Events

Chevron Family Theatre Festival:

Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, July 16th, 2016
10:00am – 4:00pm

The annual Chevron Family Theatre Festival welcomes the community to a day of affordable, high quality family entertainment. The City of Walnut Creek, the Lesher Center for the Arts, the Diablo Regional Arts Association, and San Ramon–based Chevron work closely  to transform the Lesher Center and the street in front of the Center into a day-long festival of fun, arts, and entertainment for families and visitors.

Each year, thousands of adults and children enjoy more than two dozen professional performances in the Lesher Center’s three theaters, in the lobbies, and right outside.  Events outside are free; performances inside the Center’s three theatres are just $5 per person and run 30-60 minutes long and are appropriate for all ages.

FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

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Yo-Yo Ma’s “The Music of Strangers” :

Walnut Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Friday, July 8th, 2016, Saturday, July 9th, 2016
7:30pm | $12

Yo-Yo Ma scoured the world – Istanbul, Venice, Central Asia, China and Mongolia – to find the best musicians he could for his Silk Road Ensemble. His journey and its results have been called the “Manhattan Project of Music.” In this documentary feature “The Music of Strangers,” the artists how the arts can advance global understanding. “The earliest reason for music…is it gives us meaning.”

Accompanying the film will be a delightful award winning short by filmmaker Steward Powers, “Sky High.” The films will be shown on Fri. and Sat. July 8 and 9 and Sat., July 16 at 7:30 at the Walnut Creek Library, 1644 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek.

This documentary feature is directed by Morgan Neville who won an Academy Award for “20 Feet from Stardom.” The film has been in numerous film festivals and has just been released in commercial theaters.

Mountain Shadow Film Society is a non-profit, membership organization. $12 General Admission tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning at 7 PM.

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