With the weather hitting the 90s recently and I find myself getting uncomfortably hot and dehydrated my thoughts turn to finding a cool drink, shade or AC to cool off. What’s your favorite way to keep cool during summer?
With the weather hitting the 90s recently and I find myself getting uncomfortably hot and dehydrated my thoughts turn to finding a cool drink, shade or AC to cool off. What’s your favorite way to keep cool during summer?
Rheem Theatre
350 Park St, Moraga
Saturday, July 8th, 2017
12:00 – 10:00pm | $25OUR SIXTH YEAR! Celebrating the world of Classic & Camp SciFi and Horror Films, Monster Kid Culture,TV Horror Hosts, Movie Memorabilia and more.
Films on the Big Screen:
– MegaChiller Theatre – Bay Area horror host mix (see below*)
– Uncle Forry’s Ackermansions – Tour the famous mansion
– New 1970s Fandom Documentary – Premiere showing
– TV Horror Host Marathon – From across the nation
– Psychotronic Film Festival – Bob Eckman & Scott Moon
– And more
1520 Locust St., Walnut Creek
Lokanta Mediterranean Grill & Bar is now open in downtown Walnut Creek although they aren’t taking reservations until their grand opening on Monday. Check out their lunch menu here and dinner menu here. With Limon Rotisserie located next door opening the following week that means there will be plenty of new types of cuisine to choose from!
From their website:
Lokanta restaurant offers sophisticated menu of Turkish,Greek and Mediterranean Fusion Cuisine.
At Lokanta Grill we stand behind the culinary dishes we create.We take our responsibility of ensuring the origins of our ingredients seriously and pride ourselves on using local, seasonal and organic fare whenever possible
1372 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
A new gym focusing on personal training and boxing called The Star Method has opened on the second floor where CREAM is located in downtown Walnut Creek. Find out more about the trainer, Adam Nijem, here.
From their website:
The Star Method is not a diet, boot camp, or a quick fix to lose weight. The Star Method helps turn health and fitness into an organic way of life, rather than a pesky chore. More than just fitness classes, weight training, or any exercise, we’ve developed new age way to becoming more athletic by taking the best of sports and applying them to our fitness regimen. With our main role being positive lifestyle advocates, The Star Method has been proven to work for everyone from corporate teams, to fitness enthusiast, to competitive athletes.
Led Zeppelin Tribute Concert for Breast Cancer Prevention:
Town Hall Theatre
3535 School St, Lafayette
Saturday, July 8th, 2017
7:00 – 10:30pm | $45HeyHey Mama is a Led Zeppelin tribute band fronted by 13 female vocalists all from the Bay Area. Notes4Hope is a local non-profit organization started by Breast Cancer Warrior Sandy Preto to raise money for Breast Cancer prevention. It is going to be a powerful night of great music and good times. The event is July 8th, Doors at 6:00, show at 7:00. It will likely sell out, so we recommend booking your tickets online at Notes4Hope.org or stopping in to buy paper tickets 1-7 on Thursday, Friday or Saturday at Up The Creek Records at 1840 Tice Valley Blvd in Walnut Creek. It is an all ages show, so feel free to bring the kids. Hear some great music at a fantastic local venue while raising money for a good cause. What could be better!
500 Hartz Ave, Danville
The farm to table restaurant Almanac which opened last year in Danville has recently been renamed to Harvest due to a trademark issue.
From their website:
Same ownership. Same staff. Same great restaurant experience in a community we’re proud to be a part of. We’re changing our name due to a trademark issue that is now resolved. We’d prefer to dedicate our efforts to delivering the best experience possible for our customers. Thank you for your support over this past year. We look forward to seeing you again soon at Danville Harvest!
3587 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
The blowdry bar DryStyle Lounge, previously known as I Do DryStyle, which opened a couple of years ago in the Lafayette Mercantile shopping center, has closed.
Summer Sounds Outside with The HillBenders:
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Thursday, July 6th, 2017
5:30 – 7:00pm | Free“Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball”
Maybe not your standard bluegrass lyric, but a line known by all the world from the biggest rock opera of all time, The Who’s Tommy. 45 years after its original release, this classic of classic rock has now been fully realized as a full length bluegrass tribute featuring Springfield, Missouri’s The HillBenders. Conceived and produced by SXSW co-founder and longtime musician/producer Louis Jay Meyers, this Bluegrass Opry brings a new perspective to Tommy while paying total respect to its creators.
1529 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Back in March we learned that Southern California-based Oke Poke would be coming to downtown Walnut Creek next to Orangetheory and the “coming soon” signage is now up. Check out their menu here. Thanks to a reader for sending word about this last week.
