Spotted in downtown Walnut Creek on Locust Street. My kid said this must be a really old sign, like from the olden days, the 1980s. 🙂
Spotted in downtown Walnut Creek on Locust Street. My kid said this must be a really old sign, like from the olden days, the 1980s. 🙂
In My Life – A Musical Theatre Tribute to The Beatles:
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Sunday, September 13th, 2015
2:00pm | from $39Take a magical musical tour through The Beatles’ most iconic performances in this rock ‘n’ roll stage biography narrated from the unique point-of-view of longtime Beatles manager Brian Epstein. In My Life takes audiences from the mop-tops’ humble beginnings in Liverpool’s Cavern Club and their career-defining performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, to their famed final live performance on the rooftop of the Apple Records building. Renowned Beatles tribute band Abbey Road stars at the Hofmann Theatre, providing spot-on renditions of 33 of the legendary group’s classic songs.
Locust St, Walnut Creek
The building that features the Chinese restaurant Dragon’s Pond and the future Fuego Tequila Grill has finished up their external makeover in downtown Walnut Creek. This is what it looked like four years ago when the outside redevelopment was just beginning. Looks like Dragon’s Pond lost the paint battle in the middle.
1500 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Walnut Creek
Significant progress is being made on the 1500 Mt. Diablo building at the corner of Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Main St. in downtown Walnut Creek as the scaffolding has been removed revealing the cool design that we saw in the renderings over two years ago. The corner entrance will be home to the clothing store Vineyard Vines while the second floor restaurant will have Barcelona-based Telefèric with the top floor occupied by ROOFTOP. Check out updates on ROOFTOP’s Facebook page here.
Via Google Maps
Last week we learned about concerns over a proposed winter homeless shelter at the Armory near Civic Park and the Iron Horse Trail in downtown Walnut Creek and it turns out that the Walnut Creek police opposes the location of this shelter. Read the complete police memorandum here (click the link and then attachment 6a at right) to find out why they are “concerned that the project will negatively impact our ability to protect the community.”
This evening, Sept. 8th, at 7pm, the city council will hold a, “special meeting to consider the Trinity Center’s request that the City enter into a license agreement with the State Military Department so Trinity Center may operate a winter nights homeless shelter at the Armory adjacent to Civic Park”.
1373 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
In June we learned that the cycling sports gym Flywheel was coming to Walnut Creek and their signage is now up. This will be their first East Bay location. Thanks to a reader for pointing this out.
More info from their web site:
The Walnut Creek studio features Flywheel’s signature stadium cycling and FlyBarre body sculpting classes. As always, every Flywheel class includes complimentary cycling shoes and every ride and FlyBarre class includes complimentary towels. Equipped with beautiful showers and changing stations as well as an exclusive retail boutique, the studio offers the ideal setting to refresh, recharge, and relax post-class.
A few days ago I posted about Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical coming to the Lesher Center for the Arts in downtown Walnut Creek which prompted one comment about, “Lesher options being directed for the over 70 crowd. Those of us who like more contemporary entertainment have to leave town”.
From Wikipedia:
“Tenderly” is a popular song published in 1946.
Since then, “Tenderly” has been recorded by many artists, but perhaps the best-known version was by Rosemary Clooney. Clooney’s recorded version reached only #17 on the Billboard magazine pop charts in early 1952, but it is more popular than the chart data would suggest, as is evidenced by the fact that Tenderly served as the theme song for Clooney’s 1956-1957 TV variety show. The song featured prominently in the 1953 film Torch Song.
Do you agree that entertainment options in Walnut Creek and surrounding areas are lacking, especially for younger, twenty-somethings? Do you head out to Berkeley, Oakland or San Francisco for entertainment? Or are the Lesher Center and Town Hall Theatre solid venues for all ages? Are there other venues you would recommend in this area that might appeal to a younger, hipper crowd?
Heather Farm Park
301 N. San Carlos, Walnut Creek
Saturday, September 5th, 2015
9:00am – 12:00pm | $35The 5th annual Donate Life Run/Walk 5K/10k is held to support organ and tissue donation. Not only have we changed our name from CTDN to Donor Network West but The Donate Life Run/Walk, will now be a 5K and 10K event on Saturday Sept. 5th 2015 at our NEW Location Heather Farm in Walnut Creek. Even though we have added a new length, we encourage those to run or walk in either of the distances. AND…We didn’t forget about the kids, there will be a “KIDS DASH” again. (All kids will receive a participation medal.)
REGISTRATION FEES: $35 – 5k or 10K Route
$12- Kids(12 & under)
From a reader:
Are you aware of the proposed homeless shelter at the Armory located at 1800 Carmel Drive in Walnut Creek? I hope you can help raise aware of this proposal as I am shocked City leaders have not taken extra efforts to ensure the residents most impacted by the proposal were properly notified and given opportunities to voice concerns. I feel that more effort should have been made to make this proposal transparent.
I have been a resident of Walnut Creek on Carmel Drive for over 5 years…I paid a premium for my property because I felt the neighborhood was safe, and because I value the walkability of downtown.
Having reviewed the proposal on the Trinity Center website (trinitycenterwc.org), I have several concerns:
