Zoe Rosenblum

Dec 1, 2023 | oaklandnorth.net | Zoe Rosenblum |Luiz H. Monticelli |Veronique Eshaya

“I’m a mechanic,” explains Cynthia Elliott, reclining in her chair and propping her feet on her office desk. A TV episode from the 1960s show “Wagon Train” plays in the background and drawings of human anatomy hang on the wall behind her. She continues, “I approach everything as: What’s broken and how do we fix it?” Elliott is not talking about her day job running an exercise equipment repair service.

Oct 31, 2023 | oaklandnorth.net | Zoe Rosenblum

Every year, hundreds of costumed children and adults crowd onto handmade benches in an unassuming driveway in Oakland’s Glenview neighborhood to watch “Driveway Follies,” a free Halloween-themed marionette puppet show. This year’s show features psychedelic skeletons stepping out of their skins, a blue-skinned magician, and Mysterious Mose, a creature with the ability to duplicate itself on stage in the most extraordinary way. Closing night is Halloween.