Stacey Sheldon
ReporterStacey Sheldon has lived in Mendocino County for over 25 years. She teaches in public school, plays in community theater, hikes with Earth Firsters, and married a local hill hippie. She appreciates Mendocino's creative community and the opportunity to tell their stories.
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Local NewsNovember 11, 2022 -- The Arts Council of Mendocino County is one of 19 Upstate California Arts Councils that will soon receive over 3 million dollars in grant funding from a statewide program called the California Creative Corps. The California Creative Corps is a pilot program aimed to help communities recover from the impacts of the pandemic. The grant program invites artists to identify areas of need in their community, and to then create projects to ameliorate these issues.The program is funded through the state’s 2021, one time allocation of 60 million dollars to the California Arts Council. The Arts Council of Mendocino will partner with the Nevada Arts Council to help local artists identify areas of need in our unique neighborhoods, brainstorm projects, and apply for grants when the money becomes available in the spring of 2023. -
Local NewsGathering Time, Pomo Art During the Pandemic, is the first exhibit of Contemporary Pomo art to ever show at the Grace Hudson Museum.The multi-media show stems from a collaboration between the museum and Eastern Pomo artist Meyo Marrufo, who serves as guest curator.
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Local NewsFrom September 18-24, Mendocino libraries and bookstores celebrate Banned Books Week, an national event sponsored by the American Library Association. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read by spotlighting efforts of censorship.
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Local NewsUkiah High School’s burgeoning Women’s Empowerment Club, continues to hold weekly meetings to address systems of oppression that prevent women’s rights to thrive as realities on their campus and in society.
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Local NewsPalomino is the first fully bilingual news director at KZYX, and plans to expand the news to include English and Spanish-language stories.
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Local NewsA group of teens worked with the Ukiah City Council to enact a ban on whippets, a party drug that deprives the brain of oxygen and can lead to death or lifelong impairment.
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Local NewsBooks, Wifi hotspots, 3D printing, and park passes available at public libraries.
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Local NewsBuffie Schmidt, Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council treasurer, talks about the Council's work, history, and priorities.
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Local NewsYoung people help youthful offenders forge alternate paths.
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