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Pleasant Hill resident Betty Geishirt Cantrell’s SparkPoint Contra Costa, with operations in Richmond and Bay Point, merged 17 service organizations to provide free financial empowerment support to women. “Great things happen when people work together. Poverty is out here in the suburbs. Join us,” she said. The Network of Care, a nonprofit delivering meal support to families of children suddenly hospitalized, was founded by Executive Director Janet Frazier. While working full-time for Chevron, she has turned the pain of losing a daughter, Stephanie, into a blessing for more than 130,000 families during the organization’s 10-year history. Recalling a nurse who’d shared her brown bag lunch when Frazier stood up from her bedside vigil and nearly passed out, she said, “I will never forget the feeling that someone had done something so nice.”.

Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard: Performs an homage to Leonard Bernstein in recital, 7 p.m, Oct, 1; Herbst Theatre, ballet flats vogue San Francisco; $40-$65; 415-392-2545, www.sfperformances.org, Berkeley Symphony: Joana Carneiro conducts Beethoven, Shostakovich, William Gardiner and John Adams; 7 p.m, Oct, 5; Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley; $15-$96; 510-841-2800, www.berkeleysymphony.org, San Francisco Symphony: Krzysztof Urbanski conducts Penderecki, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich; Oct, 6-8; Davies Hall, San Francisco: $15-$155; 415-864-6000, www.sfsymphony.org..

Alpha Course: Christ the King Anglican Church presents a free 11-week course that meets in a home in the Willow Glen/Cambrian area. Attendees are invited to contribute toward the weekly shared dinners. Tuesdays, Feb 3-April 14, at 6:30pm. For more information, visit ctkanglican.com/alpha, email cindy@ctkanglican.com or call 408-770-2260. Square Dance Class: The Committee to Promote Square Dancing hosts classes for singles and couples. Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Camden Community Center, 3369 Union Ave., San Jose. First three nights free, $5/class thereafter. Call Jackie at 408-663-1477. c-p-s-d.org.

Renowned opera star Antonella Romanazzi will perform at 7:30 p.m, Oct, 5, The event will also feature Joe Gold and Marco Cadario playing fantasies inspired by the great operas, including Verdi and Wagner, Tickets are $20, West Edge Opera will premier at the center Oct, 26 in a Halloween-inspired opera, Tickets to these events can be bought at www.brownpapertickets.com, Piedmont’s acclaimed cellist Ian Jones will perform in concert with Miles Graber at 7 p.m, Sept, 27, The program includes works by ballet flats vogue Faure, Dvorak, Chopin and Haydn, Tickets are $20 at the door..

In the world premiere musical Love, Laughter and Linguine, written and directed by Cathy Spielberger Cassetta with Doug Baird, the reason seven ladies are assembling is a sad one. It’s to celebrate the life of their late mentor, Carol, a choreographer/director who touched all of their lives. The emphasis here, however, is on the celebration. “We purposely played down the fact Carol is gone,” says Nick Nichols, Tabard’s executive director, “because this musical is wonderfully uplifting…and will make you think about your own life journey with a smile.”.