Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Helping Your Child Age Six and Older Manage Anger - Part One
People express anger all around us. All we need to do is listen to political commentary, drive in rush hour traffic, or work in a customer service job to see or hear expressions of anger. Anger is a normal human emotion, and handling it effectively is crucial to ...By Margie Ryerson, MFT
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Two Lamorinda Students Head to Scotland Festival as Part of Oakland School for the Arts Production
Olivia Lowe of Orinda and Noah Baldwin of Moraga, both 16-year-old juniors at the Oakland School for the Arts - a public charter arts school located in the Fox Theater in Oakland - will be heading with 12 other performers, ages 16-18, to Scotland to perform "Signs of ...Submitted by Jennifer Duff
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Student Actors Prepare for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
During the summer Town Hall Theatre in Lafayette resonates with the laughter and youthful energy of the students who spend most of their waking hours in the dark confines of the large showroom. Working on one show, sometimes on two, the teens are there for the love of ...By Celia Magidson and Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Wood Works for Campo Students at State Fair
Seventeen Campolindo High School students recently earned California State Fair Industrial and Technology Education awards for their woodworking projects. The entries ranged from small desks to cabinets, chests, clocks and chessboards. Three students - Christy Faoro, ...By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
THE APP RAP
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By Eric Pawlakos
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Return of Music Workshop at Stanley Middle School
With 215 participants this year ranging in age from 11 to over 70, the annual Lafayette Summer Music Workshop is the biggest gathering ever of students and professional musician instructors. The workshop, now in its 15th year, runs Aug. 4-9 at Stanley Middle School, ...
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Runs for ALS Reaches Milestone:Lafayette Little League Continues to Promote Awareness about Lou Gehrig's Disease
Since 2008, Lafayette Little League has collected and donated over $25,000 through its "Runs for ALS" program that directly benefits The ALS Association Golden West Chapter. Created in 2007 by board members Matt Chaney and Brian Griggs, LLL teams contribute 50 cents ...Submitted by Brian Griggs
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Award Winning Fisherman
Soon to be eighth grader at Stanley Middle School, Jed Wood of Lafayette, came in first place at a recent Pro-Am Bass Tournament at Russo's Marina on Bethel Island, catching the largest bass in the tournament at over 7.5 pounds. More than 70 kids participated in the ...
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Music to Her Ears
Earning the West Coast Songwriters' Association award for Best Song of the Year (Berkeley chapter) for "A Thousand Kisses Shy" must be music to Laura Zucker's ears. This is Zucker's fourth local win in six years; she has also earned recognition at best song playoffs ...By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Clive Worsley: From Town Hall Theatre to Cal Shakes
Even before becoming artistic director of Town Hall Theatre, Clive Worsley was associated with California Shakespeare Theater as a teaching artist. Now he is leaving his more than full-time job at THT to take direction of Cal Shakes' Artistic Learning program, which ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Rope Walking Takes Off in Moraga
Local residents are seeing a new group of users at Moraga Commons Park: rope walkers. They come with a rope, secure them to trees (with adequate bark protection), and practice their new sport. Kids start a few feet off the ground, while more advanced walkers go ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Week-Long Camp Lets Kids Live the Life of the Miwok
The Lafayette Community Garden site has everything that's required to transport one back to the time when men and women lived in harmony with the land, taking only what they needed and feeling fulfilled in return. It lacks only the Lamorindans of 5,000 years ago: the ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Students Cultivate Relationships, Gardens Locally and Across the Globe
It is possible there is nothing more "we are the world" than a garden. After all, Mother Nature's "invisibles" - worms and slugs and imagined crawly things - must till the soil. Older plants must die and enrich the dirt with nutrients. People or the wind must drop ...By Lou Fancher
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Local Runners Put On Eclectic Art Show at Orinda Library
It's not every day you get a group of creative joggers producing an exhibit of unique art, so when painter and retired high school English teacher George Ehrenhaft had the idea for such an event, he literally took it and ran with it.
 By Clare Varellas
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| Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Technology Plus Ancient Gleaning Concept Equals Food for the Hungry
"Anyone can do it," said board member Jeff Goodfriend as he exuberantly discussed some of the nuts and bolts to assembled do-gooders about becoming volunteer crew chiefs at a recent Urban Farmers training. The grassroots, non-profit organization addresses the problem ...By Cathy Tyson
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