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
EVENTS
Annual Walk4Water starts today on World Water Day: Walk now through March 28. Choose your own course, date, start time, location and bucket size. All ages may participate. Those who have a Walk4Water Tshirt are encouraged to wear them and all participants may post a picture on their favorite social media. Every time walkers post, their name will be entered in a drawing for a $100 Bridging the Gap Market gift certificate. Participants may also make monetary donations to Bridging the Gap by donating online at btg4water.org or by mailing checks to BTG, 45 Parkside Court, Chico CA 95928. Bridging the Ga[4Water is a non-profit organization under the North
Valley Community Foundation that raises funds and awareness for clean water projects in developing countries. Follow the activities on Facebook @BTG4water or www.BTG4water.org.
COMMUNITY
Chico Seed Orchard: Main gate: 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Pedestrian gate: 7a.m.-5p.m. Closes at dark. One-mile walking trail through botanical area in Edgar Slough. One restroom, no drinking water. Leash dogs. 2741 Cramer Lane.
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. 3207 Rutherford Road, Gridley. 846-7500.
Faith Lutheran Church: 1 p.m. COVID-19Phone Prayer Group. To join, email billaugros@gmail.com.
Chico Art Center: Virtual. “Sun Dances,” series by
Julia Kay, based on shadows cast by the artist’s largeleafed tropical plants. Also “UNBOUND: The Altered Book.” Photo images of mixed media artwork that change books from original forms. May purchase $15 web access code to Open Studios Art Tour. Preview tour free at ChicoOSAT.com. Art and crafts online; learn about creative processes, chicoartcenter.com. 8958726, 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. 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/current-exhibition, monca’s YouTube channel. 487-7272.; contact@ monca.org.
Valene L. Smith Museum
of Anthropology: Virtual. “Fire and Water: Elements of Change.” Exhibition by students in Museum Studies Program at Chico State examine planetary consequences brought on by climate crises around the world and close to home. Activities, online learning for families, K-12 learners and college students. csuchico. edu/anthmuseum/virtuallearning/virtual-exhibits. 898-5397.
Janet Turner Print Muse
um: Virtual. “Social Commentary: Prints and Politics.” Includes 360-degree exhibition video. Explores significant intersection of printmaking and politics. Through March. www.csuchico.edu/ turner. 898-4476.
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. 877-258-4825 or 8935433to confirm hours.
Online Therapeutic Choir for those with Parkinson’s
Disease: 1-2:30 p.m. Free. No experience needed. Vocal, breath support and strengthening exercises. Sing songs “together apart.” Sessions by local board-certified music therapists Erin Haley and Pam Sachs. pamsachs1@ gmail.com to join. Mondays through June.
HEALTH, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
Catalyst Domestic
Violence Services: To talk to a crisis counselor, call 24-hour crisis/referral line, 1-800-895-8476. Free temporary restraining order help for victims of domestic violence. Call 9a.m.-5p.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 Zoom invitation. 342-5756. northerncaliforniaal-anon.org. Alateens welcome.
Iversen Wellness & Recovery
Center: 492Rio Lindo Ave.: Open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. by appointment only.Call 879-3311to reserve spots to attend a group or schedule appointments. Zoom and in-person groups. COVID screening and temperature checks before enter. Masks required; six-foot distancing. Zoom: 9-9:50a.m. Sensory Processing; 10-10:50a.m. Morning Meditation; Conversations; 3-3:50 p.m. Music Group. Dial in 408-6380968. Password 8793311. Meeting ID: 441-359-7014. In-person: 11a.m. Why Not Try?; Noon, Grief and Loss; 1-1:50p.m. Wellness videos; 2-2:50p.m. Processing Group Must be 18+. Computer Lab 10 a.m.-1 p.m. by appointment, 879-3311. Wellness, 879-3311. iversen@nvcss.org or nvcss.org/ programs/iversen. Weekly.
HIV Testing: and Hepatitis Through Stonewall C Alliance Donations by appointment. accepted. 893-3336, stonewallchico.org email center@ or visit stonewallchico.com.
Northern Valley Talk Line:
11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Peerto-peer telephone service to the community seven days a week. 1-855-582-5554. partners 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, self-help support groups and resources. Butte County Department of Behavioral Health. Zoom ID: 809274979. Phone: 720-707-2699 or 346-248-7799.
Narcotics Anonymous:
Remote meetings. Visit Greater Butte Area Narcotics Anonymous online for meetings. 24-hour hotline 1-877-669-1669.
Alcoholics Anonymous:
Fellowship of Butte, Glenn and Southern Tehama counties meetings on Zoom. Visit aabutte-glenn.org/ or call 342-5756.
Recovery International:
1, 4and 5p.m. Focuses on symptoms of mental health and nervous disorders; stress, tension, anxiety, panic, mood disorders, fatigue, anger. Register: 1-619-383-2084 or Debbie@recoveryinternational. org. Temporary phone meetings available. Weekly.
Submit calendar listings, corrections or updates by email calendar@chicoer. com, fax 342-3617 or mail Enterprise-Record, P.O. Box 9, Chico, CA, 95927. Meetings via Zoom or other platforms may be listed.