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From the City of Walnut Creek website:

DESCRIPTION: Learn what’s in store for Walnut Creek in 2013 and beyond at a special “State of the City” presentation at the Lesher Center for the Arts. Bring your questions, as there will be plenty of time for Q&A!

DETAILS! Doors open at 8:30, and there will be coffee, tea and breakfast pastries prior to the presentation.  The presentation will begin at 9 a.m. Paid parking is available at the City-owned garage next to the Lesher Center for the Arts (50 cents per hour).  The Lesher Center for the Arts is at 1601 Civic Drive.

Just click here for a simple on-online registration form

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From the East Bay Bicycle Coalition website:

Date:
January 26, 2013 – 10:00am – 2:00pm
Bike Walnut Creek is planning a bicycle ride which will tour Walnut Creek’s bicycling infrastructure. We would like to see a diverse group of both cyclists and non-cyclists on the ride, mainly consisting of folks who make critical funding, designing, and building decisions for the city. If you have any contacts that fit the bill, please ask them to join us on Saturday, January 26th. We will meet at the WC Library at 10am. The ride will be small, around 12-15 bicyclists. The tentative route is mapped here:

http://goo.gl/maps/n6Bpe

In conjunction with the Advocacy Ride, we will do a survey of bicyclists at the Walnut Creek library also starting at 10am on January 26th. For those parking their bicycles in the racks in front of the 4 entrances, BWC will inquire as to the route they used to get to the library, whether they felt comfortable on the route, whether they think improvements could be done for bicycle access to the library. This is our first public recruiting event and it is a great way to get more passionate bicyclists involved in our cause.

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Photo by David Allen

From the Lesher Center for the Arts:

When:
January 25, 2013, curtain 8pm
January 26, 2013, curtains 2pm & 8pm
January 27, 2013, curtain 2pm

Run Time:Act I: 35 minutes / Act II: one hour / Act III: 30 minutes plus two 15 minute intermission

A 20 year old treaty states that Princess Ida and Prince Hilarion are to marry when they come of age. That time has come, but Ida refuses to honor a commitment made on her behalf when she was an infant, and has gone off to the country to start a women’s university. There she teaches an interesting variation on Darwin’s theory: that man – not woman, just man – is descended from apes, and thus are inferior to women. The Prince, on the other hand, is an unabashed romantic, and decides to woo Ida and win her love. He and two friends make their way to the university, where they disguise themselves as women in order to enroll and get close to her.

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From the Walnut Creek library:

Songs & Poetry of the Civil War

Wednesday, January 23, 2013
7:00 p.m. Walnut Creek Library Oak View Room

Hear the personal stories of the Civil War through popular wartime anthems and the poetry of some of the most prolific and profound Civil War-era writers.

The poems will be read by Lesher Center favorites Kerri Shawn and Scott Denison, accompanied by an ensemble to perform the war anthems. Northgate history teacher, Meg Honey will provide the historical context.

The songs and poetry are powerful and moving. From the “Battle Cry of Freedom” to the poetry of Whitman, Dickinson, Melville and others, we are reminded of the price of liberty and freedom.

Free program, reserve your seat HERE.

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Photo by Flickr user life is good (pete)

From the City of Walnut Creek webpage:

 The annual Martin Luther King Day celebration will be held at noon Monday, Jan. 21 at the Civic Park Community Center Assembly Hall, 1365 Civic Dr. The keynote speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Donna Allen, founder and paster of New Revelation Community Church Oakland. Music will be performed by the Shell Ridge Ramblers. The free event is sponsored by the Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center and the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County.

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