Community Calendar

Registration is now open for the 3rd annual Willits Center for the Arts Kid’s Summer Camp with Caroline Hambright, art teacher at Willits Charter School. July 7-11, 2025 Monday through Friday, Ages: 7 – 12, 10am - 3pm. Tuition is $325. Register at https://www.willitscenterforthearts.org.
Activities have included Street Art, still life draw/paint-along, plein air painting, butterfly symmetry monoprints, radial symmetry, mandala block printing, paper sculptures, paper mache ice cream cones, collage, assemblage, read-aloud, as well as park playtime.
Caroline Hambright’s recent work was born out of a passion for creating art that captures the beauty of nature, expresses the wonder of childhood, and inspires internal peace.
In addition to teaching children, Caroline is an accomplished fine artists. Caroline explores many sides of painting. She uses the Alla Prima oil painting method in order to capture the immediacy of her inspiration. While her subject matter may vary from epic vistas to old cars to kitchen items, her color palette remains subdued with pops of bright color. For her murals, Caroline uses acrylic paint. Through years of practice and experimentation, she has honed her craft and mastered different mediums and techniques. While her teaching expertise helps her create art pleasing to children, her background in fine art informs her creations for the seasoned eye.
A Santa Barbara native, Caroline has been making art since she could hold a pencil. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Arts and Design program and later studied art at Santa Barbara City College. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Art from San Francisco State University and is a credentialed teacher. While teaching art in Goleta, her Summer Solstice poster design earned her Summer Solstice Artist of the Year. She went on to create three separate parade floats. Caroline ended up turning her attention to murals, and between jobs she set up an oil painting studio at home. She now teaches junior high and high school art at Willits Charter School in Willits, CA.
more about Caroline: https://carolinehambright.com .
Register at https://www.willitscenterforthearts.org

Any child can come to Redwood Elementary School (324 S. Lincoln Street) to receive a FREE BREAKFAST and/or a FREE LUNCH from June 11 through July 10. Breakfast is served 8:00-8:30 a.m. and Lunch is served 11:00-11:45 a.m. Mondays through Fridays. Kids can just drop in during service time.
We’re happy to accommodate groups of children. If you are bringing a group please call the kitchen in the morning and leave a message saying how many will come, so they’ll have plenty ready for you 961-3570.
Free meals are only available to minors during the dates and times listed.
Meals are provided by Fort Bragg Unified School District and USDA. USDA and FBUSD are equal opportunity providers and employers.
For more information please call Pilar Gray at 961-3521 or 961-2850.
Additional Summer Feeding Sites can be found on-line at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sh/sn/summersites.asp or by calling 1-866-3-HUNGRY
FBUSD is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Hey there: Are you a wanna- be gardener, but have no yard, or place to cultivate a garden/vegi garden ,or exercise that passion? Well look no further, then to our very own Community Garden here in" Happy Willits," located next to the Recreation Grove; (adjacent to the Social Service Dept.) A Non Profit Project. With once a year fee (like renting a plot) grow whatever you want, but must commit for a year, no abandoning it. Serious gardeners welcomed. There's limited spaces-sign ups begin in March. Contact Mike Adair, Garden Manager, at 707-456-4395. Hope to see you there!!

Come join us in our little sanctuary, where we all love to play/work in the dirt/mud (and those words aren't dirty words either!)
The Non-Profit Community Garden in Willits is "NOW" accepting sign-ups to reserve garden spots. If you are interested in growing your own produce, yet have no place to do so, then get on the ball and call Michael ADair at 707-456-4395.

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Come join us for this SENSE-ational camp where your child will have the opportunity to deepen their connection to nature through their senses each day. Through the lenses of their senses we will explore and discover more about the wild beauty found along the Mendocino Coast. Weekly sessions are: June 23rd-27th, July 7th-11th, July 21st-25th, July 28th-August 1st and August 4th-8th. Camp happens daily, Monday-Friday from 10AM-3PM. Email Sue Magoo Coulter at yearntolearnwithsue@gmail.com for more information and to register.

"The Art of Wonder" highlights work by 15 Mendocino County artists that create a sense of wonder, emanating from the subject matter, the style, or both. Ranging through various mediums and featuring a vast catalogue of creatures, "The Art of Wonder" playfully and reverently pushes the boundaries of their artwork.

KIDS’ FARMERS MARKET
Outdoor Bake Sale with the Ukiah Branch Library
At Alex Thomas Plaza
Wednesdays from 10 AM - 12 PM from June 18 to August 6

The Ukiah Branch Library invites all children ages 5 – 17 to join us for our 36th year of hosting the Kids’ Farmers Market! This annual summer bake sale is designed as a learning opportunity for young farmers and entrepreneurs to learn the skills of sales & bartering, cash-based math, design, gardening, and display with the intention of creating, growing, marketing, and selling handmade and/or homegrown products.

This year’s market will be held on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. starting on June 18, 2025. Vendors will set up their stations on the grassy areas of Alex Thomas Plaza. Vendor parking is available in the parking lot behind the Conference Center and participants are encouraged to begin setting up at 9:30 a.m. on market days. The final market of the season will occur on Wednesday August 6, 2025.

There is no limit to the number of participants, and while families are encouraged to participate children are expected to manage their own vendor stations. Children under age 12 must always be accompanied by an adult. Please note that the market will be canceled on days when the temperature exceeds 95 degrees Fahrenheit during market hours.

For more information, please call Sam White at 707-234-2865 or Jen Lyon at 707-463-4490.

MERCADO DE GRANJEROS PARA NIÑOS
Venta de pasteles al aire libre con la biblioteca sucursal de
Ukiah
En Alex Thomas Plaza
Miércoles de 10 AM a 12 PM de 18 de junio a 6 de agosto

La Biblioteca Sucursal de Ukiah invita a todos los niños de 5 a 17 años a unirse a nosotros en nuestro 36 año como anfitriones del Mercado Agrícola Infantil. Esta venta anual de pasteles de verano está diseñada como una oportunidad de aprendizaje para que los jóvenes agricultores y emprendedores adquieran habilidades de venta y trueque, matemáticas con efectivo, diseño, jardinería y exhibición con el objetivo de crear, cultivar, comercializar y vender productos artesanales o de cosecha propia.

El mercado de este año se celebrará los miércoles de 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. a partir del 18 de junio de 2025. Los vendedores instalarán sus puestos en las zonas verdes de la Plaza Alex Thomas. Hay estacionamiento disponible detrás del Centro de Conferencias, y se anima a los participantes a empezar a instalar sus puestos a las 9:30 a.m. los días de mercado. El último mercado de la temporada tendrá lugar el miércoles 6 de agosto de 2025.

No hay límite de participantes, y aunque se anima a las familias a participar, se espera que los niños gestionen sus propios puestos de venta. Los menores de 12 años deben estar acompañados por un adulto en todo momento. Tenga en cuenta que el mercado se cancelará los días en que la temperatura supere los 35 °C durante el horario de mercado.

Para obtener más información, llame a Sam White al 707-234-2865 o a Jen Lyon al 707-463-4490.

Celebrate your visit to Anderson Valley with Goldeneye’s signature sparkling wine tasting. Savor the delicate bubbles and nuanced flavors of two exceptional vintages of our Methode Champenoise sparkling wines; both a testament to our winemaking artistry.

Pair your glasses of Brut Rosé with reserve caviar, accompanied by thoughtfully selected accoutrements that elevate every sip and bite. Effortlessly embodying the California lifestyle, this luxurious experience promises a memorable journey through the refined tastes and textures that define Goldeneye.

'Playing With Perception' is an exhibition of mind-bending optical illusion paintings by local artist Richard Weiss here at Highlight Gallery in Mendocino. Henry Matisse has said: “We should always see life as we did in childhood.” Adhering plainly to this statement, Richard says, "I enjoy creating interactive mind bending optical illusion paintings. The work is in relief but is painted to appear like a conventional flat picture. Movements of the observer result in fluid distortions of the pictorial image, engaging viewers into a playful participation. The goal of my work is to infuse whimsical happiness to viewers by surprising and engaging them into a playful participation, allowing them to create their own unique experience of the optical illusion."