May 04 Saturday
Inland Valley Women’s Chorus is hosting a Community SONGFEST to celebrate its 30th Anniversary! Everyone welcome!
During the SONGFEST, chorus members will share some of their tried-and-true harmony favorites interspersed with easy-to-learn singalongs. Cake and munchies provided.
Inland Valley Women’s Chorus is a group of women who love to sing together. Our repertoire comes from a variety of traditions and includes songs about women, peace, justice, harmony with nature, healing, and inspiration. Some are familiar, some international. Many pieces have been written by the group’s own members, friends, and contemporary songwriters.
Inland Valley Women’s Chorus (IVWC) was founded by Judy Fjell in the fall of 1993. Some of the original members are still singing in the chorus! Madge Strong has been the director since 1997.
During many of its thirty years, IVWC has hosted either a yearly concert or a chorus invitational, as well as a Winter Solstice Community Sing for Peace. The chorus has also sung many times over the years for various organizations and events, from Project Sanctuary and elder care facilities to Women’s History Day, World AIDs Day, and Martin Luther King Day. During the pandemic years, we managed mainly with Zoom and an occasional gathering in a park. Now, we are singing together mostly for our own joy and inspiration at our weekly meetings, summer potlucks, and our annual retreat.
IVWC sings together in person every Thursday from 6–7:30 pm at Holy Trinity Church, 640 S. Orchard (Mary & Martha Room) in Ukiah. If you have an interest in joining IVWC, contact Madge at 707-459-1493 or mstrong@willitsonline.com.
Please join us in our SONGFEST to celebrate our 30th Anniversary!
The Mendocino Music Festival Chorale invites you to a concert celebrating spring and togetherness. With special guests harpist Anna Maria Mendieta and reader Susan Maeder
May 05 Sunday
Each year, the Noyo Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society (ARS) partners with Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens to showcase some of the best rhodie specimens on the west coast. The 45th annual John Druecker Memorial Rhododendron Show will be held at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens on Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5. The juried show is quite possibly the largest in California with a typical show displaying more than 800 entries and filling the big tent with cascades of color and fragrance.
The Rhododendron Show is free to attend and open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. In addition to hundreds of individual flower entries, there will be plants, bonsai, photos, floral arrangements, hourly plant raffles, and educational displays. A large selection of rhododendrons and other plants will be available for purchase in the big tent and at the Gardens' Nursery. Local growers and Noyo Chapter ARS members will be on hand to answer questions and discuss the best plants for your garden.
Regular admission rates apply to visit the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens during the show. The Gardens is home to one of the nation’s largest collections of rhododendrons—many hybridized on the Mendocino Coast—and they promise to fill the formal gardens and woodlands with riotous color. The Gardens’ Rhododendron Collection includes over 124 species and 315 taxa. More than 1,000 rhododendrons can be seen blooming throughout the Gardens from early spring until June!
ENTER THE SHOWEveryone is welcome to enter their best rhododendrons and azaleas for judging. Please visit www.noyochapterars.org for more information on entry rules and procedures.
North Coast Striders is pleased to announce that the 39th Annual Boontling Classic 5K footrace will be held on Sunday, May 5th, 2024 at 10:00 am at the Anderson Valley Elementary school in Boonville, California. Runners and walkers of all ages are welcome.
Ribbons will be given to the top three placers in each of the ten age divisions, as well as plaques for first man/woman/non-binary. A post-race drawing will be held with prizes generously donated by local Anderson Valley businesses. All proceeds will go to the Anderson Valley Food Bank in Boonville, CA.
T-shirts are locally printed by the Anderson Valley Skatepark project and are in limited supply.
For more information, contact race director Zane Colfax at boontlingclassic@gmail.com or via phone or text at 707-472-8217.
Quilts in Bloom 2024 marks the return of Grapevine Quilters Guild of Mendocino County's annual show. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 4 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 5. The show will include hundreds of quilts on display, vendors, demonstrations, silent auction and a Country Store featuring quilting and sewing related items for sale.
Climb to the top of Mendocino’s historic lighthouse!
Join volunteer docents at Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park for the unique opportunity to climb to the top of the lighthouse tower and stand next to the historic 1909 Fresnel Lens. These tours happen only a few times a year, and are always a delight!
All the funds raised from these tours go right back into taking care of this park. Thank you!
- Tours are first-come, first-serve, no reservations- First tour of the day goes up at 11am, last tour of the day goes up at 2pm- $10 per adult, $5 per child (under 18)- All children must be over 42″ tall to climb the stairs- There are no babies or animals allowed on this tour- Tour guests must be able to climb three sets of steep ladders
Don’t forget about the half mile walk from the parking lot to the lighthouse! Give yourself plenty of time to arrive before our last tours of the day head up the stairs.
Tours last between 15 - 20 minutes, and are led by the experienced volunteer docents of the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association. For more information, you can call the office at 707-937-6123 or email us at info@pointcabrillo.org.
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse is located between the towns of Fort Bragg and Mendocino on the Northern California coast, about three hours north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
pointcabrillo.org/events
May 08 Wednesday
Redwood Coast Seniors in Fort Bragg invites you to Wake Up & Walk Wednesdays, starting November 8th!Meet in the Lobby at 8:30am for $1 muffins and cups of coffee.Walk begins at 9am.
The Fort Bragg Certified Farmers Market is open every Wednesday year round. We are outdoors on the 400 block of North Franklin. In very wet weather we will be inside the Old Rec Center Gym- right behind city hall, entrance is on Laurel. Our hours are 2:30-4:30. Every vendor grows or produces the products they offer locally. You will find Produce, Microgreens, Beef, Lamb, Pork, Eggs, Chicken, Fermented Food, Olive Oil, infused Basalmic Vinegar, Chocolates, Bakeries- regular and gluten free- with bread, croissants, foccaccia, pizza dough, cookies, and more. Hot fresh Tamales and Soup, body products and more. Your EBT dollar is doubled up to $30. per week. Please bring shopping bags. No dogs or smoking within the market. Eat Local, save your world!
May 10 Friday
ORIGAMI GIFT BOX WORKSHOPFriday, May 10, 2024, from 3 to 4 PM
Join us at the Ukiah Branch Library on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 3 to 4 p.m. for an all-ages program where we will be making our own origami gift boxes! These pretty boxes can be used as gifts on their own or used to hold another gift. All materials will be provided.
For more information, please visit www.mendolibrary.org or contact the Ukiah Branch at 707-463-4490.