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Adult improv class participants
share laughs at Town Hall Theatre in
Lafayette. Photo Sharon K. Sobotta |
| YES! Town Hall Theatre has something for everyone - even adults |
| By Sharon K. Sobotta |
| When Tim Shoji, a Moraga resident and a financial advisor, went online to register his daughter for a children's improv class at Lafayette's Town Hall Theatre, he found more than he bargained for.
"I randomly found an adult improv class (called 'Yes-And-Wine') and decided to sign up and I'm having a lot of fun," Shoji says. "I realized I had stopped trying new things. I'm a financial advisor, so I talk to people about money (for my day job). Doing this lets me exercise a different part of my brain."
Shoji is one ...read |
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| The band Sausalito performs June 2 at Rock the Plaza in downtown Lafayette. Photo Jeff Heyman |
| Outdoor summer concerts and events return to Lamorinda |
| By Jeff Heyman |
| Summer has come to Lamorinda. The dismal weather of Memorial Day weekend behind us, and with temperatures flirting with the 80-degree mark, Lafayette kicked off the real start of summer: the Rock the Plaza ...read |
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| Miramonte seniors John Williams and Sebastian Rguem greet Glorietta students on May 23.
Photo Meredith Friedman |
| Miramonte graduates revisit their elementary schools, inspire young students |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| About 150 students graduating from Miramonte High School participated in a parade on May 23 during which they visited all four elementary schools in Orinda. This first occurrence of the "Cap and Gown Parade" ...read |
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| Acalanes' 4X100 relay team (from left): Ethan Torres, Paul Kuhner, Coach Escobar, Trevor Rogers, and Kyle Bielawski
Photo provided |
| Success at State Tournament for Dons and Cougars, led by Acalanes 4x100 relay team |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| To make it to the California State Track Meet is one thing and placing is quite another. The Acalanes boys 4x100 relay team of Ethan Torres, Kyle Bielawski, Trevor Rogers and Paul Kuhner would finish in second ...read |
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| A field of gold and orange nasturtiums with irises. Photos Cynthia Brian |
| Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian |
| By Cynthia Brian |
"When the primal forces of nature tell you to do something, the prudent thing is not to quibble over details." ~ˇFrom the movie, "Field of Dreams"
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Editor:
Meeting the need for affordable housing
Like many communities across the Bay Area, Lafayette is struggling to get its housing plan approved by the state. After its second submission was rejected on March 29th, the City now risks losing state funding and local control unless it submits a compliant plan on an expedited timeline.
Every 7 years, California cities are
required to submit "housing element"
plans to the state for approval. Until
now, ...
Orinda needs an Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance
Thanks to Lamorinda Weekly and its
reporter Sora O'Doherty, for the May 24,
2023 story about the Orinda City
Council's overdue consideration of an
Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance ("IO"). An
IO would require that any new housing
project include a specified percentage
of affordable housing. A four person
household ...
Anti-trans demonstrations
We have anti-trans bigots in Lafayette. They are demonstrating outside the elementary school on Fridays to indoctrinate kids to hate on LGBTQ communities. Bigots hate blacks and said interracial
marriage would lead to the breakdown of
society, but we legalized inter-racial
marriage in1967 and they were wrong.
Bigots...
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| Council hears final recommendations from Burton Valley Elementary Traffic Calming study |
| By Lou Fancher |
| Transportation Program Manager Patrick Golier presented the city staff's final recommendations for the Burton Valley Elementary Traffic Calming Pilot Project to the Lafayette City Council at its May 22 ...read |
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| SWELL Center at LLLC offers respite for teens and tweens this summer |
| By Sharon K. Sobotta |
| A little over a year ago, a cohort of caring community members co-imagined what it would be like to give tweens and teens in Lafayette a safe place to land, where they could connect with other youth, try their ...read |
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| Lafayette's Utility Box Art celebrates over 175 years of history |
| By Vera Kochan |
| Lafayette's founder, Elam Brown, first arrived on Feb. 7, 1847 to check out the land grant that he and his wife, Margaret, had purchased. Originally called Rancho Acalanes, the 3,300 acres grew to become the ...read |
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| 'Moments in Time' opens at the Moraga Art Gallery |
| Submitted by George Ehrenhaft |
| The Moraga Art Gallery (432 Center Street in the Rheem Shopping Center) on Wednesday, June 7 will welcome a riveting new exhibit, "Moments in Time," featuring theˇwork of two popular local artists: Judy ...read |
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