The future is weird, too: Keep Chico Weird Art Show Jan. 26-28 , at 1078 Gallery Keep Chico Weird Talent Show Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m., at El Rey Theatre Tickets: $16, available at JMax outlets and Chico News & Review Chico has always been weird, from the days of John Bidwell and the eccentric characters with whom he associated to the hippies and hipsters who currently groove and chill downtown. And it's the colorful folklore of old and fantastic freaks of the present that give our little Nor Cal oasis its quirky personality.