Catch your neighbors’ views of local events

Readers can submit photos featuring events and activities in their communities. They appear each Monday.

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

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

Events

Chico Noon Exchange Club Blood Drive; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Vitalant Donation Center, 555 Rio Lindo Ave., Chico. Face masks/coverings required to donate. Appointments requested to accommodate social distancing. To make appointments, go to donors.vitalant.org or call Vitalant, 893-5433.

Community

Gray Lodge Wildlife Area: Sunrise to sunset. 9,100 acres of fields, riparian areas, ponds and waterways. 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-19 Phone Prayer Group. To join, email billaugros@gmail. com.

Chico Art Center: Virtual. “UNBOUND: The Altered Book.” Photographed images of mixed media artwork that change books from original forms by altering their state, meaning; sculpture, text, material richness, etc. Multi-sensory reading experiences. Purchase $15 web access code to Open Studios Art Tour. Arts and crafts online; creative processes, chicoartcenter. com. ChicoOSAT.com, 895-8726, chicoartcenter@att.net.

Gateway Science Museum: Virtual. Online content for all ages at www. csuchico.edu/gateway and social media platforms, from astronomy to zoology. Recorded lectures, videos, downloadable activity sheets. Hands-on NGSS standards-based science kit reservations available free at online Lending Library for weekly check out to K-12 teachers, home-schools and families.

Museum of Northern California Art (monca): Virtual. “Dream State,” juried exhibition that started with statement “In dreams, anything is possible.” Dreams as artistic inspiration, conscious imagination, alternate reality or new-found revelations through art. Also art donated from Maria Alquilar’s “Surreal Vision” series and paintings from her “Decadence: Resident Evil” series and more. www.monca.org/currentexhibition, monca’s YouTube channel. 487-7272.; contact@monca.org.

To submit an item for Oroville calendar, email to calendar@orovillemr. com, fax to 342-3617 or mail to Oroville Community Calendar, P.O. Box 9, Chico, CA 95927. Include your name and phone number.