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.
Ruth Ormerod: Selected Works
Shows through Aug. 4
1078 Gallery
1710 Park Ave.
“Through my art I want the viewer to experience what I feel when I observe nature and to see the influence it exercises on my imagination. I want to capture the mystery of the unexplained, feelings impossible to verbalize, that can only be expressed in images.”—Ruth Ormerod
Before her death in 2012, Ruth Ormerod spent several decades teaching others to create—at Chico State, local public schools and at Chico Art Center. And over that time her own oeuvre of works grew to include a range of mediums—etchings, drawings, watercolors, screen-prints and more—many of which will be on display at the 1078 Gallery during a retrospective of selected works.
Two at Sierra Nevada: Alejandro Escovedo & The Motet
Friday, July 19 & Wednesday, July 24
Sierra Nevada Big Room
1075 E. 20th St.
The Big Room is really living up to its name this summer, with two world-class shows hitting the stage at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. this week. On Friday, July 19, legendary Texas songwriter Alejandro Escovedo (“A literate soul and true punk,” as the New Yorker succinctly put it), comes to town in support of his new album, Echo Dancing. And on Wednesday, July 24, the legendary funk/soul/jazz crew, The Motet (pictured above), will bring the heat for a summer dance marathon. Tickets: $35 and $32, respectively.
The Musical of Musicals
July 19-Aug. 11
Chico Theater Company
166 Eaton Road, Ste. F
The latest musical at the Chico Theater Co., is … all the musicals! Opening this Friday, July 19, this contemporary production is an homage to the great musicals from the history of Broadway—from the works of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Stephen Sondheim and more. Tickets: $24-$28
Aberrance album-release show
Saturday, July 20, 6pm
Naked Lounge
118 W. Second St.
For 15 years, Paradise-born foursome Aberrance have kicked up the red dirt of their youth with their relentless brand of super-heavy, super-fun upbeat death metal. The band’s latest, Son of Dirt, just dropped and they kick off their album-release tour Saturday, July 10, at Naked Lounge, with a marathon of noise that will include performances by Heated, Anxious Arms, Kids on Fire and Regime.
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