Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Cal Shakes Offers "Discovery" Program for Students
California Shakespeare Theater welcomed students from around the Bay Area, including a group from Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, to its Discovery Matinee of The Taming of the Shrew on September 29th.
 By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Cal Shakes Talks Candida
Even before opening night, Cal Shake's third production, Candida, was stirring up a hornet's nest of reaction. Despite running out of cups, coffee, ice cream, but not energy, Artistic Director John Moscone and his cohorts drew a packed house of theater lovers to the ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Theater Foundations Rally to Celebrate World Humanitarian Day Screening of Sergio at the Orinda Theatre
Eight years ago, on the afternoon of August 19, 2003, a suicide bomber parked a truck at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq-directly below the window of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights who was serving as the Secreta ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Cal Shakes Brings Grungy Flair to The Verona Project
Writer/Director Amanda Dehnert gets many things right in The Verona Project, Cal Shake's hybrid rock concert/play, especially the tone of first love.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, June 08, 2011
THT's Twelfth Night, Just Right
Town Hall Theatre's (THT) production of Twelfth Night has all the right ingredients: a classic tale, one of Shakespeare's joyous comedies, a cast of high-quality actors, and a liberal dose of playfulness.
By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Holiday Indies Film in Orinda and Moraga
The sleepy bedroom communities of Lamorinda are best known for their high-quality public schools and beautiful semi-rural setting-a perfect place to raise a family. So it should come as no surprise that two Bay Area filmmakers picked Orinda and Moraga as "perfect" ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Lafayette's Award-Winning Young Filmmaker
Samantha Bell is a sixth-grade student at Stanley Middle School. Blonde and slender, she likes to play soccer and write stories. She also recently won the "Most Promising New Filmmaker Award" at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth which was held in Seattle on ...Rebecca Eckland
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| Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Cal Shakes Opens Season with Titus Andronicus
The California Shakespeare Theater's 2011 season gears up with the first ever Titus Andronicus in previews June 1st through 3rd and opening night festivities Saturday, June 4th.
Led for ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, April 13, 2011
too perfect Premiere at The Orinda
The title of Orinda-based movie producer Julie Rubio's new film, too perfect, carries a not so subtle hint of irony. Rubio's latest cinematic venture addresses the emotional ups and downs young people deal with as they transition from middle school to high school-a ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Drama, Laughter, Music-Town Hall Theatre Does It All
Town Hall Theatre Company of Lafayette is ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Jazz Festival Opens with a Bang
Both the Stanley Jazz Messengers and the Tom Scott Quartet rocked the Acalanes Performing Arts Center on Friday evening. The fresh-faced young teens from Stanley and the more mature professional musicians lead by Grammy winner Tom Scott seamlessly entertained the ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Jewish Film Festival Comes to Orinda
First there was the California Independent Film Festival at the New Rheem Theatre in Moraga - then just recently the Orinda International Film Festival, and starting next weekend the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival makes its debut at the Orinda Theatre. ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, March 02, 2011
LOL at Live at the Orinda
Rick Kattenburg is planning for another sell out of the second annual Live at the Orinda Comedy Night to be held on Friday, March 11th at the Orinda Theater. "Last year's event got rave reviews as a uniquely different fundraiser," says Kattenburg, the Chamber of ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Students Star in Foundation's Jazz Festival
This year marks the eleventh Lafayette Jazz Festival, presented by the Generations in Jazz Foundation. Opening night is Thursday, March 10, for Rossmoor residents at their clubhouse; the public is invited to enjoy the show Friday, March 11, through Sunday, March 13, ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Compestine's The Runaway Wok Heralds a New Year
The 2011 Chinese New Year begins February 3rd, and Yin Chang Compestine's The Runaway Wok (Dutton) is the perfect non-edible way to celebrate.
The Lafayette author's new children's book, ...By Lou Fancher
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