Wednesday, October 27, 2010
October's Sweet Thursday Goes to the Dogs
To celebrate October Adopt-A-Dog month the Lafayette Library has planned a very special event. On October 28th as part of the Lafayette Library's Sweet Thursday literary salon, local journalist and author Steven Winn will join Los Angeles based screenwriter and ...By Moya Stone
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| Wednesday, October 27, 2010
'Tis the Season for Halloween
Not only is Halloween a unique American tradition, but it really comes to life in the suburbs. Lamorinda is filled with family neighborhoods, a plethora of pumpkins on front porches, creepy spiders and other ghoulish decorations that contribute to the holiday vibe. ...
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| Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Around the World in Two Hours
Feel like taking a trip around the world on your lunch break? If so, Saint Mary's College is your first stop on Tuesday, October 19. Get to know 20 different countries; sample the foods, enjoy the art and music, and meet the natives - all for free at Global Faire in ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Cal Shake's Closes Season with Much Ado
Cal Shakes 2010 season, now in the midst of its final production at Orinda's Bruns Amphitheater, could be compared to a meal.
Opening with the earthy starter, Steinbeck's Pastures of ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A Conversation with Abraham Verghese
When I called Abraham Verghese for our phone interview to preview his upcoming appearance at Lamorinda's Three Communities, One Book Program on October 26th, I was expecting to wait.
By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, October 13, 2010
When is the Best Time to Spay and Neuter
This topic has been revisited throughout the years, and in large part the answer depends on the person or organization providing an answer. For many years, the standard age for spay/neuter was 6 months old, although there is minimal science reinforcing that this is ...By Mona Miller, DVM
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| Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A Day of Labor and Celebration
If you missed it, you probably won't live to see another; unless you know something we don't. It comes only once every one hundred years. What were you doing last Sunday, 10/10/10?
The ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Republic of Cake at Home in Orinda
Just the thought of cake puts a smile on my face! I am not sure if it's because it tastes so delicious, or if it's a happy reminder of cheerful celebrations, but I do love cake-especially with frosting. This is precisely the reason my friend and I wandered into ...By Susie Iventosch
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Moraga Art Collective Celebrates in Orinda
The Moraga Art Gallery's 10 Year Anniversary celebration is so large, they're moving the party-and the art-to Orinda's spacious Library Gallery.
Eighteen member artists in the collective ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Pacific Coast Band Rocks the Commons
What do you get when you mix finance, construction and teaching? In this case, it's the Pacific Coast Band. If you happened to be at Moraga's Pear Festival last Saturday morning, you probably found yourself bopping to their beat.
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
LYNN'S TOP FIVE - FINANCIAL PLANNING DAYS - Great planning help -- for free!
It is my great honor to have been appointed by the CFP(r) Board in Washington D.C. to be one of seven CFP(r) Ambassadors serving across the country. A large part of my new role involves communicating local financial planning opportunities of great benefit for Bay Area ...By Lynn Ballou, EA, CFP(r)
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Fall Fun in Moraga
As everyone in Moraga knows, the Pear Festival is as much about having a great time in the park as it is about pears. Although the harvest is long past, you can buy pear pies and set your best pear recipe against the competition, but what really counts is the ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Much Ado about Much Ado
Cal Shakes' final Inside Scoop was a wild affair, with Artistic Director John Moscone and two actors from the cast of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing zig-zagging from esoteric lecture to quoted lines with little foreshadowing. Perhaps because Philippa Kelly, the ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Race To Nowhere Hits the Big Screen
"This is about the health of our children," says Lafayette resident Vicki Abeles, the producer and co-director of the documentary film Race to Nowhere, which will be screened at hundreds of theaters and schools nationwide over the next month. Stress-related illnesses, ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The Making of Jekyll and Hyde
Clive Worsley likes a good challenge. To open its 2010/2011 season, the Artistic Director of Town Hall Theater is presenting Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1886 novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The new production ...By Sophie Braccini
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