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.

Wednesday EVENTS

Chico Wednesday farmers market: 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. North Valley Plaza parking lot, Pillsbury Road, adjacent to Sportsman’s Warehouse and CVS.

COMMUNITY

Chico library: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Open. Call for curbside service for holds/pickups. Limited computer use. Reserve items in-person/ online, 552-5652, ChicoBCLibrary@buttecounty. 1-888-538-7198, Literacy@buttecounty.net. No CFOL donations. E-Resources, buttecounty.net/ bclibrary. 1108 Sherman Ave. Tuesday-Saturday.

Durham library: Noon-6 p.m. Same services, guidelines and phone numbers as the Chico library. 2545 Durham-Dayton Hwy. 5525652. Durhambclibrary@ buttecounty.net.

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. Monday

Friday.

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.

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 Cali

fornia 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” and “Those Who Teach …. Can!” 487-7272; 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 at www. csuchico.edu/gateway and social media. Everything from astronomy to Zoology. Recorded lectures, fun videos, downloadable activity sheets, Chico Science Fair challenges. Hands-on science kits available to check out to K-12 teachers, homeschools and families. Kit reservations online (no fee).

Virtual exhibit. Work of Emeritus printmaking professor Marion Epting, first Black faculty member hired at Chico State in a tenure-track position. Interview with artist; recollections by former students. www.csuchico.edu/turner. 898-4476.

Virtual. “The Hope of Daffodils.” Community art show by Paradise community artists. The daffodil has become synonymous with new beginnings and rebirth. www. regeneratingparadise.org/ virtual-art-show. Sponsored by Paradise Art Center and Regenerating Paradise. Vitalant Blood Drive: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. blood donation, 7:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. plasma donation, 8 a.m.-12:45 p.m. platelet donation, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. source Plasma Donation. 555 Rio Lindo Ave. Call 877-258-4825 or 8935433 to confirm today’s hours.

HEALTH, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

Al-Anon: 9-10 a.m. Back to Basics. Email alanon. nc.d3@gmail.com for a Zoom invitation. zoom.us 334-6734. Alateens welcome. northerncaliforniaalanon.org.

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. catalystdvservices.org.

Iversen Wellness and Recovery Center: Closed. Emotions Anonymous Group: 5:30-6:30 p.m. 570-9010. Call to confirm meeting.

Trans* Teens: 6:30-8 p.m. Group for trans+ identifying youth ages 12-18 through Stonewall Alliance. To joinon Zoom, click https://us02web.zoom. us/j/86846899710. Email: center@stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com. Parents of LGBTQ+ People: 6:30-8 p.m. Group for parents, grandparents, foster parents or guardians of LGBTQ+ youth through Stonewall Alliance. Join via Zoom, call 893-3336, email center@stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com. HIV and Hepatitis C Testing: Through Stonewall Alliance by appointment. 358 E. Sixth St. Donations accepted. 893-3336, center@stonewallchico.org or stonewallchico.com.

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 346-2487799.

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.

Head and Neck Cancer Support Group:

Until social gathering restrictions are lifted, this group is keeping in touch through an informal network contact list. Call 332-3856 to get the list and to receive updates.

895-9661 or email becky.robinson@ alz.org.

Meet times, locations or to talk to recovering alcoholic, 342-5756. aabutte-glenn. org.

Narcotics Anonymous:

For information on meetings, activities and services in Chico, Oroville, Paradise, Magalia, Palermo, Cherokee, Biggs and Gridley area, visit greaterbuttena.org/ meetings for current Zoom and in-person meetings. 24-hour hotline 1-877-6691669.

10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Focuses on symptoms, not diagnoses, of mental health and nervous disorders; stress, tension, anxiety, panic, mood disorders, fatigue, anger. Register: 1-619-3832084, recoveryinternational. webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?siteurl =recoveryinternational or Debbie@recoveryinternational.org.

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