Orinda

Middle Eastern Festival:

St. John Orinda
501 Moraga Way, Orinda
Saturday, September 26th, 2015 – Sunday, September 27th, 2015
11:00am – 8:00pm (7pm Sunday)

St. John invites you to our 21st annual festival!!!
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Saturday Sept 26th: 11 am – 8 pm
Sunday Sept 27th: 11 am – 7 pm

Join in the fun! Ahlan wa sahlan (Welcome)

Raffle Grand Prize – 2015 Toyota Camry LE

Live Entertainment
Great music from Nader Zaki, Samer Judeh (keyboard), Ghassan Bader, Waseem, Fadi Hanani
Debke performances

Delicious Food – Your favorite Middle Eastern Foods
Shawerma, Falafel, Kebab, Grape leaves
Hummus, Spinach pies, and more

Sweets
Zalabyeh, kanafeh, baklava, and more delicious sweets

Drinks
Beer, wine, soda, water, and Arabic coffee

Children’s Activities
Bounce house and more activities for kids

Cultural Center & Vendor Shopping Bazaar

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The Mystery of Irma Vep:

Cal Shakes Theater
100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda
Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 – Sunday, September 6th, 2015

Cal Shakes’ outgoing artistic director Jonathan Moscone has chosen Charles Ludlam’s uproarious 1984 comedy for his final bow at the Bruns. In an unparalleled theatrical feat, Cal Shakes favorites Danny Scheie and Liam Vincent will make 35 costume changes to play eight different characters, ranging from a nobleman to an Egyptian princess. Taking place at a sinister estate near Hampstead Heath, where Lord Edgar and his nervous new wife Enid find themselves haunted by werewolves, ghosts, a vampire, and Edgar’s mysterious ex-wife, Irma Vep is a hilarious send up of a medley of different styles and sources, specifically, Hitchcock’s thriller, Rebecca, Brontë’s dark romance, Wuthering Heights, and Noël Coward’s otherwordly comedy Blithe Spirit.

A pioneering work in gay, and drag theater, this production will be a gender- (and genre)-bending tour-de-force.

 

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Row With Champions Regatta:

San Pablo Reservoir
540 Old San Pablo Dam Rd, Orinda
Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
10:00am – 3:00pm | $20 (per car)

Hundreds of people will come together at the San Pablo Reservoir to experience a rowing regatta. Whether a spectator or a rower, the experience is sure to be memorable. Food and entertainment will also add to the fun and festive atmosphere.

The Day will provide a rare opportunity to interact with Olympic athletes and national/ international rowing champions. In addition, members of the U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team will be rowing at the event.

Be a part of one of the most important community efforts in Lamorinda supporting local non-profit programs.

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Free Movie Showing The Bridge on the River Kwai:

Orinda Theatre
4 Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
7:00pm | Free

The next free classic movie of the month is “The Bridge on the River Kwai” on Thursday August 13th at 7pm at Orinda Theatre. Come early as we expect this to be very full!

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Free Opera in the Park:

Orinda Community Park
28 Orinda Way, Orinda
Sunday, July 26th, 2015
4:00pm | Free

Viviamo Opera Quartet – Four beautiful, classically-trained and blended voices will deliver the most delightful and dramatic vocal music written for the stage AND
in a most entertaining and innovative fashion!

Famous quartets from Rigoletto, La Boheme, Fidelio, Brindisi from La Traviata. Other ensembles will include Mozart’s sublime Cosi trio, duets galore and arias and songs that the world has loved for ages!

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