Calendar
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. Monday-Friday. 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.
Chico Art Center: Virtual only. “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.
Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology: Virtual only. “Unbroken Traditions: Basketweavers of the MeadowsBakers Family in Northern
California.” Activities and online learning for families, K-12 learners and college students in the tour. csuchico.edu/anthmuseum/virtual-learning/ virtual-exhibits. 898-5397. Gateway Science Museum: Virtual only. “Mission Aerospace,” a temporary exhibition that explores the history of flight, navigation and NASA’s vision for the future. “Wildflowers, Watercolor & Wonder,” the Edward Stuhl Collection. “Ocean Commotion” in the Discovery Room. Chico. 898-4121. csuchico. edu/gateway.
Janet Turner Print Museum:
Virtual exhibit. Work of Emeritus printmaking professor Marion Epting, first Black faculty member hired at Chico State in a tenuretrack position (honored with Turner Prize for Excellence in the Arts 2018⁄2019). Interview with artist; recollections by former students. www. csuchico.edu/turner. 8984476.
Museum of Northern California Art (monca):
All virtual. “Selfie 2020.” A 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. www.monca.org; contact@monca.org.
Art in remembrance of the November 8th Camp Fire: Virtual. “The Hope of Daffodils.” Community art show by Paradise artists. The daffodil has become synonymous with new beginnings and rebirth because it is one of the first perennials to bloom as winter ends. www.regeneratingparadise.org/virtual-artshow. Sponsored by Paradise Art Center and Regenerating Paradise.
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.
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. Email alanon.nc.d3@gmail. com for a Zoom invitation. zoomus. zoom.us. 342-5756. northerncaliforniaal-anon.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. 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: 482-729-8075, Password 8793311. Virtual Peer Listening Room open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. Wellness, 8793311; Med Clinic, 879-3974; iversen@nvcss.org or nvcss. org/programs/iversen. 492 Rio Lindo Ave. Weekly.
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, self-help 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 346-248-7799.
Narcotics Anonymous:
Remote meetings. Visit Greater Butte Area Narcotics Anonymous online for meetings. Many meetings offered. 24-hour hotline 1-877-6691669. 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 aabutteglenn.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.
Friends for Survival, Inc.: 4:30-6 p.m. Support for people who lost loved ones to suicide. Jennifer and Tim Heck, 566-6202. Second Monday.
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.