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It’s been a long pandemic and we are itching to see each other again. Come join ASL Love and Urban Jazz Dance Company at our Halloween fundraiser benefiting both Bay Area Asian Deaf Association (BAADA) and Bay Area Black Deaf Advocates (BABDA).

As is tradition with ASL Love’s hosted Halloween events, with your participation our story develops…

Our last Halloween event was “Hearing Institution 185.”

100 YEARS AFTER “HEARING INSTITUTION 185” COMES…

DEAFSTAR RISING: FIRST VOYAGE INTO THE UNHEARD

In a world long ago ravaged by HEARING POX and where the remaining hearing folks were put in a HEARING INSTITUTION, Deaf folks from all walks of life banded together and built the high-tech DEAFSTAR. The wondrous DEAFSTAR can combine all frequencies into one and reveal a new fantasy of our wild, queer and weird ways of co-existing.

Be sure to wear your science fiction or halloween outfits as we gather on a rooftop launchpad in Oakland to witness the DEAFSTAR RISING!

COSTUME CONTEST

ENTERTAINMENT

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS

CASH BAR

DJ MUSIC

SPONSORED BY URBAN JAZZ DANCE COMPANY

MASK REQUIRED, MOSTLY OUTDOORS, AGE 21+ EVENT

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT COSTUMES & CULTURAL APPROPRIATION

Our team asks that all guests avoid engaging in cultural appropriation.  We respect the work of BIPOC community leaders who have educated us that when people outside their marginalized communities appropriate clothes or behaviors, it is a form of harm to that community.  For example, when white people wear blackface or dress as a geisha/ninja, it is a form of harm because of negative cultural stereotypes.  Another example is when a non-Native or non-Indigenous person wears a war bonnet/feathered headpiece or in any way dresses as a Native based on stereotypes.  Refraining from cultural appropriation will not undo the harm that has already been caused, but it is an important step in making sure future harm is prevented.

COVID PRECAUTIONS & ACCESSIBILITY

Our team is committed to language justice as well as disability justice.  We respect that there are members of our ASL Love community who are chronically ill, have compromised immune systems, or live with elders/children.  In the interest of community safety, we will take practical COVID precautions. Masks are required at all times indoors as well as outdoors.   Requirements for entry: proof of vaccination OR negative self-test taken within 24 hours.

The event is mostly outdoors on a rooftop deck, bathrooms are indoors. The space is wheelchair accessible.

TRANSPORTATION

BART accessible (13th St Oakland or Lake Merritt BART stops)

NO REFUND POLICY

Tickets are nonrefundable, but they can be transferred to someone else.