Our co-founder was recently featured on PUNK BLACK’s website for her cosplaying! Check out the interview here!
Steampunk Character Building Workshop at WordPlay Creative Writing Center!
Think steampunk is just for adults? Think again! Kids can get into steampunk, too! Ofeibea Loveless of Airship Ashanti and the Midwest Black Speculative Fiction Alliance will lead a steampunk character building workshop as part of WordPlay‘s Science Fiction Saturdays on Nov. 21! Students — 6 and up — will learn about steam technology and then work in groups to create narratives for their steampunk characters! Saturday, Nov. 21, noon to 2 p.m., WordPlay Creative Writing Center, 4041 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45223 (Northside). No cost. For more information, contact WordPlay at 513-541-0930 or info@wordplaycincy.org.
Steampunk Character Building Workshop at MECCACon!
Want to get into steampunk but not sure where to start? Ofeibea Loveless of Airship Ashanti and the Midwest Black Speculative Fiction Alliance will discuss the film short Steamfunk and Rococoa: A Black Victorian Fantasy (steampunk as it pertains to people of color) and lead a steampunk character building workshop at MECCAcon 2015! Airship Ashanti comes at steampunk from a West African perspective, which is rare in the steampunk community, and Ofeibea’s presentation will touch on steampunk from a non-Victorian perspective. Admission: $6, Sept. 19, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Detroit Public Library – Main Branch, 5201 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48202.
Listen to Ofeibea Loveless on the DarkFyre Entertainment Podcast
Midwest BSFA co-founder Ofeibea Loveless was interviewed last week on DarkFyre Entertainment’s Geekqualize episode 35. She and the DarKFyre guys (Juice Lee, Leago and Nyte) talk about steampunk, Midwest BSFA and a sundry of other topics. Give it a listen!
Midwest Black Speculative Fiction Alliance 