Wednesday, October 09, 2013
When Your Teen Doesn't Make the Team
When your child experiences an upsetting event, like not making the cut for a high school sports team, he or she needs your simple compassion and understanding, not preaching, rationalization or a philosophical perspective. Instead of, "We all have disappointments in ...By Margie Ryerson
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Women's Hall of Fame Needs Nominees
Nancie Zimmerman is a rookie on the Contra Costa Commission for Women (CCCW), yet she is already taking on responsibilities. The Moraga resident was appointed member-at-large three months ago and this year is co-chairing the Hall of Fame project, a program that ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
'Touch of the Light' Touches Hearts
It starts with sounds. Little everyday sounds that one hardly notices, but that carry a lot of meaning to someone who cannot see. To someone who is blind. It is quite challenging to create a film that portrays the life of Huang Yu-Siang, a sightless musician, but ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Lamorindans Invited to Celebrate Region’s Pioneer HeritageMoraga Adobe progress update slated for Oct. 21
California history lovers are invited to learn the latest about local efforts to preserve one of the county's oldest buildings while celebrating the area's rich cultural heritage at a special meeting about the Moraga Adobe from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21.
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
CAIFF 2013: An Impressive Lineup
During four short days in November, the Rheem and Orinda theaters will be non-stop dream machines where 11 feature films, five compilations of short films, and five documentaries, many of them already internationally acclaimed, will be presented during the 19th ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
And the Winner is ...
We have a winner and the Lafayette Reservoir Run hasn't even started yet. Acalanes student Miles Hoeser beat out 150 other creative classmates in teacher Susan Lane's art classes and was chosen by members of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce to have his image grace ...
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Cal Shakes Pushes the Parameters in 'A Winter's Tale'
California Shakespeare Theater prepares for fall with director Patricia McGregor's ambitious take on William Shakespeare's labyrinthian "A Winter's Tale." Like the intricate structure of a human inner ear - tiny bones surrounding sensitive, vacuous spaces filled with ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
New Faces at SchoolZinn Named as New Lafayette Superintendent
Rachel Zinn has only been at the helm as ...
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Funding the New Common Core Standards
As students get into the swing of the ...By Cathy Tyson
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Insights into the Making of a Joyce Maynard Mystery Best-selling author to speak at LLLC Oct. 22
The mystery of human connections as seen through the eyes of a 13-year-old child - or, honestly, anyone other than herself - has held author Joyce Maynard spellbound for decades. About to celebrate 60 years of life, the Oakland Hills transplant-from-Marin explodes ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Annual Student Performance Continues to Benefit Local Charities
Performers for Progress offers students the unique opportunity to help others by showcase their talents - singing, acting, music and magic - while the student-run theater group raises money for different charities. "By giving their time and talent, they are helping ...Submitted by Samuel Shain
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Transition to High School Rough for Teens, Parents
Both Miramonte and Campolindo high schools reached out to parents of freshmen late last month to affirm what most already knew: No one is in Kansas anymore.
"This is a tremendously ...By Chris Lavin
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| Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Early Harvest on Lamorinda Hills
The early morning sunshine splashed along the hillside and the enticing scent of ripe grapes made the awkward slope-side climb a bit easier. It was 7 a.m., first light, and already Parkmon Vineyards owner Dave Parker was outside, pulling back nets to prepare for the ...By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, September 25, 2013
"Prisoners"
Compelling, terrifying, riveting and a parent's worst nightmare best describes this chilling new thriller from French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve. "Prisoners" was the "talk about film" at both the recent Telluride Film Festival and Toronto International Film ...By Derek Zemrak
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| Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Author Offers Lunch Box Tips, Signs Books in Moraga
Acalanes High School alumna Katie Sullivan Morford introduced her new book, "The Best Lunch Box Ever," to a group of moms at the home of Lucy Dendinger in Moraga earlier this month. As a registered dietician, food writer and mother of three, she had plenty of tips to ...Submitted by Lucy Dendinger
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA