Gentleman's Emporium
Alternate History Track at Dragon*Con

Alternate History Track Schedule (Tentative)

Friday
 
Saturday
 
Sunday
 
Monday
 
10:00AM
Steampunk Ladies Sewing Circle and Tea Swap Gentlemen Welcome! (Hyatt Piedmont Room)

Bring your stitchery projects to the first annual Dragon*Con Sewing Circle. Historical fiber arts will be discussed. Also, bring tea bags to swap!

GUESTS: Alenna Smith (fiber arts), Denise Keppel (tea swap)

11:30 AM
Sharp-Dressed Men: A Gentleman's Guide to Retro-Futuristic Fashion
(Hyatt Piedmont Room)

An overview of historical men's fashion from the Victorian to the Edwardian eras, and a discussion on how to use some of these ideas in today's wardrobe.

GUESTS: GD Falksen, Megan Maude McHugh, Austin Sirkin, Anthony Canney, Charlie Strobel

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Time Rovers vs. Jack the Ripper: An Hour with Jana Oliver (Hyatt Piedmont Room)

Come discuss the Time Rovers series, Jack the Ripper, and Victorian London
with author Jana Oliver.

GUEST: Jana Oliver

2:30PM - 3:30 PM
So, You Want to be a Living Historian? (Hyatt Piedmont Room)

Representatives of reenacting groups and the SCA talk about what it's really like to get out there and see history first-hand.

GUESTS: Brian Flatley (SCA), Laury Torrence, (SCA), Tripp Corbin (Civil War/Rev War reenactor), Ryan Gill (WWII reenactor), William MacLeod (Rev War reenactor)

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Sherlock Holmes - Does the Franchise Really Need a Reboot? (Hyatt Piedmont Room)

A discussion of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes film led by Carole Nelson Douglas, author of the Irene Adler mystery series.

GUESTS: Carole Nelson Douglas, Jana Oliver, Van Allen Plexico,
Rox from Need Coffee Dot Com

5:30PM - 6:30PM

The Myth and Reality of Pirates (Hyatt Piedmont Room)

Representatives from pirate reenacting groups and historians will regale you with tales of buccaneers. Some of them arrrrrr true!

GUESTS: Kathryn Hinds, Jeremy A. Bastian

7:00PM - 8:00PM
Steampunk Costuming with Outland Armour (Hyatt Piedmont Room)

The HMS Amaranth crew discuss building and design in the steampunk genre. Get tips on costumes, props, construction source materials, and designs.

GUESTS: Outland Armour

8:30PM - 9:30PM
The Grand and Glorious Airship Pirate and Raconteur Competition (Hyatt Piedmont Room)

Airship pirate crews and storytellers are invited to strut their stuff in front of our judges (and audience) to become champions of the Alternate History Track!

GUESTS: The Outland Armour crew (judges), Ace Talkingwolf (MC).

10:00PM
Visit the Pirate Party or the Mad Scientists' Ball or the Masquerade to continue your Sunday evening's fun!

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