Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod:
Mighty Fine Guitars
85 Lafayette Cir, Lafayette
Saturday, March 4th, 2017
8:00 PM | $15 – $20 suggestedCome jump in the time machine and travel back to the early 1900s. Craig’s virtuosic early-jazz and Tin Pan Alley chord-melody guitar playing is nothing short of astonishing, as well as hugely transportive and Meredith’s voice, well …
Farm Creek Brewing Co. New Beer Release + United Bites Food Truck:
Farm Creek Brewing Company
1415 Pine St, Walnut Creek
Saturday, February 25th, 2017
3:00pm – 7:00pmHey y’all! Before we announced it to the public, we wanted to share with you the details of our new beer being released this Saturday, Feb 25th!
We’ve named our new beer in honor of the BART train that makes it’s presence known to our taproom patrons about every 10 minutes……Third Rail.
Third Rail is a Belgian wheat that comes with an ABV of 5.9%. This is a delicious, refreshing beer and one that’s been asked for frequently. We can’t wait to hear what you think of it.
To make this a real party, we will also have our first food truck at Farm Creek! United Bites will be in our parking lot from 3p-7p on Saturday.
Lastly, we wanted to announce that our Mug Club is back open! If you’d like details, let us know!
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, March 30th, 2017
6:00pm – 8:30pm | $15Joseph Di Prisco’s anticipated memoir brings the hustler, gambler, criminal, bookmaker, and confidential informer―Joe’s father―back to life, and reveals the fascinating and unsettling truths that simultaneously bound and separated father and son. The Pope of Brooklyn is both sequel and prequel to his much-praised memoir, Subway to California.
Joseph Di Prisco is an acclaimed writer of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and a prize-winning poet. His latest book of poems is Sightlines from the Cheap Seats.
Joe will be in conversation with poet Kim Dower, the Poet Laureate of West Hollywood.
6:00PM Reception hosted by Joseph Di Prisco, wine and small plates catered by Postino
7:00PM Program
Town Hall Theatre
3535 School St, Lafayette
Friday, March 3rd – Saturday, March 25th, 2017Did you ever hear a tenor sax swingin’ like a rusty axe? Baby, that is rock and roll, and the two voices behind an entire generation were Leiber & Stoller. With music such as Poison Ivy, Charlie Brown, On Broadway, Stand By Me and many, many more, don’t miss the greatest rock and roll revue of all time, and the most explosive event of the season!
Evil Cyborg Sea Monsters Comedy Show:
Rheem Theatre
350 Park St, Moraga
Saturday, February 25th, 2017
4:30pm | $10Evil Cyborg Sea Monsters is a multimedia comedy event for fans of science fiction, superheroes, and monsters!
Photo by Flickr user ethankan
Murder at the de Young Scavenger Hunt:
de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco
Saturday, February 18th, 2017
2:00pm | $20 (doesn’t include museum admission)The hunt is played on teams of two to six people. Total running time is approximately 2.5 hours.
Someone, or something, has been bumping off museum staffers involved in acquiring an ancient Aztec relic. Is it the dreaded Curse of Itlkilyu? Or is a serial killer on the loose? Your team of sleuths will have to crack a hieroglyphic code and uncover the museum’s secrets to stop the killings. For murder hunts, we strongly recommend hunting with a team of three or more. If you sign up with fewer than three people, we suggest pairing up with others at the start of the hunt to form a larger team.
Author and Cartoonist Betsy Streeter:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
7:00 – 8:30pm | FreeNovelist, sci-fi writer, and syndicated cartoonist Betsy Streeter will discuss the second installment in her Silverwood trilogy – Silver Shard – and share the inspiration behind her latest project, Drooly Dog, a small distribution, hand-drawn “zine”.
Free, Refreshments provided.
Photo by Flickr user ginnerobot
The Vagina Monologues Planned Parenthood Fundraiser:
Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek
Friday, February 24th, Sunday, February 26th, 2017
$20Women from throughout the East Bay will unite to perform benefit performances of Eve Ensler’s THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES produced by Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre in association with Our Whole Lives of the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church.
“In this current political climate, I wanted to do something positive,” said director Kathryn G. McCarty, who assembled a group of 27 actresses who share a common belief that they need to take action. The group is rallying around Northern California Planned Parenthood.
Photo by Flickr user valkrye131
Bounty From Your Garden: Fruit Trees 101:
Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
315 Cortsen Rd, Pleasant Hill
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
10:00am – 12:00pm | $20Fresh fruit off your tree is so much better than what you find in stores! The best time to plant fruit trees and berries is in January and February, when nurseries have the best selection of bare root plants. Learn how to choose, prep, plant, prune, and maintain your fruit trees. Special attention will be given to keeping them small through first and subsequent pruning (dwarfing rootstock doesn’t keep them small). We will also touch on berries and go over differences in planting blackberries, raspberries and blueberries.
The Cooperage
32 Lafayette Circle, Lafayette
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
6:00pm – 8:00pm | FreeJoin the Lafayette Young Professionals and Diablo Ballet to mix, mingle, and network. Meet some of Diablo Ballet’s dancers and snap a picture in our “selfie station” with ballet props. A percentage of drink sales benefit Diablo Ballet’s PEEK Outreach Program to under-served youth and at-risk teenage girls incarcerated in the Juvenile Justice system.
Admission is free with The Copperage generously donating a portion of food and drink proceeds supporting Diablo Ballet youth outreach efforts. Join us for a fun and fantastic night!
