Walnut Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Saturday, April 23rd, 2016
7:30pm | $12“Embrace of the Serpent” was nominated for Best Foreign Language film at this year’s Academy Awards. It is the first Columbian film to be considered for an Oscar. With beautiful black and white cinematography, it tells the story of a shaman, the last of his tribe, in the Amazon. It is based on journals kept by Amazonian explorers in the early 20th Century and tells the tale of a lost people.
1539 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
The kitchen and bath studio At Home with Baystone, which opened a few years ago in downtown Walnut Creek, has rebranded as Design Haus. The ownership remains the same. Check out their website here.
Sweet Thursday with Joshua Braff:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
7:00pm – 9:00pm | FreeJoin us as we welcome Bay Area author Joshua Braff. Braff’s most recent novel, ‘The Daddy Diaries,’ is a funny and honest tale of a stay-at-home dad and his two pre-teen kids who’ve been uprooted from California to a small Florida beach town. While the kids navigate the difficulties of adolescence, the father faces the challenges of parenting, marriage and trying to make a life in a very different place.
This is a free event. Registration required.
Books will be available for sale courtesy of Orinda Books.
221 Hartz Ave, Danville
Thanks to a reader for sending word that Faz Bakery & Coffee Bar is opening soon in Danville on Hartz Ave. where Danville Bakery used to be. This is the same owner of the Mediterranean restaurant Faz located down the block as well as other Bay Area locations.
From their website:
And coming soon, Faz’s new bakery. Faz is currently working on a unique and exciting bakery concept at 221 Hartz Avenue in Danville. He’s currently in the initial design stages. If anyone hasn’t had a real Persian cookie, you now have a new addiction to look forward too!
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
A couple of years ago Tesla opened a showroom in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek and they have now relocated to a new spot on the main Broadway Plaza strip next to the clothing store Madewell. Inside they still show the bottom frame on display and they also have a Model X on display with those cool Falcon Wing doors.
Previous showroom location:
Spirit of the Old West Series – Gunfight at the O.K. Corral:
Blackhawk Museum
3700 Blackhawk Plaza Cir, Danville
Sunday, April 17th, 2016
10:30am
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is the best known shootout in America’s Wild West era. On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday faced off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout in Tombstone, Arizona—a 29-second event between two gangs that blasted its way onto the pages of history.This presentation by Larry Ford investigates eyewitness accounts and professional reviews of The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, bringing to life the characters involved from the Earps and Clantons, to Doc Holliday. It takes modern science and forensic overviews to provide a clear and modern understanding of this notorious moment in the history of the Wild West.
Larry and a number of others are involved in reenacting the Shootout at the O.K. Corral—Larry as the Sherriff of Tombstone, Virgil Earp—and they will be in period garb for the presentation.
3577 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
According to a sign in the window, Patxi’s pizza in Lafayette will, “no longer be open in the morning for coffee and pastries”. They will open at 11am instead.
Photo by Flickr user chillihead
With local favorite Golden State Warriors favored to win their second straight NBA championship, it seems like everyone around here is a die-hard Warriors fan. Are you planning on watching the playoffs? What is your favorite basketball team?
Lafayette Juniors Annual Kitchen Tour:
Lafayette
Saturday, May 14th, 2016
10:00am – 3:00pm | $40Tickets are on sale now for the Lafayette Juniors 17th Annual Kitchen Tour. This self-guided tour will be held on Saturday, May 14th from 10am to 3pm and welcomes guests into six special Lafayette homes with beautifully designed classic, traditional, and transitional kitchens including a stunning kitchen frequently featured as a backdrop for Restoration Hardware and Pottery Barn photo shoots. Attendees will receive a Kitchen Tour program detailing all of the distinctive design elements of the kitchens as well as information on the architects, designers and contractors who created these spaces.
This year on the tour, attendees will enjoy delicious appetizers prepared by local chef Aimee Ames and fresh-baked cookies by local favorite, baked. Tour attendees will also get the chance to see the homes come to life with art from Lafayette’s Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery and fun entertaining tablescapes set by Effortless Hostess.
Proceeds from this year’s event benefit the work of five local non-profit organizations: Youth Homes, Diablo Ballet’s PEEK Outreach Program, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, and Lamorinda Spirit Van. These organizations were selected by the Lafayette Juniors for the support they provide to children, families and seniors in the East Bay.
