Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk into an altered reality? Well come October, you will get the chance. “Jtown” wi...
First Saturday Art Walk and the Chico Art Center will kick off Open Studios Tour together from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. October 3! Paintings, scu...
Chico Palio is looking for 2009 teams for its Saturday, Sept. 26 race around the Chico Municipal Parking Lot. Gather your neighbors, your co-workers,...
CHICO -- in October 2005, Artoberfest made its debut in a small but significant way. The idea behind the collaborative marketing campaign was to h...
Sponsored by Friends of the Arts and organized by Chico teacher Cathy Small, Thrill The World is a worldwide attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance with Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Read More
French Documentary Filmmaker Gerard Ungerman
Gerard Ungerman (right) on location
Recently relocated to Chico, veteran French documentary filmmaker Gerard Ungerman will present some of his work as part of Chico’s Artoberfest 2009 celebration. He will answer questions and speak about both his latest film “BELONGING”, narrated by Dustin Hoffman, and about his current sustainability project focused on Chico. Read More
Concerts, live performances, literature, poetry, dance, film and video, visual arts, music, theater, architecture and special events round out the festivities in this beautiful college town. Join us this fall!
Five-time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne (“One of Us”) has toured with Taj Mahal, Spearhead, the Dixie Chicks, and Bob Dylan, showcasing her honeyed blues delivery around the world.
True to his radio form, Grammy award-winner, author, and humorist celebrity speaker Garrison Keillor will share his hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and “late-life fatherhood.” With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, Keillor will once again visit Lake Wobegon with his words of wisdom, class, charisma, and humor.
“(Welch has a) soulful and expressive voice and an innate grasp of melodies and themes of traditional country music.” – Amazon.com
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Chico Palio"Palio" is an Italian word that means a horse competition between neighborhoods and communities. Read More
Window Art ProjectThe 2009 Window Art Project includes 56 local artists partnering with downtown businesses to exhibit their art in storefront windows. Read More
The TurnerThe Turner Print Museum is a world-class and internationally known museum of fine art prints. The collection boasts more than 3000 pieces. Read More
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When the organizers of Artoberfest, a communitywide and monthlong series of exhibitions, concerts, performances, and art fairs, decided ot have fun with the concept of the Palio di Sienna, a centuries-old horse race around the Piazza del Campo in the Italian town of Sienna, they came up with a winning formula.
“Instead of having various Terzieri (neighborhoods) represented by four-legged thoroughbreds, the Palio di Chico uses the leg power of humans to carry sculptures of race horses around the Downtown City Plaza…” —John Villani
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