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2013/05/22 22:30
2013/05/22 22:30
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WALNUT CREEK -- Something new is coming to the downtown: Residents. These soon-to-be-newcomers will literally be able to step outside their door and line up for a Lesher Center production or cross...
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2013/05/22 21:43
2013/05/22 21:43
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As written, "Sweet Charity" is a good musical with some memorable, near-classic tunes and some wonderful characters. It becomes a great musical, though, when a top-notch cast and crew present it in...
2013/05/20 23:39
2013/05/20 23:39
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Two heads are better than one, or so they say, and Festival Opera of Walnut Creek and West Bay Opera of Palo Alto are bending theirs together, for the first time ever, over a joint production of...
2013/05/13 16:53
2013/05/13 16:53
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Wedding spray? Graduation lei? There were no literal flowers in Smuin Ballet's spring season concert "Bouquet" at the Lam Research Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts this weekend. Yet the West...
2013/05/09 23:50
2013/05/09 23:50
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... EIFMAN BALLET: Famed Russian choreographer Boris Eifman brings his 35-year-old company to UC Berkeley to present the Bay Area premiere of "Rodin Project," an evening-length work inspired by the...
2013/05/09 07:06
2013/05/09 07:06
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WALNUT CREEK -- In a seemingly unprecedented move, five former mayors are openly criticizing council members' handling of an investigation into employee knowledge of alleged child sex abuse at the...
2013/05/08 21:50
2013/05/08 21:50
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Gallery On Second hosts Lorraine Lawson exhibit BRENTWOOD -- The Gallery on Second will showcase the artwork of renowned Bay Area artist Lorraine Lawson. Lawson s abstract works not only encompass...
2013/05/08 18:26
2013/05/08 18:26
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If you haven't had a chance to see Center Rep's "Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World," there's still time. The funny, quirky show by Yussef El Guindi runs through May 12 at Walnut Creek's Lesher...
2013/05/08 18:14
2013/05/08 18:14
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WALNUT CREEK -- Bobby Briscoe remembers growing up watching music videos that burst into pop culture consciousness. He watched, mesmerized, as dancers such as Janet Jackson gyrated rhythmically and...
2013/05/07 19:50
2013/05/07 19:50
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DEAR JOAN: We have some beautiful handmade birdhouses in our back yard, right off our deck. For many years, we've enjoyed seeing birds build nests and their babies hatching. However, now we have a...
2013/05/04 06:06
2013/05/04 06:06
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WALNUT CREEK -- To ensure transparency and address a lack of trust in its city manager felt by at least two council members, Walnut Creek is hiring an outside consultant to deal with city staffers who...
2013/05/03 06:30
2013/05/03 06:30
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... COMPANY C CONTEMPORARY BALLET: The Walnut Creek company once again beckons dance lovers with an intriguing new program. Works include the world premiere of company dancer David Van Ligon's "Natoma,"...
2013/05/02 22:39
2013/05/02 22:39
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Cyrus Chestnut, the acclaimed and versatile pianist whose recordings have ranged from jazz and gospel to "A Charlie Brown Christmas," kicks off the second season of Walnut Creek's Jazz at the Lesher...
2013/05/01 21:50
2013/05/01 21:50
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Brentwood band recognizes Relay for Life BRENTWOOD -- The Brentwood Concert Band performs 7 p.m. Friday at the Brentwood Community Center Park, 35 Oak St. Enjoy favorites, including "Blue Tango,...
2013/05/01 19:50
2013/05/01 19:50
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Like bread and butter or better yet chocolate and peanut butter, some things just go together. Such is the case with Ann Kendrick and Ginny Wehrmeister who blend into a deliciously entertaining duo in...
2013/04/29 20:51
2013/04/29 20:51
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... Musa and Sheri in the New World" is an elegant rom-com with fangs, a twist on the traditional gentle tale of immigrants coming to America to forge a new life and find love. Aside from the...
2013/04/27 16:59
2013/04/27 16:59
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WALNUT CREEK -- For the first time, two city employees are speaking out through their lawyers to say they did not know about allegations of suspected child sex abuse at the Lesher Center and were...
2013/04/24 21:50
2013/04/24 21:50
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... s Calamity Creek at PCT PITTSBURG -- Pittsburg Community Theatre is set to open "Shakespeare Comes to Calamity Creek at the Creative Arts Building, 250 School St. Performances are 8...
2013/04/22 07:29
2013/04/22 07:29
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Built in 1966, the CineArts theater in Pleasant Hill known as "The Dome," has been a destination for moviegoers in Contra Costa and beyond for more than 45 years. But the owners of the building want...
2013/04/19 18:06
2013/04/19 18:06
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WALNUT CREEK -- The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office won't press charges against Walnut Creek officials who knew of suspected sexual child abuse by a city employee at the Lesher Center...