Arts & Entertainment
Get Out Weekend Planner
Trust us, the rain will stop. Here's a handy guide for things you can do when the sun shows itself again.
FARM TO TABLE TOUR VISITING WALNUT CREEK FARMERS' MARKET
- Where: 1737 Locust St., Walnut Creek; Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- The Walnut Creek Farmers Market will become a stop on the third annual "Toyota Farm to Table Tour" that celebrates local cuisine. The tour celebrates local chefs who will prepare thousands of complimentary bite-sized tastings that highlight fresh, local ingredients.
- Price: Free
- Where: ; Saturday, 8 p.m.
- Why Go: Town Hall Theatre presents the "comedy smackdown of the century:" Crisis Hopkins vs. ComedySportz! Crisis Hopkins will open the show with a mix of improv and sketch comedy and then take on the legendary San Jose Comedysportz. Child care is available. Reservations for the care at Lafayette Kids Cottage must be made by Friday.
- Price: $20
- Where: (Willows Theatre Company); Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
- Why Go: The Willows Theatre has reopened its original location in the Willows Shopping Center. Taking place on a Caribbean island divided by social prejudice, Once On This Island is a calypso-flavored musical retelling of the The Little Mermaid.
- Price: $20-32
- Where: , Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m.
- Why Go: Based on the 1988 John Waters' film, Hairspray is set in 1962 Baltimore, where the ’50s are out and change is in the air. Can a larger-than-life adolescent win the affection of a TV heartthrob and integrate the network — singing and dancing all the while, of course — without denting her do?
- Price: $40-45
- Where/When: ; Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Why Go: The Goodguys Car Show features more than 3,000 American-made hot rods, customs, classics, muscle cars and trick trucks. Family fun includes a Pinstripers Brush Bash, Arts & Crafts Show, Model Car Show and free model make-and-take plus a kids play area.
- Price: $17 adults; $6 kids 7 - 12; free ages 6 younger; parking $8
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