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Chico
Masonic Family Center
Saturday, January 25th
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Cost $24/per person
The
always-popular Saturday evening Banquet & Silent Auction returns.
Come enjoy live music and an entertaining impersonation of the preeminent
19th century naturalist and painter of birds, John James Audubon.
Actor/writer David Giesen brings the French-born chronicler of America's
birds to life in a one-man show that reveals Audubon's eloquence,
enthusiasm and struggle to shed light on the wonders of the American
wilderness. Audubon (1785-1851) ranks with John Muir and Henry David
Thoreau as a spokesman for the spirit of humanity as modeled in the
great outdoors.
A slide presentation of many of Audubon's finest paintings and engravings
concludes the evening. A special note about another community program
that coincides with our glimpse into Audubon’s world: The Chico
Museum, 141 Salem Street, is featuring an exhibit of the works of
Andrew Jackson Grayson, who has been called the “Audubon of the
West”. The exhibit is on display from Dec. 18, 2002 through Feb.
7, 2003. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 12 to 4
p.m. Admission is free, though donations are gladly accepted.
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