WHAT’S HAPPENING
Check out what’s going on in your neighborhood and the community.
Editor’s note: Many events are canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We recommend contacting the event host before attending to check.
Monday COMMUNITY
Chico Seed Orchard: 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. No visitors after dark. One-mile walking trail through botanical area in Edgar Slough. One restroom, no drinking water. Keep dogs leashed. 2741 Cramer Lane. MondayFriday. No holidays.
Gray Lodge Wildlife 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. 3207 Rutherford Road, Gridley. 846-7500. Faith Lutheran Church:
1 p.m. COVID-19 Phone Prayer Group. To join, email billaugros@gmail.com.
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. Last one is today.
Chico Art Center: Virtual. “Windows Into the World”; “The Art of Remembrance: El Dio de los Muertos.” Art and altar exhibition. Member showcase. Open Studios Art Tour: Art and crafts online; learn about creative processes, chicoartcenter.com. ChicoOSAT.com, 895-8726, chicoartcenter@att.net.
Museum of Northern California Art (monca):
Virtual. “Selfie 2020.” Juried exhibition about “self” after the first 10 months of 2020 and COVID. Live Facebook tour online, www. monca.org/current-exhibition. Actual virtual tour not yet available. “Unbroken Legacies: Northern California Art Glass.” 487-7272. www.monca.org; contact@ monca.org.
Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology: Virtual. “Unbroken Traditions: Basket-weavers of the Meadows-Bakers Family in Northern California.” Activities and online learning for families, K-12 learners and college students in the tour. csuchico.edu/anthmuseum/virtual-learning/virtualexhibits. 898-5397. Gateway Science Museum: Free online content for all ages at www. csuchico.edu/gateway and social media platforms. Everything from astronomy to zology. Explore recorded lectures, fun videos, downloadable activity sheets and Chico Science Fair challenges. Hands-on NGSS standards-based science kits available in the Lending Library for weekly check out to K-12 teachers, homeschools and families. Kit reservations online (no fee). Janet Turner Print Museum: Virtual exhibit. Work of Emeritus printmaking professor Marion Epting, first Black faculty member hired at Chico State in a tenure-track position (honored with Turner Prize for Excellence in the Arts 2018⁄2019). Interview with artist; recollections by former students. www. csuchico.edu/turner. 8984476.
Vitalant Blood Drive: 8:15 a.m.-2 p.m. blood donation, 6:45 a.m.-1 p.m. platelet donation. 555 Rio Lindo
Ave. Call 877-258-4825 or 893-5433 to confirm today’s hours.
CLUBS
North State Writers (NSW): Meetings online, open to the public; guest speakers. Visit www. northstatewriters.com for Zoom contact information. Chapter of California Writers Club. 873-8185. Third Monday.
HEALTH, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
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 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday for appointments, individual counseling 343-7711.
Al-Anon: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday Night Study AFG. Email alanon.nc.d3@gmail. com for a Zoom invitation. zoomus. zoom.us. 3425756. northerncaliforniaalanon.org. Alateens welcome.
Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center and Med Clinic:
All meetings via Zoom. 9 a.m. Morning Meditation & Conversations; 10 a.m. 12-Step; 11 a.m.
Why Not Try?; Noon Grief and Loss; 1 p.m. Wellness videos; 2 p.m. Processing Group; 3 p.m. Music Group. Dial in at 408-638-0968. The password is 8793311. Meeting ID: 441-359-7014. Must be 18 or older to join. Monday through Friday.
Call the Center, 879-3311, to talk to a Peer Assistant (11 a.m.-2 p.m.) by phone or Video Chat via Zoom with meeting ID: 482-7298075, Password 8793311. Virtual Peer Listening Room open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. Wellness, 879-3311; Med Clinic, 879-3974; iversen@ nvcss.org or nvcss.org/ programs/iversen. 492 Rio Lindo Ave. Weekly.
Trans* & Queer People of Color (QT*POC): 6-8 p.m. Discussion group for people to come together and offer support through Stonewall Alliance. For more information and to join via Zoom (us04web.zoom. us/j/590522721), call 893-3336, email center@ stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com. First and third Mondays.
SOFA Support Group: 6:30-8 p.m. Peer support, information, socializing for significant others, friends and allies of transgender individuals. . Stonewall Alliance. 893-3336, center@ stonewallchico.org or stonewallchico.com. Zoom, URL: us02web.zoom. us/j/893107602. First, third Mondays.
HIV and Hepatitis C Testing: Through Stonewall Alliance by appointment. Donations accepted. For more information, call 893-3336, email center@ stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com. Northern Valley Talk Line: 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Provides non-crisis peer to peer telephone service to the community seven days a week. 1-855-582-5554. Partnership with Butte County Department of Behavioral Health and Tehama County Health Service Agency. Mental Health Peer Support: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Peer support specialists available for video chat, selfhelp support groups and resources. Butte County Department of Behavioral Health. Join by phone, computer or other device. Zoom ID: 809274979. Phone: 720-707-2699 or 346248-7799.
Narcotics Anonymous: Remote meetings. Visit Greater Butte Area Narcotics Anonymous online for meetings. Many offered. 24-hour hotline 1-877669-1669. Mail: 916 North A.S.C., PO Box 8556, Chico CA 95927.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Fellowship of Butte, Glenn and Southern Tehama counties hold meetings on Zoom temporarily. Visit aabutte-glenn.org/ or call 342-5756 for meetings. Recovery International:
1, 4 and 5 p.m. Focuses on symptoms, not diagnoses, of mental health and nervous disorders; stress, tension, anxiety, panic, mood disorders, fatigue, anger. Register: 1-619-383-2084 or email Debbie@recoveryinternational.org. Temporary phone meetings available if community meetings are closed. Weekly.