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Chikoko presents “Spectacular, Spectacular, Spectacular!” a cirque inspired fashion event on Friday October 21, 2011 at Cal Skate in beautiful Chico, California. Witness your favorite iconic fun center transform into a menagerie of sights, sounds and fashion feats. Play your hand at games of skill in the electric midway, scoop up some courage and visit the strangest and most mysterious oddities you’ve ever seen in The Sideshow, be mesmerized by fashion design as you’ve never seen before, all original, the real, the extraordinary, the only Chikoko! PLUS, mind bending performances and the most fun you’ve ever had! Shop for original wearable art! Pre-sale tickets available at Three Sixty Ecotique, Cal Skate and Diamond W for $15, $20 at the door. Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 7:30 pm. Visit www.chikoko.com for more details. Like us on Facebook, get updates!

Dormant will be exhibited April 19-23rd in the B-SO Space in Ayres Hall located at CSU Chico State - the building near Celestino's (not the mural building Taylor Hall, but the other side of Cel's) A reception will be help April 21st from 5-7 pm - You can't miss it once you walk into Ayres it is near the art office - hope to see you there! :)

October 10 and 11 from l0 am to 5 pm, Avenue 9 Gallery Art Guild Members will be holding "Open Studio" (a Chico Art Center sponsored event). Artists will be available to chat with the public; some will do demonstrations.

 There will be a beautiful assortment of affordable art in many disciplines and media from which to choose pieces for your home or office! 

On October 3, simultaneous to the Janet Turner Print Museum Benefit Sale, Avenue 9 will mount a ChiVAA “Paris in Chico Sidewalk Sale.”

ChiVAA, Chico’s new Visual Arts Alliance, is dedicated to promoting the visual arts within Chico and beyond. Its first major act was to publish an art map that is now being distributed at galleries, hotels, restaurants, etc. Avenue 9 Art Guild members will be displaying art at reasonable prices.