What: Tours, teas, entertainment and holiday shopping at a historic Oakland estate. The home: The 37-room Neoclassical Revival mansion, built in 1899, was commissioned as a wedding gift by Alexander Dunsmuir. He died on the honeymoon; his bride died just two years later. The Hellman family bought and lived at the estate for several decades. Extras: Adult and children’s teas, breakfast with Santa. Decorated horse-driven carriages will ferry visitors around the 50-acre grounds. On Dec. 9, the Oakland Ballet will perform an excerpt from “The Nutcracker.”.
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Put in his place? No. Seen in his appropriate place — no better than 24 others? Yes. And that’s new for the Nats. It’s OK for Harper to take his favorite bats on a road trip, shining like so many Stradivarius violins, in a gigantic case with each one protected from touching any of the others. That’s not the style of too many other Nats, most of whom are understated “we” types. But the Nats know they need his spark and energy, even his charisma when he’s hot.
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The show seems intended for kids, or, as they say, “children of all ages.” It’s described as a “human cartoon,” full of clownish tomfoolery with plenty of vocalizations but almost no words. (You can occasionally make out a “You!” or “Yeah” amid the squeaking and cooing.) Fortunately, the five-person cast, three of whom were in the original production, is awfully good at keeping an hour’s worth of madcap physical comedy entertaining, if not always clear as to what exactly is going on at any given moment.
