May 8 2016
The Piedmont Fire Department will be offering free training on the use of fire extinguishers at the Fire Station, 120 Vista Avenue, Piedmont.
The Fire Extinguisher Training for residents will be on Saturday, May 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
This hands on training is intended to better prepare residents to combat small fires that might occur in their homes, offices, or cars.
Residents may bring their extinguishers to the Fire Station for inspection. The training is on a first come first served basis and is restricted to residents 14 years and older.
Residents will also be able to pick up a copy of the “Get Ready, Piedmont” disaster preparedness guide prepared by the Public Safety Committee. This document provides comprehensive information on preparation for and response to, earthquakes, fires, landslides, and other emergencies.
Residents with questions are encouraged to contact: Fire Chief Bud McLaren at 420-3030
Prior PCA article on emergency preparedness
Apr 26 2016
The public is invited to the City of Piedmont annual Arbor Day celebration on Wednesday, April 27th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Community Hall and Teahouse in Piedmont Main Park on Highland Avenue.
New Arbor Day logo above.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Bill McNamara, Executive Director of the Quarry Hill Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen. Sometimes referred to as the “Indiana Jones” of plant propagation, Mr. McNamara searches mostly Southeast Asia for rare and endangered plant species that he brings back to Quarry Hill. He will present a slide show of his adventures. Mr. McNamara is also donating a California Coast Live Oak sapling from a tree that played an important part in Jack London’s life and writings in Glen Ellen.
Refreshments will be served.
Read here for more Arbor Day information.
Feb 7 2016
Piedmont Players Presents:
February 26th through March 6th
Performances – Friday, Saturday & Sunday
(Fri 2/26 & Sat 2/27 @ 8pm, Sun 2/28 @ 7 PM, Fri Mar 4 & Sat Mar 5 @ 8pm and Sun Mar 6 @ 2pm & 7pm)
Piedmont Center for the Arts
801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont, CA 94611
“Other Desert Cities” tells the story of the fictional Wyeth family — a clan led at the top by a mother and father highly regarded in old Hollywood circles and admired by Republicans for their service to and friendship with Ronald and Nancy Reagan in their heyday. The play explores the dark family secrets that threaten to destroy external and internal perceptions about the life the members lead.
Family drama is well-traversed territory, but Baitz has laced the story with humor and wit, political commentary (setting it in 2004 after the Iraq War is underway), sharp dialogue and an affecting premise: The grown daughter, Brooke, a writer who has suffered a nervous breakdown, has just written a memoir about her life, her parents and their role in the tragic loss of her brother. But she has not told her parents, Polly and Lyman, of her plans to publish the memoir until the publication date nears while on a Christmas visit back home.
Director: Michael French
Directors Carter Dunlap & Nancy Lehrkind
CAST:
Polly: Mary Gibboney
Lyman: Lawrence Hecht *
Silda: Laura Long *
Brooke: Sarah Nowicki
Trip: Joshua Selesnick
* member of Actors Equity Association – AEA
For tickets go online: www.ticketpeak.com/piedmontplayers
More information, Please visit
Piedmont Players website: www.piedmontplayers.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1733651320201700/
Piedmont Center for the Arts is a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation.
Dec 10 2014
The League of Women Voters of Piedmont (LWVP) will hold their annual Holiday Luncheon on Friday, December 12. The public is invited to attend and hear guest speaker, Piedmont resident Dan Reicher. *
Friday, December 12th
11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Piedmont Veterans Hall
401 Highland Avenue
Reicher will speak on Clean Energy: Technology, Policy and Finance. He is Executive Director of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance at Stanford University, a joint center of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School, where he also holds faculty positions.
Reicher came to Stanford in 2011 from Google, where he served since 2007 as Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives. Dan has more than 25 years of experience in energy and environmental policy, finance, and technology. He has served three Presidents including in the Clinton administration as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Department of Energy Chief of Staff, as a member of President Obama’s Transition Team and Co-chair of the Energy and Environment Team for Obama, and as a staff member of President Carter’s Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island.
Dan holds a BA in biology from Dartmouth College and a JD from Stanford Law School. He also studied at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and MIT.
An avid kayaker, Reicher was a member of the first expedition on record to navigate the entire 1888-mile Rio Grande (with support from the National Geographic Society) and to kayak the Yangtze River in China. He is married to Carole Parker. Carole and Dan have three children and live in Piedmont.
*Speaker & lunch $30 in advance or $35 at the door. To reserve your spot, visit LWVPiedmont.org and click on the Reserve Now button. Payment via credit card, debit card or PayPal account accepted.
There is no fee for the speaker portion of the program. Lunch following the speaker at 12:30pm. Please reserve your spot by visiting LWVPiedmont.org.
For more information: LWVPiedmont.org
Nov 23 2014
Time to get ready for the 13th annual Piedmont Turkey Trot ~ a community event!
The 3 mile walk/run through Piedmont November 27th, 2014 ~ Thanksgiving morning~ 8:30 am
The race starts at the Exedra (Blue Vase) in Main Park at Highland and Magnolia Avenues.
$30 for ages 13 years and older
$20 for ages 12 years and younger
Must register by Tuesday, November 25th for this pricing
After November 25th, late registration will be available for $40 for ages 13+ and $30 for ages 12 and under.
For more information and registration go to:
http://piedmontturkeytrot.com/
Long sleeve tech shirts will be available to the first 2400 registered entrants.
Net proceeds from the Piedmont Turkey Trot benefit local charities and organizations.
“The 2014 Piedmont Turkey Trot is proud to continue to have net proceeds benefit the PHS Cross Country and Track and Field Teams – and for the first time, the City of Piedmont’s Athletic Facilities Preservation Fund.”
Sep 17 2013
California Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, who represents Piedmont in the State Assembly, will host a Town Hall meeting at the Piedmont Veterans Memorial Building on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
According to an announcement from her office, Ms. Skinner will provide updates on:
• New funding for schools, the UC system, and veterans in California’s 2013-2014 State budget
• Covered California – California’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act
• Important legislation awaiting Governor Brown’s signature.
Ms. Skinner has served as Chair of the Assembly Rules Committee and was recently appointed Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee.
Sep 11 2013
– Public Program Presented by Piedmont League of Women Voters –
Dr. Michael Hanemann, professor of environmental and resource economics at Arizona State University and UC Berkeley, will discuss California water issues at a Piedmont League of Women Voters event on Monday, September 23, beginning at 7 pm, at 40 Highland Ave., Piedmont.
An economist who specializes in the economics of water and the environment, Dr. Hanemann will focus on agricultural uses of water in California and problems with the current system of water pricing and allocations. He will discuss the history of agricultural water policy in California, the issues of changing supply and demand, the impacts of climate change on water use, and proposals for keeping water supplies viable in the future.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
May 19 2013
Event will honor recipients of the Betty C. Howard Award –
The Piedmont Recreation Commission has announced that community volunteer Kim Kellogg and Recreation Department staff member Jessica Pomey have been awarded the Betty C. Howard Recreation Awards for 2012.
The awards will be presented on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 6:30pm in the Piedmont Community Hall as a part of the City of Piedmont Annual Volunteer Awards Reception.
Kim Kellogg is being recognized for her 14 years of volunteer service and support of the annual Harvest Festival in Piedmont. She has become a mainstay of the Harvest Festival providing promotion, event supervision and enthusiastic leadership and motivation to all.
Jessica Pomey has been a member of the Recreation Department staff since 2004 in the capacity of an administrative assistant. She has provided vital and highly important staff and program support in a variety of program areas including Schoolmates, Special Events and Pre-School programs. Her organizational and computer skills have had a remarkable and vital positive impact on the work of the Recreation Department. Jessica has also provided positive and informed interface with many children and their parents and caregivers.
In its 34th year, the Betty C. Howard Award was created in 1979 upon the retirement of longtime Recreation Department Secretary Betty C. Howard, who served Piedmont and the Department with great distinction and dedication from 1950 to 1979. The award honors dedicated and loyal service to the Recreation Department and the community of Piedmont.
