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.
Friday EVENTS
The Hignell Companies Blood Drive: 7:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Bloodmobiles at 1750 Humboldt Road, Chico. Appointments requested. Go to donors.vitalant.org or call Vitalant, 893-5433. Face masks/coverings required.
COMMUNITY
Chico library: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Open. Curbside service. Reserve items in-person, online, 552-5652, ChicoBCLibrary@buttecounty. 1-888-538-7198, Literacy@buttecounty.net. Limited computer use. E-Resources 24⁄7. Information, buttecounty.net. 1108 Sherman Ave.
Durham library: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open. Same services, guidelines and phone numbers as Chico library. 2545 Durham-Dayton Highway. Durhambclibrary@buttecounty.net.
Chico Seed Orchard: Main gate: 7a.m.-3:30p.m. Pedestrian gate: 7a.m.-5p.m. No visitors after dark. Onemile walking trail through botanical area in Edgar
Slough. One restroom, no drinking water. Keep dogs leashed. 2741 Cramer Lane.
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. Features Members Showcase. “Windows Into the World.” Open Studios Art Tour: Art and crafts online; learn about creative processes, chicoartcenter.com. ChicoOSAT.com, 895-8726, chicoartcenter@att.net. Gateway Science Museum: Virtual tours at www. csuchico.edu/gateway and social media, from astronomy to zoology. Recorded lectures, fun videos, downloadable activity sheets. Hands-on science kits for weekly check out to K-12 teachers, home-schools and families. Kit reservations online (no fee).
Museum of Northern California Art (monca):
Virtual. Pop-Up museum tour, “Selfie 2020.” Juried exhibition about “self” after the first 10months of 2020 and COVID. www.monca. org/current-exhibition, YouTube www.youtube.com/ watch?v=OwRkt QUFel. 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-12learners and college students in the tour. csuchico.edu/anthmuseum/ virtual-learning/virtualexhibits. 898-5397.
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. Interview with artist; recollections by former students. www.csuchico.edu/turner. 898-4476.
Vitalant Blood Drive: 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. blood donation, 6:45 a.m.-1 p.m. platelet donation, 6:45-1 p.m. source plasma donation. 555 Rio Lindo Ave. Call 877-2584825 or 893-5433 to confirm today’s hours.
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. catalystdvservices.org.
Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center and Med Clinic:
All meetings conducted via Zoom. 9 a.m. WRAP for Quarantine; 10 a.m. Gratitude Group; 11 a.m. 12-Step; Noon, Dual Diagnosis Anonymous; 1 p.m. Processing Group; 2 p.m. Games Group. Dial 408-638-0968. Password: 8793311. Meeting ID 441359-7014. Must be 18 or older. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. MondayFriday to talk to a Peer Assistant, call 879-3311. Video Chat via Zoom with meeting ID: 482-729-8075 and Password 8793311. Questions/concerns or technical difficulties, 879-3311 or email Iversen@nvcss.org. 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.
HIV and Hepatitis C Testing:
By appointment Through Stonewall Alliance. St. Donations accepted.
For more information, call 893-3336, email center@ stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com.
Alcoholics Anonymous:
6:30 p.m. Queers, Crackpots and Fallen Woman: Hosted by Butte Unity Group, Queers, Crackpots and Fallen Women. Zoom. URL: zoom.us/j/8735295377; Password LGBT. Information, center@stonewallchico.com. Seven nights a week.
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.
Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Group:
1-2 p.m. Being pregnant and giving birth can cause a variety of emotions. Share experiences with other women and learn about available community resources. Zoom. Meeting ID 970 1413 2056 and pass code 672026. Information, Tracy, 332-7260. Weekly. Narcotics Anonymous:
Remote meetings. Visit Greater Butte Area Narcotics Anonymous online for meetings in Butte County cities. Many meetings. 24-hour hotline 1-877-6691669. Mail: 916 North A.S.C., PO Box 8556, Chico CA 95927.
Al-Anon: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Living with literature AFG. Email alanon.nc.d3@gmail. com for a Zoom invitation. zoom.us. 342-5756. Alateens welcome. Weekly. Recovery International: 7 a.m. and 12:45 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.
Submit calendar listings, corrections or updates by email to calendar@chicoer.com or mail Enterprise-Record, P.O. Box 9, Chico, CA, 95927.