Oct 3—22 | 12:30—5:30 pm

1078 Gallery at 820 Broadway, Chico, CA 95928

Free

Presented by 1078 Gallery

This juried watermedia exhibition is an annual competition open to all living artists working with watermedia on paper. John Pugh will serve as entry selection juror and Salvatore Casa will serve as awards juror. Pugh is known for creating large trompe l’oeil wall murals giving the illusion of a three-dimensional scene. Pugh has been creating murals since the late 1970s. He attended California State University Chico receiving his BA in 1983 and the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003. He has received numerous public and private commissions in the United States, Taiwan, and New Zealand. His particular mural style sparked the term “Narrative Illusionism.” Pugh currently lives in Truckee, CA. Sal Casa is a well-known painter, who has taught at CSU Chico and many other classes especially at the Chico Art Center. He is an award-winning member of the National Watercolor Society and his work is exhibited in Chico as well as around the country.

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With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.

Back at the starter ranch, Helfand coaxes her terribly patient parents into replacing their vinyl siding on the condition that she can find a healthy, affordable alternative (and it has to look good!). A detective story, an eco-activism doc, and a rollicking comedy, BLUE VINYL puts a human face on the dangers posed by PVC at every stage of its life cycle, from factory to incinerator. Consumer consciousness and the "precautionary principle" have never been this much fun.

The University Film Series, part of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, features a different film sponsored by various programs each Tuesday night at 7:30 pm in Ayres 106.

Tonight’s showing is Blue Vinyl sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.

For information, visit www.csuchico.edu/hfa/hc/gallery.html or call 530-898-4642.

 photograph by Eric Lovelin

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

Thousands of people in cities around the world will learn the Thriller dance and perform it together on the day that Thrill The World takes place. Come connect with the world through the art of dance! 

Saturday, October 24
Downtown City Plaza
Registration: 4:30 p.m.–6 p.m.
Cost: FREE
Event is at 6:20 p.m.
thrilltheworld.com for more information.

Check out Eric Lovelin on his website 

Local farmers will host a weekend of wine tasting and farm-fresh food sampling at the 6th Annual Sierra Oro Farm Trail Passport Weekend October 9-10, 2010 in Butte County.

The Passport Weekend showcases the wineries and farms currently on the Sierra Oro Farm Trail Map for the price of one ticket.