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Arts DEVO: Booster shot needed

August 17, 2021 Jason Cassidy 1

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. I mean, of course you’ve heard it before. Maybe just stop me before I even get started? Can we just stop, like an action-movie hero being chased […]

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Arts DEVO: Soon …

July 23, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

Bring back the arts, and the directors, and the punks, and the notebook with the handwritten open-mic poem, and the sound people, and the guest curator, and the guy who sweeps up the broken glass […]

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Arts DEVO: Just a normal column

June 1, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

Ahhh … This is nice. As Arts DEVO sits down to write this column, his mug is filled with coffee and his list—the source, the sauce, the juice that powers the Energy Dome—is filled with […]

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Arts DEVO: Bring back the arts

May 6, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of the clubs, theaters, bars and galleries last year, Arts DEVO’s world disappeared. For 17 years, my self-imposed job description was: own the local arts scene. I poured […]

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Arts DEVO: Art in your feed

April 21, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

With Chico State’s galleries shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly everyone has been deprived of experiencing student works in person this school year. In response, the university’s Art Department has taken the show […]

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Arts DEVO: Sisko’s world

March 26, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

RIP Sisko Chico lost a giant in the local arts scene this past week. David Sisk, better known as Sisko, died suddenly on March 21 while hiking in Upper Bidwell Park. He was 75. The […]

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Arts DEVO: PandeMUSic

March 18, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

The old-timers … Few things have been as consistent in Chico over the past couple of decades as West By Swan. The long-running experimental rock band has been around for more than 17 years—probably longer […]

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Arts DEVO: Let’s all spring forward, please!

March 9, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

I am hopeful that the News & Review will find a way—Arts DEVO, March 19, 2020 It has been one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak as a global pandemic (March […]

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Arts DEVO: On today’s show …

February 25, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

Happy Thursday, Butte County. Thanks for tuning in. It’s been three months since this paper added radio to its media output … If you’re just joining us, you’re listening to the Chico News & Review […]

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Arts DEVO: This is where the pickle jars go

February 19, 2021 Jason Cassidy 1

Sometimes, when I feel overwhelmed, I’ll go stand inside the pantry closet. I’ll open the door from the hallway in the middle of our house, turn on the light, step in and quietly scan the […]

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Arts DEVO: The meaning of life? We’re alive

February 12, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

Arts DEVO is not a religious man nor a philosopher, but he is devoted to the songs. It’s in the lyrics of my favorites where I often get confirmation of the few truths that guide […]

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Arts DEVO: Live music tonight & big losses for the arts scene

January 29, 2021 Jason Cassidy 1

Tonight, go Back to the Grotto Chico’s favorite sons are turning 30 this year. The Mother Hips, naturally, had wanted to celebrate in the way that they do best—with epic live shows throughout 2021—but those […]

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Arts DEVO: In memoriam

January 14, 2021 Jason Cassidy 1

It’s been nearly a month since Arts DEVO has written this column. That’s the longest break I’ve taken from it since the debut in August of 2006. The bulk of the break was spent on […]

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Arts DEVO: Year in local (recorded) music

December 10, 2020 Jason Cassidy 0

Just play me another song Should there be any awards shows for this year? With so many canceled/postponed tours, albums, films, etc., the entertainment machine should just skip 2020 like the 13th floor and move […]

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Arts DEVO: Live/life music

November 23, 2020 Jason Cassidy 0

Over the 15-plus years Arts DEVO has had this column space to write about whatever he wants, the “whatever” has most often been music. I’ve said here many times that my life revolves around it, […]

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