Arts & Culture
The show MUST go on again
“Lincoln Center at Home.” Ugh, no thanks. I mean, unless you’re a Saudi prince or a member of the royal family, going to your living room to enjoy the opera or symphony is like hanging […]
Articles by Jason Cassidy
Arts & Culture
Go to your window
In Fairbanks, Alaska, there are moose in someone’s driveway licking salt in the snow. A sleepy dog is splayed out on a patio as the sun sets in Australia. Looking down from a high-rise apartment, […]
Art
Walk the talk
“Creativity is a survival strategy.” That line is part of a quote by art critic Jerry Saltz that opens the most recent Art Talk newsletter put out by longtime local arts activist, teacher and painter […]
Arts & Culture
Disco party in your living room
What do you miss most as you wait out the coronavirus? If the answer is dancing, then Chico disco-pop duo Astronaut Ice Cream has solved one of your problems. Guitarist Kirt Lind and singer/beat-maker Heather […]
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Arts & Culture
Poetry-in-place
Read aloud the poem below, yelling the word “Corndog!” every time it appears: CORNDOG!Corndog!amber brownCorndog!perfect coreCorndog!what are we eating?Corndog!what are we rooting for?Corndog!got a bad taste in your mouth?Corndog!you know what will get it outCorndog!down […]
Arts & Culture
New music today (whichever day this is)
Chico’s shelter-in-place soundtrack has some new tracks this week: Longtime Chico music dude Cameron Ford splits his musical time these days between his solo pop-rock works and his chill Yoga Beats releases. For his latest, […]
Art
Rally ’round small businesses
The economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus response has been devastating for small-business owners and employees in Chico, as well as the rest of the country. In the last two weeks of March, roughly 10 […]
Arts & Culture
Virtual icons
Altogether, Chico Art Center (65), The Bookstore (44) and Pageant Theatre (40) have been around for a total of 149 years. While the future remains uncertain for all businesses and nonprofit groups, these three local […]
Arts & Culture
C’mere, Chico
“Socially distant” is not how Arts DEVO rolls. When I greet Chico, I go in for the hug. I am, of course, following the COVID-19 stay-at-home guidelines by removing myself from the public sphere and […]
Arts & Culture
Theater stuff and things
The Blue Room Theatre may have gone dark, along with every other local arts producer, but the theater is still active. In the wake of the clampdown on public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
Arts & Culture
Quarantine playlist: Chico Music Television
“I want my Chico music scene!” We hear you. We miss it, too. During this time of coronavirus disconnection, stay connected with multiple eras of the local scene by visiting the Chico News & Review’s […]
Arts & Culture
DIY protection: Locals fabricate face masks and shields
As COVID-19 patients stream into intensive care units across the U.S., one of the biggest looming concerns is the scarcity of ventilators and other medical equipment needed for hospital patients, and just as crucially, personal […]
Arts & Culture
The show goes online
Virtual greetings, Quaranchico. The Chico News & Review is back (Arts DEVO, too!). Well, sort of. The newspaper racks are empty. Print publication is still suspended indefinitely as we wait out the coronavirus pandemic, so […]
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