Culture in Chico

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[edit] Traditions

  • Swimming at Sycamore Pool on New Year's Day
  • Snow Goose Festival
  • Christmas Preview — Sunday before Thanksgiving in downtown Chico
  • Pioneer Day — First Saturday in May
  • Rancho Chico Day
  • Slice of Chico
  • Taste of Chico
  • Thursday Night Market — Certified Farmer's Market and Street Fair every Thursday April to September
  • Tubing down the Sacramento River on Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day.
  • Scour and Devour — Campus and Community Clean-up
  • Friday Night Concerts — free weekly music May to September
  • Artoberfest
  • The Almond Bowl, annual football game between Chico High School and cross-town rival Pleasant Valley High School
  • Pastels in the Park

[edit] Art

In 2004, Chico was ranked as the #10 art town in America by author John Villani.

[edit] Public Art

City of Chico Public Art Portfolio

[edit] Sculpture

  • "Soaring Star" — Chico Municipal Airport
  • "Our Hands" — Fourth and Wall streets
  • "The Silver Plow" — Median at Park Avenue & Meyers Street
  • "Dancing Trout" Fountain — City of Chico Council Chamber on Main Street
  • "Skaters Gate" — Humboldt Avenue
  • "The Century of Flight" — Chico Municipal Airport
  • "Let's Rock" — Chico Municipal Center
  • "Performance Machine, O's No. 2"  — Chico Municipal Center
  • "Ancestor Gates" — Community Park (Martin Luther King Park)

[edit] Murals

  • "Downtown Kaleidoscope" - Ringel Park
  • "Compound History-Compound Images" — Municipal Center Building, 411 Main Street
  • "Salem Street Art Walls" — Salem Street, between 3rd & 4th Streets
  • "Town Hall 1872" — Visible from Chico City Council Chambers steps.
  • "Chico Foothills" — Stained glass mural on Chico Municipal Center
  • "Annie and John Bidwell" — 100 Block of West Second Street
  • "Beatles" — 100 Block of Main Street
  • "Racing Bicyclist 1" Ninth and Main Streets
  • "Racing Bicyclist 2" Fourth and Main Streets
  • "Greek Columns" — First and Salem Streets
  • "Gianella Bridge" — Fifth and Mangrove
  • "Painter" — East First Street parking lot
  • "Victorian Language Houses" — Sixth and Main Street
  • "Tubing" — Fifth and Ivy Streets
  • "Trees" — 200 Block of West Second Street
  • "Man and Dog" — Fourth and Main Streets
  • "Mountain Climber" — 100 Block of Main Street
  • "Pony Express" — Fifth and Broadway (Post Office wall)

[edit] Galleries

  • 24hr Drive By Gallery — 117 West 7th Street [1]
  • University Art Gallery — Taylor Hall, CSUC
  • Janet Turner Print Museum — Laxson Auditorium, CSUC
  • Humanities Center Gallery — Trinity 100, CSUC
  • Bell Memorial Union Art Gallery — 3rd Floor BMU, CSUC
  • BFA Gallery — Ayres Hall, CSUC
  • Chico Art Center — 450 Orange Street
  • Moxie's — 128 Broadway
  • Upper Crust Bakery and Gallery — 130 Main Street
  • 1078 Gallery — 820 Broadway
  • Monks Bistro Wine Lounge — 128 W. 2nd St.

[edit] Music

  • North State Symphony
  • Senator Theatre
  • Sierra Nevada Big Room
  • The Chico World Music Festival
  • Friday Night Concert
  • Chico Community Band

[edit] Theatre

  • Blue Room Theatre
  • Laxson Hall
  • Chico Cabaret
  • Shakespeare in the Park
  • Bidwell Amphitheatre

[edit] Museums

  • Chico Museum
  • Museum of Anthropology (California State University, Chico)
  • The Northern California Natural History Museum [2]
  • The Chico Air Museum [3]

[edit] Libraries

  • Meriam Library
  • Butte County Library

[edit] Bars

LaSalles -- Broadway, Oasis -- West First Street, Madison Bear Garden -- West Second and Salem Streets, Lost -- 319 Main Street,Duffy's -- 333 Main Street, Town Lounge -- Main Street,Dino's -- Main Street,Crazy Horse -- Main Street,University Bar -- East Second and Wall Streets, Normal Street Bar -- Normal Avenue and West Third Street, Riley's -- Fifth and Ivy Streets, Joe's -- Fifth and Cherry Streets, Maltese -- Sixteenth Street and Park Avenue, Woody's -- Twentieth Street and Park Avenue, Last Call -- Cohasset and East Avenues, Studio Inn Lounge -- East and Esplanade, Katzu's -- Nord Avenue, Quacker's -- East Avenue, The Inn Place -- Holiday Inn, Manzanita Court

[edit] Religion

  • Aldersgate United Methodist -- 2869 Cohasset Rd,
  • Abundant Life Center -- 166 Eaton Road Suite F,
  • Bethel AME Church -- 821 Linden St,
  • Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian -- 208 W 1st St,
  • Calvary Baptist Church -- 1301 Broadway St,
  • Calvary Chapel Chico -- 1888 Springfield Dr,
  • Chico Church of Religious Science -- 2565 California Park Dr,
  • Chico Tabernacle Church -- 26 Lost Dutchman Dr,
  • Chico Unitarian Fellowship -- 1289 Filbert Ave,
  • Children's Campus Ministries -- 973 East Avenue #D, PO Box 7357,
  • Christian Life Ctr-Foursquare -- 1492 East Ave,
  • Christian Science Church -- 770 Palmetto Ave,
  • Church of Christ -- 3612 Hicks Ln,
  • Church of Christ -- 995 E Lassen Ave,
  • Church of God of Prophecy -- 2428 Northgate Dr,
  • Church of Jesus Christ-LDS -- 1040 Marauder St,
  • Church of Jesus Christ-LDS -- 1450 E Lassen Ave,
  • Church of Jesus Christ-LDS -- 2430 Mariposa Ave,
  • Church of Jesus Christ-LDS -- 735 W East Ave,
  • Community Church of God -- 1095 East Ave,
  • Congregation Beth Israel -- 1336 Hemlock Street,
  • Congregational Church of Chico -- 1190 E 1st Ave,
  • Cornerstone -- 1294 N Cedar St,
  • Covenant Reformed Church at Chico -- 1877 Hooker Oak Ave,
  • The Church on the Esplanade -- 1119 Esplanade,
  • Evangelical Free Church-Chico -- 1193 Filbert Ave,
  • Faith Lutheran Church -- 667 E 1st Ave,
  • Faith Temple Church of God -- 1335 Davis St,
  • Family Life Church -- 13495 Garner Ln,
  • First Assembly of God -- 1137 Arbutus Ave,
  • First Baptist Church of Chico -- 850 Palmetto Ave,
  • First Christian Church -- 295 E Washington Ave,
  • First Church of the Nazarene -- 1184 East Ave,
  • Grace Brethren Church -- 1505 Arbutus Ave,
  • Grace Community Church -- 2346 Floral Ave,
  • Islamic Center of Chico -- 1316 Nord Avenue,
  • Jehovah's Witnesses -- Eaton Rd & Cohasset Rd,
  • Landmark Missionary Baptist -- 2626 Cohasset Road,
  • Lutheran Church Redeemer -- 1355 Hawthorne Ave,
  • Ss. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church -- 2956 Cohasset Rd.,
  • Neighborhood Church -- 2801 Notre Dame Blvd.,
  • New Hope Fellowship -- 418 W 7th St,
  • Newman Center -- 346 Cherry Street,
  • New Song Fellowship -- 1601 Hemlock,
  • Our Divine Savior Parish Ctr -- 566 E Lassen Ave,
  • Orchard Church -- 818 Salem Street
  • Pentecostal Church of God -- 875 Virginia St,
  • Pleasant Valley Assembly-God -- 585 Manzanita Ave #7,
  • Pleasant Valley Baptist Church -- 355 Panama Ave,
  • Reorganized Church of Jesus -- Chico Canyon Rd,
  • Saint Augustine's Episcopal Ch -- 228 Salem St,
  • Saint John's Catholic Church -- 435 Chestnut St,
  • Saint John's Episcopal Church -- 2341 Floral Ave,
  • Saint Therese Roman Catholic Chapel -- 367 E 8th Ave,
  • Salvation Army -- 567 E 16th St,
  • Second Baptist Church -- 1053 Ohio St,
  • Seventh Day Adventist Church -- 1877 Hooker Oak Ave,
  • Shasta District United Meth -- 584 Rio Lindo Ave,
  • South Chico Congregation -- 10 Honey Run Rd,
  • St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church -- 228 Salem Street,
  • Trinity United Methodist Chr -- 285 E 5th St,
  • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Chico -- 1289 Filbert Avenue,
  • United Pentecostal Church -- 3870 Morrow Ln,
  • Valaam Society of America -- 252 E 4th St,
  • Victory Fellowship -- 3029 Esplanade,
  • Voice in the Wilderness Ministries
  • Yuba City Congregation -- Eaton Rd & Cohasset Rd

[edit] Popular Culture

Main Article: Chico in Popular Culture

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