Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Lamorinda Bakers to Elevate Their Craft to a Higher Plane
Anyone who has ever spent any length of time in a kitchen has likely invoked the name of a higher power at some point for help in heading off a culinary catastrophe.Yet a pinch of prayer has not, as a rule, been one of the ingredients found side by side with the salt ...By Laurie Snyder
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Local Artwork Hangs in D.C. Office
Newly elected U.S. Congressman Mark DeSaulnier smiles with Lafayette photographer and poet Joanne Tan as they hold the 24 by 36- inch photo on canvas, "Mt. Diablo Under a Glorious Sky," he purchased from Tan to hang in his Washington D.C. office. DeSaulnier was sworn ...
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2015
SMC Jan Term Speaker Series Focuses on Lives Well-Lived
"There's nothing wrong with being really different," said Jesse Saperstein, motivational speaker and best-selling author of the book "Atypical: Life with Asperger's in 20 1/3 Chapters."
 By A. K. Carroll
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Finding Your Groove and The Sweet Spot
What elephant are you riding on?
This might be the most important question you can ask yourself, according to a new book from sociologist and happiness expert Christine Carter.
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2015
The International Film Showcase
Over the past four years, Efi Lubner and Jo Alice Canterbury have brought excellent foreign films to the Orinda Theatre that could not be seen anywhere else in Contra Costa County, and sometimes even in the country, as part of the International Film Showcase. Using ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Still Grateful for the Music
Tom Stack refuses to be penned in, either literally or figuratively. "I'm into music," Stack said, but cautioned, "Don't pen me in as a Deadhead." This from a man who followed, then worked with the Grateful Dead for nearly two decades.
 By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2015
The Man Who Plants Trees
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there emerged a valley - several valleys actually - that came to line the watershed that flows down, then sucks in the rainwater and fog that seeps into the aquifers, collects into our dams, and provides us with what ultimately ...By Chris Lavin
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2014
'Into the Woods'
Each year Disney releases a holiday film; last year it was "Frozen," which earned two Oscars (Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for "Let It Go"). This year Disney presents "Into the Woods," a family musical based on the Broadway play which has already ...By Derek Zemrak
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Changing Diets to Prevent or Reverse Alzheimer's - Is that Possible?
"Really?" you say! The longer we live, the more important our health becomes, especially as the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses that cause cognitive decline increases as we age. Over 50 percent of the population age 85 and older has a ...By Linda Fodrini-Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2014
'Soup and Substance' Invites Discussion of Lasallian Education
A long wooden table is blanketed in red, laden with baskets of fresh sourdough and set with clean glass goblets, stiff white napkins and white ceramic plates and bowls. Around the table, 14 wooden chairs wait to be filled. A vat of steaming vegetable barley soup stands ...By A. K. Carroll
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2014
The Making of the President
A few issues ago I wrote about my online dating experiences. What Lamorinda readers do not know is that my terrestrial dating experiences have spanned both hemispheres. In fact, I once traveled to Argentina to ask its president, Cristina Fernandez, for a date. I was ...By Nick Marnell
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Vines to Wines: A New Class at LLLC
Even the most ardent wine lovers will have their eyes and taste buds opened during a six-week course, "Hands on the Vines: The California Wine Story," beginning Jan. 29 at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, taught by Alex Saragoza - a professor who grew up with ...By Franette Armstrong
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Lafayette Resident Offers Young Children the Gift of Music
"Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education." So said Plato, the famous Greek philosopher. Many studies looking at the relationship between music and brain development in young children concur, noting that early exposure to music increases abilities ...By Diane Claytor
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2014
'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'
The holiday season is now in full swing and as with many of us it is also Hollywood's busiest time of year. Lamorinda Theatres has a full schedule of holiday films this week, starting off with the highly anticipated and the defining chapter of the Hobbit franchise, ...By Derek Zemrak
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Lamorinda's Specialties of the House
It's the middle of December and the holiday pressure dial is on high. You're getting ready to knock out a seasonal book club, family brunch and an ugly sweater party all in one weekend. But what about the holiday bake sale? The Christmas cookie exchange? Snacks for the ...By A.K. Carroll
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