Learning by Making
If you were asked to build a cooler from recycled materials so you could transport Popsicles to your kids' soccer game, would you know what to do? The first step might be to ask one of the 9- to 12-year-olds sitting in a Lafayette home on Tuesday evenings, surrounded ...By Diane Claytor
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Tour de Garage Aids Community Foundation
Garage, noun: a building or shed for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles - a humble definition, unless the structure has been reimagined. Lafayette Community Foundation's Nov. 1 fundraising tour gave Lamorindans an inside look at several unique garage sites. For those ...By Cathy Dausman
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Specialties of the House: The Hunt for Happy Hour
This week's Hunt for Happy Hour, which brings you the freshest and finest when it comes to discounted beverages and premium small bites in the Lamorinda area, focuses on La Finestra, a Sicilian dining spot with old-world charm and classic cocktails.
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Award-Winning Film, 'Losing Her,' Kicks Off The Bay Area Film Series at the Rheem Theatre
The Rheem Theatre is starting a new monthly film program beginning this Friday, Nov. 6, entitled The Bay Area Film Series. This unique series will showcase Bay Area filmmakers' projects and provide local filmmakers with a venue to screen their films before an audience. ...By Derek Zemrak
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Local Action for the Climate Summit in Paris
The United Nations climate summit, which will take place Nov. 20 to Dec. 11 in Paris, will include representatives from 195 countries (196 adding the European Union) who will work toward an agreement with individual commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emission. ...By Sophie Braccini
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The Pacific Chamber Symphony Expands to Lamorinda
Classical music in the United States suffered a decline in popularity during the last economic crisis, but it is slowly bouncing back, according to the 2014-2015 Nielsen music report. And fortunately for Lamorinda classical music lovers, Lawrence Kohl, the spirited ...By Sophie Braccini
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Sneak Peak of 'Suessical Jr.' at LLLC
Town Hall Theatre's middle school students were the featured performers at the Children's Book Festival held at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center on Oct. 24. The festival featured appearances by several prominent children's book authors and illustrators ...Submitted by Linda Drucker
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"Chaste: An Awful Comedy" at SMC is Anything But
When theater director and professor at Saint Mary's College, Rebecca Engle, came across a New York Times review of Ken Prestininzi's play "Chaste: An Awful Comedy," Engle knew it would a perfect production to put on at Saint Mary's.
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'Transyl-Mania' Promises Loads of Laughs at OIS
Cue the lightning! Cue the thunder! It is going to be monster mayhem at Orinda Intermediate School's (OIS) Bulldog Theater during the fall production of "Transyl-Mania" - a frightfully fun comedy.
 Submitted by Jeanette Lipp
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DramaDons' Comedy 'The Curious Savage' Opens Nov. 10
The Acalanes DramaDons will open their entertaining and comedic production, "The Curious Savage," directed by Acalanes drama teacher Ed Meehan Nov. 10. "The Drama Dons have been hard at work for the last six weeks preparing," said Meehan. "We began September 15th with ...Submitted by Mandy Chivers
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A Lifetime of Accomplishment for this Lafayette Veteran
Jim Fernandes was lying in a hospital bed on Aug. 15, 1945, when he learned of the Japanese surrender. The then-Naval Aviation Cadet was receiving shots of penicillin, clearly misprescribed, for a sprain he had suffered in gymnastics. The war was over, though ...By Daniel Smith
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Electrifying Jazz Concert will Sizzle at Lafayette Library Nov. 13
Based in the Bay Area and soon celebrating their 25th anniversary, Charged Particles crosses stylistic boundaries and blends jazz styles with elements from Latin music, classical music, funk, and more. The band will be offering an electrifying, free jazz concert at ...Submitted by Alison Williams
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Must-Know Basics for Serious Foodies
Culinary secrets unfold into science lessons in the pages of author J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's 960-page doorstop of a cookbook, "The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science" (W. W. Norton & Company, 2015). The Serious Eats managing culinary director balances must-know ...By Lou Fancher
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New Exhibit Links Art and Technology at Saint Mary's College
The Saint Mary's College Museum of Art's current multimedia artwork exhibition, "The Axis Mundi/Open Portals," by Ron Hutt is a true combination of art and technology - and is unlike anything the museum has featured before.
By Ryan McKinley
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Survey Points to Stressed-Out Students
In the spring of 2015, students at all four schools in the Acalanes Union High School District took the Stanford Survey of Adolescent School Experiences, more commonly referred to as the "stress test." This survey was administered by the Challenge Success program, a ...By Uma Unni
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