Broadway Plaza rendering
A new “gateway feature” rest area is planned for Broadway Plaza at the corner of Newell Ave. and S. Broadway in Walnut Creek where the new parking garage is being built. This is directly across from Whole Foods and looks like it will be a nice area to take a break.
Broadway Plaza rendering
Water-Wise Workshop:
Empire Realty
380 Diablo Rd, Danville
Friday, March 20th, 2015
6:30pm – 8:00pm | $20With simple plumbing alterations and smart landscape changes, every home has the potential to create a sustainable water supply with an ecologically productive landscape. Learn how you can transform your own home so it conserves and reuses our precious water resources, while growing a bountiful garden.
2118 Willow Pass Rd, Concord
The Nepalese and Indian restaurant Himalayan Cuisine opened several months ago a block from Todos Santos Plaza in Concord. Check out their menu here.
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.
Forejour – A Tribute to Foreigner & Journey:
Town Hall Theatre
3535 School St, Lafayette
Saturday, March 21st, 2015
8:00pm | $25
Forejour (pronounced ‘forger’), pays tribute to the music of 80’s mega bands FOREIGNER & JOURNEY. The band will take center stage at Lafayette’s Town Hall Theatre on Saturday, March 21, 2015, as part of THT’s concert series to benefit their educational programs for Lamorinda area children.Forejour’s streak of sold out shows continues with their most recent performances at Marin County’s upscale Fenix Supper Club and Napa’s celebrated City Winery.
The band’s unique blending of two beloved multi-platinum bands keeps audiences on their feet with non-stop hits for their entire show. Forejour’s set list includes the 20th century’s most down-loaded song, “Don’t Stop Believing”, as well as power ballads such as Foreigner’s “Waiting For A Girl Like You”, and Journey’s “Faithfully”.
Likewise, Town Hall Theatre is a blending of both an unparalleled live performance venue and relaxed atmosphere with a full bar, in its historic building in downtown Lafayette.
For ticket information, contact Town Hall Theatre at www.townhalltheatre.com or 925-283-1557.
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.
Historical Society Fundraiser – The Old Yellow House:
Orinda Theatre
4 Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
7:00pm | $12Join us for an evening to learn more about Orinda’s history, the making of Net Zero Homes, and our passion for sustainability by harnessing natural energy from the sun, earth, and rain.
$12 admission at the door
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…
