Dorkbot: ‘People doing strange things with electricity' on the summer solstice

June 18, 2:35 PMCulture & Events ExaminerRick Marianetti

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The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, arrives this Saturday night at exactly 10:45 PM. For the next six months, the hours of daylight will progressively diminish.

Across the bay in West Oakland, Jon Sarriugarte will be hosting the 7th annual performance art Dorkbot Party --scientists, showman, and industrial artists "doing strange things with electricity."

Many surprise speakers and strange electrical gizmos to demo so you really have to go as not all of them will be announced! But on the lineup he's got Omega Recoil's ("creating large sparks in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1999") twin Tesla Coils that will be running live, the Golden Mean, Marriage Wrecker and Muffin Art Cars! Greg Solberg and Keith Johnson teaching how to build an electric car from scratch (Tesla roadster, muffin cars, marriage wrecker), Jon is giving the audience a choice of several topics he could present so YOU choose: Giant Iron Snail Car, Golden Mean, 1928 Hogan Tesla Coil, Power Tool Drag Racing, Volt-Aged Whiskey and Mike Winter will show his artificial personality projects and interrogation by robots! Food and beer, fire gardens, and live electrocutions with the 1928 Hogan Device!"

As the late Chronicle columnist John Wasserman might have said, "Show business is my life."

Time: 8:00 PM to 2:00 AM Saturday, June 20.
Place: Kraftworks--2600 Magnolia @ 26th, West Oakland, CA.

Click for directions. 
$10 DONATION to host Jon Sarriugarte much appreciated.