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

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

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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Take a step forward on your way to Line Dancing at the Ukiah Elks Lodge on Taco Tuesday’s. Start your evening at 5 with a 3 dollar taco and at 6 slide into the dance hall for an hour of energetic line dancing. Event leader Tammy Mathews says, come learn and have some fun, open to all levels. As a membership drive a charitable contribution of 5 dollars will get you an hour of great camaraderie. Line Dancing on Taco Tuesday at the Ukiah Elks Lodge.

The Lodge is at 1200 Hastings Rd, Ukiah. It opens at 3pm. This is a membership drive and open to the public to join in on the "Come and have some Fun" line dancing.

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There will be both an art and storytelling component to this month-long PRIDE celebration. Information and entry forms are available at the Corner Gallery (201 S State St in Ukiah) or online at www.cornergalleryukiah.com. The First Friday opening celebration is June 6 from 5-8pm with live music by Charlie Seltzer.

Offering Herbal Consultations, Remedies, and Educational support for your health and well being. Every thursday at the Willits farmers market for the month of June. From 3-6pm

WINES & SPINES BOOK CLUB
Monthly Book Discussions (Offsite, In-Person)
The Beehive 131 E Mill St, Ukiah, CA 95482
Thursday, June 19 from 5:30 to 7 PM

Adults 21 & over are invited to join our monthly book club Wines & Spines. We will meet at the Beehive restaurant in downtown Ukiah on the last Thursday evening of each month from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Studies show reading for pleasure reduces anxiety and increases our capacity for compassion. Join us for the long-awaited return of this popular book club for monthly discussions on thought-provoking books through a social justice lens.

On June 19th we'll discuss "The Flamethrowers" by Rachel Kushner.

Please email Melissa Carr at carrm@mendocinocounty.gov or call 234-2862 to sign up.

CLUB DEL LIBRO VINOS Y ESPINAS
Pláticas mensuales sobre libros (en persona y fuera de la biblioteca)
The Beehive 131 E Mill St, Ukiah, CA 95482
Jueves 19 de junio de 5:30 a 7 PM

Los adultos mayores de 21 años están invitados a unirse a nuestro club de lectura mensual Wines & Spines. Nos reuniremos en el restaurante Lotus en el centro de Ukiah el último jueves por la noche de cada mes de 5:30 a 7 p.m.

Los estudios demuestran que leer por placer reduce la ansiedad y aumenta nuestra capacidad de compasión. Únase a nosotros en el tan esperado regreso de este popular club de lectura para debates mensuales sobre libros que invitan a la reflexión a través de una lente de justicia social.

El 19 de junio hablaremos de "The Flamethrowers" de Rachel Kushner.

Envíe un correo electrónico a Melissa Carr a carrm@mendocinocounty.gov o llame al 234-2862 para registrarse.

Avenues to Wellness presents, “Meditation Simplified” by Claudia Wenning, PhD, Candice Stein, and Paul Jacobson, MFT. Thursday, June 19, 6-7:30pm at Willits Center for the Arts. Upstairs in the Great Room. 71 East Commercial St. FREE to the Public, donations appreciated, chairlift available.
Have you struggled with meditation and think its not for you? Are you curious about it or just need a refresher? This talk by 3 seasoned meditators aims to simplify the process, describe how it works and why meditation is such a powerful practice.
Claudia Wenning is a holistic health provider who has been immersed in meditation practices for 45 years. She believes meditation is the “art of listening.” It can be a way of life and is the central element of living a grounded and joyful life. She will emphasize the use of all our senses to effortlessly enter a meditative state and how that changes our brain waves and resets our nervous system.
Candice Stein has spent the last 18 years studying meditation and advanced yogic practices. She describes meditation as a tool for going beyond the mind and teaches us how to discipline the mind to allow for an authentic connection with the present moment. She will explain how using mantras can open pathways to new depths of silence, peace and ease.
Paul Jacobson has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 40 years. He has been practicing Tibetan Buddhist meditation since the early 1990’s. He will be discussing principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with aspects of Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. Topics will include the CBT triangle, choice, change, anchoring and applying meditation in our daily lives to increase happiness and fulfillment.
Avenues to Wellness is a program of the Frank R. Howard Foundation. Visit archives of previous talks at: avenuestowellness.org Email: spicetti@howardfoundation.org Call: 707-456-9676 for more information.

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