Events

Downtown Walnut Creek Fall Wine Walk:

Downtown Walnut Creek
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
6:00pm – 9:00pm | $30

Enjoy a special wine tasting event throughout Downtown Walnut Creek! Receive a complimentary wine glass and map at the starting location
and begin your tour of favorite wineries!

The Fall Wine Walk features wine tastings in downtown shops, restaurants and businesses, live acoustic musicians playing on local plazas and sidewalks, and fun prize drawings. Enjoy the beauty and unique experience of Downtown Walnut Creek, all at your own leisurely pace!

This event will take place rain or shine. You must be 21 years or older to participate.

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Photo by Flickr user Mark

Twilight Parade:

Downtown Walnut Creek
Main Street from Mt. Diablo Boulevard to Civic Drive
Saturday, September 13th, 2014
6:00pm

While past parades have featured marching bands and floats aplenty on the ground, this year’s parade is adding a new dimension – the air above the parade.

A Vietnam era Huey gunship helicopter will fly over the crowd as part of an Honor Detail provided by VFW AMVTS Post 29 and VFW Post 1351.
And three helicopters from the California Highway Patrol, Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office and Oakland Police will fly in unison toward the end of the parade.

Other highlights include miniature horses, Star Wars characters, Rosie the Riveter and marching bands from six area high schools.

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Live Jazz with Chili Corder:

Swan’s Fine Books
1381 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Sunday, September 7th, 2014
3:00pm – 4:00pm | Free

Please join us this Sunday afternoon, September 7th, for some live Jazz! Sip a glass of wine, browse our books, and enjoy the music.

We are featuring Chili Corder, a guitarist currently studying at UCLA with jazz guitar legend Kenny Burrell, Director of Jazz Studies at UCLA. Chili appeared at Swan’s Fine Books last August and we’re thrilled to have him and his group at our shop again!

Chili and his group will begin playing at 3:00 pm. There is no charge to attend and light refreshments will be served.

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Sustainability Fair:

Contra Costa Master Gardeners
North Wiget Ln. & Shadelands Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, September 6th, 2014
10:00am – 3:00pm | Free

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
10:00 Introductions and Acknowledgements. Laura McCauley, President, Contra Costa Master Gardeners Association.

10:30 The Green Foodprint. Presented by Linda Riebel, author and environmental educator, Board Member Sustainable Lafayette.

11:30 Plants that Attract Beneficials and Pollinators. Presented by Ellen Zagory, Director of Public Horticulture, UC Davis Arboretum.

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China’s Wings Discussion:

Swan’s Fine Books
1381 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
7:30pm – 8:30pm | Free

Please join us on Thursday evening, September 11th, for a presentation by Gregory Crouch, author, on his book China’s Wings: War, Romance and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight.

Greg will be discussing how the book came to be written and sharing stories about the characters, airplanes, places and situations that populate the book. Greg also has a fabulous slide show to accompany his discussion, so we will be having our first-ever media presentation!

In addition to China’s Wings, Greg has also authored Enduring Patagonia which shares the joys and challenges of mountain climbing in strange and terrifying places; he will be happy to answer any questions on this book you may have. A limited supply of both books will be available for purchase the evening of the event, which Greg will be happy to sign.

Since seating is limited, please R.S.V.P. to hold a space. There is no charge to attend and light refreshments will be served.

RSVP to hold a space to laurelle@swansfinebooks.com, or call us at (925) 935-1190.

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Life Could Be A Dream:

Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, August 29th, 2014 – Sunday, October 5th, 2014

Meet Danny and the Dreamers, a fledgling doo-wop singing group preparing to enter the Big Whopper Radio contest with dreams of making it to the big time! Trouble comes in the form of Lois, who arrives to put some polish on the boys. Denny falls in love, Wally falls in line, Eugene falls apart, and then the trouble doubles when handsome heartthrob Skip enters, played by Derek Keeling, star of Broadway’s Grease and NBC’s “You’re the One That I Want!” to send things spinning. The ‘60s hits say it all: “Fools Fall in Love,” “Tears on My Pillow,” “Runaround Sue,” “Earth Angel,” “Stay,” “Unchained Melody,” “Lonely Teardrops,” and “The Glory of Love.”

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