Archive for February, 2012
Mad Dash Pizza Fundraiser – Buy a Piece of Pizza – Save a Slice of History
Buying pizza – especially from Feb. 27 to March 31 will help keep Bidwell Mansion open! Mad Dash Pizza, 2391 Cohasset Road, is owned by Aaron Souza, a pizza and entrepreneurial guru. He is teaming up with a Chico State marketing/entrepreneur class to make pizza history! And Mooney Farms, a local ag producer has donated [...]
Burger Feed at Madison Bear Garden to Benefit Bidwell Mansion
Marsh Jr. High School is at it again! Wow! Madison Bear Garden, 316 W. 2nd St., is teaming up with Marsh Jr. High School to donate $1 to Bidwell Mansion for every burger, salad or sandwich sold all day on Feb. 26. In other Marsh news, students brought in $3,285.32 with their various activities: a [...]
Laugh Show: Silent Film Fest
Laugh Show Program FESTIVAL DETAILS COST: $8 Laugh Show;children 12 & under $2 $8 Per Film – $45 For All-Festival Pass $10 at door per film – Ask about SPECIAL screening inside historic Bidwell Mansion on Thursday, March 8 – 40 tickets only @ $150 (pending State Parks approval) LOCATION: Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. [...]
Storm Over Asia – Soviet “Western” Silent Film
Storm Over Asia Directed by V. I. Pudovkin Movie Notes by Jon Hildreth 10:30am Saturday, March 10 Chico Women’s Club $8 Tickets – $10 at the door – available at Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. 9th Ave., #3 or by calling 530-228-2860. “Cowboys and Communists” V. I. Pudovkin came from the amazing Russian avant garde, [...]
Original Silent Version of “Chicago” in Chico
Chicago Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Movie Notes by Jon Hildreth 7pm Saturday, March 10 Chico Women’s Club Tickets available at Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. 9th Ave., #3 or by calling 530-228-2860. “Roxie” Hart first appeared in the 1926 play “Chicago” written by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, who was inspired by the real-life unrelated [...]
David Shepard of Blackhawk Films to Appear
David Shepard – renowned film preservationist and historian to visit Chico David Shepard is a film preservationist whose company, Film Preservation Associates, is responsible for many high quality video versions of silent films. Some come from the Blackhawk Films library (also owned by Shepard) and others from materials owned by private collectors and film archives [...]
15% or More Growth Each Week – Keep Giving!
The Bidwell Mansion Community Project is trying to raise $100,000 by March 31 in an attempt to keep Bidwell Mansion open. California State Parks has said without local support or increased funding from the state government, it will be closed down by summer. Send checks to the Bidwell Mansion Community Project, c/o North Valley Community [...]
Silent Film Festival Tickets NOW!
COST: $8 Laugh Show Combo (includes four films); children 12 and under $2 $8 Per Film – Pre-sales – $10 at the door $45 for All-Festival Pass DATES: Friday, March 9 6pm & 8 pm Show TimesSaturday, March 10 10:30am, 1pm, 3pm, 7pm Show Times LOCATION: Chico Women’s Club 592 E. 3rd St., Chico, [...]
Live Cinema! Silent Film Fest to Benefit Bidwell Mansion
Hitchcock’s Rare Silent Version to be Shown! Welcome to the First Chico Silent Film Festival! The recent films Hugo and The Artist have led to revived interest in silent pictures, and I envy those who will meet them here, on the big screen with live music, for the first time. Silent films were not made [...]
