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In Chico, the standout news source throughout the week is undoubtedly The Chico News & Review. For more than two decades, this publication has served as the official newspaper for the city. No other paper has managed to encapsulate the unique charm of Chico quite like we do at the News & Review. Nestled in California's agricultural valley, Chico is a vibrant urban haven that hosts Chico State University. Additionally, it boasts the third largest urban park in the nation, along with numerous art galleries, museums, and a wealth of outdoor activities like hiking, fishing, and biking.

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What’s going on? October 10–October 16 • Chico News & Review

Oct 9, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Julian Mendoza

What’s happening this week? Chico News & Review has you covered with highlights of what’s on tap at local clubs, theaters, galleries and performance venues. Visit the CN&R’s FREE online calendar for all of the listings in Butte County. Oct. 10 to Oct. 12, 7:30pm and Oct. 13, 2:00pmHarlen Adams Theatre400 W. First St.Travel back with this stage production as Chico State performers recreate Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem witch trials of the 1690s.
What’s going on? Aug. 29–Sept. 5 • Chico News & Review

Aug 30, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Julian Mendoza

What’s happening this week? Chico News & Review has you covered with highlights of what’s on tap at local clubs, theaters, galleries and performance venues. Visit the CN&R’s FREE online calendar for all of the listings in Butte County. Aug. 31, 9:30pmTackle Box379 E. Park Ave. Rooster came from the Alaskan wilderness, where her voice emerged at a young age. Since the she has been traveling across the Pacific Northwest sharing her music with audiences from Nashville, Chico, New Mexico and Oregon.
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Aug 30, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

To live is to fly, low and high, so shake the dust off of your wings and the sleep out of your eyes—Townes Van Zandt, “To Live is to Fly”It has, as they say, been real, my friends. From age 33 to age 55, I’ve written, edited and worn many other hats at the Chico News & Review, but the time has come for me to move on to something else.
Latin-American pathways

Jun 11, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

The land carries the scars and the stories of the many who make the journey looking for a better life. The fears, the loss, and the hopes are embedded in each step. The twilight’s soft glowing light, gradually declining in the sky, falls on them like a curtain of obscurity the sun sets below the horizon. An eruption of passion fills their hearts, but there are also feelings of uncertainty that cascade in their thoughts.
‘Best beware my sting’

May 27, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

For 21st century audiences, Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew can be confusing. It’s as fun and witty as any of the Bard’s comedies, but it does require a great deal of focus (and maybe a cheat sheet) to navigate multiple characters pretending to be other characters as they engage in various deceptions and wooings in pursuit of wives and dowries.
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Apr 25, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

For the local music scene in Chico to remain vital, there has to be new blood injected from time to time. There also has to be a handful of people who are putting energy into keeping the happenings happening, and it’s a beautiful thing to witness the moment when a young instigator’s efforts break through, creating a new a new vein of possibilities for them and the scene. Derrien Evans appears to be on the cusp of his moment.
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Apr 19, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

In 1945, Charlie Robinson scored his first guitar gig, playing Saturday night dances at The Diamond Springs Hotel, in the heart of California’s Gold Country, for $5 a week. “The band was booked to play from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., but I could only play until midnight because of the child labor laws,” Robinson said during a recent phone interview. “I was only 12 years old at the time.” —from “Just play music,” by Ken Smith [Chico News & Review, 11/29/2022]Butte County lost a legend last week.
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Apr 15, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

Before the In-Flux: Recalibrating The Unknown group exhibit came to MONCA this month, I hadn’t heard that the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) had shut down. In 2022, the beloved art school closed and in 2023 filed for bankruptcy. SFAI was the oldest U.S. art school west of the Mississippi.
What’s going on? April 5-10

Apr 5, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

What happening this week? The clouds are parting and the Butte County arts scene is inviting you out to play. Below is handpicked list of suggestions for the latest local live theater, music and art. Visit the CN&R’s FREE online calendar for all of the listings in Butte County. El Rey Theater230 W.
Peeling back the labels

Apr 4, 2024 | chico.newsreview.com | Jason Cassidy

The use of labels to define a person or a group of people can create a situation devoid of empathy. The stereotypes involved allow us to skip over the person who is being labeled and place them in a box that strips away their humanity. This is especially true with the preconceptions involved with the stigma of homelessness. “Homeless obscures more than it clarifies,” said Butte County filmmaker Christopher Allan Smith.