Oaktown Weekly | August 14, 2024

It’s official: Summer is over for the kids.

It’s back to school week here in the East Bay with OUSD and Alameda students back earlier this week on Monday and Berkeley just yesterday.

But it’s not all bad — at least for OUSD students.

Oakland Roots FC is giving OUSD students a free ticket to their “back to school night” game Aug. 30 to any student that attends the first 10 days of school. And to make it sweeter, that night’s game has a drone show.

Stay in school kids. In this week’s issue:

• Adults take over Fairyland on Friday

• All-you-can-eat cereal at The New Parkway

• Casual Carpool returns to the East Bay

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Your East Bay Event Lineup

Each week, we bring you a curated list of events for families, couples, and everyone in-between. Got an event you’d like to promote? Send us a reply.

Oaklandish Presents Fairyland for Adults (21+) — Friday

When: Friday (8/15) 6-10pm
Where: Fairyland, 699 Bellevue Ave

The team at Oaklandish is taking over Fairyland for a 21+, adults-only night. Featuring live screen printing by Oaklandish, moonlit puppet shows, local DJs, signature cocktails, and food trucks. Costumes encouraged. See the details →

Plank Fest - All Weekend

When: Events happening Friday thru Sunday
Where: Plank, 98 Broadway

To celebrate Plank’s 10th anniversary — yes, 10 years — the team at Plank is hosting a weekend of festivities. The highlight: showing off their updated "watch bar” dubbed The Hub which features a 30 foot long media wall — perfect for the Niners, Raiders game Saturday. See details →

AfroBeats at The Lake Festival — Saturday

When: Saturday (8/16) 1-8pm
Where: Snow Park, 1999 Harrison St. 

Featuring over a dozen musical performers across 2 stages and 40+ local vendors, the 7th annual AfroBeats festival graces Lake Merritt this Saturday near Snow Park. 16 and under get in free. Tickets from $12 → 

Cereal Cinema at The New Parkway — Sunday

When: Sunday (8/16) 10:30am-12pm
Where: The New Parkway Theater

It’s every kids dream: eating cereal in a (sorta) movie theater. Every Sunday morning, The New Parkway hosts an all-you-can-eat cereal bar set to the background of classic cartoons. But you gotta show up to see what cartoons they have in the lineup, so no spoilers. See details →

Pacific Vibration Reggae Party — Sunday

When: Sunday (8/16) 1-5pm
Where: Prescott Market

As if you needed another reason to haul the kids to Prescott Market… Pacific Vibrations is hosting a reggae party complete with food specials, tiki drinks, and boozy slushies See details →

Have an event you’d like promoted? Let us know with a reply!

Stories from The Bay

The local stories you may have missed this week:

• BART to finally let you tap a credit or debit card to enter — but it’s just BART. The other 24 Bay Area transit systems are expected to follow suit later.

• Casual Carpool returns — the 50-year-old bay tradition of giving strangers rides into the city is back after a COVID hiatus nearly killed the program.

• Tick check: Lyme disease makes its way to Santa Cruz County — the good news: experts say it takes 24hrs for a tick to transmit the bacteria.

• Berkeley’s Cactus Jungle to close — The 23 year old shop will close its doors after the lease expires at the end of the month. Marin location to remain open.

And that’s a wrap.

See ya out there,

-Kolby
Oaktown Weekly

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