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CRUX News:

5.19.08 Chikoko! As always, Chikoko wowed Chico with their epic fashion show on May 16th, and then followed up with a two day store at the CRUX on the 17th and 18th, featuring photography from local artists. Long live Chikoko.

3.6.08 Chico Mind Map was a great success! The reception and ceremonial destruction is Thursday, March 6th 7pm-11pm. You can read about the Mind Map at the Chico News & Review HERE and see photos by Kyle Delmar on Commonpath.org.

2.13.08 CRUX said "Let there be YELLOW!" and there WAS. The Orion witnessed: READ article HERE. Several cameras were snapping through the night, some of those shots made it online: Kyle Delmar | Justin Masters

1.25.08 Alpine Photography captured some great images from the January 08 REAL Open Mic: VIEW them HERE.

1.17.08 Health stunned the crowd with their intense performance on January 21st. The Chico News & Review offered some pre-show hype HERE.

12.12.07 The Orion delivers coverage of the Annual Erotic Art Show put on with the Women's Center. READ the Article & Watch Video HERE.

12.5.07 The CRUX Groove 2 Emcee Battle brought a huge crowd and vibrant Hip-Hop culture, and The Orion was THERE.

11.7.07 CRUX Presents: Erin Lizardo, a CD release, art show, and music video premiere! CHECK IT.

10.3.07 Another massive REAL-Open Mic hits the hallowed orange stage. Read a review and watch exclusive video HERE.

9.26.07 Art show generates buzz: Justin Maxwell's Tristeza, an emotional powerhouse. READ about it HERE.

8.16.07 The BUZZ offers up info on the Saturday, August 18th PreBURN all-day event, a team effort by Chikoko and the CRUX. Check it HERE.

8.9.07 Arts Devote of the Chico News & Review talks about upcoming CRUX events. Read it HERE.

8.2.07 CRUX Studio Member Ben Posey unveils his art show at The Naked Lounge, featuring collaborative works all created during business hours at the Lounge itself.

7.26.07 Former CRUX co-director Christine Fulton delivers an incredible show "Grand-Dearie's Death Castle" on Chico State campus. READ ABOUT IT HERE.

7.12.07 A Rachel Moseley interview in the Chico News and Review builds anticipation for Freakshow: the art of Rachel Moseley, a solo exhibition at the CRUX followed by a performance and local funeral rockers The Nerve. Read the interview HERE.

7.5.07 CRUX Studio Member Christina Brower opens her solo show "Personal Growth" at The Naked Lounge featuring paintings and selected photography.

6.14.07 Jason Cassidy of the Chico News & Review lays down some "Squirrels with Lasers" hype HERE.

4.26.07 The Chico News & Review covers the changing of the gaurd and the "Secret-Secret Show". Read the full article HERE.

4.25.07 Jennifer Station has posted up an exciting review for the recent "Secret-Secret Show" at the CRUX. CLICK HERE to read it at commonpath.org.


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EVENTS

THE LAST CRUX EVENT AT 1421 Park Ave!!

Wednesday, October 29th | 8PM - The End

"Video Love"

Final Event @ The Crux ---On October 29th, director/video artist/electronic media guru James June Schneider and actress/singer/electronic music and video artist Elmapi are touring the West Coast, bringing both their live performance titled "Video Love", in which Schneider showcases his skills as a vampler (video sampler - he's basically a DJ using film clips instead of records) and Elmapi sings and adds her own musical layers to the experience, and also screening their recently released film, "1,2,3, Whiteout - The End of the Light Age". 

"1,2,3 Whiteout" was featured at the 2007 Artfilm International Film Festival in Slovakia, the 2007 Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Films in Belgium, the 2007 Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music at the Goethe Institute in Washington, D.C., the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands, the 2007 Leeds International Film Festival in the U.K., the 2007 Entreveus Film Festival in France, the 2008 New York Underground Film Festival, the 2008 Riofan Festival in Brasil, and the 2008 Imaginaria Festival in Italy.

The film was released in collaboration with experimental music label Zeromoon, and features acting by Lou Castel and Karine Androver.  It's described as follows:  This tone poem for darkness mixes strange settings from various cities and languages, found footage, a raw sci-fi sensibility and incredible soundscapes to create a blissfully imaginative retro-futuristic creation.  Set in an old-fashioned kind of future, Veronique and an inventor are working to bring about a 'positive' darkness to offset the glaringly bright man-made light.  As much about sound as darkness, it asks: Can we shine when we are faced with blinding light?

Schneider will also be screening a few short instructional films on artificial light, light bulbs, and "manifestations of the cult of light".

This will be a unique event for Chico, and a brilliant way to close the doors to the Crux as we evolve and transition to a new home under the eaves of Tion.  All ages, $5-$10 at the door.

$5-$10 | ALL AGES | Audio/Visual Bliss