“The live music was a big point for me this year,” says Christy Bolingbroke, who brought the Walking Distance festival to the ODC Theater shortly before being elevated from interim theater director to director in 2012. “I cut my teeth with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and that deeply informs my lens when I consider dance. Last year, we focused on storytelling. This year, I wanted to focus on music, on how you pay attention to how music and movement interact. In some cases, the line between dancer and musician disappears. Rachna said, “in kathak we are playing instruments ourselves.”.

She added how busy and short-staffed inspectors were, and how she would work on creating proper referral “reporting guidelines.”, Based on his experience with the department, Grissom said safety wasn’t the bottom line, He sat in meetings where Oakland inspectors were told to give priority to higher-end buildings with modern or upgraded fire-prevention systems because property owners paid for those inspections, Checking sprinklers and alarms are high-revenue generators for the department with strong likelihood of handmade women leather flat shoes,comfortable oxford shoes, retro leather shoes, slip-ons, ballet shoes, very soft receiving payment, compared to rundown, older properties owned by people who cannot or will not pay, he said, California law allows departments to charge fees for routine inspections the state fire code requires they perform..

Neptune Beach Community Celebration. Arts and crafts, music, food and activities for children. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 6-7 Webster Street from Central Avenue to Buena Vista Avenue, Alameda. 510-865-3636, www.festivalproductions2.com. Santa Cruz Greek Food and Culture Festival. Greek dishes, wine and spirits. Live bouzouki band and dancing. 5-10 p.m. Sept. 5, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sept. 6, noon-8 p.m. Sept. 7. 223 Church St., Santa Cruz. 831-429-6500. Santa Cruz County Fair. Carnival rides, livestock, food, merchants, races, musical performances, art and children’s activities. Sept. 9-14. Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, 2601 E. Lake Ave., Watsonville. 831-724-5671, www.santacruzcountyfair.com.

Mill Valley resident Jay Tamang, who grew up in the village of Balche, Nepal, and immigrated to the United States in 2004, runs a group called Nepal FREED (Foundation for Rural Economic and Educational Development), He’s been back to Nepal twice since the quake struck — three of his cousins were killed when a building collapsed on them in Katmandu — and will return at the end of May for the official opening of a new 10-room handmade women leather flat shoes,comfortable oxford shoes, retro leather shoes, slip-ons, ballet shoes, very soft high school and an eight-room elementary school, partially funded by proceeds from last year’s fair..

BBoss is the same restaurant where a 34-year-old security guard was shot and killed in February while he was chasing a thief from a nearby liquor store. Manny Zuniga was one of two men who were providing security outside the club on Feb. 14 when they noticed three men casing the shopping center. When one of the men later ran out of the store and into a waiting car, Zuniga and his co-worker chased the thieves and shots were fired. Zuniga was hailed as a hero for reportedly stepping in front of a gun to save the co-worker.