Editor’s note: Many events are canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We recommend contacting the event host before attending to check.
Thursday
Events
Farmers Market Mobile, Magalia: 2- 6 p.m. Weather permitting. Fresh food grown by local farmers. Magalia Community Park. 13917 South Park Drive. Main parking lot, corner of Andover and South Park Drive. bclocalfood.org.
Chico’s Thursday Night Market: 6-9 p.m. Broadway between 2nd and 4th Street, including side streets and the City Plaza. The weekly market features farm-fresh produce, food trucks, booths and Downtown restaurants, handmade, local arts & crafts, and singer-songwriter entertainment for all ages.
Community
Chico Creek Nature Center: 9 a.m.-Noon. Janeece Webb Living Animal Museum and Nature Play Room. Free members admission; $4 adults, $2 children, students and seniors. 1968 E. Eighth St. 891-4671.
Chico library: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Call for curbside service for holds, pickups. Reserve items in-person, online, 552-5652, ChicoBCLibrary@buttecounty. 1-888-538-7198, Literacy@buttecounty.net. No CFOL donations. Limited computer use. E-Resources 24/7. Information, buttecounty.net/bclibrary. 1108 Sherman Ave.
Paradise library: 1-6 p.m. Open. Same services, guidelines, contact information as Chico library. ParadiseBCLibrary@buttecounty.net. 5922 Clark Road.
Durham library: Noon-6 p.m. Open. Same services, guidelines and phone numbers as Chico library. 2545 Durham-Dayton Highway. Durhambclibrary@buttecounty.net.
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area: Sunrise to sunset. 9,100 acres of fields, riparian areas, ponds, waterways, walking trails. 3207 Rutherford Road, Gridley. 846-7500.
Faith Lutheran Church: 1 p.m. COVID-19 Phone Prayer Group. To join, email billaugros@gmail.com.
Gateway Science Museum: Virtual at www.csuchico.edu/gateway; social media platforms, from astronomy to zoology. Lectures, videos, downloadable activity sheets. Reservations for hands-on science kits available for check out to K-12 teachers, home-schools and families. Free.
Museum of Northern California Art (monca): 900 The Esplanade. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Open. Facemasks, social distancing and 25 percent capacity. Admission $5 adults; members, students, children free entry. www.monca.org. 487-7272.
Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology: Virtual. “Fire and Water Elements of Change.” Examines planetary consequences brought on by climate crises. Activities, online learning for families, K-12 learners and college students. csuchico.edu/anthmuseum/virtual-learning/virtual-exhibits. 898-5397.
Janet Turner Print Museum: “Janet Turner Unwavering Naturalist.” Noon to 4 p.m. 898-4476.
Vitalant Blood Drive: 12-6 p.m. Blood donation, 10:45 a.m.-5 p.m. plasma donation, 10:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. platelet donation,10:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m. source Plasma Donation. 555 Rio Lindo Ave. Call 877-258-4825 or 893-5433 to confirm today’s hours.
Planning Commission: 6:30 p.m. Public participation portion online. Visit chico.ca.us/planning-commission and click on appropriate meeting date or go to chico-ca.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2.
Habitat for Humanity: info@buttehabitat.org. ReStore 895-1271.
Chico Area Recreation and Park District: 6 p.m. General meeting. Video ID 996 6943 4489. Password 7w038d. Email public comments to imarciales@chicorec.com by 5 p.m. before meeting or at 895-4711 by 5 p.m.
Clubs
Citizens’ Climate Lobby: 6 p.m. Zoom https://citizensclimate.zoom.us/j/4391478344 or call 1-669-900-6833. Meeting ID 439 147 8344. citizensclimatelobby.org.
Health, emotional support
Al-Anon: 6-7 p.m. Email alanon.nc.d3@gmail.com for Zoom invitation. 342-5756. Alateens welcome.
Catalyst Domestic Violence Services: Talk to a crisis counselor, 24-hour crisis/referral line, 1-800-895-8476. Free temporary restraining order help for victims of domestic violence. Call 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday for appointments, individual counseling 343-7711. catalystdvservices.org.
Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center: 492 Rio Lindo Ave. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Zoom, 9-9:50 a.m. WRAP for Quarantine; 10 a.m. Healthy Body, Healthy Mind; 2 p.m. Healthy Living (3/11 and 3/25); 3 p.m. Movie & Book Club. Dial in 408-638-0968. Password 8793311. Meeting ID 441-359-7014. In-person by appointment 11 a.m. 12-Step; Noon, Stress Awareness; 1 p.m. Self-Care. 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.
Northern Valley Talk Line: 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Non-crisis peer to 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.
LGBT*Q+ Teen Group: 3:30-5 p.m. Social support group for LGBT*Q+ Teens ages 13-17. Stonewall Alliance. Information and to join via Zoom, call 893-3336, email center@stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com.
Trans* Stonewall: 6-8 p.m. Transgender, gender non-conforming, and questioning individuals 18+ talk about their experiences, meet others in LGBTQ+ community. Stonewall Alliance. Via Zoom, 893-3336, email center@stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com.
HIV and Hepatitis C Testing: Through Stonewall Alliance by appointment. Donations accepted. 893-3336, email center@stonewallchico.org or visit stonewallchico.com.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Fellowship of Butte, Glenn and Southern Tehama counties meetings on Zoom. Visit aabutte-glenn.org or call 530-342-5756 for information.
Narcotics Anonymous: Visit greaterbuttena.org for list of meetings in Butte County cities. 24-hour meeting hotline, 1-877-669-1669.
Chico Caregiver Support Group: 2-4 p.m. Meets online and by phone. 1-800-272-3900 to register or visit www.alz.org/crf.
Recovery International: 3 p.m., 7 p.m. Focus on symptoms, not diagnoses, of mental health and nervous disorders; stress, tension, anxiety, panic, mood disorders, fatigue, anger. Register and get access code, call 1-619-383-2084 or email Debbie@recoveryinternational.org. Phone meetings if meetings closed.
Overeaters Anonymous: 5:30 p.m. Zoom. Commitment to abstinence. OA Literature. us02web.zoom.us/j/85354859380. Meeting ID 853-5485 9380. Password 541336. By phone 1–699-900-9128.
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.
