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Chico State's independent student newspaper

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A&E weekly wind-up: Feb. 17-Feb. 23

Chris Hutton, Entertainment and Features Editor
February 17, 2025

Heavy metal and jazz will dominate the town as Chico’s venues open their doors for several music events. If you’re getting on your Oscar grind then check out The Pageant’s lineup for short film nominations...

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A&E weekly wind-up: Feb. 10-Feb. 16

Chris Hutton, Entertainment and Features Editor
February 10, 2025

Cupid’s arrow is whizzing through the air. Events are springing up around Chico to get you in the Valentine’s Day mood. From card making to live music, this week is packed with events for just about...

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A&E weekly wind-up: Feb. 3-Feb. 9

Chris Hutton, Entertainment and Features Editor
February 3, 2025

Cupid’s arrow is whizzing through the air. Events are springing up around Chico to get you in the Valentine’s Day mood. From card making to live music, this week is packed with events for just about...

Sound designers from ‘Dune’ share secrets with CSU

Sound designers from ‘Dune’ share secrets with CSU

Sophia Pearson, AE Editor
October 17, 2021

Two sound designers from the upcoming film “Dune” spoke with students on Oct. 14 in a webinar presented by the CSU Entertainment Alliance. Theo Green and Mark Mangini discuss their experience...

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Quibi breaks the Status Quo

Kirstin Joyce, Staff Writer
April 14, 2020

Liam Hemsworth stars as Dodge, a man who participates in a deadly game to in hopes of saving his wife.Courtesy of Ryan Donegan/Quibi Somewhere amongst the endless social media feeds, Netflix binge...

Women biting a film reel

Movie Playlist: Leading Ladies You Will Love

Kirstin Joyce, Staff Writer
February 28, 2020

With Women’s History Month right around the corner, it’s a perfect time to grab some friends, make one of those fancy snacks from your Pinterest board and watch some of the best films featuring strong...

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SMH: A conversation with Mitchell Kret

Alex Coba and Mitchell Kret
December 20, 2019

For our final SMH of the semester, co-host Mitchell Kret reminisced on his time at Chico State. Both positive and negative. A big congratulation to Mitchell Kret on graduating from Chico State class of...

Podcast: Modern sitcoms look to the past, from ‘Friends’ to ‘New Girl’

Natalie Hanson
September 23, 2018

You know them, you love them or sometimes you hate them and we're talking about them. In this week's podcast, we tackle sitcoms in past and present entertainment, and how these types of shows have evolved....

Sierra Burgess (Shannon Purser) helps her friend win the affections of a boy via online conversations in "Sierra Burgess Is A Loser". Image courtesy of Netflix.

‘Sierra Burgess Is A Loser’ tries to make catfishing cute

Alex Coba
September 12, 2018

Netflix has had quite the surge of romantic comedies over the last few months. “Sierra Burgess Is A Loser” is a modern retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac story and it's the latest to join...

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Consuming slow entertainment in a fast-information age

Grant Schmieding
May 1, 2018

After a full day of school, it’s time to sleep. Lying in bed, my eyes locked on the dim laptop screen in front of me. My nightly melatonin creeps up as my attention flat lines and I drift off into a...

Shortz! Film Festival logo. 
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Shortz! Film Festival to take center stage at the El Rey

Rylee Pedotti
September 13, 2016

Local film aficionados are in for a treat when the fifth annual Shortz! Film Festival takes residency at the historic El Rey Theater Sept. 16-18.What began in 2011 as an interactive method for local filmmakers...

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Entertainment lacks originality

Jeff Guzman
February 13, 2016
In today's world, the entertainment industry does a decent job at entertaining but constantly falls short of doing a great job because one category seems to be lacking: originality.