Enjoy the Real Greek Experience - three days of Greece by the Bay. Fabulous Greek food, drink, music and dance and much, much more.

Friday, May 16, 2008: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. (Free from 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Saturday, May 17, 2008: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, 2008: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. (or come earlier to experience our liturgy service at 10 a.m.) (Free from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.) (more…)

ING Greater Body Expo is Official Race Headquarters for the ING Bay to Breakers. It is free and open to the public and a premiere 2-day health and fitness event with interactive displays, free samples and prizes, and great bargains on apparel and fitness gear. Expo is also the final chance for registered runners to pick up their race packets and timing chips. Late registration is also available for those who want to sign-up at the last minute 2008 Exhibitors include adidas, ASICS, BlackBerry, Crocs, Garmin, Home Depot, Naked Juice, Nature Made Vitamins, Nike/Lombardi Sports, Polar, Reebok, Southwest Airlines and many more.

This Friday you’ll have the chance to test the waters in ‘Joke-e-oke the Gameshow’. Watch as contestants compete in 3 exciting rounds to determine who can best perform material from their favorite comedians. Only a handful of slots are open for the gameshow, so get there early and sign up. After a champ is anointed, they’ll open up Joke-e-oke to the masses until they kick us out.

Games, prizes, entertainment, bounce tent, dunk tank, playground, surprises. REAL Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, and Therapists repair your bear. Kids - bring your bear or other stuffed pals for a checkup and repair! Adopt-A-Bear Placement Agency: For kids without their own teddy bear, we’ll help you adopt one for free!

Teddy Bear Comedy Show: Entertainer Tony Borders with puppets, ventriloquism, and tricks.

Lunch available
Hot dog/chips/soda ($2.00)

All are welcome, especially the young and the young at heart. Invite your friends, neighbors and co-workers and their stuffed pals, the more the bearier!

We need teddy bears and other stuffed friends for kids to adopt! Drop off your donation in the church lobby on Sunday mornings through May 11.

About West Valley Presbyterian Church: West Valley Presbyterian Church is a diverse community in the heart of Silicon Valley (Cupertino, CA) centered on the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ. We are people who find ourselves touched, blessed, healed,
and transformed by Jesus.

The City’s annual San Leandro Heritage Faire will be held at the San Leandro Main Library, located at 300 Estudillo Avenue in downtown San Leandro, on Saturday, May 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate San Leandro’s diverse community and rich cultural heritage. This free celebration includes entertainment, multicultural exhibits and a variety of ethnic foods. All are invited to attend.

The event features performances by the Ballet Folklorico Mexicano, the Chinese lion dancers from San Leandro’s Shao Lin King Fu Chan School, the percussion group Drummm! and the McBride Irish Dance group. Also appearing will be Asheba, who brings to life the culture of Trinidad through folktales and songs, Swetha Dixit who entertains guests with Indian dancing and storytelling and Chin-Chin, a master of magic.

Vendors will sell textiles, crafts and gift items from many countries, and a kids’ craft area will offer children the chance to make arts and crafts from different cultures, including Mexican pinatas, Portuguese toy sailboats, ndbele bracelets from Zimbabwe and haida painted sticks from Alaska. The Arts Council of San Leandro will also show children how to make beautiful Lunar New Year kites.

For more information, call (510) 577-3971

Two stages entertainment with live bands, artists, DJs, martial arts karoke and asian pop culture and more at the largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the US with over 100,000 expected to attend. Highlights include the Vietnamese Nguyen Dance Company, Comic James Lontayao, and an anime street pavilion

Enchanted Village Faire - Saturday, May 17, 11am-4pm, Napa - A day of games, crafts, a crystal lavender room, the knight’s quest, a sleeping giant, vendors, food, and more. The Enchanted Village Fair will be held at the Stone Bridge School located in Napa at 1870 Salvador Ave. For more information call (707) 252-5522.

There’s quite the all-local show going down Saturday night at the Great American Music Hall. It’s the CD release party for the new compilation from the The Rose Hill Collective. Saturday night’s show include performances by Built for the Sea (led by our favorite local songbird, Lia Rose ex-Minipop), Overview, Silian Rail, The Hundred Days, and Cold Hot Crash (pictured), along with DJ sets by members of LoveLikeFire and Live 105 DJ “Miles the Intern”. If that’s not enough, the Rose Hill gang is promising surprise performances from compilation bands too. (source: The Bay Bridged) (more…)

The art-stunt group Oaklandish are putting together a huge urban game of Capture the Flag in Oakland right in front of City Hall. The game begins at 8:30pm on Tuesday May 20th at Frank Ogawa Plaza. Capture the flag every 1st and 3rd Tuesday night throughout the summer.