Author Ingrid Rojas Contreras:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, January 17th, 2018
7:00 – 8:00pm | FreeJoin us for an evening with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, whose debut novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree is a mesmerizing story set in Colombia at the height of Pablo Escobar’s violent reign. In this national bestseller, a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both.
San Francisco Symphony
201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Monday, December 31st, 2018
8:00pmHad too much “nice” and want a little more “naughty”? Then join us for the gayest New Year’s romp in the city as we ring in 2019 with San Francisco’s famed drag sensation Peaches Christ, Edwin Outwater,Jane Lynch, Cheyenne Jackson, and the SF Symphony!
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Telefèric Barcelona:
Telefèric Barcelona
1500 Mount Diablo Blvd, Walnut Creek
Monday, December 31st, 2018
5:00pm – 7:30pm ($70) or 8:00 – 10:30pm ($90)Join us on New Year’s Eve at Telefèric Barcelona!
We are hosting the most exciting and authentic Spanish New Year’s Eve Celebration.
Pre-Fix Menu with two dinner seatings:
$70 per person @5pm
$90 per person @7.30pmLive Entertainment! Flamenco music, Flamenco dancers, a live running of the bulls and a couple more surprises up our sleeves!
INSIDER TIP: By dining with us, you will be automatically entered to win 2 Plane Tix to Spain !
Conservatory of Flowers
100 John F Kennedy Dr, San Francisco
Sunday, December 23rd, Monday, December 24th, 2018
5:00 – 11:00pm | $27Rooms evoking the tropics will dazzle in this interactive nighttime experience. Journey through the five galleries and be transported with Night Bloom.
- Prism: Colorful beams will pique your curiosity and encourage exploration.
- Glow: Reflect in the glimmer of glowing ponds.
- Bloom: Play and embrace your imagination.
Fleetwood Mask Holiday Concert:
Village Theatre
233 Front St, Danville
Saturday, December 22nd, 2018
8:00 – 10:00pm | $25 ($30 at door)Fleetwood Mask is the ultimate Fleetwood Mac tribute band! The band performs the greatest hits of Fleetwood Mac from the 1960’s blue band with Peter Green, through the Bob Welch era, and the most popular lineup featuring Lindsey, Stevie, and Christine.
They are hosting their first holiday show featuring the best of their Fleetwood Mac show combined with holiday music. This will be a unique show – unlike any other! They will have special guests joining them to fill the stage with holiday cheer!
Big Fat Year End Kiss Off Comedy Show:
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, December 29th, 2018
8:00pm | $33A look back at the major news stories of 2018 using stand up comedy, improvisation and loosely written sketches.
We will mock and scoff and taunt with taste!
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
7:30pm | $30Patterned after Broadway’s Tony awards, the Shellies honor over 120 individuals and their work in musical and non-musical theatrical productions that took place between September 1 and August 31.
SoMa StrEat Food Park
428 11th St, San Francisco
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
12:00 – 3:00pm | $60Satisfy your cray-vings at the 6th Annual Crab Feast with ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Dungeness crab legs, garlic noodles, salad, and iced tea. For an exceptionally clawsome time, pair your tasty crustaceans with thirst-quenching craft beer or house-made sangrias from the StrEat Brew Bar. It’s a feast you don’t want to miss, so grab your friends and family and side-step on up to crab-ulous feast at SoMa StrEat Food Park.
ØL Beercafe
1541 Giammona Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, December 15th, 2018Break out your ugliest sweater and get on down to ØL for the party of the season!
Wear your ugly sweater and get $1 off draft all day!
At 9pm we’re having a contest to choose the ugliest Ugly Sweater of them all! WInner gets a $25 Gift Certificate and a cozy ØL hoodie! There will be runner up prizes as well. 🙂
The Snowman Diablo Symphony Concert:
Diablo Valley College Performing Arts Center
321 Golf Club Rd, Pleasant Hill
Saturday, December 15th, Sunday, December 16th, 2018
2:00pm | $35 ($17 youth)Please join us for a special concert celebrating the season, featuring the classic Christmas movie The Snowman! The Diablo Symphony will perform live the beautiful orchestral soundtrack by composer Howard Blake. Along with the Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre’s Broadway Chorus, we will also perform festive holiday favorites!
