The Thomas P. Ryan Hall of Fame was established in the early 1970s to honor the outstanding achievements of East Side high school graduates. Nearly 100 East Side graduates have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, among them Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, NFL quarterback Jim Plunkett, playwright Luis Valdez and U.S. Congressman Mike Honda. The East Side foundation sponsors an inductions ceremony semi-annually to honor the legacy of the district’s alumni. “The 2015 inductees are a diverse, talented, and inspiring group who continue to have an impact on our community,” said foundation President Ed Buller. “It is our privilege to welcome them into the ranks of the finest graduates the East Side has ever produced.”.
In addition, the Lafayette Gallery Sculpture Garden is reopening Sunday, April 15 after the annual winter hiatus, That day, to celebrate, the gallery will hold a free reception from 11 a.m, to 2 p.m., with wine, hors d’oeuvres and live music, The Lafayette Gallery’s 24 members are selected by jury, The gallery is at large white hanging jewelry box,four drawers,hand painted, ballerina,roses,ballet shoes,personalized jewelry box,girls jewelry b 50 Lafayette Circle in Lafayette; hours are 11 a.m, to 5 p.m, Tuesday through Saturday and, starting April 15, 11 a.m, to 2 p.m, on Sundays, The concert will feature guest artist Denis Winter, a nationally recognized euphonium soloist and an Orinda resident, Ennio Morricone’s “Gabriel’s Oboe” from the film version of “The Mission” by Robert Bolt, will be featured..
Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio, whose district includes the Willow Glen area, asked the committee to place an item on a future City Council meeting agenda to continue the road diet, which has been in effect for about six months. The committee voted unanimously Wednesday to send the proposal to the full council next spring. Oliverio proposed the lane modifications reducing Lincoln Avenue’s traffic capacity to slow down drivers, improve pedestrian safety and remove commuters. He said the six-month trial worked well because traffic is calmer and no pedestrians have been hit in the crosswalk, but more time and data are needed to decide if the changes should remain.
Jodie Gates’ “Slip Ring,” another premiere, dropped beautiful o-rings of light onto the stage floor as small habitats for the dancers who haunted them like troubled, elegant creatures, Then came stunning triangular beams of spotlight that suggested large white hanging jewelry box,four drawers,hand painted, ballerina,roses,ballet shoes,personalized jewelry box,girls jewelry b ethereal realms the dance approached but never quite reached, This was the least gothic dance of the afternoon, with the dancers darting and flinging and thrusting themselves into asymmetries that were finely crafted and ripe with suggestion..
We are deep into the “family comedy” stage of Sandler’s working life, families where the kids cuss and rhinos hump, where Jim urinating long and loudly outside of a tent is played for a laugh, where the past-expiration-date Kevin Nealon and a jiggly, funny Jessica Lowe (the new Anna Faris?) are the oversexed other “nontraditional family” that the Lauren-Jim ensemble pair up with. Jim is raising three emotionally stunted daughters to be pseudo-jocks, like himself. Who nicknames his daughter Hilary (Bella Thorne) “Larry”? Who would name his troubled middle daughter (Emma Fuhrmann), the one who “still talks to (dead) Mom,” Espn?.