It's #TeaTuesday! What's in your cup today?
CONpossible is delighted to pour up a serving of our two favorite tea afficianados, Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter — our 2025 Tea Ambassadors!
These scrumptious sweethearts are longtime friends of ours, and likely no stranger to all of you at home. Madame Askew is a time-traveling tea aficionado, obsessed with tea, fashion, and the proper uses for headgear. The Grand Arbiter is the highest authority on compliments, wit, and Tea-based Justice. For over 10 linear earth-years, they and the delightful members of the Temporal Entourage have enjoyed adventures across time and space, and hope you will join them at @CONpossible 2025 — "Travel Beyond the Veil"!
These two will be at the centre of our tea-inspired escapades, particularly Tea Dueling and Splendid Teapot Racing, but we also invite you to join them for Compliment Dueling and their completely-real-and-absolutely-not-improvised Tea Leaf Readings.
Get your 2025 memberships to CONpossible and be sure to book your rooms soon — our block closes January 23rd, and you won't want to miss out on all the fun!
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✨ SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
In honor of #MakerMonday, CONpossible is delighted to announce our 2025 Maker Guests of Honor, Steve Blaydon and Leah Blaydon!
The dynamic duo behind Silverwolf Leather, Steve & Leah Blaydon have a combined three decades of experience working with leather. Under her well made belt, Leah brings a unique perspective on form and function in design. With a vast and varied resume, she knows a little about a lot of subjects, including metal work and glass. Steve started out in the renfaire world, and shifted to steampunk over a decade ago where he has interacted with humans of all walks of life. Beloved members of the community, both Steve and Leah have a lot to say on crafting, costuming, and how to be excellent to each other.
Their work can be seen at silverwolfleather.com or by following Silverwolf Leather on Facebook, and of course by attending CONpossible 2025 — "Travel Beyond the Veil"
Grab your 2025 Memberships and Book Your Rooms before they are gone!
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Are those sleigh bells we hear, or just a special announcement for CONpossible 2025: "Travel Beyond the Veil"?
That's right, Virginia. Everyone's favorite rosy-cheeked maker is returning to CONpossible... It's The Tattooed Santa! And not only will he be coming back with his brand of wonder and whimsy, but he'll be bringing his whole workshop with him!
When you join us next year, you too can enjoy Santa's Workshops — a variety of fabrication & maker panels, workshops, demonstrations, and make-and-takes — only at CONpossible. If you have joined us before, you know that Tattooed Santa is a master craftsman with leather, chain maille, scale maille, and more. His workshops always delight attendees, from young to the young-at-heart, and so it is our immense pleasure to welcome him to our team so that we can present even more workshops for our attendees of all ages!
We will be announcing specific workshops throughout the next few weeks as we gear up to Travel Beyond the Veil together, so be sure to follow & subscribe to all our social platforms. And, most importantly, get your memberships now with our special holiday pricing! A membership to a convention experience makes a great stocking stuffer, and an extra special gift.
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2025 CONpossible Guest Announcement — Gail Carriger!
Something most marvelous this way comes... CONpossible is proud to announce our Author Guest of Honor for 2025, Gail Carriger!
Gail Carriger has multiple NYT bestsellers and millions of books in print in dozens of different languages. She writes book hugs - comedies of manners mixed with steampunk, urban fantasy, or sci-fi (and cozy queer joy as GL Carriger). She is best known for the Parasol Protectorate and Finishing School series. She was once an archaeologist and is fond of shoes, octopuses, and tea.
This will be Gail's first appearance in Atlanta in quite some time, so do not miss your chance to meet this fabulous author and all-around magnificent individual, and stay tuned for announcements regarding our special program of events.
Follow Gail Carriger & sign-up for her newsletter at www.gailcarriger.com
And be sure to check back TOMORROW for a special coupon code on all memberships to CONpossible 2025, #TravelBeyondtheVeil! Put a little cheer in your stockings this December. 🎅
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Wishing everyone a happy holiday weekend, wherever you may be and however you may celebrate! We are truly grateful to be part of such a wonderful community.
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The Venusian Masked Ball @ CONpossible 2024
Have you started pinning, primping, and steaming your finery for the Venusian Masked Ball? We've enjoyed seeing what our newsletter, blog, and community members have been teasing, and we can't wait to see what YOU will be wearing to CONpossible 2024 — "The Jungles of Venus"!
Our Venusian Masquerade Ball (see what we did there?) will be held on Friday, Feb 16th, 2024 starting at 7pm EST with special performances by Atlanta Historic Dance! The night will begin with a choreographed number by members of Atlanta Historic Dance, and continue with the promenade, a series of reels, and circle dances geared towards beginning level dancers. If you have always wanted to learn traditional historic dance, this will be your finest opportunity! Intermediate level dancing will follow for those who are interested, and the festivities will linger long into the night with a special late-night dance immediately following the ball.
We will also be hosting a Costume Contest for the Best Masquerade Costume to mark the transition between the formal ball and open dancing. This is an all ages and all experience levels event, so dust off those top hats, buff your dancing shoes, and join us for the inaugural night of CONpossible 2024! Admission to the Venusian Masked Ball and evening festivities is free with your 2024 CONpossible membership.
BUY YOUR 2024 MEMBERSHIPS:
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BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOMS:
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And check back soon for more announcements on this year's special events!
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2024 Tea Salon - GET 10% OFF DURING CHRISTMAS!
Did you celebrate International Tea Day this past weekend, or are you holding out for May 21st? We here at CONpossible believe the more reasons to celebrate tea, the better!
That's why we're happy to give you all a little TEAse and a nice TEAward...
Our beauTEAful Tea Salon Captain, Tea Tzar Miah, has finished blending this year's themed tea. We aren't quite ready to announce it yet, but we think those of you who have requested caffeine free varietals will be very pleased with this Venusian colored delight!
Also, to get into the holiday spirit, we are offering 10% off Full-Weekend Adult Memberships to CONpossible and this year's Tea Salon! Have you been wondering what to get that friend or relative who is just so hard to shop for? Experience gifts are all the rage right now, so grab them passes to the most out-of-this-world TEAvent on the East Coast!
... Too many tea puns? We are tearribly sorry.
Use the code "HOHOHO" when buying your Full-Weekend Adult Memberships or Full-Weekend Tea Salon Passes from now until 12/29 to get that 10% off! It's our gift to you.
BUY YOUR 2024 MEMBERSHIPS:
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TEA SALON:
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BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOMS:
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Don't forget you can enter to win 2 free tickets to POOR THINGS, opening in theaters this week!
Congratulations to our first winner, Rebecca B.!
POOR THINGS is the story of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
There are still 2 ways to win:
1. Join our Mailing List - bit.ly/CONP24
2. Like and Share this post on Facebook - bit.ly/PoorThingsGiveaway
We will announce our final 2 winners on Wednesday, December 6th.
✨ MORE WAYS TO WIN! ✨
Searchlight Pictures is generously providing more Fandango codes and swag items from Poor Things - Full Movie 2023 which we will be giving away over the next few months! Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list for all the most up-to-date information, and join us at CONpossible 2024 - "The Jungles of Venus" for even more giveaways and raffles!
BUY YOUR 2024 MEMBERSHIPS:
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BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOMS:
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2024 Announcements, Updates & Changes
Join our hosts Jason Merrill and The Chameleon for updates and news regarding our 2024 event! BIG CHANGES are in store!
For a transcript of this video and FAQs about these updates in more detail, click here: https://www.atlantasteampunkexpo.com/2024-announcement
Stay tuned for more updates shortly!
Something splendid this way comes...
Announcements about our 2024 event are coming soon! You've been patiently waiting, eagerly reaching out for hints, and yes, friends... we have some BIG updates for you.
If you will be attending Cogs & Corsets: A Steampunk Happening in Bloomington, IL this weekend, come find us in the vendor area to be one of the first to find out all the exciting happenings we have in store. Soon after this weekend, two of our programming leads -- Jason M. and The Chameleon -- will be dropping all of the news right here on our social media channels. So keep a weather eye out, make sure you're following us, and hold onto your hats!
2024 is going to be splendid, indeed...
Can you #GuessOurTheme? (If you were at our 2023 Expo, you might already know...)
Splendid Teapot Racing Promo @ #ASE2023
Did you catch the star-studded Atlanta Steampunk Expo Party At Madame Perry's Salon! this week? If so, then you were tantalized with all manner of news about this year's Expo, and if not -- never fret! You can listen to Madame Perry's Salon on Blog Talk Radio, Apple podcasts, Spotify, iHeartradio, lastfm, and just about everywhere podcasts are available (link is in the comments)!
We have also let the news slip on several livestreams with this year's Guests of Honor -- yes, that's right! Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter are our 2023 Tea Ambassadors, and that means they will be bringing you all your favorite tea programming, such as tea dueling, Tea Scout shenanigans, and the ever-beloved Teapot Races!
Have you been waiting with bated breath? On the edge of your very seats? Well, wait no longer! You can pre-register for The 5th Annual Atlanta Steampunk Exposition Teapot Races right now, and save yourself one more step at the Registration desk Friday afternoon.
Visit our website to find out more!
bit.ly/teapotracing
Anxiously awaiting news on our other events, contests, and programming for #SteampunksInSpace? Keep a weather eye right here for forthcoming titillation. 🧐
BUY YOUR TICKETS
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BOOK YOUR ROOMS
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Q: "Are ASE room rates for Thursday and Sunday nights completely booked?" Currently, yes. We are hoping to expand our room block again on Monday. You should still be able to book for Friday and Saturday nights, but don't delay! Rooms are filling up fast!
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