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Jordan Rodrigues

Jordan Rodrigues, Graphic Designer

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Fire and Ice by Osho Brown 
(unreleased) Photo credit: Jordan Rodrigues

Chasing dreams after clocking off

Jordan Rodrigues
March 17, 2017

The glaring downside to being a creative is the day job. After a long workday, a lyricist comes home. Exhausted. Then begins the real work: music. Daevon Brown, also known as Osho, is a 21-year-old...

Lucia Lujan, Graphic Design major at Butte College posing with her Medusa piece at the Keep Chico Weird art show. Photo credit: Jordan Rodrigues

Chico gets weird at 1078 art show

Jordan Rodrigues
February 2, 2017

The 1078 Gallery in downtown Chico was the venue for this year's Keep Chico Weird art show. This show had art pieces ranging from realism to surrealism, jello sculptures to clay and ceramics. A lot...

Real Sneakerhead certified ! Photo credit: Jordan Rodrigues

Q&A with local sneakerhead

Jordan Rodrigues
December 5, 2016

Chico native and sneakerhead Brandyn Donahue talks about his impressive shoe collection. What was the pair that made you a sneakerhead and why? Brandyn Donahue: 1999 Air Jordan 14 "Last Shot" I...

Getting lost in the pieces was a reoccurring theme at the art show because the characters were so creatively put together. The mixture of characters and poems kept the viewer engaged. Photo credit: Jordan Rodrigues

David Mcmillian Art Show

Jordan Rodrigues
November 14, 2016

The Naked Lounge hosted an art show featuring local artist David Mcmillian on Nov. 11. His show had a variety of different styles and messages conveyed through his art and about 15 total pieces were multimedia...

Bruno, Wild Cuts, giving a nice "old man" haircut. Photo credit: Jordan Rodrigues

Local barbers behind cuts locals love

Jordan Rodrigues
October 12, 2016

I went to Barber Jon's Barbershop, 5 Star Barbers, Wild Cuts and Chico's Barber Shop to ask local barbers a few questions regarding different hairstyles they cut, the diversity of their clientele and their...