Supporting Our Arts Community
July-August 2022
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Lafayette Chamber Announcements |
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Lafayette Young Professionals Game Night and Wine Tasting
Friday, July 15, 6pm-8pm, The Gather Stories, 3391 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
Come and play some board games and taste some great wines with other young professionals! REGISTER HERE >>
Lafayette Yo Pros is designed for the younger crowd ranging in age from 21-39 years old, with "young at heart" always welcome. This is a place where young professionals can tap into our local business community and really develop relationships that will be with us for the rest of our lives. Want a text notification of upcoming Yo Pro events? Sign up here.
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Ribbon Cutting at The Gather Stories
Saturday, July 16, 5pm, 3391 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Ste D, Lafayette
The Gather Stories is officially celebrating their new creative studio and event space in Lafayette.
Join the Lafayette Chamber for an Open House & Ribbon Cutting on Saturday, July 16, 5pm. Ribbon Cutting at 5:15 sharp! Meet Founder Rebekah Dani, enjoy refreshments, and learn about the space and the upcoming creative workshop schedule for our community!
GIVEAWAY ALERT!
PRIVATE EVENTS: Enter to win a free half day rental.
CREATIVE WORKSHOPS: Enter to win a free class pass.
Receive an additional 10% off all bookings!
Come celebrate with us!
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Lafayette Chamber Connectors
Join us for a unique take on networking. This group discusses current challenges members are having with their business, big or small. Share your ideas and fresh perspectives with other members. Participation is encouraged and appreciated.
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"Coffee" with the City of Lafayette Mayor Teresa Gerringer
The Lafayette Chamber will host, via Zoom, "Coffee" with the City of Lafayette Mayor Teresa Gerringer on Friday, July 29, 2022 at 8am.
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Mix, Mingle & Meet New Park Theater Operator, CinemaSF
Wednesday, August 24, 5:30pm-7pm, Lafayette Plaza Park
It’s the Lafayette Chamber’s summer mixer in Lafayette Plaza Park with The Park Theater Trust! Lafayette Chamber members and the community are invited to mix and mingle on Wednesday, August 24, 5:30pm-7pm in Lafayette Plaza Park. The Park Theater Trust will be introducing to our community Jaimi Holker and Adam Bergeron, the husband and wife team behind highly regarded CinemaSF and new operators of our much-loved Park Theater.
Learn how you and your business can support the Park and its exciting $5 million renovation. Enjoy local wine tasting by Hollie’s Homegrown and Sideboard’s famous mac & cheese! Get your Park Theater swag! Purchase a raffle ticket for exciting prizes! Meet new members and learn about the Chamber's upcoming community events. We look forward to seeing you - please register so that we can have a name badge waiting for you!
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Become a lifetime Friend of the Chamber
A Friend of the Chamber membership provides a way for community members to support the efforts of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. We are 74 years strong and our mission continues “To promote and maintain a healthy business climate and to preserve and enhance the quality of life in Lafayette.”
All aspects that make up a community are important to us: schools, residents, churches and synagogues, community organizations, activities, and the city government. Chamber members work with representatives of all these groups for the betterment of our community. A lifetime Friend of the Chamber membership is $150 per family. Learn more here>>
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Last Call! Reserve Today 925-284-2651 |
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Upcoming Events & Special Announcements from our Arts Community |
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Please consider supporting our arts community. Did you miss our nonprofit email blast? Read it here!
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Outdoor Movie Night at LOPC
Join us this summer to watch Sing 2! The Golden Ice Cream Truck will be handing out free ice cream and there will be popcorn, candy, and all kinds of treats! Relax outdoors and enjoy this fun, summer flick! Invite your friends and neighbors…all are welcome!
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Friday, July 15: 7:30 PM
Saturday, July 16: 1:30 PM, 4:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Oak View Room, Walnut Creek Library [1644 N. Broadway]
Non-Member General Admission: $12.50
Tickets available for non-members on a first-come basis beginning 30 minutes before showtimes. The Saturday 1:30 PM matinee always has the most available general admission seats available. More info: http://mountainshadow.org
Synopsis: “PEACEFUL” A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and bring them to a place of acceptance. They have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living. Drama - 122 min. - Language: French, with English subtitles.
BONUS FEATURE: A 30-MINUTE LIVE MUSICAL EVENT WILL PRECEDE EACH SHOW, SO COME A HALF-HOUR EARLY!
CURRENT HEALTH SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO ATTEND A MOUNTAIN SHADOW SHOW REMAIN AS FOLLOWS: ID, PROOF OF FULL COVID VACCINATION + ONE BOOSTER, MASKS. We limit capacity in the room, and have installed four additional air purifiers to enhance safety for our audiences!
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FREE RECEPTION SATURDAY, JULY 16, 5-7PM TO CELEBRATE "CREATIVE CONTRASTS" AT MORAGA ART GALLERY
The Moraga Gallery invites the public to a free celebration of Creative Contrasts featuring paintings by member artist, Angelica Samame and ceramics by Mary Leigh Miller. The exhibit is packed with visual delights by twenty-three member and guest artists. Both inside and outside you’ll find Creative Contrasts, an appealing display of art by more than two dozen local painters, sculptors, jewelry specialists, ceramicists, photographers, woodworkers, etchers, printmakers, and more. In addition to enjoying a multitude of visual treats, guests may meet the artists and mingle with other art lovers while sipping a glass of wine, enjoying light snacks, and listening to live music by 7 string jazz guitarist, Robin Lewis. Learn more at https://moragaartgallery.com.
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☀️ Summer at the Bruns Amphitheater ⛱️
Join us this summer for a jam-packed program that's guaranteed to have something for everyone. Check out some of these outdoor events readily available at the Bruns!
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#GoodMedicine returns to #CalShakes after a sold-out 2021 show. Join us this Saturday, July 16—single tickets are on sale NOW. Arrive early to enjoy the Native Artisan Market, dinner, drinks and live music at the gorgeous Bruns Amphitheater. Get your tickets before they sell out!
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Alter Theater will join us in-person this summer for their first ever outdoor production, Pure Native, at the Bruns from July 15 thru July 24, 2022! When a prodigal son returns home, his business proposal to bottle the tribe's water sparks a heated debate... with his childhood sweetheart leading the opposition. Pure Native is a new play from Tuscarora writer Vickie Ramirez, current playwright in residence at New York's famed New Dramatists. Secure your seats today!
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Paper Moon Presents is thrilled to bring rock, hip-hop, and folk concerts back to the gorgeous Bruns Amphitheater! Last year’s sold-out concerts were so much fun, they had to come back. This year they're taking over July 29-30-31. Tickets are available now!
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Exciting upcoming events at the Ruth Bancroft Garden
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Want to be a volunteer at Town Hall Theatre Co???
Join us in person, Sunday, July 17 from 12pm-2pm. We will have our usher and bar volunteer training, as well as an Ice Cream Social in the Town Hall Theatre Lobby! Ice Cream provided by Loards Ice Cream & Candies of Orinda.
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Dance for Parkinson’s Power of Dance and Adaptive Dance
Diablo Ballet School will be offering two new classes: Dance for Parkinson’s Power of Dance and Adaptive Dance on July 17, July 24 and July 31.
These special classes combine both music and movement to increase coordination, balance, flexibility and strength. The classes incorporate exercises that can be done either standing or seated in a chair. Absolutely no dance experience is required and is perfect for people who have physical disabilities or just want to improve their coordination and strength in a joyful and supportive environment. Due to a grant from the Parkinson’s Foundation, we will be able to offer the Parkinson's Power of Dance Class for free for patients and their caretakers!
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Lesher Center Presents: Experiences curated for the East Bay community and beyond
Featuring world-renowned headlining artists, Center Repertory Company’s annual season of productions, and Bedford Gallery’s stunning visual arts exhibitions, Lesher Center Presents is our curated season of high-quality art! Performances such as Lyle Lovett, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Delfeayo Marsalis with the Uptown Jazz Orchestra light up the marquee alongside theatre favorites such as Clue, A Christmas Carol, and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights. Check out the full lineup and ticket options at LesherArtsCenter.org.
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Summer Sounds: The summer’s hottest outdoor concert series in the East Bay!
All concerts are FREE and perfect for the whole family every Thursday for the rest of July! Join us on July 21 for Sons of the Soul Revivers, and July 28 for Meaghan Maples. Learn more about Summer Sounds and the upcoming artists at LesherArtsCenter.org. No tickets are required, but seating is first-come, first-served, so be sure to arrive early (the concerts start at 5:30 PM). Presented by the City of Walnut Creek on the Rudney Plaza at the Lesher Center for the Arts.
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On View at Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts
Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection explores the innovative ways artists use money as a medium to expand its worth beyond a predetermined denomination. Each artist in the exhibition investigates preconceived definitions of monetary value, meticulously repurposing bills and coins into exquisite, precise artworks. The collection is the passion of Louise Rothman-Riemer and Davis Riemer, investment advisers from Oakland, CA, who began collecting money-themed art in 1995 to encourage new attitudes toward money's intrinsic value. View the collection at Bedford Gallery now through September 18! Learn more at BedfordGallery.org.
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Art Embraces Words at Lafayette Library - Saturday, July 23 from 2pm – 3:30pm: Artists paint with colors, writers paint with words. Together they enrich our community. Emerging writers read from their work surrounded by artwork from local artists Pam Stefl and Alvin Ziegler. In this way art literally “embraces” the spoken word. Reception follows outdoors in the Lafayette Library Courtyard. Visit LamorindaArts.org/art-embraces-words for more information.
Mocktails & Cocktails at The Coop - Sunday, July 24 from 3pm – 5pm
Missing your creative tribe? Join others who love art, literature, music and everything in between at The Coop, 32 Lafayette Circle from 3-5 p.m. Time for some artsy banter with Ani Breslin and Elana O’Loskey of the Lamorinda Arts Council. No host bar. Just show up. Questions? Email literary@lamorindaarts.org.
Art Gallery at the Orinda Library – July 1 - 31: Lords of the Garden Drawings, Juxtamorph Sculpture, “You Are Here” Paintings and Photos from the Road Less Traveled
The Lamorinda Arts Council presents paintings which play with time by Carla Gelbaum, color-rich fairytale pen and ink animal drawings from Tim Hancock, photographs from the Road Less Traveled by Karl Stinson depicting fellow humans from far-away places and printed 3D Juxtamorph sculpture from Andrew Werby. See LamorindaArts.org/current-exhibits/ for details.
Art Gallery at Wilder – July 1 - Aug 6: Reclaimed Wood Transformed with Patina and Imagination
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An Evening of Fashion and Fun
Tuesday, July 26, 5:30pm-7pm
Get your glam on--join us for An Evening of Fashion and Fun for a cause! Add in networking, shopping, and wine, and there's no better way to spend a warm summer evening. Mt. Diablo Business Women will be modeling and donating outfits to the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop.
MDBW Members: If you have business-branded swag (pens, keychains, etc.), come early so we can put your items out.
Everyone: Great opportunity to donate your gently used clothing, shoes, jewelry, and housewares to benefit the American Cancer Society. Please bring your items in a 13-gallon size kitchen garbage bag for easy handling.
Admission is free, but please do R.S.V.P. so we have a count.
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OLLI@Berkeley Fall Registration Opens July 25
Join the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Berkeley and spend fall diving into history, literature, art and architecture, music, and more. Many classes start the week of Sept. 19, and others in mid-Oct. OLLI is also thrilled to announce that it's expanding the number of online and in-person courses available, which means more choices, more flexibility and more dynamic learning ahead. Check out the fall brochure — hot off the press — and start making plans. Registration opens Monday, July 25. No Cal connection necessary. Just a love of learning!
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One night only staged reading of Justin P. Lopez's "The Re-Education of Fernando Morales"
An original piece written by San Francisco resident Justin P. Lopez, “The Re-Education of Fernando Morales” will have a one night only staged reading on Saturday, August 20th.
When young Fernando Morales is sent away by his family to a place that can “fix him" of being gay, he becomes split between the present and future. Surrounded by flashes of electricity, love, and Mozart’s Requiem, he tries to find some way to save himself. Will he succeed, or is the requiem for him?" TownHallTheatre.com
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August selection of the French movie Lost Illusions:
Opening in Orinda on 8/26/22 for at least one week,
Jarvis engagement on 8/27/22.
Synopsis: Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams. Xavier Giannoli's film adaptation of Balzac's book.
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Gold Coast Chamber Players 2022-2023 Concert Season
We are thrilled to invite you to enjoy another full season of live Gold Coast performances! Five new concert adventures await you featuring leading artists from throughout the US and Italy! Ticket holders also have access to our Digital Concert Hall, making it possible to enjoy recordings of these live performances anytime throughout the season.
Italian cellist Luigi Piovano is showcased in our season’s opening weekend, first as a featured artist in Brahms Reunion, and then by starring as cellist and chef in our uniquely Italian fundraiser, Luigi’s Italian Feast, celebrating great music, cuisine, and community.
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Diablo Symphony Orchestra
The Diablo Symphony Orchestra, the oldest aggregation of volunteer musicians in Contra Costa County, celebrates its Diamond (60th) Anniversary throughout the coming 2022-2023 Diamond Jubilee season, which opens at the Lesher Center for the Arts on October 23, 2022, with Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Aaron Copland’s Canticle of Freedom with the San Ramon Valley Chorale. The orchestra joins forces with the Blackhawk Chorus on Saturday, December 10 at the Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church for an uplifting program featuring music from Home Alone and Messiah as well as other holiday favorites. Also featured will be Ukrainian composer Alex Saratsky’s new jazzy double concerto for violin and cello, inspired by Ukrainian folk songs, with Anna Presler, violin, and Leighton Fong, cello. The DSO is also excited to bring Orinda native Juliana Athayde back to the area for a concert on Sunday, February 26, 2023, featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Held at the Lesher Center for the Arts, the February concert will also feature Florence Price's Dances in the Canebrakes and Pyotry Illyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. The daughter of well-known Stanley Middle School music director and teacher Bob Athayde, Ms. Athayde made her solo debut at the age of 16 with the San Francisco Symphony and performed with the DSO in 2004, one year before becoming concertmaster of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005 at age twenty-four. She is an Associate Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music and has served as a Visiting Professor at Cornell University. For its annual family concert on Sunday, April 2, 2023, the DSO and Walnut Creek’s Festival Opera are coproducing a mini-opera inspired by the stories of the famous trickster Brer Rabbit. The concert will also feature the winner of the orchestra's 2022-23 Yen Liang Young Artists Competition, who will join the orchestra in a performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. The season’s fifth and final concert, titled “Sounds of the Americas,” features Brian Rice and the Berkely Choro Ensemble in music from Brazil, including a concerto for pandeiro, the Brazilian tambourine. A new work by local composer Jean Ahn, celebrating the Diablo Symphony’s 60th anniversary, will be followed by a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s "The Adventurer" accompanied by Darius Milhaud’s lighthearted Le Boeuf sur le Toit (literally "the ox on the roof"), originally conceived by Milhaud as incidental music for any one of Chaplin’s comic silent films. The DSO looks forward to seeing you at any one or all of the orchestra’s performances or events. Reserve now for the best seats in the house!
Season and individual tickets are available at the Lesher Center for the Arts box office (1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek or 925-943-7469) and will be available on the DSO's website at www.diablosymphony.org beginning Monday, July 18. Visit the website often for updated information about the orchestra’s regular concerts as well as special programs and events offered during its anniversary season. Details about the Yen Liang Young Artists Competition can be found on the website at https://www.diablosymphony.org/about-us/young-artist-competition. Inquiries regarding the orchestra and its various activities can also be sent by email to info@diablosymphony.org.
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About Lamorinda Arts Alliance
Founded in 1994, Lamorinda Arts Alliance is an organization of local artists and friends who reside or work in the San Francisco – East Bay area. Its purpose is to provide coordination, education and service in order to promote and increase knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts, and to enhance the cultural development of Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda and the surrounding East Bay communities. The group seeks to foster a better appreciation and understanding of art within the community and encourage the exchange of ideas for the mutual benefit of all members through its programs, exhibits and other activities within the community. Among the benefits of membership in LAA is the opportunity to exhibit at LAA member shows. Members also have the opportunity to post their own gallery on the LAA website. Members are kept current of events and opportunities through direct email as well as through the newsletter that is distributed six times a year richly detailing all LAA events as well as member events. Learn more at https://laa4art.org.
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Lafayette Community Foundation Announces 2022 Excellence Grants Recipients
Since 1999, LCF has given more than $1 million dollars in grants to local nonprofits all thanks to its donors, business sponsors and business partners. LCF is proud to fund the following Arts & Culture organizations this year:
Pacific Chamber Orchestra
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Support our Local Artists ... |
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Art Room by Chari
Chari began painting when the COVID-19 struck the world as a form of therapy. Most of her subject matter is abstract. She likes to experiment with techniques and form art in colors. She adds her personality and opens her work to your interpretation, encouraging conversation.
For more information please visit art_room_by_chari on Instagram or call 510.381.4634.
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Take Self Love, Harmony, Courage wherever you go with you or buy them as a gift for a beloved one.
Dinart is all about finding joy in creativity and all the good energy that we need to carry with us everyday and everywhere we go. To fulfill this goal I came up with the idea to transform my watercolor painting to different types of custom wearable arts. My hand-crafted art pieces can be seen at www.etsy.com/shop/dinartgift and din-art.com. Currently, my handmade painting jewelry is available online and is also sold exclusively at a local high-end boutique in Oakland, CA. Every collection has a name which is inspired by my personal journey such as Self Love, Harmony, Courage, Wisdom, Hope, ....
To learn more about me and my art, please refer to the above links. I was recently highlighted in the Lamorinda Weekly & Rossmoor News.
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Enumero Cribbage Boards
Enumero Cribbage Boards are hand crafted in small batches using beautiful, warm hardwoods and richly colored inlay. Each and every board is unique in its appearance, name, and the series (or batch) it belongs to. I humbly believe that an Enumero Cribbage Board will be played on and enjoyed for generations to come.
Enumero is derived from the latin word "enumeratus" which means "to count". Cribbage has been played for over 400 years and continues to grow in popularity.
An Enumero Cribbage board can enhance your playing experience or can be given as a memorable gift to your favorite Cribbage Player. Each Enumero Cribbage Board comes with metal pegs that are kept in a small storage compartment at one end of the board. This compartment is secured with a small threaded hardwood cap.
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Metz Gallery
I’m a mixed media collage graffiti-style pop/street artist, born and raised in the gritty, industrial city of Bradford, Yorkshire, in the North of England; living there for most of my childhood until moving to London in my late teens. The effects of growing up in these urban environments have obviously left an indelible mark on me. I’m very passionate about photography, music and entertainment, vintage movies and icons within pop culture and politics. My approach to art is to capture, memorialize and transform fleeting fragments of the world around us. I’ve taken these somewhat disparate elements and selectively layered pieces together, blending them into transform into a patchwork. I add colored acrylics and spray paint that adds depth and a multi-dimensional aspect to my work.
As part of my process, I try to first create and then develop common linkages and themes. I develop these unique fragments into a multi-layered, mixed media collage that that connects to create a common thread and overall narrative. Ultimately, I like my art to be dramatic, vibrant, colorful and provocative, evoking a sense of energy and passion.
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Onodaart
If you like California land you will like my work! I paint the joy I see in our landscapes. Most of my work is done on location within 60 miles of Lamorinda. I paint Napa, the Bay, small farms, orchards, and trees that I fall in love with. Teresa Onoda, www.onodaart.com.
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Tom Taneyhill Art
Drawing and painting the local landscape. Connect with me!
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Whitchurch Glass Designs
📷 The Classic, Glass Beverage Coasters, $45/set
Beautiful colored glass is adorned with dots and stringers. These beautiful glass beverage coasters have been sold at art galleries and art/wine festivals in Northern California. Each set contains four 4” x 4” coasters, with rubber pads affixed at base to protect furniture. They make the perfect bridal, housewarming, birthday or host/hostess gift. Various colors are available online at www.WhitchurchGlassDesigns.com.
Lafayette artist and resident, Cynthia Whitchurch creates her art by melting and bending colored glass into custom molds producing beautiful pieces including bowls, plates, dishes, coasters, night lights and more. She welcomes the opportunity to partner with local retailers to showcase her work. Contact Cynthia at WhitchurchGlassDesigns@yahoo.com.
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Wood Whisperer
I am a 65 year on and off again resident of Lafayette and graduate of Acalanes and Cal Berkeley. I spent 12 years operating a produce store and juice bar in Lafayette and Walnut Creek. After an opportunity for reflection I decided to pursue working with wood as that has been my passion since I was 10 and built 20 or so skateboards. My brother and I began doing wood display cases for Sennelier art products but eventually settled on doing hardwood floors. This financed eventually a complete woodshop and over time a large collection of rare and highly figured wood with the eventual goal of working on furniture featuring this wood. Finally I retired this year and I am building beautiful furniture as art.
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Quick Links to Lafayette Chamber Resources
Please note: to signup via text you will be asked for your birthdate. This information is not stored, it is only used for verify you are over 21 years of age.
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Jay Lifson, Executive Director
251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150, Lafayette, CA
Office hours by appointment only:
Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm, Friday 9am-1pm
(925) 284-7404
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