WHAT’S HAPPENING

Check outwhat’s going on in your neighborhood and the community.

Editor’s note: Many events are canceled in response to the COVID-19pandemic. We recommend contacting the event host before attending to check.

Monday EVENTS

CSU, Chico Greek Life Blood Drive: 10a.m.-3p.m. Appointments requested to accommodate social distancing. donors.vitalant.org or call 893-5433. Bloodmobiles near Laxson Auditorium, 400W. First St. Face masks required.

COMMUNITY

Chico Seed Orchard: 7 a.m.-7p.m. Pedestrian gate open daily. Main gate closed. One-mile self-guiding nature trail through botanical area in Edgar Slough. Keep dogs leashed. No water, one restroom. 2741Cramer Lane. Search online for more information: Mendocino National Forest, Chico Seed Orchard. Gray LodgeWildlife Area: Sunrise to sunset. 9,100 acres of fields, riparian areas, ponds and waterways. Exhibits, self-guided nature trail, fishing, hunting; shelter for 300+ species of resident and migrant birds, mammals. 3207Rutherford Road, Gridley. 846-7500. Faith Lutheran Church: 1 p.m. COVID-19Phone Prayer Group. To join, email billaugros@gmail.com.

Gateway Science Museum: All virtual online. “Mission Aerospace,” temporary exhibition that explores the history of flight, navigation and NASA’s vision for the future. “Wildflowers, Watercolor & Wonder,” the Edward Stuhl Collection. “Ocean Commotion” in the Discovery Room. Chico. 898-4121. csuchico.edu/gateway.

Museumof Northern California Art (monca):

Virtual tours available today. Exhibit, “Those Who Teach … Can.” Celebrates talented and hard-working Butte County artists — who also teach. Sponsored by Teresa Gisske. Through November 1. www.monca.org. 487-7272. Open to public Thursdays-Sundays.

Chico Art Center: Open Studios Art Tour. Visit

ChicoOSAT.com. Virtual tour and studio visits. Connects art patrons with Northern California artists. Look at art and crafts; learn about creative processes; visit artists’ studios, collect Northern California art. Support artists and Chico Art Center from home. (530) 8958726. chicoartcenter.com. Through July 31, 2021. Vitalant Blood Drive: 8:15 a.m.-2p.m. blood donation, 6:45a.m.-1p.m. platelet donation. 555Rio Lindo Ave. Call 877-258-4825or 8935433to confirm today’s hours.

HEALTH, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

Online choir for those experiencing Parkinson’s Disease:

1-2:30 p.m. No singing experience necessary to join this free online choir for people with Parkinson’s Disease. Sessions conducted by board certified music therapists Erin Haley and Pam Sacha. Contact Pam, pamsachs1@ gmail.com, for more information and to join online. Catalyst Domestic Violence Services: To talk to a crisis counselor, call the 24-hour crisis/referral line, 1-800-895-8476. Temporary restraining order help for victims of domestic violence is available for free. Call from9a.m.-5p.m. Monday-Friday for appointments, individual counseling 343-7711.

Al-Anon and Alateen: 6:30-7:30p.m. Email alanon. nc.d3@gmail.com for a Zoom invitation. zoomus. zoom.us. 342-5756. northerncaliforniaal-anon.org. IversenWellness & Recovery Center and Med Clinic: All meetings conducted via Zoom. 10a..m. 12-Step; 11 a.m. Why Not Try?; Noon Grief & Loss; 1p.m. Wellness videos; 2p.m. Processing Group; 3p.m. Music Group. Dial in at 408-638-0968. The password is 8793311. Meeting ID: 441-359-7014. Must be 18or older to join. Monday through Friday.

Call the Center, 879-3311, to arrange time to talk to a Peer Assistant (11a.m.-2 p.m.) by phone or Video Chat via Zoomwith meeting ID: 482-729-8075, Password 8793311. Connect with a Peer Assistant through the Virtual Peer Listening Room open 11a.m.-2p.m. daily. For more information, call Wellness, 879-3311; Med Clinic, 879-3974; email iversen@ nvcss.org or visit online at nvcss.org/programs/iversen. 492Rio Lindo Ave. Weekly. Trans* & Queer People of Color (T*QPOC): 6-8 p.m. Discussion group for people to come together and offer support through Stonewall Alliance. Join via Zoom: us04web.zoom. us/j/590522721. 8933336, email center@ stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com. First and third Mondays.

SOFA Support Group: 6:30-8p.m. Peer support, information, socializing for significant others, friends and allies of transgender individuals; explore thoughts, feelings, ask questions, talk about issues relevant to the sexual and gender minority community. Stonewall Alliance. Via Zoom: us02web. zoom.us/j/89310760232. Information and questions, 893-3336, email center@ stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com. First, third Mondays.

Stay-At-Home Move Night:

6p.m. Through Stonewall Alliance. The feature is a surprise. For more information and to join via Zoom, call 893-3336, email center@stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com. First Monday.

HIV and Hepatitis C Testing: Through Stonewall Alliance by appointment only. Donations accepted. For appointments or more information, call 893-3336, email center@stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com.

Northern Valley Talk

Line: 11:30a.m.-9:30p.m. Provides non-crisis peer to peer telephone service to the community seven days a week. 1-855-582-5554. Works in partnershipwith Butte County Department of Behavioral Health and Tehama County Health Service Agency.

Narcotics Anonymous: Noon, Chico NA, ZOOM

ID: 7655179374. Password: Gbana2020. Phone: 1(669) 900-9128+765517 9374#. 6p.m. Chico Free to beMe LGBT. ZOOM ID: 2089076618. Password: gbana. Call-in information unknown. 6p.m. CNA. In-person, South Park Drive, Sycamore Fields at One

Mile. Bring Chairs or blankets. 7p.m. Paradise Monday Night Speaker ZOOM

ID: 728110215#. Password: gbana. Call in: 1(699(9006833+728110215#. Alcoholics Anonymous: Fellowship of Butte, Glenn and Southern Tehama counties is holding meetings on Zoom temporarily. Visit aabutte-glenn.org/ or call 530-342-5756for more information.

Recovery International: 4 p.m. Support group focuses on symptoms, not diagnoses, of mental health and nervous disorders; stress, tension, anxiety, panic, mood disorders, fatigue, anger. Faith Lutheran Church, 667E. First Ave., Room 6.recoveryinternational.org. 342-6087. Weekly.

Friends for Survival, Inc.: 4:30-6p.m. Support for people who lost loved ones to suicide. Jennifer and Tim Heck, 566-6202. Second Monday.

Chico Lyme Support Group: 5:30-7p.m. Meets at 567E. Lassen Ave.,

Space 512. Shelly, 8918204. Third Mondays. Chico, Paradise Monday Night: 7p.m. 285E. Fifth St., Trinity United Methodist Church.

Gamblers Anonymous: 7p.m. 1575Bird St. Holt House, Oroville. 591-5584. Weekly.