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Sunday, May 7, 11am-4pm, Stratford Ecological Center, 3083 Liberty Rd., Delaware, Ohio

Bring the whole family to Stratford’s first sheep shearing day. Stratford will provide visitors with a wooly experience when the resident sheep and llamas receive their annual shearing. The flock will be shorn throughout the day; our shearers will interpret the process from start to finish.

Saturday, May 6, 1-4pm, The Actual Brewing Company, 655 N. James Rd.

The National Day of Reason is held on the first Thursday in May each year as a counter to the National Day of Prayer. Columbus Coalition of Reason [CoR] groups are celebrating with a Potluck on Saturday, May 6, 1-4pm, at the Actual Brewing Company, 655 N. James Rd. $1.00 per pint of any beer sold during this event will go to the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.

Wednesday, May 3, 5:30-7:00 p.m., North Columbus Friends Meeting, 1954 Indianola Ave.

We will share a potluck dinner at 5:30 p.m.; after having eaten, we will gather around the fireplace and respond to this month’s query.

This event is one of the monthly “Seeking Quakers” discussions that are held most months at the North Columbus Friends Meeting, a Quaker community near The Ohio State University campus.

Wednesday, May 3, 10am-4pm, The Columbus Athenaeum, 32 N. Fourth St.; and Ohio Statehouse

Freedom of Choice Ohio will hold our annual Advocacy Day on May 3, 2017. This year, Ohio women and men will gather at the Ohio Statehouse to demand an end to the anti-woman agenda that is being pushed by Ohio Governor John Kasich and by the Ohio legislature. Kasich has passed multiple abortion bans, defunded Planned Parenthood, and is using his Department of Health to harass abortion providers.

Tuesday, April 25, 11am-1pm, Stratford Ecological Center, 3083 Liberty Rd., Delaware, Ohio

Join veteran members of Stratford’s Herbal Study Group for a spring walk in our gardens and woods to identify and learn how to incorporate culinary wild plants in your own meals. Then stay for lunch and sample dishes made from edibles obtainable this time of year. Handouts and recipes will be available to reinforce your learning experience.

Cost: $20 per person

Register online at stratfordecologicalcenter.org or call 740-363-2548.