Events

“Flappers & Flasks” Centennial Celebration:

1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Lesher Center for the Arts
Friday, January 24th, 2014
8:00pm – midnight | $100

The Lesher Center for the Arts will roar to life as an early-1900s speakeasy, as we kick off Walnut Creek’s year-long Centennial Celebration. “Flappers & Flasks” is one of three Signature Centennial Events slated for 2014.

For tickets, visit the Lesher Center box office or call 925.943.SHOW.

Revelers will enjoy live entertainment and dancing, gaming, sweet and savory bites, and a few surprises. The party will, of course, operate under strict prohibition-era rules, but festive “spirits” are available to those who hold the password. And, if you try your luck, you have a chance to win the grand prize.

This is an adults-only event. Cocktail attire or festive costumes are welcome.

Price: $100 per person (free to anyone 100 years or older). Included with the price of admission is one whiskey tasting. Tasting times and space are limited. To purchase tickets, contact the Lesher Center for the Arts box office at 925.943.SHOW or online.

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Evening Discussion on William Faulkner:

Swan’s Fine Books
1381 Locust Street, Walnut Creek
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
7:30pm – 8:30pm | Free

Please join us on Thursday evening, January 16th, for a discussion on William Faulkner. Our guest speaker this evening will be Meredith Kelling, who recently presented at the Yoknapatawpha Conference in Oxford, Mississippi.

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” It’s not only for their uncharacteristic brevity that those lines are some of the most quoted of Faulkner’s fiction, for the past in Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County is inescapable, and time itself is a sort of floodplain wherein the present, past, and future all seep into one another. Faulkner is too often pigeon-holed as a “Southern writer,” one whose narratives are set during and after the decline of the South, but his writing unsettles such abstract terms, focusing less on heroes and villains and more on characters who grapple with their uncertain ideas of good and evil, their ability to reconcile with their pasts and origins.

That Faulkner set his novels in The South – a place and time highly particularized in the American mind – allows for rich narrative possibility, but should it also allow the present day reader the comfort of psychological distance from Faulkner’s characters and their struggles? Or can Faulkner’s works still resonate with us today? Please join us for what we hope will be a lively discussion on Faulkner; his works, his legacy with the American reader, and Faulkner in the classroom.

Seating will be limited to 30 guests, so please R.S.V.P. to hold a space. There is no charge to attend and light refreshments will be served.

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Create Your Own Potting Station:

Ruth Bancroft Garden
1552 Bancroft Rd, Walnut Creek
Saturday, January 11th, 2014
10:00am – 10:30am | Free, members only

If you’ve taken a members course or workshop recently, you may have admired our nursery potting stations. These multipurpose work stations are just the right height and provide enough space to easily complete a variety of potting and planting jobs.
At this free member’s only course, garden director Troy McGregor will demonstrate how they are made. Learn how to create a single workstation that’s perfect for your home garden. Using recycled materials, we will create a demonstration table that will be raffled off at the end of the class. Raffle tickets will sold for $5 each.

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Photo by Flickr user SmugSan

ARF Comedy Night:

Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, January 3rd, 2014
7:30pm

Stand up for animals at Comedy Night, an evening of laughter benefiting ARF’s lifesaving programs. Past performers include Dana Carvey, Rob Schneider, Mark Pitta, George Lopez and more. Stay tuned for the 2014 line-up!

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Home for the Holidays:

Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Monday, December 23rd, 2013
7:30pm | from $35

Donato Cabrera conducts the Symphony with special guests Pacific Boychoir in a holiday-themed program for families!

Monday, December 23, 7:30 PM

Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA

Click Here to Learn More and Here to Purchase Tickets

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Joyeux Noel:

Walnut Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway Ave, Walnut Creek
Friday, December 20th, 2013
7:30pm – 9:00pm | Free

France, Christmas, 1914. A moment of humanity that made history.  The French film “Joyeux Noel” re-creates this spontaneous, unique and moving  WW1 historic event. Admission is FREE to this Mountain Shadow Film Society showing, presented in partnership with the Walnut Creek Library Foundation.

This film is rated PG-13.

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