Best Of Editor Picks

April 2009

Diablo Ballet Gala to honor Diablo magazine publisher and Diablo Ballet artistic advisor this Saturday

04/29/09

Diablo Ballet Gala to honor Diablo magazine publisher and Diablo Ballet artistic advisor this Saturday

Diablo magazine publisher Barney Fonzi and Diablo Ballet artistic advisor Sally Streets to be honored with Patron of the Arts awards, May 2 at Blackhawk Country Club.

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Top Tickets: April 29-May 5

04/29/09

Top Tickets: April 29-May 5

Diablo's picks for the can't-miss events of the coming week: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, Livermore Wine Country Festival, Sacred Mountain exhibit, Animals on Broadway, California Symphony, and Working In Wax.

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Celebrate Spring with Plant Sales and Garden Tours

04/29/09

Celebrate Spring with Plant Sales and Garden Tours

Stunning flowers star in these four early May East Bay garden events.

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Diablo Fit: High School Mountain Biking Emerges in the East Bay

04/27/09

Diablo Fit: High School Mountain Biking Emerges in the East Bay

High School Team of the Month Contra Costa Composite takes the stage.

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Jazz it up at the Claremont

04/23/09

Jazz it up at the Claremont

Rick Braun performs Friday night in the Concerts at The Claremont series.

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Top Tickets: April 22-28

04/22/09

Top Tickets: April 22-28

Diablo's picks for the can't-miss events of the coming week: Sustainable Estate Walking Tours at Wente, Walnut Creek's Fine Arts Sidewalk Festival, Squeak Carnwath exhibit, The Kite Runner's Khaled Hosseini, Opening Day on the Bay, and the authors of I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper.

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A-list Exclusive Interview: Mom-In-Chief author Jamie Woolf

04/21/09

A-list Exclusive Interview: Mom-In-Chief author Jamie Woolf

Oakland resident translates her two decades of success training business leaders into an inspiring new book to motivate parents.

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04/20/09

Diablo Fit: Dancing into Shape

The Zumba craze hits the East Bay at San Ramon's 24-Hour Fitness.

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04/20/09

Click, Print, and SAVE!

Diablo introduces monthly offers and printable coupons from our advertisers.

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04/18/09

Italy in Moraga

Saint Mary’s College presents A Night in the Piazza Tuesday evening.

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Top Tickets: April 15-21

04/15/09

Top Tickets: April 15-21

Diablo's picks for the can't-miss events of the coming week: Pleasanton TEA Party, California Independent Film Festival, Celebration of Children's Literature, The Pork on Your Fork, spring plant sales, and the Lamorinda Earth Day Festival.

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Ruth Bancroft Gardens spring plant sale this Saturday

04/14/09

Ruth Bancroft Gardens spring plant sale this Saturday

I just got back from a fantastic tour of the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. Whenever I visit, I'm impressed by the 3.5-acre garden's tranquility and, more obviously, its stunning collection of water-conserving plants. If you've never visited the Ruth Bancroft Garden, this Saturday is the perfect time. The garden will be hosting its annual Spring plant sale. Plants range for $4-$75, and sell quickly, as garden enthusiasts come from all over the Bay Area for this sale every year. Members get first crack from 9-11 a.m. (you can register for membership at the door for $35), then the sale opens to the public from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. All plants in the garden and in the sale are drought-tolerant, which is particulalry...

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<i>Diablo</i> Fit: Four Wildflower Hikes to Bring in the Spring

04/13/09

Diablo Fit: Four Wildflower Hikes to Bring in the Spring

The four best places in the East Bay to stop and smell the flowers—while they last.

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Pet Madness Winners!

04/09/09

Pet Madness Winners!

You've been waiting for it, and it's finally here: the winners of our first annual Pet Madness contest!

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Top Tickets: April 8-14

04/08/09

Top Tickets: April 8-14

Diablo's picks for the can't-miss events of the coming week: Marc Jacobs trunk show, East Bay egg hunts, San Ramon magic show, and the Nowroz Festival.

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<i>Diablo</i> Fit: Pretty in Pink

04/06/09

Diablo Fit: Pretty in Pink

The Cinderella Classic bike tour takes to the Tri-Valley streets

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Quality Art on a Budget Hits Oakland

04/02/09

Quality Art on a Budget Hits Oakland

New gallery in up-and-coming Temescal district opens in time for Oakland's Art Murmur event Friday night.

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Early Easter and shopping at Blackhawk Plaza

04/02/09

Early Easter and shopping at Blackhawk Plaza

Easter egg hunts for the kids, shopping sales and events for adults at Blackhawk Plaza this weekend.

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Top Tickets: April 1-7

04/01/09

Top Tickets: April 1-7

Diablo's picks for the can't-miss events of the coming week: Center REP's Enchanted April, the final Narsai Toast, Tri-Valley's Cinderella Classic, and journalist Jim Leher.

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