Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, January 25th – Saturday, February 23rd, 2019A London sex specialist from the future stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, compliments of a unique set of hotel doors, traveling back in time. A hilarious mash-up of Psycho and Doctor Who. Alan Ayckbourn is “the greatest living English-language playwright.” – Time
Running Time: approx. 2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermission
Photo by Flickr user backpackphotography
Chinese New Year Flower Market Fair:
Grant Avenue from Clay to Broadway; Washington, Jackson & Pacific between Stockton & Kearny
Saturday, February 2nd – Sunday, February 3rd, 2019
FreeThe Chinese New Year Flower Market Fair is held on the weekend before Chinese New Year Day. The Flower Fair is the place to come to purchase fresh flowers, fruits, candies and brand new supplies for the home to begin the new lunar year. Delight in performances of traditional Chinese magicians, acrobats, folk dancers and opera as you take in the beautiful fragrances of spring. You will find over 120 booths and concessions making this a shopper’s paradise.
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Saturday, February 9th, 2019
7:30pm | $45Enjoy the St. Lawrence String Quartet, one of the leading string quartets of our time, along with three-time Grammy nominated clarinetist, Todd Palmer. The program offers an unprecedented musical, emotional, and spiritual experience with chamber music spanning four centuries. From Haydn and Beethoven, to Berger and Golijov, this unique program is not to be missed!
Photo by Aris Bernales
Diablo Ballet’s Balanchine and Beyond:
Del Valle Theatre
1963 Tice Valley Blvd, Walnut Creek
Friday, February 1st – Saturday, February 2nd, 2019
$39 – $47Diablo Ballet’s second program of its 25th Anniversary season features the classic masterpiece, Apollo by George Balanchine; the lyrical From Another Time by Diablo Ballet alumna and choreographer, Tina Kay Bohnstedt composed and performed by Justin Levitt; and the classical Paquita, staged by Diablo Ballet regisseur Joanna Berman and featuring the entire company in a bravura finale.
Photo by Flickr user marthelelièvre
Permaculture: Partnering with Nature For a Better Garden:
Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
315 Cortsen Rd, Pleasant Hill
Saturday, February 2nd, 2019
9:30am – 12:00pm | $40Learn how and why permaculture works. Redefine your definition and expectation of a garden. Learn how little effort is needed to work with nature for bountiful yields.
Participants will be able to: explain what Permaculture is, understand why it addresses climate weirdness, define their ideal garden, and begin gathering information to design their space.
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
1931 1st Ave, Walnut Creek
Friday, February 8th, 2019
6:00 – 9:00pm | $20 ($15 members)Come with your special someone or get the girls together and enjoy a girls’ night out! Scroll down to buy tickets. We’ve got all of the makings for the hippest happy hour in town:
Wine and Calicraft Beer
Yummy bites
Delicious desserts
Live music acoustic guitars and sing-along
Wild Animal Date Auction: Bid on a special moment with our animal ambassadors and help raise money for their care!
PLUS, a meet and greet with the animalsCanasta Kitchen food truck and Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea available for purchase.
Prices will go up Feb. 2
from Flickr user Lisby
The Regency Ballroom
1300 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Saturday, January 26th, 2019
12:00 – 5:00pm | $5Enjoy unfettered access to our famous Vendor Bazaar without the hubub of the nighttime revelry… Peruse over 50 carefully curated artisan vendors… fitting rooms available… full bar for 21+. Hooray!
Orinda Books
276 Village Square, Orinda
Sunday, January 27th, 2019
1:00 – 3:00pm | FreeLamorinda Arts Council’s Poet Laureate, Amy Glynn, is hosting the monthly Reading Series entitled “Live Poets Society” at Orinda Books 276 Village Square, Orinda. Each month the featured writers will delight guests with a reading of their creative writings.
The guest readers for January 2019 will be Dani Gabriel, Jeremy Benson and Lisa Rosenberg.
Dani Gabriel is the author of a forthcoming children’s book (Penny Candy Books), The Woman You Write Poems About (Civil Defense Press) and coauthor of Molotov Mouths (Manic D Press). Jeremy Benson, the Poet Laureate of Napa Valley, has written novels, short stories, articles, personal essays, stand-up comedy routines, short films, and many letters. Lisa Rosenberg is the author of A Different Physics (winner of the 2017 Red Mountain Poetry Prize).
Ruth Bancroft Garden
1552 Bancroft Rd. Walnut Creek
Saturday, January 26th, 2019
1:00 – 1:45pm | $15Calling all junior cactus lovers! This is the perfect opportunity for kids to meet in the Garden and share their love of cacti and succulents. The club meeting includes fun activities, crafts, and a show and tell of your favorite succulent or cactus. If it’s raining, the club will meet in the West Shade House of Ruth’s Folly.
Please register online. For ages 6-10 (and kids under 8 must be accompanied by an adult). Parent/guardian must remain on premises during the workshop; shop in the nursery or take a garden walk!
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Thursday, January 24th – Saturday, February 2nd, 2019DLUX Puppets, a nationally-recognized theater company, presents a fun new multimedia adaptation of Peter Pan! Using state of the art digitally projected scenery, high-quality life-sized puppetry, actors, and popular songs from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, DLUX Puppets’ adaptation will teach children,”A brain filled with fear has little space for dreams!”
