Tripbox: original artwork in a handcrafted shadowbox, 44 key remote control included. Magnets used to hold prints in place to not ruin artwork & can change prints out. 2 prints per box, 1 year warranty on LEDs. Click on the videos below to see a Tripbox in action.
Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/pottertripbox/
Milwaukee Krampusnacht is happening December 5. More info here: https://milwaukeeparacon.com/2017/11/03/the-first-annual-milwaukee-krampusnacht-dec-5-2017/
I am Jennifer Vaughn, and I enjoy crafting and create in many different mediums. Everything from curiously cute to creepy and kooky. I love all things horror and totally “squee” at super cute. I have been running an online shop on Etsy for several years. When having production nights, I craft on Skype with my friends to keep things fun.
Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NecropolisCurios
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/necropoliscurios/
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7-10pm Lakefront Brewery (1872 N. Commerce St.) FREE!
Members of Chicago Krampus
7pm: Krampus Parade
Line-up to see Saint Nikolaus herding a pack of wild Krampusse (that’s the correct plural Krampus) including members of Milwaukee Krampus, Chicago Krampus, and a crew from Screamin Acres, among others! Angels will be handing out candy, you’ll meet some other Christmas folklore entities, and music will be provided by the Ugly Sweater Orchestra. Exact route to be posted soon. If you’d like to participant, you can find info here:
https://milwaukeeparacon.com/2017/10/26/we-want-you-for-the-krampus-parade/
7:30pm: Sweet Shieks
Bringing a little bit of the Big Easy to the Brew City, Sweet Sheiks is a toe-tapping five-some inspired by the popular music of the teens, twenties, and thirties. They bring a modern flair to early jazz, blues, and Americana classics. Sweet Sheiks’ acoustic stylings are compelling, diverting, and are best summed up in two words, “refreshingly vintage.”
8:30pm: The Squeezettes
The four-time WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) award winning Squeezettes (2017, 2015, 2013, 2012 Best Polka Artist) are noted as one the state’s most unique attractions. Fronted by ex-burlesque chanteuse turned old school torch singer, Chanel le Meaux, the band plays an eclectic blend of “power polka” pop, rock, and other kitschy favorites. Their repertoire includes traditional polkas and waltzes, blended with pop hits from the 1950’s through the 80’s, along with tunes you never thought you’d hear played on accordion.
Vendors
We’re pleased to present a diverse line-up of talented crafters who will be selling their creepy cool items, perfect gifts for those unique people in your life. Stay tuned to the website here, we will be featuring vendor spotlights throughout November.
Milwaukee Krampusnacht
Stinky Goblin Emporium
Fox & Bear
Cut It Out Studios
Barton Artel
Necropolis Curios
Tripbox
Artist David Beyer Jr. (drawing portraits of you as a monster!)
Memento Moira
Craftwyrkes of Greenleaf Gifts
Grave Digger Candles
Spookshow Babe Designs
Tarot Readings by Skully Sati
Carve Between the Lines
Other stuff going on:
7-8:30pm: White Elephant Gift Exchange
If you’ve never done this, you bring a small gift wrapped up. Find something fun, creepy, unique, weird. Bring it to the White Elephant table (look for a white elephant sign) when you arrive and a volunteer will give you a ticket. At 8:30pm, stop by the table again and pick out a gift. Pro-tip: don’t pick your own!
Krampus Photo Booth
Get your picture taken flanked by Saint Nick and Krampus! Photographer Ryan Peschman will have a photo booth set up, and you’ll have the option to order your picture as postcards.
Visit Elves From Milwaukee Women’s Center
The holidays are a time of giving and we are proud to support Milwaukee Women’s Center with a sock/ underwear drive. Bring in a donation of (new) women’s socks and underwear and meet the MWC elves.
The first ever Milwaukee Krampusnacht is happening Tuesday, December 5, at Lakefront Brewery! It’s a free event and we will have cool vendors, music, and food and drink sold by Lakefront Brewery. We will be kicking it off at 7pm with a Krampus parade. Here’s info for those who want to participate as well as spectators.
Krampuses: The more Krampuses the better, we say. Some of you might see the elaborate costumes with hand carved masks from the Alps and might feel inadequate– don’t. We encourage Krampus costumes of any kind. Be creative with what you have. Do something Krampus inspired. Here’s just a few pictures for ideas, but there’s many more interpretations out there. Use your Google-fu for more:
Ain’t no party like a Krampus party.
Miss Krampus
Last minute/ lazy? Costumes like this are available from Halloween costume suppliers.
Mostly makeup.
Angels and Guides: Not feeling quite so devilish? We have an equally important role for you, too. After the Krampuses do a proper job of terrifying, the Angels sooth that burn by handing out candy to children. We are open to what your interpretation of what an angelic entity is.
Other Christmas folklore entities: We’re not Krampus elitists! Many cultures have interesting characters as part of their holiday folklore. In Iceland, for example, children are told if they do their chores on time, they will be rewarded with new clothes. If not…well, Jólakötturinn the Yule Cat will stop by and eat them. In France Hans Trapp, a creepy woodsman figure, fills the role of Krampus. While Santa delivers presents, Hans Trapp delivers whoopings. If you’re interesting in portraying a character from Christmas folklore, let us know, we’d love to hear about it!
Ugly Sweater Orchestra: We need a solid group of percussionists and horn players for the parade. We will do a mix of some primal sounding drumming, but will also bust out a couple classics, so you should know or be able to learn “Deck the Halls” and “O Tannenbaum” (and maybe one more). Oh yeah– and you need to wear an ugly Christmas sweater.
Spectators PLEASE READ: We are getting inquiries along the lines of “is this event too scary for my offspring age BLANK?” That is up to your discretion as a parent. Google “Krampus” and make a determination. Some of the costumes are scary, the Krampuses will be menacing (as they should be!) and there will be loud noises, but it is all in good fun. Please give the parade room and don’t interfere with it. Angels will be handing out candy.
Exact route will be posted, but it will start on the Riverwalk behind Lakefront Brewery, head towards Humboldt, at some point cut over to Commerce Street and head back to the brewery. You can lineup anywhere on the route. It will be quite a sight!
Participants should fill out the form below so we can get a proper head count. PARADE CLOSED.
We will have a “Krampus build day” and event planning meeting at the Riverwest Public House, Sunday, November 26 Noon-5pm. Stop in and work on your costume, bring and share supplies, and socialize!
Milwaukee Krampusnacht FB page: https://www.facebook.com/events/351333011975290/
This tour on Halloween Eve (about 30-45 minutes) is led by Tea Krulos, author of the non-fiction book Monster Hunters, director of the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference, and author of a 2015 article on Riverwest ghost stories.
Tickets are the low Riverwest price of $5 and available here. Limited to 20: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3119857
You’ll hear about a place that used to be a hang out for notorious biker gang The Outlaws (but now serves delicious burritos), a ghostly masseuse, an unearthly bar patron, and what’s going on in some of your neighbor’s house. All for the low Riverwest price of $5! Starts at Riverwest Public House at 7pm.
Afterwards, check out a special Halloween Scareoke edition of Public House karaoke with the spookily talented Morgan!
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/289538288204080/
We are pleased to present our line up for our film fest on Saturday. Organized by Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival, the Milwaukee Paranormal Film Fest is taking place at the Times Cinema. You can buy tickets to all screenings here: http://www.timescinema.com/
12 noon: Haunted State: Whispers from the Past (documentary)
Come along for a journey investigating Wisconsin’s most famous historic buildings and the paranormal folklore inside. Is history alive? Are ghosts real? Does scientific equipment exist that allow us to communicate with “ghosts”?
2:30pm: Shorts: Paranormal Documentaries
A collection of short paranormal themed documentaries.
5pm: Shorts: Scary Tales
A collection of paranormal fictional short films.
7:15pm: The Mothman of Point Pleasant (documentary)
Learn the terrifying, true story about thirteen months that changed history! In November of 1966 a car full of kids encountered a creature unlike anything they’d ever seen before. In the weeks and months to follow, the monster (now known as The Mothman) was sighted again and again on country roads and around the state of West Virginia.
9pm: Wraith (horror)
A supernatural thriller inspired by a local ghost story and filmed in Wisconsin’s Fox Valley. After living in an old mansion for almost 10 years, a family suddenly discovers a ghost-like presence trying to communicate with them.
Milwaukee Paranormal Conference tickets: https://milwaukeeparacon.com/schedule/
Film tickets: http://www.timescinema.com/
The Sunday conference will have food provided in the upper level by the Paranormal Cafe! They will be serving vegan and met options– Italians and brats with homemade sauerkraut, Thai Mushroom Tacos with Kimchi, African Peanut Stew, Chili and bakery. They’ll be selling jars of their ghost pepper jam. It’s HOT– “all organic and vegan, no ghosts killed in the process.”
If you’re an aspiring writer, check out our Paranormal Fiction Writers Coffee Hour on Sat. the 14, 2-3pm at Anodyne Coffee (224 W Bruce St.) Event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/116966639011869/
Sunday, October 15, after the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference
There’s a party at Shaker’s with the Racine Paranormal Investigators and a special Sex Ed for Adults on “Paranormal Sexual Encounters” at Riverwest Public House…oh myyyyy!
Go to the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference this weekend (schedule and tickets HERE) and then check out these After-Con events.
After party at Shaker’s Cigar Bar (422 S. 2nd St.) 5pm-Midnight
The notoriously haunted Shaker’s is where you’ll want to mingle and talk about your conference experiences and the supernatural in general. Shaker’s will have a special on their tours– $10, as well as $ 5 Ghost Ales and Shadow People Lagers. You also get $ 5 off a refreshing Death in Afternoon cocktail and $5 off pizzas.
The Racine Paranormal Investigators, who have investigated Shaker’s several times, will be onhand to tell you about their team and their experiences at Shaker’s.
Sex Ed for Adults presents “Paranormal Sexual Encounters” at Riverwest Public House (815 E. Locust St.) 7pm / Free / 21+
Featured presenter: Jann Goldberg
Sex Ed for Adults is thrilled to be teaming up once again with the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference for our October workshop. Jann Goldberg will be leading the conversation on paranormal experiences and what happens in the environment that can cause people to feel they have experienced a paranormal phenomenon. Jann will discuss cases and show video clips of phenomena of a sexual nature and some ghost lore regarding sexual entities.
UFO Day at Shorewood Village Center (3920 N. Murray Ave. 11am-2pm) Free event! Sponsored by Milwaukee Paranormal Conference.
Join us for guest speaker presentations on the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects in the Shorewood Village Center (that’s the ground level of the Shorewood Library).
11am-Noon: Presentations by Kevin Malek of the UFO Wisconsin Research Team, and Nicholas Roesler, author of In Focus: Photographic Evidence of Unconventional Flying Objects and host of KGRA’s Beyond Deep Black radio.
Noon-1pm: Sam Maranto (Chicago Mutual UFO Network) who will be speaking on the Tinley Park mass sighting case.
1pm-2pm: Presentations by Mark O’Connell (author of the new book The Close Encounters Man). Read conference director Tea Krulos’s review of his book HERE.
Support the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference by making a donation HERE or by buying tickets to our events HERE.
Entertainment by:
Sunspot
Tamarind Tribal Belly Dance
Members from the Miltown Kings
Astral/Subastral (performing “The Jabberwocky”)
Featuring a guest performer from Dead Man’s Carnival
Teatro di Affetto‘s Mad Tea Party
The Pirate Twins (DJs Scary Lady Sarah and William Faith)
Costume contest: prize for best Alice in Wonderland themed costume
Tarot readings by Skully Sati
Emcee: Miss Information
$8 advance/ $10 door, doors at 8pm
FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/760679487438315/
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