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Recreation Newsletter
March 2026
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Spring Registration is OPEN! Sign up today!
Spring classes start March 22. here's everything you need to find and register for a class that speaks to you!
Spring Break Camp Options Run April 6–10
Recreation Camps
Spring break is the perfect time for recreation camp fun! With STEM options like 3D Design and Print and fitness camps such as GrowFit Camp, there's tons of camp options to keep everyone excited.
Camp Community Arts
Explore, imagine, and grow through hands-on artistic adventures this spring! In a supportive environment, students discover new skills through process-based learning.
Adult Classes |
For more adult ceramics, cooking, music, and art classes, be sure to check online!
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Improv!Wednesdays, 3/25–5/20 Get creative, make new friends, and have a blast while exploring improv! |
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NEW! Pilates Mat–ALL LEVELSTuesdays, 3/24–4/21 Build core strength, improve posture, and enhance flexibility and mobility through controlled, low impact movements! |
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Youth Classes |
For more youth ceramics, sports, music, and art classes, be sure to check online!
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Learn Coding - ScratchTuesdays, 3/24–4/28 Kids will let their creativity show working together to craft silly, scary, and exciting cartoons in Scratch, a kid-friendly, visual programming environment developed by MIT. |
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Amazing Athletes for ages 2–6Classes start 3/22, various class times! This class utilizes the movements of ten different sports in a way that helps children meet, master, and exceed their motor development milestones. View various classes class times youth sports section. |
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Intergenerational |
For more intergenerational dance, yoga, and music classes, be sure to check online!
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Parent & Me: Shamrock SuncatchersWednesday, 3/11 In this hands-on workshop, grown-ups and little ones will work together to create a sparkling shamrock suncatcher just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. |
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Spring Sports |
After School Sports
We kicked off the new year with a high-energy boys’ basketball season! For the first time ever, WCI and Foothill introduced 6th-grade teams—giving every grade the chance to represent their school on the court.
Will Foothill repeat as back-to-back champions? Can WCI make a late-season push? Come see the action at Tice Valley Gym, where we’ll host the 8th grade tournament March 2–5, with games running 4:00 PM–8:30 PM.
NEW! WCI and Foothill launch Girls Flag Football programs this Spring
Players will strap on the flags, sharpen their skills, and compete in this exciting new sport! Our spring programs are here, featuring familiar favorites and fresh opportunities.
Free Community Workshops |
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Hosted by Sensational Seniors Workshops, Saint Matthew, and City of Walnut Creek Walnut Creek Senior Resource Fair 2026Thursday, 3/12 This free indoor event is open to the public and designed to connect you with valuable information, services, and support. |
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Specialized Recreation |
These events are designed for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
NEW! Adaptive Art–Ceramics
RCEB Funding Available
Mondays, 3/23–5/18
10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Bring your sculpture ideas to life! Explore various hand building techniques such as slab, coil, and pinch pot to use as a foundation for your sculptural ideas.
Meal Clubs
Dinner Club - Sauced
Wednesday, 3/4, 5:30 PM–8:00 PM >> Register Here
Upcoming Community Events |
Family Art Day!Saturday, 3/14 This is the perfect opportunity to get creative with loved ones, whether it’s painting, crafting, or just having fun with colors. Create, explore, and connect while making lasting memories and memorable art while learning about spring festivals across the world. |
Synergy Theater and Center for Community Arts presents Diamonds & DetectivesThis immersive comedy-noir experience puts you in the thick of action! It’s 1946 in The City by the Bay and you’re at the swankiest joint in town, The Shadelands Nightclub and Dance Hall. Learn more and purchase tickets online. |
One Ticket. Over $500 in Wellness Value.Join Walnut Creek Arts + Rec and dive into a day designed for movement and feeling your best. On Sunday, March 1, from 12:00 PM–4:00 PM, Momentum Walnut Creek transforms downtown into a walkable wellness adventure. |
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A Neil Simon Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy and the “a-ca-exciting” celebration of a cappella returns to the Lesher Center this March!
On March 13 and 14, the top collegiate a cappella groups from throughout the US head to Walnut Creek for Kaiser Permanente’s College Notes, a thrilling, only-at-the-Lesher Center event celebrating the perfect harmony of bright minds and bright voices. Hosted by Pitch Perfect’s Deke Sharon, this year’s line-up includes a stellar line-up of award-winning groups: Belmont’s Pitchmen, Northeastern’s Pitch Please, Tuft’s Beelzebubs, UCLA’s Scattertones and Vanderbilt’s Melodores. Always a sell-out event, tickets are on sale online.
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On March 31, Center REP celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the opening of Lesher Center with a 35th anniversary revival production of Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning heartfelt comedy, Lost in Yonkers. This multi-award-winning memory play transports us to a small apartment above a candy store in Yonkers, NY in 1942. Buy tickets online. |
Viola Frey: Foundations has been a hit since opening in January and is exclusively on view at the Bedford through April 5
Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the formative years of legendary Bay Area artist Viola Frey, tracing her pivotal shift from two-dimensional works to groundbreaking three-dimensional forms.
| On Thursday March 12, enthusiasts are invited to join the Bedford team for Cocktails & Conversations for an evening of art and dialogue (and cocktails and light-bites!) with special guests, Artists’ Legacy Foundation Executive Director Daisy Murray Holman and Director of Collections and Archives Cynthia de Bos. >> Learn More |  |