Join us on Wednesday evening March 10th for two steamy short films, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello and Dr. Horrible’s Sing A Long Blog and our feature presentation, Perfect Creature![Click Here for Preview].
March 10, 2010
A $10 donation will be requested at the door. Seating is limited and necessarily “first-come, first served”; unfortunately, we cannot accommodate late arrivals with standing room.
Dresscode: Steampunk or Victorian attire is encouraged but not required.
There are only 8 more weeks to go! We’re hugely busy and getting very excited about the 2010 Exhibition. This year’s expansion into the Hilton Garden Inn in Emeryville will bring us 4 new areas, 3 full tracks, and 2 nights of parties all wrapped up in one incredible event! From the new Exploratory Steam and Kinetics Enclosure to the Telegraph and Gramophone Communications Hub; from our Traders’ Concourse, up to the spectacular Bay View Ballroom, this year’s Steampunk Exhibition will be Bigger, Bolder and Brassier than ever.
The original Steampunk Convention returns to California March 12th through the 14th
Weekend Passes are $60 in advance or $75 at the door
Girl Genius creators Phil and Kaja Foglio will be our Artist Guests of Honor at the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition in March! They are both multi-talented artists and authors, and we are excited to have them on board! The Foglios have also agreed to make and hand out some very special prizes at our Girl Genius Costume Contest at the Steampunk Ball! You can check out their work here: http://www.studiofoglio.com/
Date and Tickets for the 2010 Steampunk Exhibition!
The Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition will take place from Friday March 12th through Sunday March 14th, 2010 at the beautiful Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco Oakland/Bay Bridge in Emeryville, California. Come join us!
Gail Carriger and Jake von Slatt from SPC-08. Photo courtesy of MAKE online zine
Want Quick Tix?
Click Here Now to buy your Early Bird Full Weekend Membership @ last year’s price of $60 using PayPal:
We have a block of rooms reserved for our attendees @ $99/night. To take advantage of this offer and make a reservation using our group rate, please use this link:http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/SFOBBGI-STEAMX-20100312/index.jhtmlor call the hotel directly at (510) 658-9300, say you’re with the Steampunk Exhibition and use the discount code “STEAMX”. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. See you there!
We are pleased to announce that the esteemed airmail service of the St. Clair Aeronauts will once again be gracing the halls of the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition!
Photo by Joe Johnson
The capable crew of Her Majesty’s Airship St. Clair will deliver your hand written letters, notes, poetry, bills of lading and other sundry messages throughout the event, March 13th and 14th, 2010.
For samples of letters and missives sent at the 2008 California Steampunk Convention, click here!
Amira started dancing at the age of 9, and is a beautiful and sensual dancer with a delightful personality. She performs regularly at Tanjia Restaurant and will be our featured dancer for the Indescribable Delights of the Clockwork Caliphate fundraiser on October 15th in Oakland. The evening’s proceeds will be used to produce the 2010 Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition.
The Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition is pleased to welcome back two of last year’s fantastic speakers:
Mike Perschon describes himself as a hypercreative scholar, musician, writer, and artist. He is a doctoral student at the University of Alberta, an English instructor at The King’s University College and MacEwan College, and Game Master for a Steampunk Middle Earth Roleplaying Campaign. Check out Mike’s blog at: http://steampunkscholar.blogspot.com/
Christopher J. Garcia is a writer, historian and filmmaker from Sunnyvale, California. That’s the basic tag-line Chris uses. He’s a second-generation fan and has been going to cons since before he could walk. Check out Chris’ fanzines The Drink Tank. and Science Fiction/San Francisco, which he co-edits with Jean Martin; Issue 77 of SF/SF covers last year’s Steampunk Convention. The Drink Tank has been nominated twice for the Best Fanzine Hugo Award and Chris has ended on the Best Fan Writer ballot two times as well.
We are currently booking speakers and workshop leaders for the 2010 Exhibition! For more information, pleaae send your inquiry to Ariane Wolfe.
