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Bay Curious, AroMa, and Frightwig at The Chapel
As guitars wailed and the band belted out vocals in the dimly lit venue, I wondered if I might see a ghost. Would the spirits from the great beyond be disrupted by the earsplitting noise? Spoiler alert: I did not see a ghost. The “Haunted Riot” show at The Chapel last night was a quirky…
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The Civic Joy Fucks live punk show
Mayor Daniel Lurie, crypto investor Chris Larsen, and disgraced former district 8 supervisor candidate/cafe owner Manny Yekutiel took to a small Tenderloin stage to perform a boisterous punk set about how much they love the police and the surveillance state. They are known as The Civic Joy Fucks. In reality, this group of pseudonymous punk…
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Brick Exhibition: LEGO Fan Experience
At a storefront in the Stonestown Galleria mall, a small toy store selling LEGO sets hides a mysterious space behind a black curtain. With the $22 ticket I’d bought from Fever, I was ushered past the curtain as though I were entering an exclusive secret venue — but it was really just the back room…
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Humanoid robot deathmatch at Rek Arena
“California was worried that our robots were too dangerous — so we decided to PUT FUCKING SWORDS ON ‘EM!” the announcer screamed from the cage as a stagehand removed the sheaths from the blades on the pair of 6-foot tall humanoid robots. As the fight started and the robots exchanged quick jabs, Terminator-style robot T-REK…
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The return of Fairyland for Grownups
It’s been a while since there was a 21 and over night at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, but Fairyland for Grownups returned on July 29th, 2022. Obviously I had to go. Aside from a vaccine check on the way in it felt very similar to the last such event three years ago. The big change…
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Fairyland for Grownups
Children’s Fairyland is a small theme park attraction at Oakland’s Lake Merritt, and is normally only open to children accompanied by an adult. However once a year there’s a fundraiser organized by Oaklandish as a benefit for the park: Fairyland for Grownups. On Friday I visited Fairyland for my first time ever — I’d never…
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