The surface repairs are scheduled for completion by mid-October, if weather conditions are favorable, and will be administered in segments to avoid extended street closures. After a public information meeting held Aug. 27, the City’s contractor notified affected residences and businesses about the street closures. The 2014 Scrub & Micro-Surfacing Project will seal common street cracks and add new layers above treated surfaces to increase the service life of streets and reduce major maintenance operations. Each year, the Public Works Department performs digouts, micro-paving and base rock-and asphalt concrete-installations to ensure streets are well maintained in the city.
Monster Ball: Celebrate the season of ghosts, goblins and ghouls featuring dinner, raffles, prizes and more, Come in costume for a night of good spooky fun, Lions Center for the Visually Impaired, 175 Alvarado Ave, Benefits center programs, 5 p.m, Oct, 19, RSVP by Oct, 16, $35, 925-432-3013, Spooktacular: Wear your favorite costume for this family event featuring jumpy houses, balloon art, face painting, trick-or-treating and more, ribbon sculpture hair clip ladybird/ bumble bee/ dance shoes/ ballet shoes/ dragonfly/ butterfly First 180 guests get free movie passes for an 11 a.m, movie; first 250 guests get free pumpkins, 10 a.m.-noon Oct, 26, Century Plaza Shopping Center, Somersville Road at Highway 4, (between Maya Theaters and Burlington Coat Factory) Free, 925-432-7301, www.pittsburgchamber.org..
A highlight of the June 1 performance will be a number from “Harry Potter,” choreographed by Diablo Ballet instructor Erin Leedom. A former principal dancer with Oakland Ballet and Ballet West, Erin trained at the American Ballet Theatre and the Joffrey Ballet in New York as well as the San Francisco Ballet. Both nights’ performances begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10; for more information, call 925-943-5846. Bay Area playwright Bart Schneider and veteran actor Felix Justice collaborate in a tribute to one of America’s greatest 19th century satirists and storywriters.
Don’t stop believin,’ Journey fans, we have a hunch that oh-so-talented talented guitarist Neal Schon will never tire of playing songs from your favorite band, He’s still in the real Journey, and has formed the side band Journey Through Time, which delivers — wait for it — Journey songs from throughout the band’s discography, The band, which also includes the gifted keyboardist Gregg Rolie performs in Oakland Saturday, and we’ve got the details. There are lots of other great shows this weekend, including the singer-songwriter who recorded the best song of last year (that’s scientific fact, not opinion, by the way), one of the most popular world music bands going, and the Oakland Symphony performing the favorite songs ribbon sculpture hair clip ladybird/ bumble bee/ dance shoes/ ballet shoes/ dragonfly/ butterfly of a civil rights legend..
Well, not so much tossed as placed lovingly and enthusiastically into the hands of some important recipients — children. The Antioch Public Library’s Kids Read! program, which began in 2013, yielded the big give and additional activities. Ross and fellow librarians Alyson Matthews and Becky Nielsen came up with the idea and decided “(events) focusing on the emerging readers would be most effective … in encouraging early literacy activities, a love of the library and promote lifelong literacy for the whole family,” Ross said.