- About
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Hours
Friday and Saturday 6 PM to Midnight
Sunday 4 PM to 8 PM
Contact
Phone (510) 205-9793 or Email
Address
713 Santa Clara Ave Alameda, CA 94501
Directions
Enter via the parking lot behind Tillies at Santa Clara and Webster
Admission
$10/Adult $5/Kids under 12
What is Lucky Ju Ju?
Juju (joo'joo) noun:
- An object used as a fetish, charm or amulet
- The supernatural power ascribed to such an object
Lucky Ju Ju is a place where Magic, Karma, Zeitgeist and Skill are infused into a collection of Vintage Pinball Machines for all to enjoy. If you are interested in Pinball, this is the place.
Lucky Ju Ju is also a 501 c 3 non profit pinball museum/art gallery under the umbrella of the Neptune Beach Amusement Museum.
2nd Annual Pacific Pinball Expostion Oct 3,4,5 2008
- News
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Ju Ju is Front Page News In Pin Game Journal
August 15, 2008
The Pin Game Journal is making the Ju Ju and Visible Pinballs a household word! After gracing their August cover with a beautiful picture of the Visible Pinball and publishing the awe inspiring article inside with more luscious pictures and details, the Lucky Ju Ju hotline has been ringing off the hook!
Not to mention, the long awaited full page ad for the Pacific Pinball Exposition suitable for framing. What are you waiting for, get your own copy of history-making pinball news from Jim Schelberg by going to the website: http://www.pingamejournal.com/
Tell 'em Ju Ju sent you!
Thanks Jim!
Here are some U-Tube videos with the Visible Pin for those who require more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0LQ5rFuEpw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfjI_yY6oK8
Or you can come play it yourself where it lives at the Lucky Ju Ju Pinbal/NBAM wing in Alameda, CA.Comments: 0
Holga Show Print Sale to Benefit Ju Ju!
August 01, 2008
In an unprecedented display of generosity, Joe Reifer and Robert Holmgren are donating 100% of all sales of their art to the Ju Ju's non profit, the Neptune Beach Amusement Museum! For $250 tax deductible donation, you will receive a signed print of your choice from this fantastic show.
See: http://www.joereifer.com/words/?p=516
Please help us get the museum on the go and show your support for this great cause!
Opening is tonight, Friday August 1st, from 6:30 to 10:30.Comments: 0
Toy Camera Photo Show Opens in August!
July 15, 2008
Toy Camera Dreams
Photos by Robert Holmgren and Joe Reifer
Joe Reifer and Robert Holmgren offer up a visually and mentally stimulating array of photos at the Ju Ju's Transview gallery.
Opening Reception August 1st from 7 to 10pm and runs until September 3rd.
See Websites for more information:
www.robertholmgren.com
www.joereifer.com
Robert Holmgren
Since 2005 nearly the only camera I've used is a cheap toy camera --the Holga. With a plastic lens, single aperture, and guessed
Focusing, I produce pictures that hope to triumph over these
limitations. Whenever I'm asked why I take pictures with a cheap
plastic camera I find myself giving an answer something along the
lines of, 'Well, aesthetically I'm conceptualizing an alternative to
the dominant form of image capture vis a vis the digital realm'. The
reality is closer to 'I don't know', but the answer likely to be
somewhere around same reasons that people fix-up old cars, brew their own beer or play the ukulele. It's low art with outsized dreams. For my purposes I busy myself with the simple practice of looking at the real world, imagining it as a photograph, applying the craft of photography, and delighting in what comes of that. Simple pleasures.
Looking backwards informs me of what tendencies were in play; I like form and volume, light and dark, I like objects that are known but in a unknown context, they're the product of walks. Each find is like a gift that could not have previously been imagined. They're available to anyone but often I have the exclusive visual record. It is a reminder of how slowing down and mindless observation is often
rewarded.
Joe Reifer
I'm honored to be showing work alongside Robert Holmgren whose images I've admired for years. So why do I make panoramic soft-focused mundane neighborhood snapshots with holes in them? Because it's fun. Really, that's the best reason for doing anything.
These images were made by shooting 35mm film in a Holga, which normally takes medium format film. This arrangement is literally held together with rubber bands and tape, like most of life, really. Perforated by sprocket holes and sometimes developed in the wrong chemistry, the process includes an unusual mix of control and chance operations. And it's fun. I hope you enjoy the show!
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About the Artists
Robert Holmgren is a photographer who lives in Menlo Park, CA. His first involvement with photography came during his time in the US Navy--the ship he was assigned to was homeported at NAS Alameda. Upon leaving he furthered his photographic knowledge at Southern Illinois University and the San Francisco Art Institute. For over 20 years Holmgren earned his living taking freelance photo assignments for national magazines. Some of his personal photography is in collections at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
Joe Reifer lives in Berkeley, and is primarily obsessed with night photography. His body of night work focuses on temporary, obsolete, abandoned, and derelict sites. He also enjoys shooting mundane suburban neighborhoods in the daytime with toy cameras. An apartment with stone facing, shrubberies, a jet ski in the side yard – all become strange dream fodder embedded in a fuzzy snapshot.
Notes from the Curator
This is Joe’s 4th show here at the Trans-View and he brings with him Robert Holmgren. This is, as usual with Joe and his cohorts, a visual and cerebral treat! It reminds me of the time in my youth when I took my dad’s pocket magnifier and started looking at the ground. A whole world opened up for me to explore and I got to see things everyone else was missing. Interpreting our reality through a different set of eyes makes for all sorts of connections that would otherwise elude us. Thanks Robert and Joe for opening my eyes a little wider.
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Ju Ju Immortalized on U Tube!
July 14, 2008
Our wonderful neighbors Sean and Chelsea made a really cool retro little video and posted it on U-Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNAvO3LazBc
They Rock! Thanks you two!Comments: 0
Vera Tour at the Lucky Ju Ju!
July 03, 2008
Come to the 4th of July opening of “Little Imperfections”
A show of Paintings
by Vera Tour
Opening Reception
Friday July 4th, 2008 from 6:30 pm to 10:30pm at
Pacific Pinball Museum's
The Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Art Gallery
713 Santa Clara Avenue
Alameda, Ca 94501
Runs from July 4th to July 30th, 2008
“Little Imperfections”
Each painting doesn't happen by itself. It happens when somebody is on the verge of passing, when somebody else is on the way to recovery, when someone laughs and another cries, when sun rises and sets... Each painting has a story to tell... A story of Life. At times Life seems to be full of imperfections. But these little imperfections make the whole picture perfect.
- Vera Tour
Notes from the Curator
This show, like her paintings, is Cosmic. I was in an Alameda restaurant when I noticed Vera’s paintings. I was looking for new artists for the gallery and her work jumped off the wall and shouted “Show Me!” I love this kind of work, seemingly influenced by Albert Hoffman’s philosophy of nature, life and love in balance, a fitting tribute to the man who recently passed away. Vera’s work touches a part of me that I thought was gone. We are so glad to have her work grace our walls for a month.
The Gallery
The Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Gallery is a unique underground arena for vintage pinball machines and a showcase for artists. We are in our sixth year and this is the 47th art show presented since the opening of the “Trans –View” gallery. The art shows are always free but we hope you will support the NBAM by paying the admission to the pinball arcadium and enjoy our fine selection of vintage games. Since it is well hidden and many are not adept with map quest, here are directions: Come to Alameda via the Alameda Tube (Webster St/Oakland) and continue on Webster. After 4 signal lights, turn left onto Santa Clara. Take the first Left into the parking lot, we are in the door that opens into the lot. Although the Pinball Arcadium is open only on Friday and Saturday nights, the Gallery, in the foyer, is always viewable from 9am to 9pm daily. The Neptune Beach Amusement Museum is a 501 c 3 non profit dedicated to preservation of the memory of Neptune Beach and all things Pinball. www.nbam.org
Official Notice
The Neptune Beach Amusement Museum is also doing business as a non-profit entity as the Pacific Pinball Museum. The office location and information are the same as NBAM’s. The Pacific Pinball Museum’s goal is to establish a center for pinball scholastics.
©2008 by Michael Schiess
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Ju Ju Videos from Pete and Tom & CNET
June 08, 2008
WOW!
The Ju Ju?NBAM/PPM has been getting a lot of attention lately! Pete and Tom showed up for the opening and shot a great Video which posted on U Tube yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0LQ5rFuEpw
and Kara Tsuboi and her posse from CNET paid a vist last Wednesday.
Story and video link here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9962194-7.html?tag=nefd.riv
Thanks to all who are helping put the fun back on the planet!Comments: 0
Clay Harrel Interview with Michael Schiess
May 28, 2008
The world renowned pinballogist Clay Harrel aka "Shaggy", sans sidekick Norm from the "This Old Pinball" series of DVDs http://marvin3m.com/top/ has interviewed Lucky Ju Ju Pinball's owner Michael Schiess aka Professor Ju Ju. This will be airing on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 6pm Pacific Time. Go to the TOPCAST website and check it out: http://marvin3m.com/topcast/ This is one you won't want to miss, find out about the most expensive EM Pinball machine ever made, about the people behind the Pacific Pinball Exposition, the worlds first Visible Pinball Machine and some funny stories that have nothing to do with pinball.
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Neptune Beach Amusement Museum Exhibit Wing Opens
May 22, 2008
Grand Opening Friday June 6th 2008 at the Lucky Ju Ju "Art of Pinball, Pinball as Art" Opening.
A brand new room is about to debut at the Lucky Ju Ju! The Neptune Beach Amusement Museum Exhibit Wing. This is what we've been planning and working on for so many months. This will set the standards on game rooms for a while. There are Pinball Backglass Murals by Dan Fontes and Ed Cassel. Custom one of a kind pinball machines by Wade Krause, Dirty Donny and Michael Schiess. We have been bestowed the honor of displaying the late Russ Jensen's "Metro" and it is in good company with the Visible Pinball machine and the Pinbowl chaos generator. There's even more to mention but you'll just have to come down and see it for yourself!Comments: 0
JU JU CLOSED for PIN A GO GO MAY 16,17 and 18.
May 11, 2008
We only close for 2 weekends a year and this is one. We are all going up to Dixon for the Pin A Go Go and you should too! Help support the Boys and Girls Club of Sacramento and have a great time with the whole family! Play pinball and hang with your crew at California's friendliest Pinball Show! The Lil' Ju Ju will be up there spreadin' the love and the Oakland Pinball Mafia Posse will be representing. Here is a link for more information: http://www.pinagogo.com/
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Ju Ju goes to Maker Faire May 3 and 4th, 2008
April 21, 2008
Professor Ju Ju and his posse of pinheads will be representing at the 3rd annual Maker Faire in San Mateo May 3rd and 4th. http://www.makerfaire.com/
We'll have the Lil' Ju Ju Mobile Pinball: http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/1021
The Visible Pinball Machine: http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/1020
And the Pinbowl Chaos Machine: http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/1022
Plus all the other fantastic stuff that makes this an event you do not want to miss!Comments: 0