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Photo courtesy Lindsay Wildlife Museum

From the Lindsay Wildlife Museum:

Wild Valentines
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Thursday, February 14th – Monday, February 18th, 2013
12-5 PM (Feb. 14 -15, 10am – 5pm Feb. 16 – 18 | $7 adults, $5 children

Creek—Which wildlife mom knows her young by their scent? Which shares her
nest with other moms, while the “teenagers” help raise the babies? Find out how our
wild neighbors raise families and find mates during Lindsay Wildlife Museum’s WILD
VALENTINES, Thursday, February 14 to Monday, February 18.

From 12-5 PM on February 14 and 15, and 10 AM-5 PM on February 16, 17 and 18:
• meet and learn about wildlife family members
• make a valentine craft, and/or purchase a valentine to hang in our exhibit hall
• watch a bald or golden eagle presentation
• pet a live rat, hamster, guinea pig or rabbit
• see an animal ambassador being fed
• greet an owl up close and personal.

Throughout the day, visit our exhibits to get closer than you’ve ever been to a real,
working beehive and its queen bee at Hive Alive! Glimpse how 5,000 wild animals a
year are cared for at Wildlife Hospital Behind the Scenes. Spread your wings and soar—
virtually—like a hawk over Mount Diablo at Raptors, Hunters in the Sky.

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Photo by Flickr user Mr Ush

From EventBrite:

Join in the fun, support a great cause, The American Cancer Society, and build your business! We will have appetizers, drinks and raffle prizes galore!

Speed-networking is just what it sounds like – quick, focused opportunities to meet those who can propel your career and business.  And, YES, it really works!  Accelerate your networking!  Meet more quality contacts and have meaningful conversations in just one event than any other method!

Cost is a donation of only $10.  Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

Join us for open networking, followed by a Speed Networking session. Never done Speed Networking before? No problem! We’ll be teaching everyone how before we start. Most people there will probably be doing Speed Networking for the first time, so don’t feel shy–come support a great cause and have fun!

SCHEDULE:
5:30-5:45pm Open Networking
5:45-6:00pm Speed Networking Overview
6:00-6:45/7:00pm Speed Networking
7:00-7:30pm Open Networking

Email Kiera Rain at info@TheBayOrganizer.com if you’d like to donate a raffle prize and have your business announced at the event!

Hosts:
Laptop Lounge
1701 North California Boulevard
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 482-8300
http://www.LaptopLounge.biz

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From an email:

Mountain Lion, iOS 6 and iCloud

An All-Day Workshop Featuring Chris Breen, Senior Editor from Macworld Magazine

We’ve been inundated by New Stuff lately. Mountain Lion, 4th generation iPads and iOS 6, iCloud, the new iPhone 5…the list goes on, with no end in sight. At this year’s day-long DVMUG workshop (lunch included!), you’ll find out why and how to take advantage of all the goodies Apple’s been serving up..

Our presenter is Chris Breen, who was also our presenter last year. A writer and editor whose professional career has been spent covering the Macintosh and related technologies, he is currently a senior editor at Macworld magazine. He writes the monthly Mac 911 column and hosts the Macworld Podcast, and is the author of numerous technology books, including Secrets of the iPod, The iPod and iTunes Pocket Guide, Mac 911, and My iMac. He has created a variety of video training courses forLynda.com, including Mac OS X Leopard Essential Training, Screencasting for the Mac, iPad Tips and Tricks, and Lion Essential Training.

Saturday, February 9th, 2013 from 9am to 4pm

Pacheco Community Center
5800 Pacheco Blvd
Pacheco, CA

925-689-1155

New member: Workshop & one year DVMUG Membership – $90
Each additional family member attending – $20
DVMUG Members – $60
Active membership required on date of workshop

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Photo by Paul Hara

From an email:

The award-winning Lindsay Wildlife Museum will give San Francisco Bay area residents a free opportunity Feb. 2 to make the acquaintance of more than 50 wild furry, feathery and, well, “slimy” creatures that inhabit virtually everyone’s neighborhood.

Funded by the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation, the annual Free Admission Day attracts hundreds of Bay area children and adults. They come to meet and learn about the museum’s 50-plus resident “ambassadors” face to face in what may be the region’s most unique meet-and-greet.

Free Admission Day runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday Feb. 2. The museum is located at 1931 First Ave. in Walnut Creek, CA 94597, 925-935-1978 or www.Wildlife-Museum.org. Lindsay Wildlife Museum connects people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share. It annually serves 100,000 visitors, including 40,000 school children, and treats more than 5,000 native wild animals through the help of 600 volunteers.

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From the Lesher Center for the Arts:

February 1, 2013, curtains 11:30am & 8pm
February 2, 2013, curtains 2pm & 8pm

• Cold Virtues Adam Hougland, Choreographer
• Starshadows: Michael Smuin, Choreographer
• Homeless: Michael Smuin, Choreographer
• No Viviré: Michael Smuin, Choreographer
• Program Change
• Oh, Inverted World: Trey McIntyre, Choreographer

Rising star choreographer Adam Hougland “has a lot to offer the dance world,” according to Dance Magazine. Cold Virtues, set to music by Philip Glass’ haunting Violin Concerto against a hypnotic backdrop of spinning fans, was described upon its premiere as “beautifully bleak, honest in unflinching fashion… an icy bit of sly observation” (Louisville Courier-Journal).

Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major frames Michael Smuin’s romantic Starshadows, created to celebrate the love of a real-life couple. Two solo works also grace the stage: Homeless, danced to the African rhythms of Paul Simon’s Graceland album; and No Viviré, featuring the driving sounds of the Gypsy Kings.

Fresh from its New York premiere and back by popular demand, Smuin Ballet presents Oh, Inverted World. Smuin Ballet commissioned the riveting Oh, Inverted World from acclaimed choreographer Trey McIntyre. Set to music by indie-rock band The Shins, this dynamic piece received its world premiere in San Francisco in October 2010. An innovative fusion of McIntyre’s fresh, impulsive choreography and The Shins’ distinctive style, Oh, Inverted World is a mesmerizing and lingering work, called “action-packed” “striking” and “remarkable” by the New York Times.

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