Serbian Food Festival

5th Annual Craft Fest

SUPER DIAMOND

California Symphony Auditions 7 Conductors

Seven will wield the baton and try to qualify to become the new music director.

ACTIVEOVER50 EXPO

The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism

Photographing Northern California with Gary Crabbe

Moody Conducts Rachmaninoff

Pet Health and Adoption Fair

The Return of Mavericks Country Night

Downtown Walnut Creek’s 69th Semi-Annual Fine Arts and Crafts Fall Fair

Retired Astronaut Recalls His Ordeal

In Lesher Center talk, Mark Kelly tells about the 2011 assassination attempt on his wife; follow link to Newsmaker schedule for 2012-13.

Paper Hearts & Other Fun Valentine Crafts

Walnut Creek mom shares tips on how you and your kids can create special Valentine's Day messages.

The Great Escape: Can't Get Away for a Long Weekend? A Night at a Local Hotel Might Be All You Need

Even a night away from home at a hotel not far from home offers a relaxing way to break the routine and recharge.

Lesher Center for the Arts Celebrates 20 Years as ‘The Soul of the City’

Would Walnut Creek be what it is today -- the premier destination for arts and culture in the East Bay -- without the Lesher Center for the Arts?

Depression-Era Art Comes to the Lesher Center

During the last national economic crisis, artists produced works that showed people surviving tough times.

Catching Up with Deborah Lee Rose, Walnut Creek Children’s Book Author

Deborah Lee Rose reads her new book "All the Seasons of the Year" 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Walnut Creek Library

Lesher Speaker Series Takes Off With Travel Industry Expert Peter Greenberg

"Travel Detective" Peter Greenberg launches this season of the Lesher Speaker Series with some reflections on visiting 151 countries and advice on how to get what you want from airlines and hotels.

A Fabulous Week of Fun & Culture Continues With Great Theater--and the Walnut Festival Twilight Parade Saturday

Did you get to the Wine Walk Thursday evening? What about the first Lesher Speakers Series event? The great offerings continue this weekend... And, there is, of course, the Walnut Festival Twilight Parade.

Join in the Discussion With The Newsmakers

Some of the leading figures in politics, media, the arts and sports are coming to Walnut Creek this fall as part of the Lesher Speakers Series. Walnut Creek Patch will cover the lectures and give you a forum for continuing the dialogue.

Walnut Creek Mom Balances Show Biz, 2-Year-Old and Annie!

One of the stars of Diablo Theatre Company's new production of Annie, opening Friday, is a multi-tasking Walnut Creek mom and Bay Area theater veteran.

Labor Day Weekend: Get Groovy with the Aquanuts, Mellow with the Walnut Creek Concert Band and romantic with Center Rep

The Aquanuts perform their annual synchronized swim extravaganza through the Labor Day weekend, while the Walnut Creek Concert Band presents its special Labor Day show Monday evening. Center Rep's romantic musical, "She Loves Me" continue

A Beautiful Romance

Center Repertory Company sends a smart, sweet, quirky musical romance our way with "She Loves Me."

Walnut Creek's Fall Season of Fabulous Arts and Culture

Welcome to Walnut Creek Patch's Guide to all the entertaining, enriching, uplifting--just plain fun--plays, dance, music, culinary, party and other events taking place around town September through November.

Center Rep Kicks Off Ambitious New Season

Michael Butler, artistic director for the Center Repertory Company, talks about the exciting season coming to East Bay theater lovers. Plus, your lineup for the 2010-11 Center Rep season.

Amazing Grace: Hipster Songstress from Walnut Creek Making it Big in Indie Rock Scene

Her star turn in "The Nutcracker" at Bancroft Elementary School wouldn't predict this amazing journey for Cooper, launching a debut album with her girl band trio, The Sandwitches, and touring the United States, making cool music.

Production Notes: A Choreographer's Life

Devon La Russa started dancing when she was 2 and never stopped, enjoying a a career that has spanned classical ballet, flamenco, and now musical theatre, with a gig choreographing CCMT's production of "Rent," opening this weekend at the

Prize-Winning, Uber-Beloved Musical "Rent" Comes to Walnut Creek

Get ready to laugh, cry, feel exhilarated, feel it alll. For its 50th anniversary, Contra Costa Musical Theatre brings the Broadway hit Rent to Walnut Creek.

Production Notes: The Joint is Jumpin' at Diablo Theatre Company

The artistic director of the acclaimed Walnut Creek musical theater company is gearing up to present the Broadway favorite, Annie, packed with a cast of local young talent, and a stage revival of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. And that's not

A Match Made in Musical Heaven

Two of Contra Costa's venerable companies pair up to present a night of Broadway classics Saturday night.

Stars of Tomorrow Shine in Walnut Creek This Summer

The students in the acclaimed Young Repertory Theater workshop are finishing up their six-week course at the Lesher Center. In the next week, they will be showcasing what they have learned in a series of public performances, starting Thursday.

Little Princesses Grace Downtown Walnut Creek Saturday

Dreams come true for hundreds of kids at the Lesher Center for the Arts fourth annual Chevron Family Theatre Festival.

Summer Fun Continues: Chevron Family Theatre Festival Saturday

Here's your guide to what's happening in Walnut Creek during the rest of this month and into August.

An American Original: Concert Wednesday Celebrates One of Our Country's Great Entertainers

Before there was the Boston Pops, there was a musical pioneer named John Philip Sousa. Keith Brion will channel the spirit and look of Sousa to lead a Sousa-inspired show Wednesday night with Walnut Creek's Concert Band.

The Passion of Walnut Creek's World Beard Champ

This Walnut Creek native is, seriously, a world champion in the art of nurturing facial hair. And, he's about to make publishing history. Another of Walnut Creek Patch's profiles of locals who prompt you to ask, who is that guy? What's hi

In the Age of the Kindle, Artists Find New Meaning in the Old-Fashioned Book

"Unbound: A National Exhibition of Book Art," opens Sunday and runs through September 19 at Walnut Creek's Bedford Gallery.

Madame Butterfly's New Groove

In presenting Puccini's beloved classic,Festival Opera reinvents another work of grand opera for Walnut Creek audiences.

Summer Fun: Final Event of July 4 Weekend Today at Lindsay Museum

The dog parade and July 4 concert have passed but there is one final event to enjoy Monday.

Crazy in Suburbia: Whose Fans Screamed the Loudest and Other Moments as 100s Attend Twilight Premiere

Hundreds lined up around Walnut Creek's downtown movie theater starting at noon Tuesday to get their chance to see the midnight premiere of the new Twilight flick.

An Uplifting Afternoon of Staggering Genius

Best-selling, prize-winning Bay Area author Dave Eggers kicks off Contra Costa Library's Summer Reading Festival by charming the crowds at the Lesher Center Sunday with funny, thoughtful stories about life and writing.