My first live in-person performance since the year twenty-twenty! Family fun in a contagion-safer environment.

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What: Madame Phoole's Panharmonium LIVE at the Gardens & Gears Steampunk Faire 2025

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Where: Mitchell Park Domes, 524 South Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53215

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The Mitchell Park Domes Horticultural Conservatory houses stunning indoor botanical gardens!

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When: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Last admission is at 3:00 p.m.) - This event is anticipated to be quite busy, so there might be a queue at the entrance!

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Admission: Charged at the door - no advance tickets - no guest list - charges are per entry

    Milwaukee County Residents: Receive discount on admission - ID required.
  Adults: $9.00 | $8.00 Milwaukee County Residents
  Military (active duty & veterans - ID required): $6.00
  Seniors (60+): $9.00 | $6.00 Milwaukee County Residents
  Adults with disabilities: $6.00
  Juniors (3-12): $6.00
  Students (with ID): $6.00
  Children (2 & under): Free
  Friends of the Domes Members: Free

THERE IS NO GUEST LIST - please support the beloved, worthy Domes by paying admission!

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Faire Attractions:

• Over a dozen merchants exhibiting and vending fine wares

• Free Face-Painting by Grace Doome (between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.)

• Mr. Klinger and His Remarkable Serpent

• Ginger Whimsy, the Living Statue

• The Milwaukee Steampunk Society

• The Milwaukee Science Fiction and Fantasy League

• The Wisconsin Garden Railway Society shall run live model steam trains on no fewer than four separate tracks, as well as displaying multiple live stationary steam engines.

• Zilli Hospitality Group will serve breakfast-y snacks including tea, cookies and pastries beginning at 9:00 a.m.; from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the menu expands to include stew, burgers, hot dogs, barbecued pork, and macaroni and cheese.

 

A Cleaner-Air Event

I am doing this event because I love it, and because I can do it reasonably safely, from an airborne-contagion-cautious perspective. I can mask in an N95-or-better respirator for the entire event. The Show Dome is very well ventilated, with excellent air circulation, and the plateau from which I DJ in the Show Dome is removed from the punters' path, adding another layer of safety. If you attend, I hope you will consider masking in a well-fitted respirator mask for the event as well. KF94, KN95, N95 and P100 respirator masks that fit you well will help keep you, me, and the whole community safer. Fit-tested respirators of these types are even better, but if you cannot fit-test, a respirator that feels like it has a good seal against the skin of your face helps.

I know fanciful facial hair is a big part of the Steampunk aesthetic - if you can precision-shave the seal-path of the respirator that fits your face best, that seems like it has potential to be safer AND style-setting.

Surgical masks (the baggy, pleated kind), fabric masks, and theatrical masks (like plague-doctor masks, for example) offer insufficient protection.

I am fitting out a few KF94 respirator masks with SIPmask airtight drinking valves for myself, so that I can stay hydrated through the day. Some gears, a little glue, a little burnished-brass Testors model paint, and the valve becomes a fashion statement. Nice!

This event will not be livestreamed.