Upcoming Events in the Community
JAN 1 – FEB 4
SOIL AMENDMENT SALE
Pre-order organic soil amendments and more for pickup March 6 at Benton County Fairgrounds. Drive-through, no-contact pickup format. Details at https://www.tenriversmarketplace.com/
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Sponsor: Ten Rivers Food Web
MON, JAN 4 (7:00 pm)
EVALUATING AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW GARDEN
Zoom talk by landscape designer, author and public speaker, Vanessa Gardner Nagel. Evening Garden Club members ($20/yr) get link; others email (suggested donation $5)
Contact: Corvalliseveninggardenclub.org
Sponsor: Corvallis Evening Garden Club
TUE, JAN 5 (7:00 – 8:00 pm; sign in at 6:45 pm)
TAP TALK: IT’S NOT THE GLUTEN – THE ART OF FOOD AS MEDICINE
Presentation on the impacts of food quality, digestion, stress, and lifestyle choice on wellness by Dr. Erika La Vella, a board-certified general and bariatric surgeon with the Samaritan Weight Management Institute. Make it Dinner and a Show by ordering food from Block 15 for pickup or delivery at https://block15.com.
Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDGv6RdefziIszs5nOqY-JU851RVQzVYxdmqH72pz–djuKg/viewform?usp=sf_link. Zoom link will be emailed following registration.
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Sponsors: 500 Women Scientists Corvallis and Block 15 Brewing Company
WED, JAN 6 (7:00 – 8:30 pm)
TOWN HALL WEBINAR: GUARANTEED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Learn what’s being done in Oregon to solve the serious problems in our health care system and what more is needed. Moderator Jason Dorsette will lead a panel discussion featuring Dr. Ed Junkins (Vice Chair of Oregon’s Universal Health Care Task Force), Deborah Reddick (UHCTF Member, Oregon Nurses Association Dir. of Government Relations), Rep. Marty Wilde (District 11, UHCTF Member), Rep. Dan Rayfield (District 16, Co-Chair of Joint Ways and Means Committee), and Olivia Quiroz (Executive Director of Oregon Latino Health). Register at: mvhca.org/town-hall Spanish interpretation will be available.
Contact: Mike Huntington, 541-829-1182,
Sponsors: Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates, League of Women Voters of Corvallis, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, NAACP Corvallis/Albany, Casa Latinos Unidos, Health Care for All Oregon/Albany, Rural Organizing Project, League of Women Voters of Linn County, Linn-Benton Health Equity Alliance
TUES, JAN 12 (6:00 pm)
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: “SOME LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC FOR DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE”
Live Zoom event with Kim Stanley Robinson, exploring connections between the pandemic and climate change as part of Spring Creek Project’s lecture series “Pandemic as Portal: Creating a Just Future on Earth.” Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author who has written more than 20 books including, most recently, The Ministry for the Future. Learn more and register here.
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Sponsors: Spring Creek Project, OSU’s Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative, the Anarres Project for Alternative Futures, Corvallis Public Library
TUES, JAN 19 (6:00 pm)
ERIN MOORE: “DESIGN AND RESISTANCE: PIPELINE PORTALS”
Live Zoom event with environmental architect Erin Moore, describing her Pipeline Portals project, three installations along proposed routes of the Pacific Connector Pipeline that are meant to directly resist its construction. Moore is Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and in the Environmental Studies Program and Director of the School of Architecture & Environment at the University of Oregon. This talk is part of Spring Creek Project’s lecture series “Pandemic as Portal: Creating a Just Future on Earth.” Learn more and register here.
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Sponsors: Spring Creek Project, OSU’s Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative, OSU’s Office of Sustainability
THU, JAN 21 (7:00 pm)
AUDUBON PROGRAM
Online video Presentation by Randy Comeleo on “Coexisting with Wildlife: The Benton County Agriculture and Wildlife Protection Program”
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Sponsor: Audubon Society of Corvallis
THUR, JAN 21 (7:00 – 8:30 pm)
2021 “KNOW YOUR CITY” SERIES: CITY AND COUNTY SERVICES
Presentations by Corvallis City Manager Mark Shepard and Benton County Administrator Joe Kerby
Zoom Webinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85713541985
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Sponsors: League of Women Voters of Corvallis and Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
SAT, JAN 23 (6:00 pm)
“EXTINCTION VARIATIONS” FILM PREMIERE
Concert pianist Rachelle McCabe and writer Kathleen Dean Moore inspire audiences to defend the wild, reeling world in a film that weaves powerful spoken words and iconic Oregon landscapes into Rachmaninoff’s “Variations on a Theme of Corelli.” Live Q&A to follow film. Learn more and register on Spring Creek Project’s website.
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Sponsor: Spring Creek Project
TUES, JAN 26 (6:00 pm)
DREW LANHAM: “COLORING THE CONSERVATION CONVERSATION”
Live Zoom event with writer, birder, naturalist, and hunter-conservationist J. Drew Lanham, an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University. This presentation is part of Spring Creek Project’s lecture series “Pandemic as Portal: Creating a Just Future on Earth.” Learn more and register here.
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Sponsors: Spring Creek Project, OSU’s Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative, Corvallis Public Library, Corvallis Audubon Society, Greenbelt Land Trust, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
THUR, JAN 28 (7:00 – 8:30 pm)
2021 “KNOW YOUR CITY” SERIES: CORVALLIS WATER
Presentation by City of Corvallis Utilities Division Manager Tom Hubbard
Zoom Webinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86589947882
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Sponsors: League of Women Voters of Corvallis and Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
MON, FEB 8 & WED, FEB 10 (1 – 3 pm or 7 – 9 pm, you choose)
RETROFIT CLINIC!
Join retired architect Nancy Evenson in this free series to learn what you can do to make your home more comfortable while increasing your energy efficiency and saving money.
Register by January 25, by emailing your contact information to:
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Sponsor: Corvallis Sustainability Coalition Housing Action Team