Registration for the Walnut Festival Run For Education on September 9th is now available here. From their website:
When: September 9, 2012
Start Time: 8:00 A.M. (but arrive early)
Distance: 5k & 10k
Where: Downtown Walnut Creek
1201 Main Street at Lululemon
The cost is $25 for elementary and middle school kids and $35 for everyone else. The theme this year is “Running in 1975” so “wear your best 70’s costume and win prizes”.
The final movie showing at the Lafayette Plaza (Mt. Diablo Blvd. & Moraga Rd.) for the 2012 Lafayette Summer Series will be Iron Man. The start time is “at dusk” with a snack bar compliments of Whole Foods. Beginning August the Summer Series will turn into “Rock the Plaza” and showcase rock music Friday evenings.
Diablo View Rotary Club is holding their annual charity poker tournament at Pyramid Ale House in downtown Walnut Creek. Tickets are $50 (includes lunch) and may be purchased here.
From the Ruth Bancroft Garden website in Walnut Creek:
Our Summer Plant Sale is Saturday, July 21!
Summer is the best time to plant succulents! Although drought-tolerant perennials need occasional water for the first year to become established, succulents thrive in the dry heat of our California summer. Our biggest Plant Sale event of the year features these sculptural easy-care gems at the height of their growing season displayed next to mature Garden specimens.
This is the Only Event with 30% Off Retail Prices on Selected Plants!
Members Only Preview Sale, Silent Auction, Coffee & Bagels: 9 – 10amMemberships for Sale at the Garden EntrancePublic Sale: 10am – 3pmFree Admission, Garden Open until 4pm
From an email:
Long time Walnut Creek Resident Lisa Carlon was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome. This is the same rare disease that Robin Roberts from ABC Good Morning America has. Lisa is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant and can’t find a proper donor, which is critical for saving her life.
Every 10 minutes someone dies of a blood cancer disease. Lisa and other minorities are at particular risk of not receiving Bone Marrow Transplants, because most bone marrow transplant agencies have extremely low numbers of minority volunteers. This is where YOU can help.
To find out if you are a match is very simple. With a simple swab of the cheek, a bit of your DNA is collected. Be The Match Registry uses this DNA to figure out your HLA typing; your unique markers that can match you with patients in need of a life-saving marrow transplant.
Learn more on how YOU can save lives by
becoming a bone marrow registry member.
3 ways YOU can help!
Join us at our Life for Lisa Be The Match Drive on
Saturday, July 28th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm
at Heather Farms Tennis Center.
(1751 Heather Drive, Walnut Creek)
Where Be The Match Foundation will be on site, registering new potential donors to help support Life for Lisa.
Or join the Be The Match registry
http://marrow.org/Join/Join_Now/Join_Now.aspx
Be The Match will send you a cheek swab kit
Or to help raise funds to support Life4Lisa, please go to:
http://www.bethematchfoundation.org/goto/life4lisaAny questions please contact Zoe at zacarpe@prodigy.net
The Amethyst Trio will be performing tonight, July 18th from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm with a free concert at the Orinda Library. The Contra Costa County Library notes, “Enjoy classical music from the popular Bay Area group, the Amethyst Trio. This classical group utilizes their rich repertoire of classics and standards to deliver beautiful music.”
The free Moraga Summer Concert series takes place at the Moraga Commons Park on Thursdays, starts at 6:30 pm and ends at 8:30 pm.
From the Lady K and the Kings of Swing website:
Deeply entrenched in jazz and swing, immersed in the history of their craft and with years of experience as veteran jazz musicians, Lady K and the Kings of Swing is a 17-piece Frank Sinatra-style big band recreating the sounds of Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Gershwin, Kenton, Sinatra and beyond.
The Kings of Swing has become known as a fantastic San Francisco Bay Area big band, performing their brand of music for all manner of occasions, from Weddings and Private Parties to Corporate Events.
From the Orinda Arts Council website:
~ 5:00 pm Arts in Bloom Visual Arts Faire
- Artist Exhibits & Art Sales~Painting & Drawing, Sculpture, Jewelry & Decorative Art
- Visual & Performing Arts and Food Lovers Silent Auction
- Kids Arts & Crafts Activities
- Food Concessions From Loard’s
- Net Proceeds to Benefit The Orinda Arts Council
~ 6:30 pm Orinda Idol Concert-in-the-Park
- Sneak Preview of the 2012 Orinda Idol Finals on September 11th at the Orinda Theatre
- Featuring Performances by 2012 Orinda Idol Finalists K-12th Grade
- Presented by The Orinda Arts Council
- Sponsored by the Orinda Community Center Auxiliary
Bring your family, friends, a picnic, and enjoy an evening of visual and performing arts in the park to benefit The Orinda Arts Council, with the support of the Orinda Community Center Auxiliary, sponsor of Orinda’s Concert-in-the-Park series, Halloween Tot Parade, Holiday Bazaar, and fundraising for the Orinda Community Center & Park.
From the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce:
Music will be provided by the iconic 80’s cover band, Tainted Love. Come sing and groove with your family and friends to all of your favorite ‘80s tunes you loved when you were growing up in the heart of Downtown Walnut Creek!
Admission to this outdoor concert is $7. Food and beverages will be sold at the event including beer, wine, sodas, burgers, tacos, hot dogs. Please bring a valid ID for alcohol purchases.
Based out of San Francisco, Tainted Love headlines coast to coast at major clubs, ballrooms and rock venues. Their nationally celebrated high-energy show has brought them a loyal following of fans of all ages.
For further information about these events and the Downtown Business Association, please visit www.walnutcreekdowntown.com. The Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association is located on 1615 Bonanza Street, Suite 213, in Walnut Creek.
From the California Shakespeare Theater website:
Our 2012 season continues with a wild, bluesy wail—three stories by the great Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston, adapted into a staggeringly theatrical play by George C. Wolfe, who won an Obie for its 1989 off-Broadway premiere production. A trio of vignettes of African-American life in the first half of the 20th century, Spunk is a raucous, charming, blues-infused look at love, revenge, jealousy, and the fine art of the hustle.
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS: Spunk contains mature subject matter. Click on the INFORMATION FOR PARENTS tab below for more details.
Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission
Originally Developed at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California
Originally Produced at Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Original New York Production by New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, Producer
Click here to get directions to the California Shakespeare Theater, located in Orinda. Tickets are available here. Has anyone been to a performance at Cal Shakes? How is it?