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November 2, 2009 at 6:39 pm
· Filed under Fun For Kids, Theater, Things to Do / Attractions ·Tagged bay area cirque, cirque bay area, Cirque du Soleil, Cirque du Soleil san francisco, cirque du soleil san jose, cirque ovo, cirque san fran, goldstar cirque, group discounts ovo, ovo coupon code, ovo discounts, ovo san francisco
World famous Cirque du Soleil takes you into the colorful, energetic world of insects in their latest show, OVO. When a mysterious egg appears in their midst, the insects are awestruck and curious. Amidst work, play, and the everyday activities of an insect’s life, a gawky, quirky new insect arrives and a fabulous ladybug catches his eye. With stunning visuals and music, OVO reveals the beauty and action of the hidden world at our feet.
Full Price: $85.00 – $95.00
Our Price: $51.00 – $57.00 + svc fee
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October 7, 2008 at 12:38 am
· Filed under Concerts, Live Music, South Bay, South Bay Theater ·Tagged Chateau La Cresta, Mountain Wine events, Mountain Winery, Mountain Winery concerts, Mountain Winery saratoga, Mountain Winery saratoga ca, mt winery
14831 Pierce Road
Saratoga CA
P: 408.741.2822
The most popular concert venue in the South Bay, the Mountain Winery offers spectacular hillside views and great music in a mellow winery setting. Built in 1905 by vintner Paul Masson, this
1,650-seat amphitheater on the grounds of Chateau La Cresta runs concerts from June through September. They offer prix fixe dinners with spectacular wines two hours before performances so this ain’t no honky-tonk joint.
www.mountainwinery.com
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October 6, 2008 at 11:18 pm
· Filed under Concerts, Live Music, South Bay Theater ·Tagged bay area winery, bay areas best, Best of Bay Area, best of the bay area, best winery, saratoga ca, south bay winery, Villa Montalvo, Villa Montalvo bay area, Villa Montalvo concerts, Villa Montalvo events, Villa Montalvo saratoga, Villa Montalvo winery
15400 Montalvo Road
Saratoga CA
P: 408.961.5800 F: 408.961.5850
Montalvo is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring a love of the arts in everyone by presenting the best of the literary, performing, and visual arts, supporting practicing artists in the major creative disciplines, and providing significant arts experiences for children.
Located in the Saratoga hills Montalvo occupies a Mediterranean-style villa on 175 stunning acres, which Senator James Duval Phelan left to the people of California for the encouragement of art, music, literature, and architecture.
www.villamontalvo.com
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October 6, 2008 at 1:18 am
· Filed under East Bay Theater ·Tagged danville theater, danville theatre, tri valley theater, tri valley theatre, victoria's danville, Victoria's Hair On Stage, victorias danville ca
Victoria’s Hair On Stage
Activity/Event/Show Reviewed: Theatre
Address: 520 San Ramon Valley Blvd.
City: Danville
Phone: (925) 838-2848
Summary: Full-Service Salon & Spa by day… Performance theatre at night! Victoria’s Hair On Stage presents a fast-paced, wacky, cabaret-style show called WIGGED OUT! You’ll laugh at the day to day dealings in life, love, and American pop culture past and present.
This year, salon owner “Scarlett O’Hair” is in danger of losing the business…to mob moll Victoria Gotti (oh no!). Can Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, “Spammy” Davis Jr. and a big Vegas finale save the salon? Are Britney Spears, Schrek, Oprah, stripping superheroes, and dueling divas any help at all? Join them for an evening of all singing, all dancing, not-at-all serious side splitting hilarity to find out!
(WARNING: If you sit in the front row…you may be part of the show!)
Wine and beer bar! (hic) Sorry, no one under 21 admitted.
Website: http://victorias.danville.com/home.php
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October 6, 2008 at 1:14 am
· Filed under East Bay Theater, Movie Theaters ·Tagged Oakland's Paramount Theater, Oakland's Paramount Theatre, Paramount Theatre Tour
The Paramount Theatre Tour
Activity/Event/Show Reviewed: Tour
Address: 2025 Broadway
City: Oakland
Phone: (510) 893-2300 ext. 801
Approximate Duration: 2 Hours
Costs Involved: $1.00 pp
Summary: Oakland’s Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. Designed by renowned San Francisco architect Timothy L. Pflueger and completed in late 1931, it was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of numerous creative artists into its architecture and is particularly noteworthy for its successful orchestration of the various artistic disciplines into an original and harmonious whole.
GUIDED TOURS OF THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE
Public tours of the Paramount Theatre are given on the first and third Saturdays of each month, excluding holidays. No reservations are necessary. Tours begin promptly at 10:00 am at the Box Office entrance on 21st Street near Broadway. The tour lasts about 2 hours and provides a full and informative view of the Theatre. Cameras are allowed. Admission is $1.00 per person. Children must be at least 10 years old and adult chaperones are required. Please note that some areas of the tour are not wheelchair accessible.
Website: www.paramounttheatre.com
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October 5, 2008 at 7:16 pm
· Filed under Movie Theaters ·Tagged bay area imax, dublin ca imax, dublin ca movie theater, dublin ca movies, movie times dublin ca, Regal Hacienda Crossings, Regal theater dublin ca
Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX
AcLarge Screen Movie Theatre
Address: 5000 Dublin Blvd.
City: Dublin
Phone: 925.560.9600
Summary: Regal Entertainment Group takes you beyond the boundaries of most movies with our network of IMAX® and Giant Screen Theatres. These locations offer screens up to eight stories tall and the most powerful digital surround sound systems. IMAX® and other 70mm films are showcased exclusively in this unique environment. Hollywood blockbusters are also presented with this state-of-the-art technology which envelopes the audience.
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October 5, 2008 at 4:16 pm
· Filed under East Bay Theater ·Tagged bay area theater, bay area theatre, Berkeley ca theater, Berkeley Rep, Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, Berkeley Rep Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley theater, Berkeley Theatre, Nevo Education Center
Berkeley Rep Theatre
Address: 2025 Addison St.
City: Berkeley
Phone: (510) 647-2949
Summary: Founded in 1968, Berkeley Repertory Theatre has established itself as one of this country’s top-ranking professional resident theatre companies, known for its consistently high-quality productions. Winner of the 1997 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, its national reputation draws theatre artists from around the country to work on a variety of productions from September through July. The season consists of seven productions of the finest classic, contemporary and new plays. In March 2001, Berkeley Rep opened The Roda Theatre, a 600-seat proscenium theatre that complements the existing 400-seat thrust stage, creating a vital and versatile performing arts complex. In December 2001, the company opened the , housed next-door in the Nevo Education Center. The School of Theatre offers a wide variety of educational programs designed to enrich the theatre-going experience through extensive training for the working professional, the emerging artist and the theatre enthusiast, as well as numerous community outreach programs throughout the nine-county Bay Area.
http://www.berkeleyrep.org
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October 5, 2008 at 3:52 pm
· Filed under North Bay Theater ·Tagged California Magic & Novelty Company, dinner theatre martinez, magic show bay area, magic show martinez, magic show san francisco
Magic Dinner Theatre – California Magic & Novelty Company
Activity/Event/Show Reviewed: Dinner Theatre
Address: 729 Castro Street
City: Martinez
Phone: (925) 374-0056
Summary: The doors open promptly at 7:30 pm and your hosts welcome you. You are escorted to the table where you will be seated. While waiting for the meal (it won’t be long !) you’ll be entertained by a magician or two visiting your table and demonstrating wonders: some that are difficult and others that are impossible! Professional magic just a few feet in front of you will make you doubt your own eyes!
Then the dinner, which is ample and delicious. With a dimming of the house lights and some stirring music, signal the start of the formal magic show. The emcee provides a little history, a little humor, and a little magic while introducing the warm-up act. Warm-up performers are polished professional entertainers still on the rise in the magic community, a chance to see tomorrow’s headliners early in their careers! Then the headliner, a performer well known nationally or internationally, performs mystifying (and sometimes hilarious) feats. After the emcee wraps up the formal show, you’ll have a chance to meet the performers and to purchase the latest mysteries available in the magic shop.
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October 5, 2008 at 3:50 pm
· Filed under North Bay Theater ·Tagged Gibson House, Gibson House Mystery Performers, Liberty Hotel Restaurant Murder Mystery Dinner, murder mystery dinner bay area, Mystery Dinner Pittsburg, Mystery Dinner san francisco
Liberty Hotel Restaurant Murder Mystery Dinner
Address: 200 E. Third Street
City: Pittsburg
Phone: (925) 427-1770
From Website: Witness a murder by Gibson House Mystery Performers, the most popular mystery dinner theatre troupe in the San Francisco, North Bay, South Bay and East Bay Area. You will laugh, witness a crime, and help solve the mystery… while enjoying a gourmet dinner. The fun begins the moment you step into the dining area. You become part of the scene, as colorful GibsonHouse characters surround your every move.
You are encouraged to play along, as the professional actors are well skilled in using your clue-hunting questions as springboards to present the mystery plot. Be prepared, as a three-course dinner is served between scenes of the mystery, giving you ample opportunity to ask questions and try to solve the crime. Whether you’re looking for the perfect murder to celebrate a special birthday or anniversary, a group or corporate event “to die for,” or you just want to give the gift of murder, look no further… We’re committed to serving up a memorable Murder!
While mingling with guests, characters (actors) engage in heated discussions, attracting attention. During the meal, clues are overheard and observed. Plus, written clues are distributed. Though all mystery plays are fully scripted, ad lib interaction between actors and audience is inevitable… and then a “murder” (maybe two murders!) takes place. The actual foul deed occurs out of sight, but the victim(s) succumbs in full view. By the end of the entrée, the characters accuse each other and guests! One of the characters claims to have solved the mystery, then challenges the guests to do the same.
Each table constitutes a team, and receives a Solution Sheet for completion within a certain time frame. The sheets are collected and scored… and the crime solver unmasks the culprit during the final scene… causing each team to be either despondent or exhilarated! Finally, prizes are given to the winning sleuths. We reward for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
In the end, we promise you that Gibson House is committed to serving up a memorable Murder!
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October 5, 2008 at 3:47 pm
· Filed under History Related Activities, North Bay, North Bay Theater, Outdoor Activities ·Tagged Forest Renaissance Faire, Forest Renaissance Faire novato ca, novato Forest Renaissance Faire, Renaissance Fair novato ca
Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire (July/August)
Address: Stafford Lake Park
City: Novato
From Website:
What: The wildly authentic pleasures and colorful pageantry of a lusty Elizabethan country fair are brought to vivid life by the Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire, bursting with high spirits and ancient seasonal traditions. All the Faire’s a stage! Costumed players perform at theatres, in the shady lanes and byways, and hawk their wares from market stalls filled with fine handmade crafts.
A thrilling spectacle of fully-armored jousters features New Riders of the Golden Age, vying for the pleasure of the Royal Court twice daily in the tournament lists.
Intriguing tastes from faraway places and newly explored lands in this Age of Exploration and Discovery, or good hearty English foods– both are complemented by fine wines and robust English ales.
A series of exciting competitions are open to faire visitors, involving all ages in the arts, skills and entertainments of glorious Elizabethan England.
Where: Stafford Lake Park, Marin County, just a few miles from downtown Novato on Novato Boulevard. Map & Directions
When: Opens with the traditional Feast of Fools Weekend, July 9th & 10th, from 11am- 7pm, and continues for 6 weekends, through August 14th.
Who: The Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire is produced by Red Barn Productions, created in 2005 to continue directors Kevin and Leslie Patterson’s vision of the tradition of Ron and Phyllis Patterson’s original Renaissance Faire concept in America, originally held at Blackpoint forest for 30 years.
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