Blackhawk Plaza, Danville
San Ramon-based restaurant Fat Maddie’s opened their third location at Blackhawk Plaza in Danville where The Fieldhouse Sports Grill used to be.
Blackhawk Plaza, Danville
San Ramon-based restaurant Fat Maddie’s opened their third location at Blackhawk Plaza in Danville where The Fieldhouse Sports Grill used to be.
Today’s question of the day was sent in by a reader – favorite dog park. I know Rancho Laguna park in Moraga is very popular with dog owners. What is your favorite dog park?
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Trees, Guilds & Food Forests, and Options for Applying Them:
Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
315 Cortsen Rd, Pleasant Hill
Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
9:30am – 12:00pm | $40Purpose: 1. Learn how to identify which plants are needed, and then place plants so that they help each other grow for increased yield, soil health and less work for the gardener.
2. Learn how to build structures such as herb spirals, keyhole beds or mandala beds to incorporate guilds.
Participants will be able to: identify 6 critical functions of trees and how to use them in the garden; what types of trees and plants to use for desired functions; what to plant around trees; how to build high-density planting structures.
Thanks to a reader for pointing out this SF Gate article that shows that San Francisco Creamery in Walnut Creek was closed by health inspectors over a cockroach infestation. For ice cream in downtown Walnut Creek check out Lottie’s Creamery or CREAM.
From the article:
Violations found by the health inspector on February 25 — four days after the business reported their last pest control visit — include seven or more live cockroaches (and droppings) on the refrigerator gasket at the cook line, as well as others on top of a soybean oil container next to a food prep sink, near a dishwashing sink and inside a cockroach egg case on a hotel pan.
Dead cockroaches were found on the gasket of the walk-in freezer, near the water heater, on top of a soap dispenser, inside a cabinet were soda machine is stored and next to a freezer that stores ice cream cakes.
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!
More photos after the jump…
SuperTrouper: The ABBA Concert Experience:
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, March 1st, 2019
8:00 – 10:00pm | $45Abba-mania reigns supreme as the eight-piece production show ‘SuperTrouper’ performs all the greatest hits of one of the world’s most beloved pop Super-Groups of the 70’s: ABBA!
From the smash pop stage musical Mamma Mia to all the international pop chart faves that made this ensemble famous, you’ll hear (and see) all the costumes, and lights of the original ABBA shows, duplicated to near perfection.
Rheem Valley Shopping Center, Moraga
Thanks to a reader for sending word that the Vietnamese noodle restaurant Little Hearty Noodle closed recently in the Rheem Valley shopping center in Moraga.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Last month we learned that the children’s clothing Gymboree will be closing in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek and it looks like the sale of Janie and Jack, also owned by Gymboree, hasn’t gone through so that store will be closing as well unless it gets bought out soon.
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.
3116 Oak Rd, Walnut Creek
According to the latest ABC permit information Yumeya Sushi is expected to replace Isshin Sushi, which opened last year in Walnut Creek, near Pleasant Hill. Stay tuned…