The Chico Vibe
By Guillermo Mash
The Chico VibeDec 24, 2021
16: Jan-06-2022 Plunging Into 2022
With The New Years Day Polar Bear Plunge, the lowdown on the return of live theatre in Butte County with Jason Cassidy, Matt Eckhardt performing Sucker Fish Sucks and a message for him from his mom.
Our main feature is a uncovering Butte County murder, mayhem and lies the settlers brought to Mechoopda Territory and how all meaningful history of native american culture and arts has been suffocated to the point nearly everyone considers that the history of our land started when white European Settlers came and conquered the land.
15: Dec-30-2021 Excellence in 2021
"I chose people and places I have personally connected with this past year. The list itself was spontaneous, it wasn't as if sat and spent hours. I just thought about it and wrote it down. All of these people had a lasting impression, they had warmth and they were all about community building and imagining and actually doing something better. Everyone on this list."
New business, Nena's Bakery
New spaces, Loiter Club
New Music Release, Cracks in the Concrete
Journalism, Natalie Hanson
Open mic, Word Church
Samaritan, Hunger Trolley
Shelter now, CHAT
Sketch artist, Michael Bone
Advocacy, Jim Brobeck
Elected Official, Debra Lucero
Event, The Tweed Ride
Environmentalist, Ali Meders-Knight
Activism, Melys Bonifacio
Honorable Mentions, SURPRISE
14: Dec-23-2021 Christmas Show
With music by Brass Connection and Maurice "BigMo" Huffman
13: Dec-16-2021 A wonderful time for a...
12: Dec-9-2021 Hip Hip Hurray For The Holidays
"A full blown holiday special that came together with a lot of help from local artists and friends who donated their time and talents." -- Steven Schultz
The Chico Vibe SCOOP on Hip Hip Hurray for the Holidays, Thursday at 5pm on KZFR 90.1FM. Music by Jeremy and Heather Uni-Ellison along with the Jason Cassidy Arts Devo Lowdown, out and about with Guillermo and MORE.
11: Dec-2-2021 Remembering Kelly Meagher
10: Nov-25-2021 Thanksgiving
Guillermo Mash and Jason Cassidy lead the show, per usual, with The Chico Vibe Arts Lowdown, highlighted by the return of the Pageant Theatre and a new CD by The Yule Logs dropping this Friday. With out and about with Guillermo featuring the 9th annual Tweed Bicycle Ride and Christmas preview. The stars of the show are those without a roof and the organizations that help them. Including a Without a Roof vignette from Thanksgiving 2013 on the streets of Redding and another from the 2012 Thanksgiving Day Run for Food to benefit the Jesus Center in Chico, California.
My favorite spoken words from the show: "As we stand at the door of the Holiday Season, please keep in mind that those that work in the store you are shopping don't set the prices, those on the registers aren't responsible for the long lines, and no one working there is the reason for your bad mood.
If you can't be nice to the people that are trying their best to help you, especially at this time of year, not to mention what we've all been through, it doesn't matter how much money you have in your pocket... you might as well be destitute." -- Lonnie Hammock
"Always remember, if you have a roof be grateful." -- Guillermo Mash
9: Nov-22-2021 Christmas Preview
It was a night of merriment and joy as people took to the streets, shops and downtown skating rink to ring in another holiday season for the downtown business district. I took a break from the hubbub for a few beers at Duffy's Tavern. The bar was doing a brisk business with short staff, a common theme downtown and nationwide as our workforce rebounds from still lingering affects of the global pandemic.
The Ice Skating rink was bustling with skaters and onlookers experiencing a downtown ice skating experience for the first time in the city's history, as Christmas music filled the chilly late November air. The controversy surrounding the City of Chico's decision to use taxpayer funds for the project was silent as laughter and the sound of blades filled the air.
I spoke with Paul Westbecker, a familiar face downtown in his wheelchair and Stoble Coffee hat about his thoughts on the rink. Let's take a listen...
I grew up in New England ice skating on frozen ponds and lakes and have fond memories of the thrill of the glide. Even the bruises from falls and hockey collisions seem nostalgic with time. I'm happy for the glee of children, especially the two-year-old who, in the arms of her dad, skated right in front of me at the rails. We have so much that divides us politically and economically that it's only logical that a seasonal Ice Rink would be another divisive chapter. I largely agree and sympathize with the impacts to the Paradise ice rink business, the questionable use of city funds and the ugly fencing that consumed all of the parking areas and created hazardous walking and bicycling conditions. Yet I see the clear community benefits of fostering a public event that brings people together for merriment and social bonding that has been so past due during months of lock-downs, mask mandates, vaccines and bashing of each other for our personal choices in how we responded to Covid-19. At least for one night there was nothing but peace and goodwill in the downtown vibe.
Guillermo Mash host of The Chico Vibe wishing you and yours a safe, happy and gratitude filled Thanksgiving week. Please share The Chico Vibe with your friends and family and subscribe to our daily, Chico Vibe, podcast on all major streaming platforms. Until the next time. Always remember, if you have a roof be grateful.
8: Nov-21-2021 The 9th Annual Tweed Ride
Guillermo Mash welcoming you to the Sunday, November 21st, 2021 edition of The Chico Vibe featuring the ninth annual Tweed bicycle ride. The festivities started at the hands statue downtown at 11am where a couple of hundred tweed dressed enthusiasts bicycled to picnic and party at five mile recreation area in Bidwell Park!
Please share The Chico Vibe with your friends and family and subscribe to our daily, Chico Vibe, podcast on all major streaming platforms. Until the next time, always remember, if you have a roof be grateful!
7: Nov-18-2021 Writing for Donuts
Both volumes are a testament to our unsung local heroes, young people making their way Without a Roof. The writings resonate with me as a runaway at the age of 16 in Boston, and provide a unique opportunity for everyone to view the world through the five senses of youth pouring out their lived experiences in compelling and brilliantly unique ways. I'm so proud and humble to know some of the youth who have contributed their words and to have had opportunities to walk alongside them in their journeys. If you want to solve homelessness in 20-years house every single houseless youth NOW!
Plus our weekly arts lowdown with Jason Cassidy, aka Arts Devo and the news ticker.
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6: Nov-15-2021 Let's go Chico!
"Let's go Chico."
There. I did it. With just three words, I've got probably 49.99 percent of you overwhelmed with pride, another 49.99 percent chuckling, "I see the word play here," and no more than .02 percent of you wondering, "What the heck is a Chico?" Ah, but how many truly know Chico?
To the arcane Chico is a species of greasewood, to Spanish speakers it is a small boy and to the enlightened it's a diverse North Sacramento Valley enclave shining bright with loving actuation and hope.
This silver-haired cis male remains a Chico at heart. I'm a lover of woods singing the praise of my adopted city of nine-years every chance I get. We simply have much more to be grateful for than angry at.
“There is just as much beauty visible to us in Chico as we are prepared to appreciate, and not a mustard seed more. ... A human sees only what concerns them.” -- Adapted from a quote by Henry David Thoreau
I see a beauty unlike no other little boy. The people, the places, the flora and fauna. From the soothing sounds of awakening birds at GRUB CSA Farm, to the rustling of the fall leaves in Bidwell Park. And, above all else, its humans. Their frailty, their devotions, their love and their hearts.
Together we can change the conversation starting with, "hello neighbor!"
5: Nov-11-2021 We Love Chico
4: Nov-4-2021 Local Heroes
3: Oct-28-2021 The Gratitude Show
2: Oct-21-2021 Todd Snider