April 30 from 12-4 pm, hosted by Contra Costa Fitness, 1635 Challenge Dr. in Concord (behind Rockin Jump). Here are just some of the services & products that will be available: Massage Henna EFT Tapping Tarot card readings Jewelry and other gift items (perfect for Mothers Day) Gardening boxes Skin care And more!

Show your pride neighborhood-wide with customized yard signs, banners and big head cutouts. Graduates get up to 30% off! Have more than one graduate to celebrate? School Administrators and PTOs can congratulate the Class of 2023 with custom signs for each graduate. Sports teams and school clubs can celebrate their members too! The possibilities are endless with custom signs and graphics to show appreciation to those who deserve it best!

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Rainbow Community Center is hosting a vibrant cultural event and fundraiser on Friday, May 5th, from 6:00-10:00PM, in partnership with Del Cielo Brewing Co. in Martinez. This event will not only lift up and celebrate our local Spanish-speaking and Mexican/Latinx LGBTQ+ community, but will also highlight local sexual health resources and promote safer sex practices while reducing cultural stigma. Please join us for a fun Cinco de Mayo going towards a great cause!

Cleaner Contra Costa May Actions

Get sustainable with the Cleaner Contra Costa Challenge if you haven’t already! This free website (available in both English and Spanish) provides a list of actionable steps you can take to save water, energy, waste and money. You can also earn prizes along the way. Why not check it out?

To get moving, try our May Actions of the Month:

1. Store it, Serve it, Share it- Fruit trees are starting to bloom! Have extra fruit? Share the fruit wealth with Contra Costa Fruit Rescue or volunteer to pick neighbor’s trees for donation.
2. On May 18th, Grab your Bike and participate in 511cc.org’s Bike to Work/Wherever Day! Show up with your bike and earn some free swag at bart stations.
3. Connect with the Community: Help pick up litter and beautify the community on May 20th at the  Pittsburg Civic Pride Day.

Be sure to check off any action that you have completed on Cleaner Contra Costa Challenge in order to have your points, water savings, and CO2 reduction count for Contra Costa. 

The Professional Women’s Referral Group is hosting a Women’s Networking Mixer on Thursday, May 4th from 5 pm-7 pm at Office Evolution (in the Veranda)

Price: $15 per person in advance

Email Julie McCoy for the details

Youth Homes hopes to see you on May 6th at 6pm for Comedy in the Park with comedian "Chicago Steve" Barkley. Join us at Shadelands Ranch Museum in Walnut Creek for a fully outdoor evening of music, food, craft beer, local wines, fantastic raffle prizes and auction items, and live comedy. Visit https://youthhomes.org/comedy-in-the-park-2023 to learn more and purchase your tickets now!

This unique enchanting confidence building experience would usually cost $295 for the session alone!! However, I am looking to update my studio artwork and marketing material. In exchange for a model release, I am offering families a session with these $500+ couture gowns AND $100 credit towards artwork of your choosing for only..........$145!

Orchard sessions have been a bit dicey this year due to the rain, but with a combination of this gorgeous backdrop + digital elements in post production, your final artwork will look so authentic and beautiful!

You're invited to an exclusive evening in support of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano! This year’s Nourish Gala features gourmet dining, dancing, desserts, and plenty of glitz and glam! The proceeds help make our mission possible to fund 500,000 meals for our neighbors who are struggling with the rising costs of groceries and the expiration of CalFresh emergency benefits. We need YOUR HELP now more than ever to keep up with the need in our community. Must be 21+ or older to attend.

Solo Opera presents, The Three Feathers, a family friendly, magical chamber opera in English with music by award winning composer, Lori Laitman, and libretto by former CA poet laureate, Dana Gioia. Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the opera follows Princess Dora, not as a damsel in distress, but as a heroine. A magic feather leads the shy, self-doubting princess to an enchanted Underworld ruled by a giant Frog King. Here, she summons her courage and compassion to face a series of mysterious and comic adventures that change her life. Completing her quest, she saves her father’s kingdom from the plots of her selfish sisters and earns her right to the crown.

Conductor Alexander Katsman, will lead a full orchestra, a main cast/chorus of 15 adults, and 18-21 in a children’s chorus which features the San Francisco Girls Chorus (Members of San Francisco Girls Chorus School, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Artistic Director). Artistic Director and Founder of Solo Opera, Sylvia Amorino, will direct and produce the opera with an incredible design team. Lecture by librettist, Dana Gioia, one hour before each performance.  

The 85-minute show runs Sept. 8, 2023 (Friday) 8:00pm and Sept. 10, 2023 (Sunday) 2:00pm at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr. Walnut Creek CA 94596. Tickets at the link below or by calling (925) 943-7469.  Prices range from $25-$55.                          

Local restaurants are invited to join White Pony Express (WPE) in its mission to end hunger in Contra Costa County by donating their surplus food to WPE, who operates a very active Food Rescue Program. Every day, WPE picks up about 12,000 lb. of perishable food from food outlets and then delivers it to our 90+ non-profit partner recipients, including 14 high-need school sites. All food is redistributed within 24 hours and all programs are free to our recipients. When you donate your excess food, you will also be combatting climate change by keeping food out of the dump, which creates methane gas. 

If you have any perishable food products that you would like to donate, you can set up regular or one-time food rescue pick-ups by contacting Pete at peterolsen@whiteponyexpress.org.

We look forward to hearing from you!