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SoMa Nightclub Oasis Surpasses Fundraising Goal at Telethon With $270K Raised Oasis appears to be saved, after a 12-hour telethon last weekend that brought an entire community of drag queens to its SoMa stage, and raised over $268,000 in the process. "Now I have so much hope and courage, not just for Oasis. We want a real San Francisco to be here when this is over," said Oasis owner D'Arcy Drollinger from the telethon stage on Saturday, as the total raised tipped $150,000 — with the original goal of the event being $100,000. "What we're doing now is banking on the future, so we can keep the...

In what will undoubtedly be recalled as the biggest drag fundraiser in local history, Oasis nightclub's 12-hour three-camera marathon telethon more than doubled the initial goal by raising more than $253,000 through the club's March 6 online event. Streamed live from Oasis, the benefit, whose original target was a mere $100,000, also included several recorded tributes from celebrities, dignitaries and drag talents. Host and owner D'Arcy Drollinger was joined by a bevy of guest-hosts, Dot Comme and Afrika America among them, with Mama Celeste and God's Little Princess, both injured, who nevert...