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10:00AM
- Steampunk Olympiad: Croquet (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Teams compete on the (indoor) field of Croquet! - Leather Crafting Workshop with Tandy Leather (Terrace - Maker Room)
Learn leather crafting basics from the experts of the Tandy Leather store. - Kids’ Parlor Games (Salon B - Kids’ Program)
Fun and play with Victorian games and activities. - 1879: Danger UAD (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Steampunk Role-Playing Game. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Vendor Hall (Grand Ballroom)
11:00AM
- Posing in Costume (Patriot North - Panel Room)
Learn techniques and poses that will help you look great in photographs. - Writer Workshop 1 (Espresso - Classroom)
Getting to know you, discussing plotting / planning vs. “pantsing” - Wheels to Wings: The Transportation Revolution 1803-1903 with Lt. Karl August Bergmann (Salon C - Panel Room)
Learn about how transportation went from muscle and wind power to oil and steam. - Introduction to Steampunk with Emilie P Bush et al. (Salon D - Panel Room)
New to Steampunk? Let us help you transition into this world of eccentricity and steam. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Vendor Hall (Grand Ballroom)
12:00PM
- Steampunk Olympiad: Nerf Dueling (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Sharp shooters meet at high noon, foam darts will fly, and duelists will fall. - Steampunk Music with Sir Reginald Pikedevant Esq. (Patriot North - Panel Room)
Some of our music guests discuss the wide variety of music in the Steampunk scene. - Secret Languages of Victorian Romance: Fans and Flowers with M. Leigh Hood (Salon C - Panel Room)
Learn to flirt silently across a room or break up with a bouquet! - Kids’ Steampunk Crafting (Salon B - Panel Room)
Getting started with basic Steampunk props and accessories. - Electronic Solutions for the Over-Ambitious Non-Engineer with David Lee (Terrace - Maker Room)
Bridge the gap between store bought electronics and wiring up your next masterpiece. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Vendor Hall (Grand Ballroom)
1:00PM
- Reading with Literary Guest of Honor Maurice Broaddus (Patriot North - Panel Room)
Acclaimed author of the Steampunk hit Buffalo Soldier will read from fresh and/or upcoming work, share insights and discuss exciting new horizons. - I Dream of Diesel: A World War Era gone PUNK with Quentin Osei Rosethorne (Salon D - Panel Room)
An introduction and exploration of the Dieselpunk genre. - Edgar Allan Poe: Separating Man from Myth with Tom Dallis (Salon C - Panel Room)
A discussion about the man Edgar Allan Poe and the legends that surround him. - Sourced! Historical Research Revisited! with Sophia Beaumont & Ash K. Alexander (Espresso - Classroom)
From building a steampunk persona to crafting a novel, tips and tricks of the trade. - Kids NERF Range (Salon B - Kids’ Program)
Our Young Guns practice their foam dart aim at a range of targets. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Vendor Hall (Grand Ballroom)
2:00PM
- Steampunk Olympiad: Penny Farthing Races (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Teams race around the track on their undersized tricycles! - NAMI’s “In Our Own Voice” (Salon D - Panel Room)
NAMI trained presenters share their compelling personal stories about living with mental illness and achieving recovery. - Kids’ Steampunk Story Time with Emilie P Bush (Salon B - Kids’ Program)
Emilie P Bush shares tales from her series of children’s Steampunk books. - PureSteam RPG (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Using Pathfinder mechanics, PureSteam is a Steampunk role playing game. - How to get THAT shape: Petticoats, Crinolines & Bustles with Edwina Tweed (Terrace - Maker Room)
Learn tips & tricks to achieving the silhouette you desire, from fluffing out a hoopskirt to a full-on Grande ‘Belle Epoch’ bustle. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Vendor Hall (Grand Ballroom)
3:00PM
- Heroes Vs. Villains Photoshoot (Patriot North - Panel Room)
- Elocution and Parlor Rhetoric with Dr. Renea Frey (Salon D - Panel Room)
Learn and practice the Victorian arts of elocution and parlor rhetoric, popular in the past, but adapted for use today. - Father of the Modern Age: Nikola Tesla with Andre M. Mahdi (Salon C - Panel Room)
Let us discuss the history of the man who helped create the world as we know it. - Writer Workshop 2 (Espresso - Classroom)
Craft workshop (characters, world building, etc) and a writing session. - Get Started in Teapot Racing with Stephen Chapman (Terrace - Maker Room)
You too can threaten the laws of physics by guiding a teapot through and over obstacles at ludicrous speeds! - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Vendor Hall (Grand Ballroom)
4:00PM
- Steampunk Olympiad: Dirigible Race (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Remote controlled model airships compete in timed laps of the race course. - Nevermore, an Original Series with Tom Dallis (Salon D - Panel Room)
An overview of the proposed network/online streaming original series, Nevermore - Art and Fashion in the Victorian Age (Salon C - Panel Room)
The art and fashion of the Victorian period: Eclecticism, Orientalism, Classism, and other Isms. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Vendor Hall (Grand Ballroom)
5:00PM
- Envisioning a Better Steam Society Revisited: Social Issues & Steampunk with Diana Pho et al. (Patriot North - Panel Room)
How to navigate aesthetic inspiration in a historical era rife with sexism, racism and classism thinking. - History and Technology of Airships with Zebulon Vitruvius Pike (Salon D - Panel Room)
There are so many airships in Steampunk, but how do they actually work? - NAMI Raffle Draw (Salon C - Panel Room)
Find out what you won in the NAMI raffle! - Kids’ Dirigible Race (Salon B - Kids’ Program)
A different style of airship races with plush dirigibles! - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Meet the Manufactory with Ben Krieg (Terrace - Maker Room)
An introduction to Cincinnati’s largest maker space. - Vendor Hall (Grand Ballroom)
6:00PM
- Break in Programming for Dinner
7:00PM
- Ballroom Dance Lessons with Don Dodson III (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Learn some classic ballroom dances and prepare for the Symposium Ball. - Ohio Steampunk Society (Patriot North - Panel Room)
Meet other Ohio Steampunks and learn about Steampunk community building. - Victorian Psycho (Salon D - Panel Room)
An exploration of mental healthcare in the Victorian Era. - Guns! Guns! Guns! with Zebulon Vitruvius Pike (Salon C - Panel Room)
How guns work for the the writer, gamer, and prop maker. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available. - Green Steam: Junk to Art with David Lee (Terrace)
It wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution of the “Victorian era” that it became cheaper to discard and purchase new.
8:00PM
- Symposium Ball (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Classical music, and classical dances! - Writing in Other Mediums: Playwrighting, Journalism and more (Patriot South - Panel Room)
Hear from award-winning playwrights, journalists and other media professionals as they tackle writing from many unique angles. - Kentucky Steampunk Society (Salon D - Panel Room)
Meet other Kentucky Steampunks and learn about Steampunk community building. - Victorian Spirit Photography and Spirituality Culture with Sarah Worman (Salon C - Panel Room)
View examples of Victorian spirit photographs and learn about the history of Victorian spirituality culture. - Story Time with Santa (Salon B - Kids’ Program)
- 1879: Punch’d, or the London Chiaroscuro with FASA Games (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Steampunk Role-Playing Game - Junkyard Derby (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Junkyard Derby is a fast-paced card game in which you build then race an eclectic racer. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available.
9:00PM
- Steampunk Variety Show (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Dancers, Sideshow, and other Vaudeville performers! - Dancing with the Green Fairy with Greg Bogard (Patriot North - Panel Room)
An entertaining touch on the history, mythology, and modern nuances of Absinthe. - Haunted Cincinnati with M. Leigh Hood (Salon D - Panel Room)
Learn all about Cincinnati’s scariest spots, including our notorious Music Hall.
- Indiana Steampunk Society (Espresso)
Meet other Indiana Steampunks and learn about Steampunk community building. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
- Scheduled games and opening gaming available.
- Open Maker Space (Terrace - Maker Room)
Bring in your latest project for feedback and advice from HCS Creates.
10:00PM
- Sir Reginald Pikedevant Esq. (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Music from America’s premiere Chap Hop artist! - Story Time with Calamity Labs and the Steampunk Chef (Patriot North - Panel Room)
Join us for refreshments and noshies and let’s trade fun stories! - Murder Most Foul (Salon D - Panel Room)
An overview of some of the Victorian Era’s worst murderers and serial killers. - The Science of Brain Tapping (Salon C - Panel Room)
Science meets Seance with Professor Orlando & Quentin P. Dandybrook! - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available.
11:00PM
- 1936 North American Heat Wave (Patriot South - Main Stage)
Ragtime style music from this dynamic duo. - Cinematic For The People present Master of the World (Patriot North - Panel Room)
Do you like mocking horrible movies? Come join us for an evening of mockery and entertainment! - Drugs in the Victorian Age with Dr. Melanie Carlson (Salon D - Panel Room)
What might be illegal now, might have been considered medicine in the 1900’s. - Live Theatrical Reading of Chasing The Ghost (Salon C - Panel Room)
A new play by featured guest and award-winning playwright Ashley Lauren Rogers. - Table Top Gaming (Salon A - Gaming Room)
Scheduled games and opening gaming available.
Please note that this schedule may be subject to necessary changes
~ Friday 4/27/18 Schedule ~
~ Saturday 4/28/18 Schedule ~
~ Sunday 4/29/18 Schedule ~