Fall Forest Restoration Project. For three weeks in November, we will be engaged in a big forest restoration push at Black Butte! We will be thinning out our pines, clearing brush, limbing up trees and planting seedlings as part of turning what was a plantation back towards a more diverse, wildlife-friendly and fire-resilient forest. We will have people on site everyday and lots of volunteers coming and going. If you would like to be a part of this, please be in contact in advance and we’ll see where we can plug you in!
Tag: Events
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BBCRC Open House and Boxcar Music Show
BBCRC Open House and Boxcar Music Show featuring Anna Tivel and Kale Chesney.
As part of the annual Siskiyou County “X Days” tour of creative spaces around the county, the BBCRC will be open from 3pm to 8pm for an open house and the closing reception for our “100 Year Tribute to the Black Butte Water Tower” art show in our Shasta Car gallery space. Between 5pm and 7pm, we will also host music in the boxcar featuring national touring folk artist Anna Tivel (https://www.annativel.com/) along with Kale Chesney. No cover, donations gladly accepted. More info: [email protected]
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Two Grants from The Ford Family Foundation
We are happy to announce the approval of two grants from The Ford Family Foundation (www.tfff.org) to support BBCRC initiatives in 2025 and beyond. One will provide assistance for the ongoing restoration of our Southern Pacific Pullman Car #109, the “Shasta” into a community arts venue. This will be an important boost to our long-running efforts to renovate the Shasta Car and help compliment the funds we have been receiving from individual donors for this project. The second grant will support the “Migrantes Vigilantes” photo and book show (with live music!) planned for Railroad Days during June 13-15, as well as support for the Lao immigrant community in and around Weed, including for their upcoming Lao New Year event on April 5. We are highly appreciative of this support, our first grant awards from The Ford Family Foundation.
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Announcing the End of the Line Moniker Show
We are excited to announce a major collaboration between BBCRC and a group of amazing people who have been living and breathing railroad culture and documenting monikers, some for many decades, some more recently. In collaboration with the Historical Graffiti Society and the Siskiyou Arts Museum. This large show, featuring hundreds of photos and items collected from around the country, will be on display at both the BBCRC and at the Siskiyou Arts Museum June 13 – July 31. We are planning lots of related activities — films, zine releases, and live music, it is going to be an action-packed weekend. Other collaborating artists include North Bank Fred, Photo Bill, Toby “Flange Squeal”, Shemp, Brad W, Sparkledazy, Pete, Southbound Smith, Andy, and others. Please be in touch with any of these organizers if you would like to contribute material.