Thursday, Oct. 22, is Arts and Culture Day at NSPR! Today we will be featuring many local talents and arts ambassadors from throughout the North State.
Join host Nancy Wiegman at 10 a.m. for a special episode of Nancy's Bookshelf featuring Chico resident Silvia Bowersox, an Army veteran who first went to Iraq in 2003 as a broadcast journalist and whose book of prose and poetry, "Triggers," is based on her three tours of duty there, and award-winning NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten, who has written a book that is part political history, part intimate social narrative, and part economic and cultural analysis called “A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story."
Thursday challenges:
- Any walk-in pledge on Thursday gets a $20 gift certificate to Wild Ink Press!
- 6-7 a.m.: Harris & Plottell Attorneys at Law $1,000 challenge — dollar-for-dollar new member pledges
- 6 a.m.-1 p.m.: Kirk Monfort and Billie Kanter $1,500 Challenge
- 4-6 p.m.: Dr. Randy Reed and Dr. Linda Davis-Reed $500 Challenge
Thursday guests include but are not limited to:
- Scott Seaton, conductor of the North State Symphony
- Pat Macias, president of the board of the Museum of Northern California Art
- Dan and Daran Goodsell of Chico Performances
- Meghan Conn, development manager at Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Prizes include but are not limited to:
- An art glass vase from Smallhouse Art Glass ($700 value)
- A $100 gift certificate to Chico Performances
- A pair of tickets to see Lake Street Dive at Laxson Auditorium on Nov. 3
- A pair of tickets to two upcoming Oaksong Society productions: Grammy-award-winning master of slack key, jazz, and classical guitar Jeff Peterson on Nov. 6, and American folk and blues original Chris Smither on Nov. 20
- Four premium tickets to Chico Community Ballet's production of "The Sleeping Beauty," Dec. 11-13
- The book "Carole King: A Natural Woman" (donated by The Bookstore)
- $60 in gift cards to Wild Ink Press
- Two tickets to "Maestro in the Spotlight," presented by the North State Symphony — your choice of the Chico (Nov. 14) or Redding (Nov. 15) performance
Bonus Giveaway: We will have a second giveaway including a gorgeous art glass piece from Satava Art Glass in their world-renowned jellyfish design PLUS tickets to see the magnificent and critically acclaimed Jewels, performed and broadcast from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, at cinemas in Chico and Redding on Sunday, November 15 at 12:55 p.m. local time, courtesy of Fathom Events.
Don't miss out! Listen all day to follow along with the fun, and make your pledge now for your chance to win these amazing prizes.