La Fiesta Square, Lafayette
The Shade Store opened recently at La Fiesta Square in Lafayette where the ice cream shop Smitten used to be. Check out their online gallery here.
La Fiesta Square, Lafayette
The Shade Store opened recently at La Fiesta Square in Lafayette where the ice cream shop Smitten used to be. Check out their online gallery here.
Lafayette Clocktower
A cute, new children’s boutique called Myara opened recently in the Lafayette Clocktower where the piece. store used to be. This boutique features clothing, shoes and accessories all designed by the owner (a local Lafayette resident) and produced by partner seamstresses in Turkey. This Saturday, April 13th they are hosting a free “make your own bunny ears” Easter event so if you have little kids and are in the area I highly recommend you drop by to check out their shop to see the gorgeous products they offer and meet the designer/owner.
From their website:
Myara is a children’s boutique based in Lafayette, California (in a family town outside San Francisco). We design our own clothes. Our head designer, Sunny, designed for top brands and always wanted to create a boutique where family members could come, sit, have coffee, connect, and start a fresh chapter of their child’s lives with a piece that speaks to them.
After starting a family in the town she found home, she created that boutique and named it after her grandmother, Rya. Myara is a place where mothers and their children to deeply enjoy one of the blessings of childhood: dressing your child. Rather than filling rack after rack, Myara is a place to sit, have coffee, let your child play in the playhouse, and connect. Let us get to know your needs and the story that your child’s tells. Let us show you what sets our pieces apart. And, we can always make something just for your little one.
More photos after the jump…
New Day 5K Freedom Fundraiser:
Lafayette Reservoir
3849 Mount Diablo Blvd
Saturday, April 13th, 2019
8:00am | $30Join us for New Day’s annual 5K walk/run at the Lafayette Reservoir.
Grab some friends and family and come walk for a great cause on April 13th – we’re starting earlier this year – at 8 am!
This is a great way to fundraise for New Day! Form teams and get competitive against other teams! Have friends, family and colleagues sponsor you for this great walk/run! Just think if you ask 10 people to sponsor you for $20 that’s an easy $200 that you’ve raised for New Day and that could be just the beginning!
Registration is $30 for adults, kids/students 6-22 years old is $15 (this amount will be reflected at checkout) and kids 5 and under are free!
Prizes for the fastest age group runners: adults (18+), young teens (13-15), old teens (16-18), and kids (under 13)
La Fiesta Square, Lafayette
Late last year we learned that The Shade Store would be coming to La Fiesta Square in Lafayette and they now plan on opening early April, possibly on April 5th. The storefront is particularly visible and bold at night as I’m sure people who drive by see. Check out their online gallery here.
Lafayette Clocktower
Last November we learned that the piece. store opened in a second location in City Center Bishop Ranch in San Ramon and earlier this year we learned that they were relocating their Lafayette boutique around the corner within the Lafayette Clocktower but as you can see in the above photo they have closed their Lafayette location permanently. The San Ramon location remains open. Look for a new children’s boutique to open in their original Lafayette location later this month.
Park Plaza Shops, Lafayette
Lemon Gift Shop, which opened in Danville a couple of years ago, is opening their second shop in downtown Lafayette where A Runner’s Mind used to be. Check out their online selection here. They feature, “high quality items, organic baby/spa items, gifts people really want to give and get & carry local California items.”
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Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
6:30 – 7:30pm | FreeWomen — historically and currently — make important contributions to scientific communities and advancements in the STEM fields. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Margaret Race, a Biologist and Planetary Protection expert with NASA and the SETI Institute, and Julita E. Baker, Ph.D, a Food Choice Researcher and Educator, as they talk about their professional journeys — their inspirations, motivations, and recognition of other women in their fields.
3525 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
A new pop-up art gallery called JPG@The Bank, from the owner of Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery down the block opened recently at the corner of Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Moraga Rd in Lafayette where Wells Fargo used to be. In addition to monthly art exhibits there will also be various workshops and events hosted there. Check out the full schedule here. One of the highlights of the gallery is the bank vault; The door and various contraptions can be viewed along with the safety deposit boxes which are being used as mini art dioramas and are constantly changing and evolving. (They were completely emptied prior to opening). It’s a really eclectic and cool spot so if you’re in the area definitely check it out before it closes in June!
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Joyce Carol Oates: Memoir Workshop:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Tuesday, April 9th, 16th, 23rd, 2019
6:00 – 8:00pm | FreeThe workshop is flimited to 10 writers and is free. Writers must agree to attend all three workshops.
Joyce Carol Oates is an award-winning author of more than 40 books. She has won the National Book Award for Fiction and has been a regular contender for the Nobel Prize. She was the recipient of the Prix Femina, the PEN American Lifetime Achievement Award, the President’s Medal in the Humanities and the 2019 Jerusalem Prize. Ms. Oates is currently Visiting Professor in the UC Berkeley English Department.
To be considered for the workshop, applicants must be Lafayette residents or Lafayette Library patrons. Interested applicants must submit 30 (double-spaced) pages of memoir for consideration no later than Friday, March 8, 2019. Submit writing samples along with applicants full name, mailing address, email and phone number to Beth Needel, via email, bneedel@LLLCF.org.
Authors Anne Raeff and Lori Ostlund:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
7:00 – 8:30pm | $10Join two award-winning authors, Anne Raeff and Lori Ostlund, for an engaging conversation about all aspects of their writing including what its like to be part of a writing couple. Simpson Family Literary Project Chair, Joseph Di Prisco moderates the conversation.