Living in Contra Costa County: California: Concord

December’s Season of Celebrations & Sharing Contest – Scrooge

Scrooge is a high quality production of the classic Dickens story put on annually at Calvary Temple in Concord Ca.

Calvary Temple is the church on the hill to the north of Highway 4 as you cross over the pass from Concord to Pittsburg.

The play is on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on the Weekends of the 9^th to the 11^th and 16^th to the 18^th. Friday performances are at 7:30 pm, Saturday at 6:00 pm, and Sunday at 4:00 pm.

Calvary Temple is at 4725 Evora Road, Concord Ca 94520.

General Admission seating is still available for $12.00, $8.00 for seniors and children 5 -12. Premier setting is $15.00 and $11.00 for seniors and children 5-12. All setting in the Producers Circle is $20.00.

For more information call 925-458-9100 x 122 or go to www.ScroogeInfo.org.

Come out and enjoy Scrooge this Christmas!

Concord Free Movie Night and Concord Drive in Theater

The Concord Drive in Movie Theater is one of the Last Drive in Theaters in California and is nice with two screens.  I used to go there periodically but have not been in a long time.

But we are going to the Concord Drive in Movie Theater this Thursday night.  It is Free Family Movie night with Free Admission for everyone and $1.00 Nachos.  The movies start around 8.  Cars 2 will be on one screen and Transformers on the other screen.  The second feature will simply be the movie shown on the other screen now on the side you are on.

We have young kids and it is a school night, but we figure we can do one.  Pack Dinner, Pack the Snacks and off we go.  

Free is right in our budget and it is an easy way to see movies with a lot of noise and squirming young kids.

Will we see you at the Concord Drive-In Theater?

Scrooge!

Every year Calvary Temple Church in Concord California puts on a very high end production of Scrooge. 

This is not your normal church Christmas Play, but a finely developed professional level production for the entire family.  Scrooge will certainly help you and the entire family get into the true spirit of Christmas.

There is nothing that makes me feel more like Christmas than a good visit to Victorian England and the Charcters of Charles Dickens.

There are six showings of Scrooge:  December 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19th.  General Admission Tickets are $12.00, $8.00 for seniors and children 5 to 12.  There are premium seats available for $15.00. with a discount price of $11.00 for seniors and children 5 to 12.  No Children under 5 are admitted. 

Calvary Temple in Concord is centrally located on the hill to the north of Highway 4 separating Concord from Bay Point; providing easy access to people in Central Contra Costa County and East Contra Costa County.

So if you live in Discovery Bay, Brentwood, Oakley, Antioch, Pittsburg, Bay Point, Concord, Martinez, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, or other parts of Contra Costa County and you want to really get into the Christmas Spirit come and enjoy this very well done production of Scrooge.

Black Diamond Games.

Black Diamond Games is a unique store in Concord Ca. They specialize in strategy and family oriented games. The store is at 1950 Market Street, Suite E; in the same strip mall as Fry’s Electronics. You can give them a call at 925-681-0600.

Black Diamond Games has some of the old classic style war games like Advanced Squad Leader that I wrote on earlier. Black Diamond Games also carries most of the popular (and not so popular) role playing games, and collectable card games that kids like.

My kids have gotten into a popular series of games from Games Workshop they carry at Black Diamond Games called War Hammer and War Hammer 40K. These are miniature fantasy battle games. War Hammer is a fantasy game reminiscent of medieval fantasy or Tolkeinish type worlds with elves, dwarves, etc. . . War Hammer 40K is a Science Fiction oriented game. With both systems the players buy, build, and paint models to field as part of their army. Where can you get these kits and paints? Black Diamond Games of course.

It is not all about battle and war there are many popular and fun family games to found at Black Diamond Games. You can get a copy of Monopoly, but you can get Monopoly anywhere, try some fun Euro Style Games like Settler’s of Catan or Ticket to Ride.

But how do you learn to play these games? Who do you play with? Well Black Diamond Games has a huge playing room where different games can be played, tournaments are held, and people can just get together. If you are a tired parent like me there are a couple cozy chairs up front you can fall asleep in. They have quarterly used game auctions where they also auction of slightly damaged games at huge discounts.

If you are in the area drop by and take a look.

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