Steampunk CommuniTea Weekend Special Guest Author Alex Acks is an award-winning writer, Book Riot contributor, geologist, and sharp-dressed sir. Angry Robot Books has published their novels HUNGER MAKES THE WOLF (winner of the 2017 Kitschies Golden Tentacle award) and BLOOD BINDS THE PACK under the pen name Alex Wells. Their steampunk novella collection, MURDER ON … More SCW Guest Announcement: Alex Acks
Steampunk CommuniTea Weekend Special Guest Costumer Danielle McKinney is an independent artist and enrolled member of the Brothertown Indian Nation. An advocate of accessible fashion, she is the owner of Intaglio Couture; an atelier focusing on Neo-Victorian, Steampunk, and custom corsetry. Located in the Midwest, she caters to the LGBTQIA community and non-standard sizes. She … More SCW Guest Announcement: Danielle McKinney
Steampunk CommuniTea Weekend Special Guest Author Beth Cato hails from Hanford, California, but currently writes and bakes cookies in a lair west of Phoenix, Arizona. She’s the Nebula Award-nominated author of the Clockwork Dagger duology and the Blood of Earth trilogy from Harper Voyager. Her short stories can be found in publications ranging from Beneath … More Guest Announcement: Beth Cato
April 9th – 11th, 2021 Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter join their comrades in gears–the Tea Scouts, the Temporal Entourage, and the Tucson Steampunk Society–for a virtual convention full of panels, performances, and sundry adventures. Meet Steampunks from around the globe and spend a weekend with old friends and friends yet to come! Registration … More Steampunk CommuniTea Weekend
March 21st at 4:30pm Pacific/7:30pm Eastern Please join us for another lively and convivial gathering of our monthly book club. Our March book is the fantastic Pimp My Airship: A Naptown by Airship Novel by Maurice Broaddus. A rip, roaring story of adventure to inspire us and energize us for spring! If you have never … More March Virtual Book Club
6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern/1pm Canberra My darlings, Every Tuesday night with rare exceptions, I host a “Teatorial” live stream on Facebook. Sometimes we focus on a specific ongoing project. Others, I simply answer questions about sewing, hat making, and costuming in general or share the project du jour. For the last few weeks, I’ve been focusing … More Teatorial Tuesday
February 21st at 4:30pm Pacific/7:30pm Eastern/12:30am UTC Please join us for our February book, Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn by by Danielle Ackley-McPhail andDay Al-Mohamed. I am excited to return to this novel for a delightful, lively discussion this month!! The zoom link will be posted on the day of the event. For those … More February Virtual Book Club
Save the Dates!!!! Watch this page for future details!!! Join the Tea Scouts, Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter, the Temporal Entourage, and the the Tucson Steampunk Society for a weekend full of virtual panels, performances, and sundry adventures. Schedule, guests, and events TBA. Much like with Covidween, we will have a wide variety of … More Steampunk CommuniTea Weekend
Dear friends, Almost every Tuesday we gather virtually for a little live stream teatorial or sew-a-long. Last week, I took a little break from our ongoing Dirndl sew-a-long to focus on a quick, hand sewn project. The video is available now on YouTube. This really is such a lovely, fast pincushion and a wonderful way … More Teatorial Tuesday: Bicornu
Featuring Special Guest Eve Riot! My darlings! The Grand Arbiter and I are so pleased to present a special fete for Hogmanay this year. Once again we open our virtual tea parlour for scads of laughter and banter, a oodles of high jinks, and a very special performance by our dear friend, the extraordinary Eve … More Hogmanay Night Virtual Party
Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter 