Hacienda de las Flores
2100 Donald Dr, Moraga
Friday, August 10th, 2018
5:00 – 9:00pm | FreeJoin the fun at Hacienda Nights, featuring food trucks, lawn games & fun for all ages.
Food Trucks:
Yummi BBQ
Flavors of Cali
Cosa Nostra Pasta Truck
Sip & Slide
Golden Gate Gyro
Izzya’s
Canyon Club Brewery
Downtown Walnut Creek
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
6:00 – 9:00pm | $45This one-of-a-kind culinary event, with wine-tasting stops, is not to be missed. All proceeds benefit Diablo Ballet’s PEEK Outreach Programs, bringing arts education to underserved students and at-risk teenagers incarcerated in the Juvenile Justice System.
Check in at Massimo Ristorante and then sip, sample and stroll your way through downtown Walnut Creek to the following locations:
Free Movie – The Wizard of Oz:
Orinda Theatre
4 Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
6:30pmDorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well.
Photo by Flickr user kennejima
Japantown
Post Street between Laguna and Fillmore St.
Saturday, August 4th, Sunday, August 5th, 2018
11:00am – 6:00pm | FreeThe Nihonmachi Street Fair considers itself the original “melting pot” of street fairs, with many aspects of Asian-Pacific American life—and San Francisco’s cultural life—expressed through performance, tradition, art, music, food, and community outreach and service.
Planning a Winter Vegetable Garden:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Tuesday, August 7th, 2018
6:30 – 8:00pm | FreeBelieve it or not, it’s time to start planning and planting your winter garden! Learn how growing vegetables in the winter has its advantages over summer vegetables and what allowances have to be made for the shorter days and less intense sunlight.
Cesar E. Chavez Park
11 Spinnaker Way, Berkeley
Saturday, July 28th – Sunday, July 29th, 2018
10:00 – 6:00pm |FreeAt the Berkeley Kite Festival it seems that a fresh surprise awaits around every corner. In one amphitheater you’ll find multi-line competitions of the Bay Area Sport Kite League. In another you’ll find events and other competitions, such as the candy drops and rokkaku battles. Look to the north and you will see the traditional kites of our special guests from the Sode-cho Kite-Flying Society of Hamamatsu, Japan. In the upper field you’ll enjoy the giant creature kite show of the Berkeley Kite Wranglers and Friends.
Oskar Blues Brews & Canasta Food Truck:
Wine Thieves
3401 Mt Dlablo Blvd, Lafayette
Saturday, July 28th, 2018
2:00 – 5:00pm | FreeBeer lovers,
Come join us on this Saturday afternoon on the back patio to enjoy cold, crafted brew from Oskar Blues. When you get hungry, grab a bite of delicious Latin-style cuisine from the Canasta Kitchen food truck…the perfect accompaniment with a cold, craft beer. Don’t drink beer? No worries, we also have a great list of wines by the glass. Wow, what’s not to like…beautiful weather, cold beer and wine, great food, all in a relaxing setting.
Broadway Plaza
Walnut Creek
Saturday, July 28th, 2018
10:00am – 5:00pm | FreeHappy July Friends! Come shop our Walnut Creek craft fair and soak up the sun. Visit this highly curated craft fair in the beautiful shopping center of Broadway Plaza.
WHAT: Come shop 20+ local artists (jewelers, candles, organic body, home goods, apparel, artwork, glass, succulents) while listening to live music out in the Plaza and then enjoy spirits and bites (in our new store at 1254 Broadway Plaza)
The Gardens at Heather Farm
1540 Marchbanks Dr, Walnut Creek
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
6:00 – 8:00 pm | $5Relish in the joys of a warm, summer night with sweet treats and outdoor activities for families in a beautiful garden! On Thursday, August 9, the popular S’mores at Sundown event returns for its fourth consecutive year with another magical evening of homemade s’mores, live music, stories, crafts, games and more.
Kids love exploring along the garden paths and dancing on the lawn. Parents love the relaxed atmosphere and chance to socialize with friends. And the highlight of the evening is roasting marshmallows over the grill to make fresh s’mores!
In addition to family-friendly songs and popular musical favorites, this year’s S’mores at Sundown will feature local party service company, ANDentertainment making their Gardens debut offering free face painting and balloon art.
Admission fee collected at the door includes all activities and treats.
Bring a picnic dinner along to enjoy before your s’mores! Strollers, wagons, camping chairs, and picnic blankets are welcome!
Psychological Abstraction Art Exhibit:
aRt Cottage
2238 Mt Diablo St, Concord
Wednesday, August 1st – Friday, August 24th, 2018Tom Quinlavin & Kareem Assab
Open House & Artist Reception
Saturday, August 11th 2-4pm
