Arts & Culture
Looking ahead
This feature is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. Arts have long been entwined with the identity of Chico—theaters, museums, troupes, musicians, artists and patrons weaving a rich […]
Year: 2022
Arts & Culture
‘Arts in the wild’
This feature is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. Imagine an evening spent watching steampunks and sprites frolicking among the trees at Bidwell Park’s Cedar Grove; or how […]
Arts & Culture
Sound of transformation
This feature is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. When Chloe Brandii is pissed off, she’ll either kick the hell out of a sparring bag or write a […]
Arts & Culture
Arts & Music Issue: Recreating the scene
In 2019, Californians for the Arts successfully campaigned the state Senate to have April designated as Arts, Culture and Creativity Month. The resolution points out that the creative economy contributes more than $400 billion to […]
Opinions
Editor’s note: Bring back the arts
This column is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. This July, I will celebrate my 19th year working for the Chico News & Review. Before transitioning to interim […]
Arts & Culture
‘Sisko Lives!’
This feature is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. When family and friends of David Sisk put out a call for work created by the Chico artist to […]
News
‘Antidote to hopelessness’
When Katie Worth began working on her book about climate change education in America, she did not anticipate ending up back in her hometown of Chico. But shortly after the deadly 2018 Camp Fire, she […]
Arts & Culture
Arts DEVO: Staging a comeback
This column is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. Over the three-plus decades Arts DEVO has been watching and playing live music in Chico, local venues have come […]
Opinions
Guest comment: Art can heal us
This commentary is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. To live in a community like Butte County that blossoms with the creativity of many artistic souls as it […]
Opinions
Second & Flume: Convenient scapegoat
I’d say Mark Orme learned the hard way that there isn’t a back the conservatives on the Chico City Council won’t stab, but I suspect deep down he already knew that. In all my years […]
News
Flow downhill?
The effort to connect the Town of Paradise to the city of Chico’s sewer and wastewater treatment system continues to move forward, and this month the public has the opportunity to speak up on the […]
News
Butte evac zones
Last month, Sheriff Kory Honea announced the completion of a new evacuation map for Butte County. According to the Butte County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office (BSCO) press release, in fall of 2020, the Sheriff partnered with Cal […]
Opinions
Streetalk: Do you enjoy local arts?
Asked in downtown Chico Joseph DeMarcowood flooring I am in the arts scene quite a bit. My favorite [local] painter is Lola Yang. I got a lot of favorite bands, but probably my favorite performer […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor: April 7, 2022
Pallet shelter concerns Re “Shelter in the spotlight” (CN&R, March 10, 2022): More to consider concerning the new Pallet camp… · The Jesus Center’s quid-pro-quo 2017 “Memorandum of Understanding” with the city of Chico, leading […]
News
Battle lines
“I’m embarrassed.” Alex Brown uttered those words Tuesday night (April 5) from the dais of a nearly full Chico City Council Chambers, then again the next morning when reflecting on the action that prompted her […]