![]() Tree With City in the Distance, the 500-piece AI-evolution of a sketch by Erin Banwell at Idea Fab Labs. Legacy Stage’s smash production of Lizzie the Musical bringing punk rock and blood to the The Barn at Meriam Park. Pork katsu sando at PB & Jimmy’s PB pork-belly burnt ends at Momona double cheeseburger at Roselle Bar & Lounge. Since its June debut, Bonnie Pipkin’s “multi-generational storytelling” events have sold out every month, including for the expanded November and December editions held at the Chico Women’s Club. Whether it was out of inspiration or desperation, the Downtown Chico Business Association deserves a round of applause for giving up the reins to the young folks at Kai Music & Arts who transformed the historically staid calendar of weekly concerts into an impressively eclectic lineup of shows that better represented the breadth of local culture-and were actually fun! Best reason to buy tix early: Kai Music & Arts booking Friday Night Concerts Best use of social media:Ĭhico Old-School Music Scene Facebook groupĪn overflowing repository of local-scene nostalgia, curated mostly by longtime Chico guitarist/drummer and former CN&R staffer Charles Mohnike, whose connection to the scene, research and clever prose make for some of the best reading on Chico’s history-musical or otherwise. For the latter, Yang transformed the gallery, filling the room with her art and giving performances “centered around the themes of ritual, chance, and repetition” every night for 24 days in a row. Lola Yang turned much of Chico into her personal studio this year-from a solo show at the Naked Lounge in May to the fully immersive Conduit at the 1078 Gallery in November. And Jake continues to provide more rock-’n’-roll power than most-putting on shows at Duffy’s, Naked Lounge, Argus and Winchester Goose via his Valley Fever productions rocking those same stages (and stages around the country) with his garage-punk trio The Wind-Ups spinning on the air at KZFR 90.1 FM and behind the decks at local events and working behind the scene to help others realize their musical visions. If there’s a primary mission for the CN&R arts section, it’s to shine a light on those putting energy into the scene. The arts collective’s three instigators-Nel Adams, Sara Rose Bonetti and Muir Hughes-fulfilled that promise with Gravity, pulling Chico into its creative field and working with/for the community toward a fun, healing, hopeful future. 21 fashion/art show at Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, the CN&R wrote: “Just the fact that Chikoko is back at full power, directing what has historically been the arts party of the year … is reason for hope and a sign that things are getting relatively better.”
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