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All content by Jessica Carvajal Castillo
What the Hooker Oak tree would see if it was still standing today. Photo credit: Jessica Carvajal Castillo

Bringing old artifacts to life with ‘Vanished’

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
December 13, 2017

“Vanished” takes you on a trip to explore four lost icons: the Hooker Oak tree, a lost mammoth tooth, a missing volcano and Ishi, the last of the Yahi. The exhibit follows six collaborators as they...

Mom's from a Bad Mom's Christmas stealing a Christmas tree.

‘A Bad Mom’s Christmas’ is a mother-daughter movie

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
November 27, 2017

A Bad Mom's Christmas follows three moms Amy (Mila Kunis), Kiki (Kristen Bell) and Carla (Kathryn Hahn). It is a sequel from the first movie Bad Moms. As the holidays are rolling around, all of the main...

Taylor Swift Album Art - Reputation

Taylor Swift protects her ‘Reputation’ with her new album

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
November 14, 2017

Taylor Swift finally released her new album "Reputation" on Friday. This album was hard to get ahold of. The only way to stream every song on the album is to buy it in-store or online on iTunes.This album...

Performers doing the opening dance to the festival wearing their traditional clothes.

The Festival of Dance brought a sense of community to Chico State

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
November 8, 2017

The Festival of Dance was thrown by the Indian Student Union here at Chico State. It was a celebration in honor of the Goddess Durga, who is celebrated for nine nights in order to bring positive vibes...

An eerie trailer looms in the corn maze. Peek inside to see what awaits.

Photo courtesy of Country Pumpkins

Enter the haunted corn maze if you dare

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
October 25, 2017

Chico is filled with many different Halloween events around this time of year. Getting spooked by bloody actors and weapons in a corn maze should be on your to-do list.Country Pumpkins is located in Orland,...

Stacy Plance and Aimee Anderson serving wine at Made in Chico during the event. Photo credit: Jessica Carvajal Castillo

Chico has it all: art, wine, music and fairies

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
October 12, 2017

This weekend in Downtown Chico, the annual "Art, Wine, and Fairy Door Walk" commenced. The event consisted of 30 plus downtown Chico businesses. At different locations, art was featured from local artists...

Macklemore's 'Glorious' return with 'Gemini'

Macklemore’s ‘Glorious’ return with ‘Gemini’

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
October 3, 2017

Macklemore's new album "Gemini" is all about good vibes. The album has 16 upbeat tracks. Compared to some of Macklemore's older albums, I think in this one he really captured a different persona. He...

Top 5 hits out now

Top 5 hits out now

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
September 28, 2017

Songs to add to your playlist: "Slow Hands" - This song just reached number one in the U.S. Niall really changed up the tone that we are used to from One Direction by going solo. A lot of One Direction's...

Dave Bald Eagle plays Dan in "Neither Wolf Nor Dog"

Courtesy of Roaring Fire Films press kit.

‘Neither Wolf Nor Dog’

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
September 26, 2017

The film "Neither Wolf Nor Dog" follows main character Dan (Dave Bald Eagle), the elder of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Dan calls Kent Nerburn (Christopher Sweeny) to come to the reservation to write...

Promotional poster for 'Atypical,' which is about a boy named Sam who's on the autism spectrum.

“Atypical” love story

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
September 17, 2017

The Netflix original show Atypical follows a teen boy with autism named Sam.The season opens with Sam talking to his therapist about how well he's adapting to school, and Sam brings up that he wants to...

I don't owe you anything piece by Tatiana Stevens. Photo credit: Jessica Carvajal Castillo

‘Exchange’ in receipt transactions

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
September 6, 2017

Working in customer service allows a person to have endless experiences with other people each day. Some good, some bad. Conversations are bound to stick, which is what helped fuel Art major Tatiana Stevens...

Two Truths and a Lie: Zoe Crosher

Two Truths and a Lie: Zoe Crosher

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
August 31, 2017

The Two Truths and a Lie exhibit opened up at the Jacki Headly University Art Gallery on Thursday and will run through September 30. The exhibit features three different artists' work: Weegee, Jessamyn...

More than "Friends from College"

More than “Friends from College”

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
August 27, 2017

The Netflix original "Friends From College" follows a group of friends that met at Harvard. After college, the friends and main character Samantha Delmonico moved to NYC, while their friend Ethan Turner...

Cast of "Riverdale"

CW and Netflix bring comic book to life with “Riverdale”

Jessica Carvajal Castillo
August 21, 2017

First airing on the CW channel and uploaded to Netflix later on, "Riverdale" originally comes from a comic book series called "Archie Comics."The show primarily focuses on four main characters: Archie...