🌱 Moraga Kiwanis Youth Music Expo and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• KARAOKE NIGHT!
• Preschool Storytime & Play at Walnut Creek Library
• T(w)een Game Night at Ygnacio Valley Library

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I went into the woods and found it. Once I'd found it, I searched for it. The harder I searched, the less I wanted it. When at last I couldn't find it, I carried it home in my hand. What is it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Turning sunny; cool, with a high of 74 and low of 50 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 56.
• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.

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📸 Around Contra Costa Centre

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Contra Costa Centre

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday May 27

• KARAOKE NIGHT! →
  Retro Junkie, 2112 N Main St, Walnut Creek
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday May 27

• Preschool Storytime & Play
  Walnut Creek Library, 1644 N Broadway, Walnut Creek
  10:15 am
• T(w)een Game Night
  Ygnacio Valley Library, 2661 Oak Grove Rd, Walnut Creek
  2:00 pm
• Whatever Wednesdays
  San Ramon Library, 100 Montgomery St, San Ramon
  4:15 pm
• Verses & Voices Poetry Workshop
  San Ramon Library, 100 Montgomery St, San Ramon
  5:30 pm

Thursday May 28

• Story Time (5/28) - Free for Members
  The Ruth Bancroft Garden, 1552 Bancroft Road, Walnut Creek
  9:30 am
• Family Storytime
  Ygnacio Valley Library, 2661 Oak Grove Rd, Walnut Creek
  10:15 am
• Toddler Storytime & Play
  Walnut Creek Library, 1644 N Broadway, Walnut Creek
  10:15 am

Saturday June 13

• Moraga Kiwanis Youth Music Expo →
  Moraga Commons Park, 1425 St Marys Rd, Moraga
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday May 26

• PMP Certification Exam Prep Training Course in... →
  Regus - Concord - Willow Pass Road, 1320 Willow Pass Rd Suite 600, Concord
  9:00 am
• The Library Wellness Team
  Concord Library, 2900 Salvio Street, Concord
  10:00 am
• Peek-A-Book Storytime
  Ygnacio Valley Library, 2661 Oak Grove Rd, Walnut Creek
  10:15 am
• TecHub: Tech Exchange @ the Library
  Walnut Creek Library, 1644 N Broadway, Walnut Creek
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Walnut Creek

• Meet Jessie, Bogo, Moira, Wednesday Addams and Morticia Addams, plus Harris: East Bay pets of the week (eastbaytimes.com)
• Curtain Calls: Musical adaptation of ‘The Lunchbox' is tale of love, yearning and new beginnings (eastbaytimes.com)
• State health officials probe E. coli outbreak linked to Kebab Shop (eastbaytimes.com)

Pleasant Hill

• In Today's HRU (2026-05-24) (harnessracingupdate.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A splinter. (Thank you Jake M. for sending it in!)
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