Motorama on Father's Day
Once again, dads and non-dads enjoyed the Motorama World of Wheels Car Show on Father's Day last Sunday. With food, music and an incredible array of cars, this has become an annual tradition for local car buffs. While the admission was free, proceeds raised went to ...By Cathy Tyson
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PLAN FOR FUN ON THE 4TH OF JULY
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"Man of Steel"
Zack Snyder's reboot of Superman will no doubt be the blockbuster event of the summer.
"Man of Steel" is a serious treatment of the classic Superman story. Snyder directed "300" and ...By Derek Zemrak
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Family FocusBalanced Parenting
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance. - Epicurus
As parents, we need to ask ourselves continually whether any of our approaches or methods is too extreme. Unlike ...By Margie Ryerson, MFT
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"Dance on Film" Festival Explores the Magic of Movement on the Big Screen
The Diablo Ballet and Lafayette Library and Learning Center's second annual "Dance on Film" series leapt into action June 6 with "Brigadoon," but there's still time to hop into the behind-the-scene and on-the-screens action later this summer with "Singing in the Rain" ...By Lou Fancher
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Lynn's Top Five: Financial Planning Tips for College Bound Grads (and their parents!)
Ancient though I may be, I still vividly remember the summer between high school graduation and my first year at college. Being on the threshold of my "big girl life," it was a summer filled with both possibilities and anxiety. In those days summer jobs for youth ...By Lynn Ballou, CFP(r)
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Lyme Disease in Lamorinda? Not Likely
Is Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S. likely in Lamorinda? Not if you look at the numbers. Just five cases of Lyme disease were reported among the one million-plus residents of Contra Costa County between 2001 and 2011, although ticks in ...By Cathy Dausman
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"American Night" a Satirical Collection of Fun at Cal Shakes
Cal Shakes careens into the 2013 outdoor summer theater season at Orinda's Bruns Amphitheater with Richard Montoya's pumped-up "American Night: the Ballad of Juan Jos‚," directed by the company's artistic director, Jon Moscone. A little slapstick, a lot pop culture and ...By Lou Fancher
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Adonal Foyle is Coming to the Lafayette Library
Former basketball player and author Adonal Foyle is coming to the Lafayette Library to the first-ever authors and athletes special event from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 21. Locals may know him as a Warrior, but he is so much more - poet, philanthropist and ...By Cathy Tyson
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Fireworks Could Fizzle Lacking Funds
Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community - plus $24,000 - to stage a fireworks show. And if three very local "villages" don't step up with financial donations for Moraga's Fourth of July display, then the future of those shows is quite ...By Cathy Dausman
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Orinda Historical Society Display Honors Veterans
World War II. Korea. Vietnam. Desert Storm. America's response to 9/11. They live quietly among us - men and women who answered the call at times when our nation and world needed unparalleled strength of character and wisdom - the soldiers, aviators, sailors, and ...By Laurie Snyder
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CASA Volunteers: A Consistent Connection for Children in Foster Care
An acronym is rarely described as gloriously poetic and incidentally profound, but CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), is both. "Casa" is the Spanish word for home, for family dwelling: a safe, secure, sturdy, long-lasting refuge. And CASA volunteers are living ...By Lou Fancher
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Trailside Chickens Amuse and Educate
Mike Marchiano simply crows about his chickens. "I love to garden," said the Lafayette resident, who explained that his becoming a Master Gardener led him to keeping chickens.
"A ...By Cathy Dausman
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Three Lamorinda Odyssey of the Mind Teams Place in Top 20 at World Finals
Inside the Breslin Student Events Center at Michigan State University, 827 teams from 13 countries and 33 U.S. states filled the huge arena parading for the opening ceremony of the 2013 Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. Young people from countries such as Japan, ...By Sophie Braccini
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"After Earth"
"After Earth" has all the elements of a great summer blockbuster with director M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense," "Signs") teaming with mega star Will Smith ("Men in Black," "Independence Day"), but it just does not work on any planet.
 By Derek Zemrak
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA