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PINBALL WIZARDS, UNITE!
Put down that video game console, cast aside your latest phone app, and return to the by-
gone days of pinball play. Lose yourself in bells and flashing lights at
Pacific Pinball Mu-
seum
( 510-769-1349;
www.pacificpinball.org
;
1510 Webster St, Alameda; adult/child under 16 $15/
7.50; 2-9pm Tue-Thu, to midnight Fri, 11am-midnight Sat, to 9pm Sun; ), a pinball parlor with
almost 100 games dating from the 1930s to the present, and vintage jukeboxes playing
hits from the past. Take AC Transit bus 51A from downtown Oakland.
Entertainment
between 5pm and 9pm on the first Friday of the month. Telegraph Ave between 27th St
and W Grand Ave closes to car traffic, with thousands turning out for food vendors, live
music and performances. There's a concurrent gallery-hop called
Oakland Art Murmur
(
www.oaklandartmurmur.com
;
6-9pm)
, which also coordinates a more low-key Saturday
Stroll in the afternoons every week.
Music
Uptown
LIVE MUSIC
510-451-8100;
www.uptownnightclub.com
;
1928 Telegraph Ave; admission
free-$20; Tue-Sun)
For an eclectic calendar of indie, punk and experimental sounds, burlesque shows and fun
DJ dance parties, this club hits the spot. Come for a good mix of national acts and local
talent, and the easy two-block walk to BART.
Yoshi's
JAZZ
510-238-9200;
www.yoshis.com/oakland
;
510 Embarcadero West; admis-
sion $15-49)
Yoshi's has a solid jazz calendar, with talent from around the world passing through on a
near-nightly basis. Often, touring artists will stop in for a stand of two or three nights. It's