Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
The Broadway Plaza beauty supply store Sephora is expanding slightly on one side as the outside undergoes a facelift but they are still open.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
The Broadway Plaza beauty supply store Sephora is expanding slightly on one side as the outside undergoes a facelift but they are still open.
1321 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Last month we learned that a new coffee shop, called, appropriately enough, Coffee Shop, will be opening in downtown Walnut Creek where Lift Lounge used to be and they are now planning for an April opening. According to their Facebook page they are now hiring. Check out their latest updates here.
From their website:
Located at 1321 Locust Street, in Downtown Walnut Creek. CS is a celebration of coffee creativity and an exploration into coffee roast styles from around the world. Whether you’re on the fritz and need a fix or if you are insanely coffee curious, we should have something for you.
Browsing their Instagram photos makes my mouth water, I can’t wait to check this out!
1756 Cole Ave, Walnut Creek
1756 Cole, which will be home to 12 condominiums in downtown Walnut Creek right next to the Mercer Apartments is progressing but no word on the completion date yet.
From their website:
Set amongst a sweeping view of Walnut Creek, the condominiums at 1756 Cole are both beautiful and well-designed for residents who seek the attraction of an easy, comfortable environment. Featuring details such as soaring 12-foot ceilings and decorator hardware, these spaces were created for those who love classic styling and first-class amenities. Inside your home, you’ll enjoy gourmet kitchens, sumptuous baths, spacious quarters, and breathtaking scenic views of the city and the mountains: everything you love about a large, suburban home set within a single-level, private condominium. Come see this luxury property for yourself by scheduling an appointment today.
Living area:
- Raised panel entry door with designer selected hardware
- Hand-set 12×12 inch tile entry floor
- Expansive interior glass
- Designer coordinated light fixtures
- Abundant use of LED down lighting throughout residence
- Raised and coffered ceiling areas per plan
- Smooth drywall finish with radius corners
- Engineered hardwood and designer carpet in selected areas
- Eight foot raised panel interior doors with brushed nickel lever hardware
- Sleek easy touch rocker switches
- Custom trim baseboard and door casing
- Soaring 9-12 foot floor ceilings per plan
Check out the rest of the features here.
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek
The latest Bedford Gallery exhibit, The Object & the Void – West Coast Metal Sculpture, has been showing for abot a month now and it’s still exhibiting through April 12th.
From their website:
The Object & the Void features four West Coast sculptors whose work reveals how both a sculpture and the void that surrounds it need one another to communicate ideas and concepts. The exhibition assembles sculpture and installations by renowned artists Bella Feldman, Linda Fleming, Clay Jensen,and Yoshitomo Saito. The artists work with metal media ranging from cast bronze to cut steel, to explore weight, balance, and how it can be used to portray a broad reach of visual imagery and ideas – including narrative, poetic, and abstract concepts.
Each of the exhibiting artists is well known for their masterful command of their media and inventive style. Clay Jensen forges austere structures in bronze inspired by his home state of Utah and the Bay Area’s dwindling urban environments. Linda Fleming and her “diagrams of thought” are colorful, patterned structures that suggest the presence of two realities existing at once. Yoshitomo Saito’s installation, 1000 Prayers, is a poignant installation of one thousand pine cones that comment on the series of natural disasters that have battered Japan in recent years. And Bella Feldman’s poetic work brings together metal, glass and found objects.
artists
Bella Feldman • Oakland, CA
Linda Fleming • Benicia, CA
Clay Jensen • Oakland, CA
Yoshitomo Saito • Denver, CO
Bella Feldman:
More photos of the exhibit after the jump…
Photo by Flickr user shawnhoke
This week we learned that yet another pizza restaurant, Boca Pizzeria, would be opening in downtown Walnut Creek and a commenter suggested a reader poll about what restaurant/bar/cafe etc. you would like to see in downtown Walnut Creek.
I am so hoping someone realizes that what WC needs is not another version of something that already exists once (or twice or three times) already, but something else. Something that won’t disappear when trends change in a year or two. I would love to see a proper Irish pub, where folks can hang out, eat, drink, maybe listen to some live music, and generally stop stressin’ about the world.
If you had your pick what you most like to see? An Irish pub? Burmese restaurant? Tea house?
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
For those following progress on the giant window that has been added to Macy’s during the Broadway Plaza renovation, the giant Believe poster has finally been removed to reveal the window. Interestingly, based on the previously featured rendering, it looks like only nine panes will be transparent.
My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, & I’m in Therapy!:
Del Valle Theater
1963 Tice Valley Rd, Walnut Creek
Thursday, March 12th – Sunday, March 29th, 2015
$65The two-time award winning: My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy created by Steve Solomon has met with rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the country.
Now one of the longest running one-man shows in New York history! It is an evening of hysterical comedy topped off with 30+ voices of the most hilarious characters and situations you’ve ever seen. All this brought to life by the comic genius of Author, Steve Solomon, starring Ron Tobin. Over 750,000 have seen and loved this show. This is a “don’t miss evening of side-splitting laughter.”
1633 Bonanza St, Walnut Creek
The new ramen spot Ramen Hiroshi that opened in January in downtown Walnut Creek recently applied for an alcohol license. It’ll be great to sip a cold brew while eating ramen! Check out their appetizer menu here and ramen menu here.
Bring Back the Magic – TJ Shoesmith:
Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
55 Eckley Ln, Walnut Creek
Sunday, March 15th, 2015
7:00pm – 8:30pm | $15
TJ Shoesmith is a renowned cabaret magician who has worked all over the world!He’s a regular performer at the Magic Castle, Hollywood, and was chosen as a member of The Magic Circle to perform at that club’s centenary!
JOIN US FOR A FAMILY FUN EVENING!
ASSORTED HEALTHY DESSERTS ARE INCLUDED AND PART OF THE FUN!
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2015 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM
BORTIN HALL, Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek
Tickets: Adults: $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
$10 for kids ages 5 – 18 / FREE for ages 4 and under!
1651 Botelho Dr, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending word that the Chinese restaurant and lounge Dragon 2000 has closed for remodeling. The inside was completely empty so looks like there will be a completely new design inside…
