The Musical Improv Festival, Diwali celebration and more

Two occasions I am significantly enthusiastic about this week are the AI ​​dialogue on the Oakland Public Library, a sizzling matter that our newsroom is masking, and the Oakland Diwali Festival that showcases South Asian tradition within the Bay.

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How AI can mess with our minds

Washington Put up Tech Tradition Reporter Nitasha Tiku will probably be in dialog with Oakland Public Library librarian Ian Hetzner to debate the results synthetic intelligence has on the human thoughts when used as a good friend, companion and therapist, and the results AI chatbots have on the economic system, the atmosphere and our social lives.

Thursday October 23, 6:30 PM, freeno registration or advance discover required, Oakland Public Major Library, 125 14th St.

2nd Annual Bay Space Musical Improv Pageant

Twenty-five acts from Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and Hawaii come collectively for this four-day festival. Musical improvisation is an artwork kind wherein all the things from notes and melodies to lyrics and rhymes are improvised on the spot. Anticipate acts like a Star Trek musical and a rock opera.

Thursday October 23 to Sunday October 27 view the website for the total line-up and particular occasions

Oakland Diwali 2025

Two years in the past, Oakland Metropolis Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, the daughter of Indian immigrants, determined launched the festival to showcase South Asian culture and cuisine. The family-friendly competition options a number of dance performances, music from DJ Damaniac, South Asian meals distributors and extra leisure.

Friday October 24, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, free, Respond onlineBLOC15, 252 2nd St.

fifth Annual For the Love of the Bay 5K/10K

Final 12 months, the For The Love of the Bay 5K/10K run attracted 600 individuals for the 2 races. The run is organized by 510 Walkersa gaggle based in 2013 to convey illustration of nature and operating. runners can nonetheless register till October 22. The race departs from the Lake Merritt Sailboat Home.

Saturday October 25, 8:00 am, see website for particulars

Dimensions Dance Theatre’s The Reclaiming: Therapeutic to Pleasure

Dimensions Dance theatrea dance group based in 1972 and a part of the Malonga Arts Collective, is staging the world premiere of “The Reclaiming: Therapeutic to Pleasure Half 2” as a part of the autumn season. The 2-day occasion honors the resilience and brilliance of Black dance traditions. Half one options Haitian drums and a mixture of conventional and modern dance. Half two includes a particular collaboration with David Elliott (DJ Fuze), a producer and long-time member of Digital Underground. Elliott created a soundscape that mixes drums, digital beats and reside vocals.

Saturday, October 25 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, October 26 at 4:00 PM $15-$35Valley Middle for the Performing Arts in Oakland (previously the Holy Names College Theater), 3500 Mountain Blvd.

Scorching Ticket in The City this week: Jacob Wendt within the Sound Room

Jazz musician from Los Angeles Jacob Wendtwho’s initially from the North Bay, performs his first Bay Space present in a decade in assist of his new album ‘Silver Avenue’. Wendt is joined on stage by Bay Space musicians trumpeter Mike Olmos, tenor saxophonist Bob Kenmotsu, pianist Matt Clark and bassist David Ewell.

Thursday October 23, 7:30 PM, $33.85The Sound Room, 3022 Broadway

Coming quickly to The City: The Mars Volta on the Fox Theatre

Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the El Paso duo of rockers and core members of The Mars Volta are on tour in assist of their new album “Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio.”

Tuesday, November 25, 7 p.m., $83 and up1807 Telegraph Ave.