Wednesday, May 07, 2014
History Comes to Life for Moraga Third Graders
When Mary Ostrander talks to third graders about life on a dairy farm at the beginning of the 20th century, she speaks from experience. The soon to be 100-year-old, who still drives her red car from Moraga Royale to the library where she volunteers with the Historical ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Town Hall Theatre's New Director and New Season
Town Hall Theatre board president Betsy Streeter is very comfortable with Joel Roster's nomination as THT's new artistic director. Nine months ago, Derrick Silva was appointed to replace long-standing director Clive Worsley, but Streeter acknowledged that although ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Special Olympics at Acalanes
Over 550 student athletes from around the Bay Area have been training for weeks to prepare for the third annual Bay Area Games held at Acalanes High School sponsored by Special Olympics Northern California. Setting the stage with music, dignitaries, passing of the ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Finding the Writer's Voice
"All serious daring starts within." - Eudora Welty, "On Writing"
A few voices rang strongly through the Orinda Library Auditorium on April 24. Most were barely audible, forcing parents, ...By Laurie Snyder
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
The Complete Package
Long after the bell has rung and the 20 first graders in Tricia Newhart's class have left for the weekend, the room still radiates energy. Colorful drawings are strung across the room, the walls hold more drawings, three-dimensional bridges constructed from K'Nex, ...By Diane Claytor
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Writing Groups Bring Out the Book in People
Writing can be a lonely exercise. Pour a cup of coffee, pull out the keyboard, and wait for inspiration to strike. But it doesn't have to be.
"Writing can be very social," said Raelene ...By Chris Lavin
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Trivia Bee Buzz
A buzz of excitement filled the air of the Orinda Masonic Lodge the evening of April 25 as Sue Breedlove, president of the Orinda Rotary Club, took the stage. Clad in a yellow and black-striped costume, black antennae headband and white synthetic wings, Breedlove ...By Amanda Kuehn
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Seeing Double: Nothing Says Togetherness Like Twins
Congratulations, new mother - it's a boy... and another boy! Or a daughter ... and a second daughter ... or one of each! Twin births can rock a new parent's world - and they're nothing new in Lamorinda.
By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Earth Day in Lafayette: Fun and Water Wise
Water is a recurring theme at Lamorinda events this year. Lafayette's 9th Annual Earth Day Festival is no exception. "With one of the worst droughts in California's recorded history, the theme of this year's festival is water conservation," says Tina Goodfriend, ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Lafayette Native Awarded Donald A. Strauss Foundation Scholarship
Lafayette native and UC Davis student Anna Peare and was recently named the UC Davis recipient of the Donald A. Strauss Foundation Scholarship for her project titled the Amigos de las Am‚ricas: Backyard Program, which aims to give youth of all backgrounds the ...
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Gold Coast Chamber Players Mentor in Music
"Music gives ... wings to the mind ... and life to everything." -Plato
People who have enjoyed the wonderful music played by the Gold Coast Chamber Players may heartily agree with the ...By Diane Claytor
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Vuafu Goes to Iowa!
Vuafu, his professor, and mechanic are bringing Mr. Head Guy (George Peterson Sanders, aka GPS) along with two narrators, a carrot-eating bunny, and a robot bunny car to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa to compete in Odyssey of the Mind's World Finals Driver's ...Submitted by Michelle Regan
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Beach Music in Lafayette
The Lafayette studio is a compact affair with a phone booth-sized sound room holding only a Shure mic. Add a keyboard and beat pad, an acoustic and electric guitar and two musicians, and it becomes production headquarters for the duo, not a band, who call themselves ...By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Hello from Boston
Scoping out the Boston Marathon finish line two days ahead of the big race were Brad Alban, Miramonte High School's track coach (left), his twin sister Brianna, a Boston student and 2014 marathoner, and Orinda native Tim O'Brien, a marathoner in both 2013 and 2014 ...
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Miramonte's Public Speaking Team Remains Triumphant
For most people, the term "March Madness" refers to the frenzy of college basketball games that consume people's lives for the entire month. However, for Miramonte High School's public speaking team, the phrase takes on an entirely different meaning. For these ...Submitted by Fatima Hasanain
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