Short "Feud" for Lafayette Family
What is one of America's longest running game shows, featuring two families competing to name the most popular responses to survey questions? One Lafayette family can tell you from personal experience.
 By Cathy Tyson
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Sparkling Like a Good Champagne
The most entertaining play of the season in Lafayette, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," is built upon a very serious foundation: the last Charles Dickens novel that was left unfinished due to his death on June 9, 1870. But as the book was incomplete, it gave Ruppert ...By Sophie Braccini
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Zombies are Coming to Lesher
Lafayette-based improv comedy company Synergy Theater is invading the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek with its annual improvised horror spoof, "Z is for...Zombie: An Improvised Zombie Apocalypse!" at 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16 and 17.
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Battle of the Bands is Back
Battle of the Bands at the Lafayette Library is back for its third annual performance. The teen event, which over 100 people attended last year, is set to take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 in the library's Community Hall. Anyone aged 13-19 in the San ...Submitted by Patrick Brogan
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Final Cal Shakes' Season Production Falls a Bit Short
Given Cal Shakes' bold approach to Shakespeare's canon and the temptations of a versatile, endlessly plumbable cast to be comedic or tragic, the Orinda outdoor theater's final 2015 season production, "King Lear," chooses to be both.
 By Lou Fancher
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Holocaust Survivor Brings Her Story to the Orinda Library
"When my first grandchild ... was born, it dawned on me that the new generation ... would grow up without knowing who we are and where we came from ... all that we suffered and lost during the Nazi era. Unless I told them." So begins Holocaust survivor and Berkeley ...By Diane Claytor
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Chilly Sport Heats Up
"It's dubbed 'chess on ice' and I think that's because there's a lot of thought required as you get the stone from one end of the court to the other," says Juan Kelly of Orinda. He is one of the more than 250 who engage in the ancient sport of curling in the Bay Area. ...By Bobbie Dodson
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Family Roots Run Deep
When Dawn Eames walks into the Farmyard Darlings boutique in the back of Mt. Diablo Nursery and Garden, through the displays of farm- and cowboy-inspired objects and repurposed furniture, she sees shadows of what was her first home - the wood frame and beams designed ...By Sophie Braccini
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Newhouse to Speak at LLLC
Toss the longtime sportswriter and author the true story of a college basketball team improbably started at a just-made-coed school that swiftly won major championships or a historic tale of three seconds put back on a clock that turned upside down the dreams of an ...By Lou Fancher
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Sci Fi Day 2 at the Rheem Theatre, Oct. 3
Now that the California Independent Film Festival is over it is time for Sci Fi Day 2 at the Rheem Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 3. This fun-filled day of classic 1950s Sci Fi films will include a special guest appearance by Ann Robinson from "War of the Worlds." ...By Derek Zemrak
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Specialties of the House
This week, in the Hunt for Happy Hour, we visit The Park Bistro and Bar for a rebooted sampling of the best this boutique bistro has to offer.
A rustic bistro with a contemporary twist, ...By A.K. Carroll
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Another Exciting Day at Moraga Royale
Over 300 children, parents and grandparents joined in the fun at the Grandparents Day celebration at Moraga Royale Sept. 12. This special event included Polynesian dancers, singers, pony rides, petting zoo, a balloon magician, face painting, games, prizes and a ...Submitted by Diane Wilson
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Local Physician Leads Program to Tackle Family Medicine Doctor Shortage
The boon and blessing of President Obama's health care law has come with a cost in California. The expanding girth of the state's Covered California health exchange, record-setting Medi-Cal enrollments and young doctors with medical school debt as high as $250,000 have ...By Lou Fancher
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Looking Good in Lamorinda
I cannot let a fall season pass without partaking in a trend or two and there are always plenty of choices. Fall 2015 continues the '70s theme with accessories such as chain belts and dangle earrings. Statement rings are it and more is better, think Queen Elizabeth I ...By Moya Stone
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Local Residents Help Afghani Refugees Resettle
Sometimes people get passionately involved in a cause by choice, other times it is by chance. For Moraga resident Bobbie Preston, a recently retired radiologist, it was a bit of both.
By Sophie Braccini
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA