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Local favorites Kyle Van Schoonhoven and Sarah Cambidge are performing in the Livermore Valley Opera s show, debuting online Valentine s weekend. (Photo courtesy of LVO)
Livermore Valley Opera is offering a romantic concert for Valentine s weekend with local favorites Sarah Cambidge and tenor Kyle Van Schoonhoven performing duets from Puccini s Tosca and Wagner s Die Walkure, plus works by Tchaikovsky and Joseph Marx at 6 p.m. next Saturday (Feb. 13).
The singers will be accompanied by LVO music director Alexander Katsman with English subtitles. Find the link at www.LivermoreValleyOpera.com.
The opera s restaurant sponsor, Uncle Yu s at the Vineyard, is giving a 10% discount on all take-out orders, including a special four-course Valentine Dinner for Two. Mention Livermore Valley Opera when ordering from Feb. 12-18, at 449-7000.
South Bay Clean Creeks and Trash Punx Cleanup at Coyote Creek
Help to reclaim, restore and revitalize a local watershed by spending the day before Valentine’s Day giving some love to a section of Coyote Creek. Please bring water and gloves and wear a mask.
8:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. Free. 1505 Schallenberger Road, San Jose. sbcleancreeks.com
Valentine’s cookie decorating for kids
Napa Valley residents are invited to gather their little ones for a sweet Valentine’s Day treat making activity. A professional pastry team will supply the toppings. After the cookies are finished, participants can take home their tasty creations.
Arts, cultural groups hit hard by pandemic closures
Uploaded: Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 5:46 pm
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Museum on Main and Cantabella Children s Chorus were among the 157 arts and cultural organizations recently awarded grants from Alameda County, totaling $900,000, through its Arts Relief Grant Program.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act-funded grant program was begun to assist organizations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This program is managed by the Office of the Alameda County Arts Commission under the leadership of Alameda County Auditor-Controller Melissa Wilk and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. The county recognizes that arts and cultural organizations are an essential part of our community and an instrumental aspect of our economic recovery, Wilk said.
Inaugural State of the School District luncheon, hosted by PPIE, celebrates local businesses that support the schools. U.S. magistrate dismisses the claim by James Steinle and Elizabeth Sullivan that the government should be held responsible for the negligence of a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger whose loaded gun, which was stolen from his parked SUV, later fired the bullet that killed their daughter Kate Steinle, 32, in San Francisco on July 1, 2015. Hundreds of women s rights advocates march through downtown Pleasanton in the 2020 Tri-Valley Women s March, a celebration of the centennial of women s suffrage in the United States and all that women have achieved over the past 100 years as well as a recognition of issues still to be resolved.