Community Calendar

A Woman’s Place Was Everywhere:
How Working Women Shaped Mendocino
Exhibit Runs October 2, 2025– March 29, 2026
Opening Reception Honoring Local Businesswomen: Saturday, October 11, 4pm – 5:30pm
While men wielded the axes that built the town of Mendocino, women built the community that made it last. Look beyond the big trees and lumber mills to discover the vibrant world of “women’s work.” Through their own diaries, photos, and oral histories, this exhibit tells the lesser-known stories of entrepreneurs, nurses, artists, teachers, madams, and philanthropists who laid the foundation for the Mendocino we know today. Discover how their creativity, resilience, and hard work—both paid and unpaid—shaped the legacy of the Mendocino Coast in ways history books often overlook. Nominate your own local heroine, past or present during your visit. Bring a photo if you have one.
Museum Hours:
October – December: Thurs – Mon, 11am – 3pm
January – March: Fri – Sun, 11am – 3pm

The Day of the Divine is an event celebrating the feminine with an all female lineup of local artists featuring The Real Sarahs as the headliner.

Urban Homesteading 101:
Paths to Sustainability and Self-Reliance
Saturday, November 8 from 3:00 to 5:30 PM

The Ukiah Branch Library staff invites the community to join us for a workshop series that will bring local homesteaders to the library to share their knowledge in four semimonthly, hands-on workshops. We will explore topics on herbal tea blending, sourdough bread making, mushroom growing, and beekeeping basics.
The first workshop in this series, Herbal Teas for Winter Wellness, will be on November 8 from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m., and will be led by Annie Bright Waters. Participants will enjoy this hands-on workshop making herbal tea blends that will help you stay warm and healthy through the winter.

These workshops are free to the public, and reservations are required. Call 707-463-4490 to reserve your spot. This program is for participants 12 years and up. All materials will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library and Mendocino County Library.

For more information, please visit www.mendolibrary.org or contact the Ukiah Branch at 707-463-4490.

Agricultura Urbana 101:
Caminos hacia la Sostenibilidad y la Autosuficiencia
Sábado 8 de noviembre de 15:00 a 17:30 horas

la Biblioteca Sucursal de Ukiah invita a la comunidad a reunirse con agricultores locales en la biblioteca para una serie de cuatro talleres prácticos donde compartirán sus conocimientos agrícolas. Exploraremos temas como la preparación de infusiones, la elaboración de pan de masa madre, el cultivo de hongos y los fundamentos de la apicultura.

El primer taller de esta serie, Infusiones para el Bienestar Invernal, se llevará a cabo el 8 de noviembre de 2025, de las 3-5:30 p.m. y estará dirigido por Annie Bright Waters. Los participantes disfrutarán de este taller práctico donde prepararán infusiones y tés herbales que les ayudarán a mantenerse calientes y saludables durante el invierno.

Estos talleres son gratuitos y se requieren reservación. Llame al 707-463-4490 para reservar su espacio. Este programa es para participantes mayores de 12 años. Se proporcionarán todos los materiales. Este evento está patrocinado por los Friends of the Ukiah Valley Library y la Biblioteca del Condado de Mendocino.
Para más información, visite www.mendolibrary.org o comuníquese con la sucursal de Ukiah llamando al 707-463-4490.

Join us November 8th for an evening of live music and savory and sweet grazing food with a coastal view! Doors open 5pm; music at 6pm. Save the Redwoods League Benefit.

Ken Olcott comes from San Rafael to teach and call all the dances for this family-friendly, all ages dance. Live music will be provided by Fort Bragg's Flatwheelers. No partner needed.

Fresh off their tour to Portugal and Northern Ireland, San Francisco based band, Dirty Cello will present their exciting blend of blues, rock and Americana that has been described by Oakland Magazine as, “...funky, carnival, romantic, sexy, tangled, electric, fiercely rhythmic, and textured, and only occasionally classical” at Willits Community Theatre on Nov 8.

Band leader and cellist Rebecca Roudman is also a member of classical orchestras, but with the Dirty Cello band she lets her hair down and uses her classical training to push the cello to its limits - more Jimi Hendrix than Yo -Yo Ma.

Rebecca describes the Dirty Cello show as, “We play what folks want to hear, from the Devil Went Down to Georgia to Led Zeppelin, we go on stage with a huge collection of songs and then just have a ton of fun - we don’t take ourselves too seriously, and we just want the audience to have a good time too.”

This band of road warriors has played their unique blend of music all over the world with tours from Italy to the Middle East and everywhere in between.

Roudman reports that Dirty Cello’s shows are all about high energy and fun. The band is known for taking everything a bit uptempo, running into the crowd, and prompting classic singalongs.

Dirty Cello – a high-energy blues, blue grass and rock duo with a unique spin – comes to Willits Community Theatre on Saturday, November 8 at 7pm. Led by vivacious crossover cellist Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like you have never heard before. Roudman is joined by guitarist Jason Eckl in offering down home sounds with virtuosic stompin’, heart-thumping energy. Tickets are $20 and available online at www.wctperformingartscenter.org or at the door until sold out.

Hailing from Humboldt County, The Cowtown Sound is a five piece band that plays a unique style of movement music they call "ska-boogie," led by singer/songwriter/drummer Daniel Nickerson. The group features an unusual instrumentation that includes cello and singing saw, and has a cast of earthy puppet characters that appear during performances. A set of opening tunes will be provided by radical songster Julio Perdido.

Willits Center for the Arts Small Works Call to Members

Time to get ready for Small Works!

Willits Center for the Arts is looking for member artists to exhibit smaller pieces (2D pieces 12" x 16" or under) for sale during our annual Small Works Show in December. It’s only $30 and up to become a member/renew and that can happen at the curator drop off in December! Paintings, sculpture, fabric, glass, prints, photographs, sets of greeting cards and more are welcome. Please plan to deliver your art to the gallery on Tuesday December 2, 2025, between 10am and 2pm. Show opens on December 6, 2025. For questions about submissions, please contact the Gallery Curator at margi@mcn.org

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!!