Downtown Lafayette
Mt. Diablo Blvd. between First St. & Moraga Rd, Lafayette
Sunday, October 30th, 2016
8:00am* The Lafayette Reservoir Run a Fun Halloween Event – Wear Your Costume! *
KID ZONE – LIVE MUSIC – HEALTHY LIFESTYLES FAIR
SUPPORTING LOCAL EDUCATION
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Saturday, October 22nd, 2016
4:00 – 7:00pm | $10Enjoy blues, bluegrass and boogie-woogie at the Lafayette Library.
Featuring music from top Bay Area musicians including Wendy DeWitt, also known as the Queen of Boogie Woogie; the Pleasant Valley Boys, a good old-fashioned bluegrass group, and Dirty Cello, blues and bluegrass on a cello like you’ve never heard before, and featuring cross-over cellist Rebecca Roudman.
Along with an afternoon of terrific music, Epidemic Ales will be here serving beer, and Lafayette Rotary Club will barbeque hotlinks and sausages.
Central Works Theater
2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley
Saturday, October 15th – Sunday, November 13th, 2016Written by Karen Zacarías (an inaugural playwright-in-residence at Washington, DC’s Arena Stage), and based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea, Into the Beautiful North is inspired by the classic Hollywood western The Magnificent Seven (which was itself inspired by The Seven Samurai).
Orinda Theatre
4 Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda
Thursday, October 13th, 2016
7:00 PM | Free
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery:
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, October 21st – Saturday, November 19th, 2016Sherlock Holmes is on the case! See how far from elementary the truth can be.
Get your deerstalker cap on – the play’s afoot! Comedic genius Ken Ludwig transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on the case. Watch as our inrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than 40 characters.
Locust Street between Civic Drive & Mt. Diablo Blvd. and
Bonanza Street between N. California & Commercial Ln.
Saturday, October 15th, 2016
11:00am – 5:00pm | FreeLIVE MUSIC STAGES
featuring
Livewire, Lumberyard and Neon Velvet
BIERGARTEN
MICRO BREWS
KINDER PLATZ
HARVEST THEMED ARTS & CRAFTS
GOURMET FOOD EXHIBITORS
Photo by Flickr user davidyuweb
San Francisco Fleet Week celebrates the rich naval tradition in the Bay Area, honors the men and women serving in today’s armed forces and facilitates annual disaster preparedness training with the Navy, Marines and local first responders.
Complete 3 day weekend schedule here.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, October 7th – Sunday, October 30th, 2016The Fantasticks is a timeless, romantic tale of a boy, a girl, and their fathers’ schemes to get the two married. The ravishingly beautiful songs sparkle with wit, and there’s plenty of comedy from the actors hired by the fathers to push along their schemes. The world’s longest-running musical, The Fantasticks has run for over 50 years, entrancing generations of audiences the world over. The famous score, including classics “Try To Remember,” “They Were You,” and “Soon It’s Gonna Rain,” is as timeless as the story itself.
Running Time: approx. 2 hours, with one intermission
Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda
Saturday, October 8th, 2016
4:30pm – 7:00pm | $45Twenty Bartenders Compete for Mixologist of the Year at Orinda Theatre Square
Come celebrate at our fundraiser to support the arts in the Lamorinda communities of Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda. Tasting Tickets are only $45 to sample 20 different cocktails (in safe and sane portions). The festivities start at 4:30pm on October 8, 2016.
- Sample 20+ craft cocktails
- Finger foods
- Souvenir shot glass
- Vote for your favorite drink
- Bartenders competing for cash & prizes
“the Blackhawk Speaker Series featuring Vic Elford scheduled for Saturday, October 8 has had to be postponed.”
Blackhawk Museum
3700 Blackhawk Plaza Cir, Danville
Saturday, October 8th, 2016
10:30am – 12:00pm | Free with museum admissionBorn in London, Vic Elford was one of the fastest drivers of the Sixties and Seventies… and a Porsche hero. Nicknamed “QUICK VIC” by his peers, legendary driver Vic Elford is arguably the most versatile all round driver of all time.
There will be a Q&A session at the conclusion of the event. Speaker Series events are free with admission to the Museums. Members of the Museum are free year-round. Join Today!
