Community Calendar

Transtemporal Bazaar in Spring Commons. Live alternative rock music by locals Idle Waves and Bay Area bands DAIZY, TXSXHXS, and WARM TUBES. Records spun by dj certone (from the spareorgan radio show on KZYX Mendocino County). Vendors and vintage wares and art. Food by CHIT CHAT CAFE, coming from Pacifica, serving TRITIP Sandwiches and Caprese Sandwiches.

This is an outdoor event

Enter through the gates beside 225 E Redwood Ave

The Lot on Main is a community powered space where artists, makers, musicians, and creatives come together to showcase, sell, and share their work.

First Friday's at The Lot showcases over 20 different artisans, live music, and local food trucks.

The Willits Rotary Club and the Seabiscuit Therapeutic Riding Center (STRC) are gearing up for their annual
“Claws for a Cause” fundraiser to be held Saturday evening, August 30, 2025 at the “Howard House” lawn on the historic Ridgewood Ranch, home of the famed racehorse, Seabiscuit, just south of Willits. Proceeds from this event will benefit STRC with 10% to the Willits Rotary Scholarship Fund. STRC is a therapeutic horsemanship program dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities through teaching the skill of horsemanship to help with daily life. We provide services to residents of Mendocino and Lake Counties.
Guests will enjoy this beautiful setting with an evening of fine dining and live music.

Live music by The Back Porch Trio, dinner is prepared by Black Dog Farm and Catering to include Maine Lobster, prime rib and dessert.

Individual tickets ($100) and table sponsorships are available. Please call us at 707-354-0714 or email seabiscuitridingcenter@gmail.com

Auditions are scheduled for The Thanksgiving Play, a contemporary political satire to be produced at Willits Community Theatre. Written by Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse and directed by veteran director Mike A’Dair, the play calls for two men and two women, aged 25 to 50. Auditions will be held at the WCT Playhouse on Thursday August 21 at 7 p.m.; Saturday August 23 at 10 a.m.; Friday August 29 at 7 p.m.; and Saturday August 30 at 10 a.m. The show runs from November 21 through December 7. For information, call Mike A’Dair at 707-456-4395.

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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"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.

Partners Gallery of Mendocino presents FIBER ABSTRACTIONS, a show of art textiles by weaver and wool felt artist Adriane Nicolaisen.

Inspired by a recent trip to India, Adriane expresses in her fiber art the exuberant influences of indigenous embroidery, mud brick buildings, brightly painted shrines and carved marble temples. Her work is a contrast of color, pattern, texture and materials as is the visual world of India.

The show opens August 7 and continues through September 8.

There is a Second Saturday Meet the Artists August 9, 5-7pm.

Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday 11-5pm.

The gallery is located at 45062 Ukiah St in Mendocino.

We are pleased to host an exhibition of beautiful, colorful paintings by Ellen Heise! She paints tranquil landscapes and is known for her 'paintings inside paintings'. Since she was a child, she had already made up her mind to become an artist who would travel and capture the beauty of nature by pen, brush and colors. She feels lucky to do what she really likes to do. She loves it when her audience tells her that they want to live inside her paintings where it is peaceful, quiet and relaxing...a moment to escape from daily life. Her show will run from August 1st through September 1st, 2025. We are located at 10480 Kasten Street in Mendocino and are open daily from 11am to 4pm. On August 9th, from 4pm to 7pm during Mendocino's Second Saturday event, Ellen will be in the gallery for a meet and greet so please come by and see her wonderful art and say hello!