Community Center in North Fork, CA

The Community Center where North Fork gathers

Talks, classes, jam nights and dance parties in a wooden building next to the North Fork Library. Run by neighbors, open to everyone, since 2003.

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501(c)(3) nonprofit · Volunteer-run · Donations are tax-deductible

The North Fork Studio, a dark wood barn with a timber porch and a sign reading The Studio
32870 Rd 222Next to the library
2003
Nonprofit
since
$10
Per hour for
member rentals
$15
A month makes
you a member
2
Free rental hours
each month (for members)
$0
Member admission
to Studio Sponsored events
What Happens Here

One Studio. Many evenings.

The Studio is whatever North Fork brings to it. Most events are free, by donation, or sliding scale, so nobody gets left at the door.

On the Calendar

Gatherings & Events

Evenings you show up to, sit down at, and leave knowing a few more neighbors.

  • Yoga: Monday Community Yoga, Therapeutic/Restorative and Level 1/2 classes, and the "Restoration of the Spirit" workshop
  • Movement: qigong, tap, "Music Moves Us" low-impact aerobics and the "BASSIC" Bootcamp
  • Beginner acrylic painting, a 6-week series
  • Free community clothing and gift swaps, plus book and garden clubs
  • Free talks, like "Weimar Germany, 1919 to 1933"
  • Storytelling nights, like "Kindness"
  • Old time music jams and Coffee Nite
  • Concerts and dances
See the calendar
Neighbors playing banjos and guitar at a Studio jam

Classes & Workshops

Practical, friendly, usually by donation. Mac basics, qigong, knitting, yoga and belly dancing have all filled the room.

Teach something

Rent the Room

Rehearsals, meetings, parties, classes. $10 an hour for members, $15 for everyone else, with reduced fees for community nonprofits.

How renting works
Three Ways In

Make The Studio yours in three simple steps.

There is no right way to use The Studio.
Here is how most people start.

01

Come to Something

Pick a talk, a class or a jam night from the calendar. Walk in, grab a chair. Most events are free or by donation, and a free ticket is always available if money is tight.

02

Become a Member

From $15 a month, you get free entry to Studio sponsored events, two hours of room time each month, and $10 an hour after that. You also keep the roof over the room.

03

Bring your Idea

Want to teach, host, rehearse or throw a party? Book the room. If your event serves the community, The Studio may help sponsor it with a reduced rental fee.

A circle of musicians jamming at Coffee Nite
Our Mission

A room where neighbors become a community

A North Fork nonprofit since 2003.

  • Strengthen our vibrant community and give young people somewhere to go
  • Lessen neighborhood tensions by bringing people together
  • Eliminate prejudice and discrimination, one conversation at a time
  • Keep events free, by donation, or sliding scale
  • Every gift is tax-deductible. EIN 20-0058579
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From The Studio Log

Recently at The Studio

A few of the talks, nights and small wins that kept the lights on.

Talk · Free

Weimar Germany, 1919 to 1933

A Friday evening talk on Germany's interwar democracy, with an intermission built in so the room could argue about it over coffee.

Friday, 6:45 to 8 pmFree and open to all
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Class · By donation

Mac Class

Operating system basics plus whatever questions people carried in. No question too small.

December, 7 pmBy donation
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Storytelling

Kindness

An evening of neighbors taking turns telling stories of unexpected kindness, given or received.

A Friday night in JanuaryBring a story, or just listen
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Fundraiser

New Roof, Paid For by Neighbors

A local contractor repaired the roof with a five-year guarantee. The community chipped in $925 toward a $1,000 goal. Thank you, North Fork.

Roof repair drive$925 of $1,000 raised
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Dance Party

Online Concert with Good Medicine

When we could not gather in person, the band Good Medicine played a live dance party online. Proceeds were split 50/50 with The Studio, and free tickets were there for anyone who asked.

December 2020Sliding scale tickets
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Volunteers Wanted

Help Keep This Site Fresh

We are looking for one to three volunteers to post events and updates. No technical skills needed, just a love of The Studio and an hour now and then.

OngoingNo experience needed
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Keep the Lights On

Become a member for the price of half a pizza

Monthly members keep the roof fixed, the heat on and the events cheap. You get free Studio events and discounted room time in return.

Individual

$15 / month

Free Studio events, 2 hours of room time every month, then $10 an hour.

Family

$20 / month

Everything in Individual, for the whole household.

Patron

$50 / month

For those who can give more, so others can come for free.

Rather give once?
or mail a check to PO Box 127, North Fork, CA 93643.

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Visit & Get in Touch

Come on by.

We are the dark wood barn next to the North Fork Library, with the sign that says "The Studio."

Mailing addressThe North Fork Studio, PO Box 127, North Fork, CA 93643
(The post office won't deliver to the street address.)
Rentals: talk to Susanjoy(516) 512-0171
susanjoy@nfstudio.org
Everything elsedonate@nfstudio.org
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