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Calendar includes performing
arts events presented by CSU,
Chico’s School of the Arts and
Chico Performances.


August 2009
Art Exhibition
Πετρα: Stone: Litho
Aug. 24–Sept. 18
The Turner Gallery
Curator’s talk and reception:
Thurs., Aug. 27, 5:30 p.m.

Art Exhibition
Bay Area Glass
Aug. 27–Sept. 24
University Art Gallery


September 2009
Alice in Wonderland, Jr.
Blue Room Young Company
Thurs., Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Chicago Blues Reunion
with Charlie Musselwhite
Fri., Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

An Evening with Deepak Chopra:
Mind, Body & Spirit
Sat., Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

31st Annual Concours d’Elegance:
Car Show — 100 Years of General Motors
Sun., Sept. 13 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Kendall Hall Lawn

Henry Purcell & the Gentlemen
of the Chapel Royal: Early Music
Sun., Sept. 13 at 2 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre Stage

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis:
Chico World Music Festival
Fri., Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Prelude Party: NSS Fundraiser
Sun., Sept. 20 from 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Cory’s Country Inn

Icons: North State Symphony
Sat., Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Cascade Theatre, Redding
Sun., Sept. 27 at 2 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium, Chico

Art Exhibition
Resonance: Music/Visual
Sept. 28–Oct. 30
The Turner Gallery
Curator’s talk and reception:
Thurs., Oct. 1, 5:30 p.m.

Merle Haggard: Country Superstar
Tues., Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Jason Nice — The Prophecy of
Merlin on the Via di Monserrato:
History Inaugural Lecture
Wed., Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

The Great American Trailer
Park Musical: Comedy
Wed., Sept. 30–Sat., Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 3 & Sun., Oct. 4 at 2 p.m.
Wismer Theatre


October 2009
Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner:
Piano Competition
Thurs., Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Alums Forever: Hiestand Memorial
Scholarship Concert
Sat., Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Mozart Mile: NSS Fundraiser
Sun., Oct. 4 at 8:30 a.m.
One-Mile Recreation Area,
Bidwell Park

Gillian Welch: Folk Icon
Sun., Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Jesse Cook: Global Guitar
Tues., Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Art Exhibition
Audio: On
Oct. 8–Nov. 13
University Art Gallery

Sean Carroll — Evo Devo:
President’s Lecture Series &
On the Creek Speaker
Fri., Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Tall Tales & True Stories — An Evening
of Armchair Travel with Ron Sanford:
Fundraiser for The Turner
Sat., Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Igudesman & Joo — A Little
Nightmare Music: Classical Comedy
Sat., Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Beethoven & Friends:
NSS Chamber Music
Sat., Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Redding
Sun., Oct. 11 at 2 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, CSU, Chico

Yamato Taiko: Japanese Drumming
Tues., Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Joan Osborne, the Holmes Brothers
& Paul Thorn: Pop & Blues
Thurs., Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Pianist Dena Kay Jones —
Lizt & Albeniz
Fri., Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Sphinx Chamber Orchestra:
Nouveau String Orchestra
Wed., Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

American Heritage:
Choral Union
Fri., Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Joanna Dunlap Cowden
Memorial Lecture:
Daniel Walker Howe —
What Hath God Wrought
Wed., Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Comedy:
As You Like It
Wed., Oct. 28–
Sat., Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 1 at 2 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

An Evening with Garrison Keillor:
NPR Storyteller
Thurs., Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium


November 2009
The Hobbit: Giant Puppets
Tues., Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Daryl Hannah — The Solution
Revolution: Actress &
Environmentalist/On the
Creek Lecture Series
Fri., Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Classically Band:
Chico State Band
Sat., Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Pilobolus:
Wildly Creative &
Physically Daring Dance
Sun., Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Art Exhibition
Point of View: Reading Space
Nov. 9–Dec. 11
The Turner Gallery
Curator’s talk and reception:
Thurs., Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m.

The Fall of Communism —
Twenty Years Later:
History Roundtable
Mon., Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

An Evening with John Cleese:
Comic Genius
Tues., Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Drama
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Wed., Nov. 12–Sat., Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 14 & Sun., Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.
Wismer Theatre

Jazz Innovations:
Jazz X-Press
Fri., Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Greg Brown, John Hammond
& David Lindley: American
Troubadours, Vol. 1
Fri., Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Sonorous Strings:
North State Symphony
Sat., Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium, Chico
Sun., Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.
Cascade Theatre, Redding

B.B. King:
King of the Blues
Tues., Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Double Vision:
Thank You Concert
Tues., Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

The Merry Widow: Opera
Wed., Nov. 18 & Thurs.,
Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Native American Music —
The Nammys on Tour:
Singers, Dancers & Flute
Fri., Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium


December 2009
2nd Annual Narrative Shorts
International Film Festival
Film and video works
Dec. 1–16
University Art Gallery

Enloe Medical Center
Tree Lighting Ceremony:
Chico State Band
Tues., Dec. 1 from 5:15–6 p.m. 
1531 The Esplanade

Fundraiser:
Glorious Sounds of the Season
Fri., Dec. 4 & Sat., Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Chico Dance Theatre:
14th Annual Showcase
 Fri., Dec. 4 & Sat., Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 5 & Sun., Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

The Sleeping Beauty: Classical Ballet
Fri., Dec. 11 & Sat., Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 12 & Sun., Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Bowfire — Holiday Heart Strings:
Fiddles & Dance
Tues., Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium


January 2010
Peking Acrobats: Chinese
Acrobats & Music
Wed., Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Lots of Pianos: Monster Concert
Sat., Jan. 23 at 2:30 & 7 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

8th National Janet Turner Print
Competition Exhibition
Jan. 26–Feb. 19
The Turner Gallery

8th National Janet Turner Print
Competition Exhibition
Jan. 26–Feb. 21
University Art Gallery

The Second City’s 50th Anniversary
Show: Comedy Troupe
Thurs., Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

NSS Fundraiser:
Starlight Hollywood
Dinner Dance
Sat., Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.
Sierra Nevada Big Room


February 2010
The Edlos — A Cappella Broadway:
Broadway Revue
Wed., Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

A Year With Frog & Toad:
Broadway Musical
Fri., Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Old Laughter, Concertos & Songs:
Clarinetist Russell Burnham
Moved to Sun., Feb. 28 at 2 p.m.
Wismer Theatre

Tommy Emmanuel: Guitar Master
Sun., Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Handsome Little Devils —
Squirm Burpee Circus:
Vaudevillian Melodrama
Tues., Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

NEW EVENT:
Still Bill -- Local Premiere of
film about 1970s Soul Crooner
Bill Withers ("Grandma's Hands")
Wed., Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas
& Edgar Meyer:
Musical Virtuosos
Thurs., Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

NSS Young Artists Auditions
Sun., Feb. 14 at Noon
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Valentine’s Concert --
Love from the Movies:
Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Sun., Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Umalali — The Garifuna Women’s Project:
Afro-Caribbean Vocals & Percussion
Tues., Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

The Chieftains: Classic Celtic
Thurs., Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Hot Passions from Cold Climates:
North State Symphony
Sat., Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Cascade Theatre, Redding
Sun., Feb. 21 at 2 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium, Chico

Suzanne Vega: Pop Vocalist
Tues., Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Sandra S. Collins: Olympic Failures —
The Missing 1940 Tokyo Olympic Games:
History Inaugural Lecture
Wed., Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Blind Boys of Alabama:
Tribute to New Orleans
Thurs., Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Off the Map: 6th Annual Loeffler
New Music Symposium
Thurs., Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Student Composers
Fri., Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Faculty & Guest Composers
Both concerts in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Moscow Circus: Family Entertainment
Sat., Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Old Laughter, Concertos & Songs:
Clarinetist Russell Burnham
Sun., Feb. 28 at 2 p.m.
Wismer Theatre


March 2010
Art Exhibition
Gathering Light: Photographs
from Chico Area Collections
March 2–April 1
University Art Gallery

Lysistrata: Comedy
Wed., March 3–Sat., March 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun., March 7 at 2 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Keeping Dance Alive:
Hip-Hop, Jazz, Ballet & More
Fri., March 5 at 7:30 p.m. &
Sat., March 6 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

2010 Chico
Bach Festival
March 8 & 9
Various Locations

CANCELLED:
Kálmán Balogh & The Gypsy
Cimbalom Band:
Hungarian Gypsy Music
Tues., March 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Art Exhibition
Between the Covers:
Artists Books, Portfolios
March 10–April 16
The Turner Gallery
Curator’s talk and reception:
Thurs., March 11, 5:30 p.m.

Vienna Boys Choir:
Internationally Renowned
Wed., March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Comedy Pet Theater:
Juggling, Clowns & Crazy Pet Antics!
Thurs., March 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Altan — 25th Year Celebration
Tour: Celtic Superstars
Sat., March 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Steve Lopez: Author of the ’09–’10
Book in Common, The Soloist
Tues., March 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Paula Poundstone — 100% Paula:
Thought-Provoking Humor
Fri., March 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Mozart Requiem:
Choral Union
Sat., March 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

The “Trout” Quintet:
NSS Chamber Music
Sat., March 27 at 7:30 p.m.
All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Redding
Sun., March 28 at 2 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, CSU, Chico


April 2010
Kruschke Piano Competition
Sat., April 3 at 12 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Master of Fine Arts Culminating Exhibitions
April 5–18
University Art Gallery

Anon(y)mous: Drama
Wed., April 7–Sat., April 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat., April 10 & Sun., April 11 at 2 p.m.
Wismer Theatre

Mad About Music:
NSS Scholarship Fanfare
Thurs., April 8 from 6–10 p.m.
Butte Creek Country Club

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet: Athletic, Bold,
Contemporary Dance
Thurs., April 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Tea Ceremony & Kimono Auction:
Art of Food & Fashion I
Fri., April 9 at 5 p.m.
Rose Garden (Humanities Center in case of rain)

Sushi Demo & Contest of Sushi as Art:
Art of Food & Fashion II
Sat., April 10 at 1 p.m.
Humanities Center

Ira Glass: Radio Stories & Other Stories
Sat., April 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Baaba Maal: Afro-Pop
Wed., April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Swing, Swing, Swing: Jazz X-Press
Sat., April 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Live, Laugh, Love: Opera Highlights
Wed., April 21 & Thurs., April 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Hemispheres:
Chico State Band
Fri., April 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

15th Student Printmkers' Exhibition
and 7th Ink and Clay
April 26-May 14
The Turner Gallery

All Aboard! Railaway:
Chico State Guitar Ensemble
Fri., April 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall


May 2010
European Masters: Choral Union
Sat., May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

55th Annual Juried Student Exhibition
May 3–16
University Art Gallery

Double Whammy:
Thank You Concert
Wed., May 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre

Rent: Spring Musical
Wed., May 5–Sat., May 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun., May 9 at 2 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem:
Bluegrass & Americana Roots
Fri., May 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

The Bold & the Beautiful:
North State Symphony
Sat., May 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium, Chico
Sun., May 16 at 2 p.m.

Willy Wonka, Jr.: "The Playhouse"
Wed., May 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

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