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Hear the latest news about North State performances, gallery shows, and art events; as well as interviews with artists and figures from the local arts scene.
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We talk with director & cast from Chico's Blue Room Theatre --- from the play "Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley," a sequel to "Pride & Prejudice." We also talk with artists from the Holiday Art Faire in Chico.
We talk with the director & performers from the Christmas opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" produced by the Children's Chior of Chico. And we chat with two of the artirsts who'll be telling their stories in the exhibit "Stories 7" at Chico's 1078 Gallery.
We talk with the choreographer and with the stars of "Cinderella," produced by Chico Community Ballet, performing at Chico State's Laxson Auditorium. We also talk with artist Candy Matthews whose watercolor paintings of herons and egrets will be exhibited at Upper Crust Bakery in Chico.
We visit Paradise's Theatre on the Ridge to talk with the writer-director and with castmembers from the rock & roll musical "High Noon on Wall St," updating the classic western into today's world of corporate wrangling. And we talk with travel & nature photographer Richard Baldy whose artistic visions are on display at Chico's Red Tavern.
We visit Chico's Blue Room Theatre to talk with director & cast from the play "The Walworth Farce" which careens from classic comic farce to shocking contemporary realism. And we visit Chico State's Turner Print Museum to hear from the curator about "Deep Etch," an exhibit displaying works by printmaking masters who were faculty at the university.
We talk with the director and actors from Butte College's production of the Brosdway musical "Side Show" about the Hilton sisters, conjoined twins in the 1930s who go from being freaks in a side show to being celebrated singing stars in vaudeville. We also talk with the coordinators of an exhibit at the Museum of Northern California Art displaying works by artists with autism and other alternate mental states.
We visit Chico's Blue Room Theatre to talk with castmembers and directors from "Lord of the Flies," a live retelling of the harrowing tale. This time the young people descending into savagery are girls instead of boys. We also talk with a few of the many artists opening their work-spaces to the public for this year's Open Studios Art Tour.
We talk with the director, the choreographer and members of the energetic cast from California Regional Theatre's high-powered production of the Broadway musical "Newsies" which is now onstage in Chico. And we talk with two Chico artists who are opening their personal gardens to the public this weekend as a place to showcase their artwork and the artwork of others.
On 10/5 we talk with two of the many artists who'll be displaying their work in Chico's downtown windows. People can see those many works of art during an Art Walk this Friday. We also talk with director & cast of the comedy-drama "Making God Laugh," about a family which gathers at end-of-year holidays in the 80's, 90's and 2000's.
We go to Old City Hall in Redding where Axiom Repertory Theatre is staging the Tony-nominated new comedy-drama "A Doll's House Part 2" (a sequel to Ibsen's classic). We'll talk with the director and cast. We also talk with Dan Corbin from the Butte College Art Department who has an exhibit of his sculptures and will have a reception where he'll be signing his new book "Kiss of the Art Gods" about his career making contemporary figure-sculptures.
We visit Chico's Blue Room Theatre to talk with formidable female actors in the play "PUMA" about unstoppable women wrestlers. We also talk with a teacher/student team of artists from the Pleasant Valley High Art Department whose paintings celebrate the renewal of nature following the devastation wrought by North State fires.
On 9/7 we visit the Sutter County Museum in Yuba City to talk with the curator of the current exhibition "Structures" with works by an array of artists. We also go to Chico's Blue Room Theatre to talk with the writer-producer of a world-premiere musical about the funny world of retail sales.
We talk with Josh Hegg from Uncle Dad's Art Collective about the group's upcoming event in Chico, Weaverville, Orland and Redding -- "Small Town Big Sound 2018" which showcases 15 northstate singer-songwriters, backing up their performances with a big band orchestra. We also talk with two people from the creative team behind "The Butcher Shop," the only-in-Chico festival of original experimental plays and art-creations, happening Labor Day weekend.
We talk with the curator of the University Art Gallery at Chico State about the current exhibition of intriguing, sometimes whimsical creations by a local Vietnamese-American artist. We also talk with the organizers of next month's Outdoor Art Festival at which artists are invited to an outdoor location to create paintings of the place on-the-spot.
We visit two arts destinations in Redding. At Riverfront Playhouse, we talk with the director & the teenage cast from "The Outsiders," a stage adaptation of the popular young-adult novel about violent conflicts between poor teens and rich teens in the 1960s. At Armando's Gallery House, we talk with the proprietor of this art-venue/restaurant, about the range of artwork on display there.
On 8/3 we visit Theatre on the Ridge in Paradise to talk with the writer-director and the cast from the current production "Radioland's Back to the Beach," a variety show in the style of an old-time radio broadcast, including songs, comedy, serial chapters with wild characters and an audience-interactive game-show.
We talk with the director and cast from "The Wolves," a Pulitzer Prize nominated drama about nine young women on a high school soccer team, facing the pressures and exhilarations of life. The play is produced by Slow Theatre (the organization that also puts together Chico's popular theatrical event the Butcher Shop). "The Wolves" will be on stage the first weekend in August at 1078 Gallery in its brand new location on Park Avenue in Chico.
We visit MoNCA (Museum of Northern California Art) in Chico to talk with the board president Pat Macias. The museum is celebrating its one-year anniversary of moving into its permanent location at the Chico Veterans Memorial Hall, and to celebrating with a street party. In conjunction with the outdoor party, the museum is opening an exhibition of murals and graffiti art. Also on our show, we'll play songs from the top- selling album in the nation, which amazingly is a cast recording of a musical
On 7/13 we visit Chico Theater Company to talk with director and actors from "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, " a collection of musical theater sketches about contemporary life and love. We also talk with a teacher from Yuba City High about a ceramic mural made by her students, a mural about the life-cycle of salmon, for display at the Feather River Fish Hatchery.
We visit two viual-art venues in Chico. We explore the current exhibition of finely observed views of a garden and flowers painted by watercolorist Candy Matthews.. We also talk with the proprietors of the James Snidle Gallery which is closing at the end of this year. We'll hear about exhibits planned for the final six months -- artshows that include a showcase of paintings by the late revered artist Ann Pierce.
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