excursions – True Fellowship in San José

Odd Fellows Invade Steampunk!

by MasonLife in the lodge, public May 4, 2024May 4, 2024Comments are Disabled

If ever there was a great match-up, it’s the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the mash-up of Victorian futurism, science fiction, and whimsy known as Steampunk. This community holds Clockwork Alchemy, an annual convention in California’s Bay Area. Clockwork Alchemy features authors who write books in the genre, lectures and workshops, creative costuming, and …

The Odd Fellows at the Dickens Fair

by MasonGood of the order, Life in the lodge, public November 25, 2023December 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

On Sunday, November 19th, at the Cow Palace Arena in San Francisco, members of True Fellowship, Mountain View, Cupertino, and Saratoga lodges, together with their friends, entered the enchanting world of Charles Dickens’s London, not as it was, but as it ought to have been. The day’s entertainment included reenactors for both historic personas and …