Events

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From a press release:

You’re invited to taste the best food & wine in downtown Walnut Creek at Diablo Ballet’s 2012 Gourmet Gallop on Thursday August 9th 6 – 9 PM. For information, visit www.DiabloBallet.org or call 925-943-1775.

A gourmet adventure awaits you at 13 downtown locations, where you’ll sample culinary creations at many top restaurants:

Walnut Creek Yacht Club
Massimo
Sasa
Cypress
Bosphorus
Babalous
Silk Road
Peet’s Cofee & Tea
Pomegranate
Tender Greens
Lettuce
SF Creamery Company

Plus an exclusive Damian Rae Winery tasting at We Olive

Tickets are $30 when ordered before July 25th. After July 25th, the price is $40.

With your Gallop map in hand, you’ll be able to set your own schedule, where you can sip, sample, and stroll to each of these renowned restaurants.

Diablo Ballet’s Gourmet Gallop is a fundraising event for the Company’s acclaimed PEEK Youth Outreach, which brings in-school arts education to over 5,000 students in under-served Contra Costa County elementary schools.

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Photo by Flickr user Paul Keleher

From the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce website:

The Walnut Creek Concert Band, Harvey Benstein, Conductor, Annual July 4th ParKoncert at 6PM at Civic Park in Walnut Creek. Bring a picnic and the family to celebrate our Nation’s Birthday and the 25th Anniversary of the Walnut Creek Concert Band with Patriotic Music, Gershwin, Stephen Foster, Marches and a few surprises.

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Photo by Flickr user Urban Woodswalker

From the Heather Farms website:

Ever wonder what to do with all those magazines and greeting cards we all have hanging around? This is the class for you. This is a FUN family class for all ages learning different folds. We will take recycled greeting cards and magazine pages and create boxes and mobiles. It’s a fun way to reuse items we all have in our houses to create unique and one-of-a-kind gifts. Make a gift for yourself or someone else. You will always have a gift box on hand to give away or fill with your own treasures. We will also be folding pages from magazines to make into ‘leaf’ mobiles or to decorate the tops
of your boxes.

Date: Saturday, June 30
Time: 9:30am – 11:00am
Cost: $15 adult/$5 child over 10

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From the Ruth Bancroft website:

Musical guest: The Cedricke Dennis Trio

Stroll the pathways and view artists at their easels as they interpret and celebrate the beauty of the plants and scenery. A perfect match for fine wine and Cedricke’s smooth music. Food and drink will include Tapas, Pasta, Red Wine, Port and more.

$15; food and drinks sold separately

Click here to purchase tickets

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From a press release:

The Jam Brothers, Walnut Creek, CA. On Saturday, June 23rd, Richard Hoover will make a rare appearance in Walnut Creek, CA, at The Jam Brothers guitar shop, 1208 Boulevard Way, for a 12pm noon workshop and demonstration. Attendees will learn how to design a custom guitar to fit their specific playing style, sound requirements and personal aesthetic values. Richard Hoover launched the Santa Cruz Guitar Company in 1976, and has never strayed from his original objective of using traditional lutherie methods in an intimate team setting and working exclusively with independently owned guitar shops. He has traveled all over the world to procure responsibly harvested and old growth tone woods and is known internationally as a forefather of the boutique acoustic guitar industry. Now in its 36th year, Richard and his team of 14 highly skilled luthiers handcraft around 600 guitars a year in the small shop in Santa Cruz. Richard’s workshop at The Jam Brothers on June 23rd will cover everything from internet myth busting, acoustic science and engineering, tone woods and the cowboy way.

Joining Richard Hoover at The Jam Brothers that afternoon will be world renowned jazz fingerstylist, Eric Skye. Skye has been featured in magazines such as Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Player, Jazziz, Jazz Improv and 20th Century Guitar, and can be heard regularly on NPR. A regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar Magazine and Fretboard Journal, Eric has been teaching the online acoustic community how to improve their jazz performance on guitar with inspiring video lessons. Eric will be playing on his signature Santa Cruz Guitar Company OO-Skye Model.

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Downtown Walnut Creek is having their Wine Walk this evening, June 20th from 6pm – 9pm starting at Residual Sugar Wine Bar. The price is $30/person in advance or $40/person at the door.

Enjoy a unique wine tasting event while strolling through beautiful Downtown Walnut Creek.

Musicians:
Alex Patz
Buck Cheshire
Bill Lombardo
Justin Levitt & Jacob Kipp
Michael Sullivan
Pat Kelley
Tracy Durden
Walnut Creek Woodwind Quintet
Zach Ramacier & Chili Corder

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