Community Calendar

By far the main contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions is the extraction, processing and combustion of fossil fuels. This makes clear that understanding energy issues is fundamental to understanding and solving the climate crisis.
This month’s SOCAN General Meeting will feature our Executive Director Daniel Scotton presenting, “Geopolitics & Our Energy Supply: Another Case for Green Energy Sovereignty.” This talk will examine the growing instability surrounding global fossil fuel markets, how international transportation and supply chains influence energy prices, and why recent disruptions highlight the need for greater electrification and local energy resilience.
From international conflict to shipping bottlenecks and market volatility, energy systems are increasingly tied to geopolitical uncertainty. This presentation will explore why transitioning toward renewable energy and regional energy independence is not only a climate solution, but also an economic and community stability strategy for Southern Oregon and beyond.
There is no charge for attending SOCAN events: https://socan.eco/events/
*This meeting is not sponsored nor endorsed by Jackson County Library Services.

Intimacy doesn’t have to mean losing yourself- you can actually continually find yourself within a relationship when you learn to listen to your inner authority, honor your needs, and stay attuned to your own truth. In this session, we explore how to stay more real, grounded, and aligned with your well-being while building a relationship in which honesty, listening, intuition, and healthy communication support a deeper connection.

This program is a repeat of the May 9 event.

Retired former Wildland Firefighter District and current wildfire insurance company consultant, Miranda Stuart, will present property owners with facts and strategies on living in wildfire communities and how to mitigate risk for wildfires. Through her years of direct wildland firefighting experience, she will share best practices for protecting property as well as insights into insurance issues facing property owners in a high wildfire communities.

Speaker Bio: Miranda detailed to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as their National Critical Incident Stress Management and Mental Health Coordinator and served as the Wildland Fire Safety Manager before completing her BLM career as Deputy Chief of Fire Operations for Medford. She retired from the Bureau of Land Management in 2023 and began a career with Capital Insurance Group (CIG) as their Catastrophe Risk Consultant specializing in wildfire risk assessment and modeling. Her work in wildfire led her to work with communities to reduce wildfire risk, provide structure protection during wildfires and develop mitigation plans for homes and communities.

Prior Experience: Miranda started her career with the Fremont-Winema National Forest in Oregon in 1995 as a Wildlife Biologist and an active participant in the fire program; she was with the USFS for five seasons. She served on the wildlife, timber and fire crews and conducted fire ecology research for one season. on the Siskiyou NF during this period all the while continuing to work closely in fire and develop her qualifications.

She accepted a position in 2000 with the Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas as their Fire Effects Monitor. After two years with the National Park Service she moved over to the US Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) Texas Mid-coast Refuge Complex to be their Fire Effects Monitor and help develop fire effects monitoring in Region 2 USFWS. Seven years on the coast with USFWS led her to the position as the Fire Operations Specialist for the Prescribed Fire Training Center (PFTC). She has an extensive background in prescribed fire and has burned throughout the Southwest, Southeast and Northwest as well as supported wildland fire operations in those Regions. Her background in wildlife management, GIS, fire ecology, ecosystem restoration and landscape management has been built from the experiences gained over the years in her career. 2014 the NPS made a transition in staffing and Miranda moved out of PFTC and into her role of Fire Management Specialist supporting Safety, Prevention, Fuels, Medical Standards, Wildfire Reviews, Mental Health, and Training in the National Office for the National Park Service.

Ready to publish a book? Or looking for a new strategy for finding a publisher? In this interactive presentation, two poets will talk candidly about how poetry books get born, from traditional publishing to self-publishing and everything in between. Whether you write poetry or prose, join Kathleen McClung and Amy Miller—who, between them, have more than eight books under their belts—for some honest, tough-love talk about the world of book publishing: researching publishers and their business models, patience, expectations, pitfalls, and the unpredictable factor of luck. Bring your questions!

Kathleen McClung’s latest poetry collection is Climbing the Fire Escape, Flipping the Raft: Poems on Women in Movies. Her five previous books include A Juror Must Fold in on Herself (winner of the Rattle Chapbook Prize), Questions of Buoyancy, Temporary Kin, The Typists Play Monopoly, and Almost the Rowboat. She teaches at Skyline College and serves on the poetry staff of The MacGuffin. Jim Daniels writes: “Kathleen McClung may be the finest poet writing in form today.”

Amy Miller’s Astronauts won the Chad Walsh Chapbook Prize and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Poetry, and The Trouble with New England Girls won the Louis Award from Concrete Wolf Press. Her poems have appeared in Copper Nickel, The Missouri Review, New Ohio Review, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and ZYZZYVA. She works as a communications editor for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and is the poetry editor for JPR’s Jefferson Journal.

The Eureka Symphony invites the community to an evening of reflection, remembrance, and renewal with A Requiem for Humanity, featuring Johannes Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem). Performances will take place Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, located at 412 G Street in downtown Eureka. This concert is sponsored by Carter House Inns in Eureka.

Brahms’s luminous work was not composed as a traditional mass for the dead but as a source of comfort for the living, exploring themes of grief, love, and the enduring human spirit.

The orchestra is joined by acclaimed soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon and sumptuous baritone Daniel Cilli. The Eureka Symphony Chorus, under the leadership of Choral Master David Powell, brings Brahms’s words to heartfelt life. The chorus is composed of about 50 accomplished community members who have been rehearsing weekly since January.

Tickets range from $21 to $54 and are available exclusively through the Eureka Symphony’s website at www.eurekasymphony.org/requiem or by calling (707) 845-3655. Patrons are encouraged to purchase directly from the official website to avoid third-party scams.

Families are especially welcome: with every adult ticket purchased, up to two children under 12 are admitted free. Special rates are also available for student groups.

For concert preview opportunities, "Musical Notes" and "Live & Local Concert Preview", please visit the concert webpage. https://www.eurekasymphony.org/requiem

The Eureka Symphony’s door-to-door Shuttle Program offers a convenient transportation option for concertgoers who may need assistance getting to the concert. Reservations must be made by Tuesday, May 26, and can be arranged using the Shuttle Sign-Up Form on the concert page.

Many older people in today’s world are feeling the weight of loneliness or lack of purpose. Spotlighting the healing power of volunteering will be Cassie Rose, the executive director of Community Volunteer Network. Representatives from some of the agencies supported by CVN will also share the mental and physical health benefits they’ve experienced by helping others here in Southern Oregon, especially struggling children and seniors. Perhaps you’ll discover your own new purpose.

Tales of luck and laughter performed in the courtyard by award-winning storyteller, Ruth Halpern. FREE admission, suitable for all ages.

Yoga classes for beginners and 50+
Stretching and breathwork

Curious about food dehydration? Master Food Preserver Daniela Garcia will provide a demonstration, information, and simple, budget-friendly recipes. Taste samples of dehydrated foods will be available until supplies last. This program will be presented in English and Spanish.

The most complete course for LMTs, Doulas, Midwives, RNs and other medical professionals. The essential, valuable techniques for pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum includes special situations and pregnancy massage marketing plans.
We will utilize all side-lying, back and front positions with body cushions for complete support. Learn methods to support family participation in care-giving!
* technique, special situations
* aromatherapy, labor, postpartum
* positioning, cushions, individual concerns