletop Gaming Library (Gaming Room 1322) 6:00PM to Midnight – Open Crafting (Sage) 4:00PM to 10:00PM – Steam & Sorcery LARP Game (Whole Hotel) 4:00PM to 6:00PM – Quiet Room (Room 1332) 7:00PM ~ Opening Ceremonies (Main Stage) ~ Build-A-Blinkie Soldering Workshop (Maize) ~ Open Crafting (Sage) 8:00PM ~ Valentine Wolfe’s Nosferatu (Main Stage) ~ Reading from A Haunted History of Invisible Women by Leanna Renee Hieber (Cyan)~ Brain Otters at the Helm (Copper) ~ Call of Cthulhu: Servants of the Lake (18+) (Gaming Rm. 1324) 9:00PM ~ Valentine Wolfe’s Nosferatu continued (Main Stage)~ Dana Freidrich reads from her Broken Gears series (Cyan) 10:00PM ~ Feral Ghosts (Main Stage)~ Boz reads from Kipner’s Boon (Cyan) ~ The Beginning of Horror (13+)(Copper) 11:00PM ~ Jeffrey S Kupperman reads from High Magic in the Age of Steam: A Steampunk’s Introduction to Victorian Esotericism (Cyan)~ Fury of Dracula (Gaming Rm 1330) 12:00AM ~ Midnight Movie Marathon (Copper)

FAQs

What incident kicks off this edition of the exposition?

Attendees are shocked when Florence Westinghouse is forced into a black carriage with mirrored windows outside the Mahogany Theater after attacks described as having “sharp pointy teeth!”

What events are scheduled at 5:00PM?

Kim McDaniels reads from Professor Lena and the Bloodlust Butterfly, Books for your Vampire Weekend, and a Build-A-Blinkie Soldering Workshop, plus When Science Meets the Supernatural, Taming the Toxic Tool Bench, and Steam & Sorcery LARP Game – Episode I.

What ongoing areas and activities run during the evening?

The registration desk, underground market, artist alley and printers’ row, Museum of Awe & Wonder, steampunk clothing exchange, convention foam fighting, tabletop gaming library (until 10:00PM), open crafting (from 6:00PM), and a quiet room running from 4:00PM to 6:00PM.

Oct 6, 2026

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