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Pleasanton Community Concert Band Memorial Day Concert
2023-05-29 10:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd, Pleasanton, 94566
Celebrate the day with the PCCB at the Pleasanton Senior Center.

Valley Dance Theater – Spring Rep 2023
2023-05-28 14:00 - 16:30 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA
Valley Dance Theatre celebrates the beauty of dance with repertory pieces both classic and contemporary. This spring, highlights from the beloved fairytale Sleeping Beauty will feature Princess Aurora, dazzling jewel fairies, Puss in Boots, and a pair of charming bluebirds set to Tchaikovsky’s music. Then, Saint-Saëns’ fully-staged ballet Carnival of the Animals offers a delightful menagerie showcasing more than 40 dancing creatures, from ninja turtles and playful fossils to lions, elephants, kangaroos, and a graceful swan. Live musical accompaniment is provided by the Valley Dance Theatre Pit Orchestra. This colorful celebration is sure to delight both the young and the young at heart. Be sure to join us at the Bankhead Theater for fairytale magic and a marvelous carnival of music and dance!

Valley Dance Theater - Spring Rep 2023
2023-05-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA

Livermore-Amador Symphony Concert
2023-05-20 20:00 - 22:30 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA
Symphony concert

Livermore Amador Symphony: Drama and Fantasy, O’Conor plays Beethoven
2023-05-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA
Join us as we explore magical places and fantastic stories through the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Liadov, and Stravinsky. We are thrilled to welcome one of the most remarkable pianists of our time, John O’Conor, an exceptional interpreter of the music of Beethoven, in a performance of the composer’s third piano concerto. Stravinsky transports us into a haunting, beautiful and exciting fairy tale with his spectacular suite from his ballet The Firebird.

Valley Concert Chorale: By George, It's Gershwin
2023-05-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Asbury United Methodist Church, 4743 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550
Light, Lively and Fun featuring Gershwin favorites.

Las Positas College: Literary Arts Festival
2023-05-13 | Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Dr, Livermore, California, 94551-7623
The #1 community college in California’s free annual literary arts festival. Bringing award-winning authors to the Tri-Valley since 2020.
Author readings, writing workshops, panel discussions, book signings, music, food trucks, kids activities, and more!
Festival Keynote Speaker:
American Book Award Winner Tommy Orange, author of There There

Madden Courtyard at the Bankhead: Jenny Madrigal
2023-05-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA
Kick off the weekend and join us for happy hour in the Madden Courtyard starring Jenny Madrigal. Jenny Madrigal will delight us with her musical styles including neo-soul, acoustic, folk, jazz, and covers.

RDSS and Livermore Arts: An Evening with Michael Collopy
2023-05-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA
Engaging. Storytelling. Exploration.
Collopy engages in projects that bring the work of peacemakers into focus. In 2000 he shared the wisdom and images collected while photographing pioneers, icons, artists, explorers, and activists worldwide. Architects of Peace offers hope through the words of those dedicating their lives to the right fight, for humanity, sustainability, and equality. In his books, we see Collopy’s natural way of drawing out the stories of others to share and inspire us.
Michael Collopy has gained worldwide recognition for his commissioned portraits of hundreds of public figures including world leaders like Nelson Mandela and 41 Nobel Peace laureates to 7 U.S. Presidents and entertainers like Paul McCartney, Geoge Clooney, Salma Hayek, and Jessica Alba. Collopy also worked with Frank Sinatra for many years.

Livermore Art Association: Mother's Day Market
2023-05-06 11:30 - 16:00 | Carnegie Park
At Carnegie Park in downtown Livermore. 2155 Third Street. Gifts. Cards. Jewelry. Also on May 7, from 10 to 2:30 and May 13 from 11:30 to 4.

Pleasanton Community Concert Band
2023-05-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Pleasanton Farmers’ Market
At the Pleasanton Farmer’s Market.

Celebrate Women Photography Exhibition
2023-05-01 - 2023-05-30 | Livermore Library – Civic Center
Open to all.
To request guidelines for submitting, please email: celebratewomen2023@gmail.com
Exhibition will be at the Livermore Public Library, Civic Center 1188 S. Livermore Ave, Livermore, CA 94550

East Bay Jazz High School All-Stars
2023-04-30 15:00 - 16:30 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA
The East Bay Jazz High School All-Stars is an after-school program for high-caliber musical performance and education for high school jazz musicians. East Bay Jazz’s two ensembles, big band and combo, rehearse on a weekly basis and frequently perform between January to June. In East Bay Jazz, students develop their skills within the jazz idiom, gain real-world performance experience, and share their love of music with the East Bay community and beyond. Livermore Valley Arts fully support East Bay Jazz’s educational programs.
The Tri-Valley audience can support this next generation of musicians, enjoy live jazz performances, and witness missions in action around the Livermore Valley over the next couple of months. Catch East Bay Jazz at the Dougherty Performing Arts Center in San Ramon on Sunday, March 12; Almost Famous Wine Lounge in Livermore on Sunday, April 16; The Bankhead Theater on Sunday, April 30; and The Chabot College Salsa Jazz Concert on Thursday, May 18th.

Mad Hatter Tea Party
2023-04-30 14:00 - 17:00 | Hagemann Ranch, 455 Olivina Ave., Livermore, 94550
Wonderland at Hagemann Ranch

Tri Valley Rep: The Song of the Nightingale
2023-04-29 20:00 - 2023-05-14 22:00 | Firehouse Theater, Pleasanton
Book, Music & Lyrics by Min Kahng
Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Nightingale
When Mei Lin, an ambitious kitchen-maid, hears that the Emperor of China is searching for The Nightingale – the bird whose song brings hope to the people of the land, she offers to help find and capture the bird in exchange for a lofty promotion. This transaction has tragic consequences, however, as Mei Lin soon learns that the Emperor is a foolish ruler who cannot see beyond the bird’s plain outer appearance. Based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Song of The Nightingale is a magical, musical romp that reminds us that true beauty and worth is always found within.
April 29 – May 14, 2023
April 29, May 5, 6, 12, 13 @ 8pm
April 30, May 6, 7, 13, 14 @ 2pm
Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA

Del Valle Fine Arts: Martin Garcia Garcia
2023-04-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA
Del Valle Fine Arts has the honor once again to present the latest (2021) First Prize winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Spanish-born Martín García García also won the Audience Prize, Chamber Music Prize and Piano/Duo Prize. Earlier in the year, he was awarded Third Prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Reina Sofia School of Music in Spain and has a Master’s degree from the Mannes School of Music in New York.

THEN & NOW LIVERMORE STORIES
2023-04-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Livermore Library – Civic Center
OLIVINA: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
PRESENTED BY CHARLES T. CROHARE

Durant Motors Event at the Duarte Garage
2023-04-25 13:30 - 15:00 | Duarte Garage
See vintage, Durant and Star automobiles at the historic Duarte Garage. Owners and docents will be on hand to answer questions.

Mostly Kosher
2023-04-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Bankhead Theater, Livermore Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA
Klezmer. Exhilarating. Dazzling.
Mostly Kosher, an acclaimed Klezmer/Rock band, brings us ravenous klezmer beats and arresting Yiddish refrains.

Valley Concert Chorale: Daniel Glover
2023-04-22 19:30 - 21:00 | First Presbyterian Church
Concert pianist Daniel Glover will perform selections by Russian American composer Sergei Rachmaninoff during a benefit for the nonprofit Valley Concert Chorale at the First Presbyterian Church in Livermore.
Born in Russia in 1873, Rachmaninoff and his family left following the Russian Revolution and eventually settled in New York in 1918. He moved to California in 1942 because of ill health and died a year later, just weeks after becoming an American citizen. In honor of his 150th anniversary, Glover will play his most famous composition, “Prelude in C-sharp Minor,” also known as “The Bells of Moscow,” which was written when the composer was just 19.
Glover, who has appeared as a soloist with many Bay Area orchestras, will also play four additional Rachmaninoff compositions, originally published with “The Bells of Moscow” and known collectively as “Morceaux de Fantasie,” or “Fantasy Pieces.”
The second half of Glover’s performance will include tribute to Austria’s Franz Schubert by 19th-century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. Schubert composed more than 600 songs and 400 dances during his short lifetime, and Liszt was instrumental in exposing Schubert’s works to a larger audience.
The concert will conclude with Bach’s “Fantasie in C minor,” Haydn’s “Sonata No. 48,” and Debussy’s “L’isle Joyeuse,” or “Isle of Joy.”
Glover is an internationally known pianist, having performed across the U.S. and in Europe, Asia, and South America. He holds a master’s degree from The Juilliard School in New York, where he was a scholarship student. Among his numerous awards was first prize in the Liederkranz Competition in 1990.
Glover has also recorded eight CDs, including “Franz Liszt, The Profound and The Profane,” “Spanish Impressions,” “Romantic Russian Encores,” and a live-performance recording of works for piano and orchestra by Mozart, Strauss, and Prokofiev. He has been the Valley Concert Chorale’s accompanist since 1998.

Essential Figure Art Show
2023-04-21 - 2023-05-24 | Bothwell
Artists in all media are invited to join this Figurative show;. Ends May 24, at the Bothwell Arts Center.
Artists Reception
Saturday, April 22 12:00-3:00pm
Bothwell Ars Center

House Concert -- The Tom Reynolds Conspiracy
2023-04-16 14:00 - 16:00 | LJS HQ, PO Box 2767, Livermore, 94551
The Tom Reynolds Conspiracy will present a diverse musical program including multiple group configurations, vocals, instrumentals, originals and standards. This show is celebrating the January 2023 release of a couple of new CDs which the group recorded in June of 2022.
Personnel:
Erik Jekabson – trumpet, flugelhorn
Tim Devine – tenor saxophone
Tom Reynolds – vocals, piano
Cindy Browne Rosefield – bass
Jason Lewis – drums
Editor’s note:
“…For this show, I’ve written several vocal arrangements, including songs by Michel Legrand, Sammy Fain, and three Brazilian songs I will sing in Portuguese…”
Tom Reynolds — pianist, vocalist, arranger/composer, President and founder of Livermore Jazz Society
In-person attendance + Livestream
To request seating, please email us at info@livermorejazzsociety.org, or fill out an online form at
https://www.livermorejazzsociety.org/reserve-seats
If seating is available, we will reply with a formal invitation including the performance location.
For more information see https://www.livermorejazzsociety.org
Suggested Donation: $20 per person. Donations of any amount are most welcome!

Pleasanton Community Concert Band Spring Concert
2023-04-16 14:00 - 15:30 | Firehouse Theater, Pleasanton
Spring Concert: “Saxophone Spectacular”, featuring Ricardo Martinez, Professor of Saxophone at The University of the Pacific

Duarte Garage Open House
2023-04-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Duarte Garage
Featured Car of the Month
1965 Corvette Sting Ray Convertible

Livermore Heritage Guild Annual Auction
2023-04-15 15:30 - 18:00 | Duarte Garage
Bid for some of Livermore’s most unique vintage bits and curiosities.
Something for Everyone, at anyone’s prices!
