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Got something to say in a rhyming, lyrical way? Then get
your entry to the second Pleasanton Poetry and Arts Festival
by Saturday. Sponsored by the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council
and the city of Pleasanton, the festival takes place March 29.
The early registration fee is $65. After Saturday, it's $80.
To register, visit http://www.pleasantonarts.org/
and click on Poetry and Arts Festival or call Charlene
Villella at (925) 931-5350. The daylong festival at the
CarrAmerica Conference Center, 4400 Rosewood Drive, in
Pleasanton will feature poetry workshops for adults and youth,
an adult fiction workshop, readings, a poetry contest and
awards ceremony, book signings and a banquet.
Participants will be eligible to win nearly $1,200 in
prizes for original poetry submitted to the poetry contest.
Age categories are: youth ages 4-8, youth 9-13, youth 14-17
and adult 18 and over.
The Poetry and Arts Festival is one of several Pleasanton
Cultural Arts Council "Focus Events" this season. The city of
Pleasanton provides funding for the events, whose purpose is
to enhance the visibility of local arts groups and augment
their outreach efforts.
YOUTH DRUGS CONFERENCE: The Friday Night Live and Youth
Educator Programs of the Center for Human Development will
hold a countywide youth conference on Saturday at the Walnut
Creek United Methodist Church, 1543 Sunnyvale Ave. The
conference features guest speaker and youth advocate Anita
Marquez Bruchay, who will talk candidly about her experiences
with drug use and dyslexia.
High school students from throughout Contra Costa and
Alameda counties will attend the conference to meet other
youth doing prevention work and to celebrate their
accomplishments in promoting healthy choices and drug-free
lifestyles.
The program is funded by the Alcohol and Other Drug
Services of the Contra Costa County Health Services
Department. For more information, call (925) 687- 8844, Ext.
246.
MATTER OF THE HEART: Appropriately enough, February is Heart
Month, so join the American Heart Association in celebrating
this vital organ at the Cardiac and Nutrition Fair from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 8 at John Muir Medical Center. There
will be speakers, a cooking demonstration, health screenings
and tours of the cardiac lab and cardiac surgery. Admission is
free. The John Muir Medical Center is at 1601 Ygnacio Valley
Road in Walnut Creek. For more information, call (925)
947-4452.
NONPROFIT ART: The Danville Fine Arts Gallery is sponsoring an
exhibition, "Abstract Expressions," featuring Northern
California abstract artists through Feb. 14. The Danville Fine
Arts Gallery is a nonprofit, educational art gallery sponsored
by the Danville Area Cultural Alliance serving the San Ramon
Valley. The gallery, open noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday, is at 233 Front St., Danville. Admission is free,
but donations are accepted. For details, call (925) 838-1959.
MAKING A JOYFUL NOISE: Twelve bands go toe-to-toe, note for
note at the 40th annual battle of the bands at 7:30 p.m. on
Feb. 8 at Chabot College Auditorium in Hayward. Special guests
include Rene Escovedo's Conpana and the East Bay Improv Group.
The event is sponsored by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park
District. Tickets cost $8 in advance, $10 at the door and can
be purchased from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
at the park district office, 1099 E St., Hayward. For more
information, call (510) 881-6700.
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