The North Texas Dieselpunks, in partnership with the Farmer’s
Branch Manske Library, are proud to announce the “North Texas Vintage
Life Expo: Celebrating the 20s, 30s, and 40s Today!”
Come out and enjoy the music, art, dance and fashion of 1920s
– 40s! Meet local vintage themed groups and organizations and learn how
you can incorporate the spirit and style of that amazing period into
modern living! Fantastic fun for all ages!
When: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 11:00am – 5:00pm
Where: The Manske Library (Meeting Room)
13613 Webb Chapel, Farmers Branch, Texas 75234
Entertainers
The Singapore Slingers will headline
(Dallas based Big Band orchestra)
Three Quarters Fast Jazz Band
(New
Orleans-Style Jazz Group performing Traditional Jazz tunes of the early
20th century, often referred to as Dixieland, along with some Swing
Tunes from the Big Band Era)
Big Daddy Cool (Dieselpunk Magician)
Art Gallery with Artwork by the Following Artists
Stefan Prohaczka (Dieselpunk Artist)
Tazio Bettin (Freelance Illustrator and Comic Artist)
Joseph Yeh (Freelance Illustrator)
European SAS Raider Company (A World War II Reenactment Group)
Mistria Langlois (Tarot Reader)
Larry Atchley, Jr. (Author, Paranormal Researcher, co-host of the live broadcast radio show Dangerous Minds)
Radio Dismuke (Online radio streaming music from the 20s & 30s, 24/7)
The Mechanical Soul: Steampunk Style in Contemporary Art
12/7/2013 -
1/25/2014
Bath House Cultural Center
The Bath House Cultural Center presents The
Mechanical Soul: Steampunk Style in Contemporary Art, an exhibition that
explores some of the elements and styles that are aligned with the
aesthetics, design, and characteristics that are commonly associated
with steampunk art.
ABOUT STEAMPUNK ART Steampunk art combines
ideas and technology from modernity and the future with those from the
past. Steampunk begun as a genre of science fiction that frequently
described steam-powered machinery and fictional devices set in Victorian
and/or American Old West time, when steam was the major source of
machine power. The genre later evolved to include all kinds of art, as
artists became attracted to the alluring elements and styles of this
appealing form of artistic expression. Today, many visual artists,
including those who are featured in this exhibition, alter or create
objects that are inspired by the steampunk aesthetic. Some of those
artifacts have a functional purpose, while others become works of art
that can either be displayed or worn as a costume. Common steampunk
materials are parts of science and industrial equipment, watches, gears,
springs, leather, metal, engraved material, and other miscellaneous
machinery. Urban Dictionary aptly describes steampunk as "a subgenre of
speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or
quasi-Victorian alternate history setting." It also describes the style
with the slogan: "What the past would look like if the future had
happened sooner.''
Bath House Cultural Center
521 E. Lawther Drive
Dallas TX 75218
Phone: 214.670.8749
Happy New Year from the Airship Crimson Steamers!
Above are lovely events for those hardy enough to brave the cold weather. The OU spring semester begins on Jan. 13th & a call for Airship captain will come in the next few months! We are also looking for new students to help with UOSA/SGA budget requests and event planning!
Please email dalynda@ou.edu if you are a current student at OU and interested in volunteering!
