Last Night of the Gilded Age

Saturday, November 28th — at Radiance.

📍 West Oakland

Text 415-777-5000 to schedule a 15 minute phone screening.

🥂 Last Night of the Gilded Age 🥂

Everything glitters until midnight. Then we see inside.

🎬 Watch the story (1 minute): https://claude.ai/artifact/5YRc3fSRCR7DSMJzNbiepp

✨ The Theme

"Gilded" isn't golden: it's gold as thin as a breath, laid over something plainer, and the fun is in asking what's underneath. This night is the end of a whole era of deceptive, glamorous, polished emptiness. We enjoy the glitter completely. Gilded things shine because they are coated. Radiant things shine because they are lit from inside.

📖 About the Event

Last Night of the Gilded Age is a Radiant Arc play party. Celebrate Dan's birthday at the end of an era. For the first act, Radiance Oak becomes a Gilded Age ballroom: formal dress, a grand-salon glow, and the kind of decadence that looks like gold from across the room. At midnight the gilt comes off, the lights drop, and the night becomes something warmer, calmer, and a lot more honest.

A community party built for dancing, mingling, and play, with a clear change of mood halfway through the night.

🔮 What Awaits You

- A formal social hour in the ballroom, with room to dance, mingle and get acquainted

- A countdown to midnight and The Change, when the lights drop and the night turns

- An optional midnight outfit change, from formal to something brighter, bolder, or barer

- Shared and semi-private play areas for couples and groups after The Change

- A community rooted in consent, communication, and elevated energy

This is a choose-your-own-depth evening! Dance, mingle, watch, play, or simply be. Participation is always optional; consent is always central.

🎩 Attire

- Gilded: Gilded Age formal for the first act — tailcoats, tuxedos, ball gowns, long gloves, jewels, and top hats. More is more.

- After Midnight: change into something brighter, bolder, or barer, or stay exactly as you are. Both are welcome.

Outfit Inspirations – Images

Gilded — gold gowns with high slits, plunging necklines and jewels: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=sexy%20gold%20gilded%20gala%20outfit

Gilded, menswear — gold sequin and brocade shirts worn open, gold jackets, leather: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=men%20gold%20sequin%20gala%20look%20open%20shirt

Radiant Age — iridescent sheer layers, crystal mesh and glowing shimmer: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=ethereal%20iridescent%20sheer%20glitter%20outfit

Radiant Age, menswear — sheer glitter shirts, holographic suits and iridescent sequins: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=men%20ethereal%20iridescent%20sheer%20glitter%20outfit

🕯 Schedule

Doors open at 7:30 PM, please arrive by 8:30PM for the opening ceremony. First-time attendees MUST attend the opening ceremony.

🪢 House Tops

House Tops and their offerings will be announced soon.

- TBD

✨ Music

Ballroom glamour until midnight, then deep, driving dance music for the second act

DJs

- TBD

💛 Consent & Care

Please take a moment to read our updated Consent and Repair policy here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1crb0CUIOgJaMU_VzwRbMYFzaagDQWznexxRPl58UaHc

"Everything glitters until midnight. Then we find out what is underneath."

Come see who you are.