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‘I’m D.B. Cooper’
What if we make a mumblecore play about D.B. Cooper? This is the kind of question that an artist can pose in Chico while having a legitimate expectation that the idea could be realized as […]
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Filmspring
Women Talking—A major critic claims that Sarah Polley’s Oscar-winning screenplay “improves” the esteemed Miriam Toews novel on which it is based. Writer-director Polley and her engagingly devoted cast do generate an incisive and moving portrayal […]
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A home for drag
When Kar Solorio Ocegueda was five years old, he donned a wig made from yarn and got on his school swing set, relishing the feeling of his new locks blowing freely in the wind behind […]
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Arts DEVO: Light the beam!!!
Music and basketball. That’s it. The extent of Arts DEVO’s passions. Longtime readers of this column already know this, even if the music has gotten far more play in this space. That’s mostly because my […]
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Big top terror
Though commonly advertised as “wholesome fun for the whole family,” there’s an air of spookiness surrounding the circus. For one thing, clowns. On a deeper level, mystery, a touch of the supernatural and a peculiar […]
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End of the five-buck meal?
I miss Zot’s. When the Chico News & Review was still downtown (I miss that a lot, too), Zot’s Hot Dogs & Deli was the closest restaurant to our building. It was just a short […]
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Oscar season
I’m always interested in learning who and what wins the Oscars, but I probably won’t be watching much of the televised ceremony, again, this year (March 12). That’s a reflection of my indifference toward the […]
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Arts DEVO: Au revoir, band leader
Just before the CN&R print deadline, I got word about the passing of beloved local musician Alan Rigg. He died in the early morning of Feb. 25 at Enloe Medical Center. He was 69. Rigg […]
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Wine and weeds
By Mark Schapiro This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. The Butterfly Effect Ten years ago I met a lepidopterist, a fanatic for butterflies. During butterfly season, […]
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Pictures of you
Got a spare 20 minutes? The Chico Art Center is putting its purpose on display. The community school offers many art classes, and one of its long-running offerings, the community Portraiture Drawing Group, is celebrating […]
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‘Farm to glass’
This feature is part of the CN&R’s 2023 Entrepreneur Issue. When Bill Weller crafts a new beer recipe, he has an unofficial litmus test for its success. If his wife, Kristin, takes a sip, tilts […]
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Ice cream dreams
This feature is part of the CN&R’s 2023 Entrepreneur Issue. In 2013, Shenlyn and Martin Svec’s lives were changed by, of all things, a few scoops of ice cream. The couple were vacationing in Texas […]
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Building a ‘destination spot’
This feature is part of the CN&R’s 2023 Entrepreneur Issue. “Are you aware of the old children’s book with Ferdinand the bull?” It’s a sunny January afternoon, and Scott Barwick is talking as he walks […]
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Arts DEVO: Music League pro
You appreciate music? You challenging me!? We are right in the middle of the season, and things are starting to get pretty intense. As a professional Music League player, sharp focus and decisive action is […]
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From the ‘Shed of the Dead’
On June 4, 2021, after suffering a series of mysterious and increasingly concerning medical episodes, Maddie Quillin had a massive seizure in her car on the side of Interstate 5, an experience she refers to […]