Walnut Creek

The Inland Road:

Walnut Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Friday, January 5th, Saturday, January 6th, 2017
$12

Still playing the festival circuit (Berlin, Seattle, Mill Valley & more …), Mountain Shadow has snagged this touching film from New Zealand about what it means to be family and ‘at home.’  After surviving a nasty car accident, Tia has nowhere to go. Estranged from her mother and rejected by her father, she attempts to befriend the strangers involved in the accident. Caught between the innocence of youth and the immaturity of young adulthood, this is a coming-of-age story that is both authentic and poignant.

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Great White Sharks:

Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, January 6th, 2018
6:00 – 7:00pm | $17.75

At Lindsay Wildlife, we’re making white sharks great again! Join us and Dr. John McCosker, who literally wrote the book on Great White Sharks. McCosker, coauthor of Great White Shark and a consistent presence in Discovery Channel shark documentaries, will present on the threats to sharks and what we can do to help preserve the future of marine life.

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Photo by Flickr user mrhayata

The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Serenity for the Ages:

Ygnacio Valley Library
2661 Oak Grove Rd, Walnut Creek
Thursday, January 11th, 2018
6:30pm | Free

On Thursday, January 11, 2018, at 6:30 PM, tea teacher Ikuko Kubo Thomas will present the art, meaning and beauty of the Japanese Tea Ceremony at Ygnacio Valley Library. Guests will have the opportunity to experience a small part of the Tea Ceremony and partake of matcha tea prepared at the time.

“The Japanese Tea Ceremony, Chanoyu, has been the core of Japanese culture and has formed the Japanese way of thinking, as well as the Japanese sense of beauty, for centuries,” Thomas explains. From the brutal samurai period of the 1600’s through the frenzied modern life of the 21st century, the fundamental precepts of the Japanese tea ceremony have remained the same: hospitality, harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility of spirit. “We all benefit from the atmosphere, the beauty, the movement, the quiet sounds, and the attention to detail presented by the host while enjoying a lovely bowl of warm matcha with all of its health benefits.”

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