Articles by Jason Cassidy

This is not going to be a normal year-in-review essay. Whatever thoughts on the local art scene of the past year that had been running through my head are lost in the smoke that began […]

Art is key Art can be part of the healing process in many ways after a trauma like the Camp Fire. For local artist and Paradise resident Jessie Mercer, her “Key Project Tribute” provides an […]

Photo by Jason Cassidy Sierra Nevada employee Jeff Poliquin—a Paradise native whose parents and grandmother lost their homes in the Camp Fire—with a can of Resilience IPA fresh off the line. As the full cans […]

A poem for Paradise Krystalynn Martin and her husband, Steven, moved to Auburn, Wash., with their two young children three months ago. Before that, they lived in Santa Rosa, where the school she worked at […]

It may be hard to focus on being thankful when so much has been lost during the Camp Fire, but a respectful dose of gratitude for those who have survived and those helping in the […]

Photo by Jason Cassidy Head chef Elsa Corrigan (left) and team leader Jason Collis in Chico with World Central Kitchen. The scene is akin to that outside of a stadium before a major sporting event. […]

The Earth Is Not a Cold, Dead Place Explosions in the Sky’s 2003 album The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place is one of my favorites, and the instrumental masterpiece is my go-to soundtrack […]