Blood Pressure Screening

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 9:30am

Fall Harvest Tricks and Tips

Presenter: Bob Stitt. Register at least a week in advance.

FREE

L.E. Phillips Senior Center • Eau Claire • 839-4909 • www.lephillipsseniorcenter.com

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 9:30-10:30am

MOMS Club of Eau Claire - South

South general meetings last wednesday of every month. Mothers Offering Mothers Support is a support group for stay-at-home mothers. Contact Mary at 832-7253 for more information, or refer to momsclubofeauclairesouth@yahoo.com.

Grace Lutheran Church, 202 W. Grand Ave 832-7253 (Mary)

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 10am-noon

S-S-Shark Week

Make a hammerhead shark or a fish collage, draw an ocean scene, design your own shark, or color a great white shark.

$5 adults/seniors/kids

(715) 832-5437

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 10am-5pm

The River Falls Town & Country Art Club 2008 Members Exhibit

The Town & Country Art Club has been actively supporting artists and a variety of art mediums since 1957. There are currently twenty artists in the club working in watercolor, oil and acrylic paint, pen and ink, pastels, color pencil, print making, photography, fibers, weaving, jewelry, pressed floral and dried flower arrangement. The upcoming Town & Country Art Club exhibit at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts will include two to four pieces from each of the club`s twenty members. The exhibit will showcase the club`s artistic depth and creativity that is the foundation of their mission éto share ideas, methods, and new concepts in support of the individual artist and in development of the visual arts in the River Falls community."

$1 suggested donation

Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater • Menomonie • 235-0001 •

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 10:30-11am

Preschool Storytime - Eau Claire

For the preschool-age child, this 30-minute session includes longer stories and more advanced activities. Kids ages 4 and up may attend unsupervised, but for parents must stay in the library and pick up children immediately following the program. No registration required.

FREE

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library • Eau Claire • 839-1648 •

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 11:30am-1:45pm

Family Resource Center: Drop In & Play

Play for all ages with a newly expanded play area.

FREE

Family Resource Center for Eau Claire County • Eau Claire • 833-1735 • www.frcec.org

Food & Drink

Thursday, Sep. 11 • noon-5:30pm

Chippewa Falls Main Street Farmers Market

Up to 25 vendors that offer fresh fruits and vegetables, cheese, bread, maple syrup, flowers, honey, bakery items, and apples.

corner of Bridge and River streets, Chippewa Falls 723-7858

Thursday, Sep. 11 • noon-7pm

Heaven Sent Hypnotherapy Open House

Meet Julie Geigle, check out her private practice, and take a look at the relaxing hypnotherapy CDs for sale.

FREE

Heaven Sent Hypnotherapy • Eau Claire • 833-1096 •

Thursday, Sep. 11 • noon

War: Past, Present, and Future

This is a discussion of theories that explain the causes of international and civil conflicts the effects of modern phenomena. Presenter: Stephen Hill, UWEC political science associate professor. Register at least a week in advance.

FREE • 55+

L.E. Phillips Senior Center • Eau Claire • 839-4909 • www.lephillipsseniorcenter.com

Recreation

Thursday, Sep. 11 • noon-2pm

White Elephant Bingo for Visually Impaired

Bring a "white elephant" item to join the game, and win a unique prize.

Call ahead to register.

L.E. Phillips Senior Center • Eau Claire • 839-4909 • www.lephillipsseniorcenter.com

Food & Drink

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 1-5pm

Eau Claire Downtown Farmers Market

Seasonal, locally grown vegetables and fruits, plus baked goods, dairy products, meat, honey, maple syrup, flowers, art, coffee, and more.

Phoenix Park • Eau Claire • 834-5697

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 5pm

Community First Aid

Learn to respond to adult emergency situations in the critical moments before emergency medical service personnel arrive.

$25

Sacred Heart Hospital Center for Healthy Living 717-1600

Stage

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 5:30pm

Auditions: The Outsiders

The Eau Claire Children's Theatre will hold auditions for S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders." No preparation needed. Roles for 9 males and 4 females ages 13-25 and 3 males and 3 females ages 26 and over. Touring and matinee shows October 30 and November 4-6.

Free

Eau Claire Children's Theatre (715) 839-8877 •

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 5:30-8pm

Children in the Middle Class

This three-hour class will help you understand the problems faced by children who are caught in the middle of parental problems and conflicts. Parents attending will learn new skills to apply at home in their own situation. There will be a corresponding class for children at the same time that will discuss feelings and problems that arise when parents are not together and how to get through the difficult times. Recommended for anyone going through a separation or divorce. Registration required, no childcare available.

Family Support Center • Chippewa Falls • 723-1138 or 800-400-7020

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 6:23pm

Discovery Workshop

A hands-on workshop using breath, touch, movement,& focus to create & allow inner awareness. The results can be relaxation, inner peace & confidence. These exercises cue the nervous system genuinely & gently to create sustainable changes in life. Registration is Required. Deadline is: 09-09-2008

$35

Helios Wellness Center, Menomonie (715) 235-7333

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 6:30-7:30pm

MOPS: Mothers of Preschoolers

Rejuvenate mind, body, soul, and spirit with this support network that refocuses on becoming a better mom.

$5 per session

Harvestime Church • Eau Claire • 833-8674

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 6:30-9pm

Sarah Jade

Performing original music, Sarah Jade plays a unique mix of vocals, acoustic guitar, and keyboard. Half of the duo Anna and Sarah.

FREE

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 6:30-9pm

Sarah Jade

Performing original music, Sarah Jade plays a unique mix of vocals, acoustic guitar, and keyboard.

FREE

The Living Room Coffee House • Eau Claire • 831-0245

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 7-11pm

Brian Bethke

Brian Bethke of Osseo is the former lead singer of D`Bauk and spent many early years of his music career playing in hard rock bands. In the tiki bar.

FREE

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 7-9pm

Mike Swenson + Ashley Roussopoulos

Mike Swenson from Bismarck, North Dakota, mixes a subtle blend of old school country and folk with new age lyrics. You`ll find yourself in a low-fi state of mind before you know it with Mike`s often mellow yet wistful country-lite tunes. Ashley Roussopoulos from Lake City, Minnesota, recently released her acclaimed EP, Wintertown. Drawing influences from Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, and the Bee Gees, her music brings a down to earth mix of folk pop goodness that will leave you begging for more.

FREE

Acoustic Cafe, Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 832-9090 • www.theacoustic.com

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 7pm

The Lowe Family

Versatile on many instruments, the Lowe Family offers an amazing blend of show-stopping classical, Broadway, Irish, jazz, bluegrass, old-time favorites, spectacular dance, 6-part harmony, gospel, a stirring patriotic tribute, and more. Veterans of U.S. concert tours and symphony soloists at young ages, the Lowe Family is distinguished from Russia to the Kennedy Center and has also appeared on ABC, CBS, Time-Warner, and other stations worldwide. They have given select concerts in Europe, Canada, Latin America, and China in addition to playing all across America.

$26 adults, $23 seniors, $15 students

Eau Claire Regional Arts Center • Eau Claire • 832-2787 •

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 7:30-9pm

Opening Reception: Art Faculty Show

Featuring Lia Johnson and Scott Robertson.

FREE

Foster Gallery, Haas Fine Arts Center, UW-Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 836-2328 • www.uwec.edu

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 8pm

The Hopefuls + Zoo Animal

The Hopefuls` songs feature xylophone rifts, synthesizer fills, and hand claps help create a peppy and upbeat swagger that entices audiences to clap and dance along. The Hopefuls` buoyant pop and infectiously peppy songs have been compared to Weezer, The Cars, Fountains of Wayne, and The New Pornographers. The Hopefuls music has also been featured on The O.C. and Laguna Beach. Supporting The Hopefuls, is Zoo Animal a trio out of Minneapolis. Zoo Animal is all that its name holds, a tamed and controlled rock sound that every once in a while lets out a rocking roar for the zoo goers. Holly Hansen`s smooth alto and simplistic take to music is reminiscent of Cat Power. This is a show not to be missed.

FREE

The Underground, Memorial Student Center, UW-Stout • Menomonie • 232-2432 • bdp.uwstout.edu

Music Nightlife

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 9pm

Midwest Rhythm + Dr. Fresh

Party rockers Midwest Rhythm and Dr. Fresh are coming together for a unique combination jam flavor at the Mousetrap, in downtown Eau Claire. Contains one part rock 'n' roll, one part punk, one part electronica, mixed with funk.

FREE

The Mousetrap • Eau Claire • 832-8418 • www.myspace.com

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 9pm

The Klenz/Walk Jazz Sextet

The Sextet features original tunes, classic jazz standards, a composers night, frequent guest artists, a jam session, funk, soul, nu-jazz, eclectic... anything from D`Angelo to Zappa and everything in between.

FREE

Eau Claire House of Rock • Eau Claire • 838-0158 •

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 10pm-1:30am

Roster McCabe

Roster McCabe is quickly becoming known throughout the Minneapolis area as the new thing in town. With thick reggae-rock grooves, harmonic guitar work and all around tight musicianship, these guys are a recipe for something pretty sweet.

Free • 21+

The Waterfront Bar & Grill (715) 235-6541

Thursday, Sep. 11 • 10pm

The Blend + DJ Beze

Founded in 2001 by national slam poet/coffeehouse haunt Toussaint Morrison, The Blend is a five-piece concoction of working-class fun hogs who infuse hip-hop with jazz, rock with Bach, and politics with pleasure.

FREE

Stones Throw • Eau Claire • 552-5882 •

Event Ends: Tuesday, Sep. 30
Check with venue for hours.

Mark Aumann: Photography of Vietnam

Mark Aumann is an Eau Claire photographer whose work has appeared in state and national publications. His work, exhibited in both Wisconsin and Minnesota galleries. primarily focuses on people encountered during his numerous travels overseas. His most recent exhibit is from his 2007 and 2008 trips to Vietnam. Past exhibits have focused on Latin America and the Caribbean.

FREE

Acoustic Cafe, Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 832-9090 • www.theacoustic.com

Event Ends: Friday, Sep. 26
Check with venue for hours.

Confluence of Art Biennial

The 2008 Confluence of Art Biennial is the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center Gallery`s inaugural juried exhibition featuring professional artists from Wisconsin and Minnesota. This year`s juror is Mary Peck, Gallery Director of New Visions Gallery in Marshfield, Wisconsin.

FREE

Eau Claire Regional Arts Center • Eau Claire • 832-2787 •

Event Ends: Thursday, Oct. 30
Check with venue for hours.

Erik Natti

Abstract acrylic paintings.

FREE

Unity Hall Gallery, Unity Christ Center 836-0010

Event Ends: Tuesday, Sep. 30
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Lois Images

Whimsical photo manipulations by Lois Bravo. Lois creates her art images by taking a photograph, using Photoshop CS2 to liquefy the colors, and then re-forming the colors into a unique and different “Lois Image” that has no resemblance whatsoever to the original photo except for the colors, which are usually vivid, intense, and stimulating. The images are surrealistic and primitive in style. They seem to exhibit a startling, dreamlike supernatural quality, an altered awareness that is sometimes subtle, sometime obvious.

FREE

Just Local Food • Eau Claire • 577-5564 • justlocalfood.blogspot.com

Event Ends: Saturday, Sep. 27
Check with venue for hours.

Watercolors

Art by Jo Burke and Terry Meyer.

FREE

Avalon Floral • Eau Claire • 838-8880 • www.flowersbyavalon.com

Event Ends: Monday, Sep. 29
Check with venue for hours.

Driven to Abstraction

An unusual exhibit of non-representational acrylic, watercolor and collage works by 18 to 20 artists who have taken Patricia Mayhew Hamm’s three workshops in 2007 and 2008. Also open during evening events at the Heyde Center.

FREE

The Heyde Center for the Arts • Chippewa Falls • 726-9000 •

Event Ends: Sunday, Oct. 26
Check with venue for hours.

Harry Miller: Automotive Genius

New exhibit featuring the éGolden Submarine" - an innovative streamlined race car built in 1917 for legendary race driver Barney Oldfield, on temporary loan from collector Buck Boudeman.

adults $4, seniors $3, ages 13-18 $2, ages 6-12 $1, members and ages 5 and under free

Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum • Menomonie • 232-8685

Event Ends: Tuesday, Oct. 14
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Photography by Mark R. Fay

The exhibit features photos published in the soon-to-be released book Fill `er Up: the Glory Days of Wisconsin`s Historic Gas Stations, as well as photos of historic Wisconsin architecture and samplings of Mr. Fay`s other work. A book signing is planned for Oct. 9.

FREE

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library • Eau Claire • 839-1648 •

Event Ends: Thursday, Oct. 2
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Art Faculty Show

Lia Johnson and Scott Robertson are this fall's featured faculty artists. Johnson's doctoral thesis in curriculum and instruction tracked belief change using narratives and text analysis. This thesis informs her art, which is conceptual and consists mostly of sculpture created from mixed media — rubber, metals, fibers, found objects and text. Johnson is inspired by an interest in the materials and the stories embodied in them. She uses these materials in an intentional way to express some rudimentary and universal emotions. Robertson has created a series of six ink drawings for the exhibit. The subject of the series is the interplay between structure and the organic elements. Robertson's approach to this series is similar to automatic surrealism, in which the artist begins with a mark and then lets the drawing instrument be guided by his or her subconscious. He begins with very limited marks and intricate cross-hatching that are often closely related and continuously repeated, creating a pattern. The patterns are all based on inspirations from nature.

FREE

Foster Gallery, Haas Fine Arts Center, UW-Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 836-2328 • www.uwec.edu

Stage

Event Ends: Sunday, Nov. 2
Check with venue for hours.

The Odd Couple

This is, without a doubt, the classic American comedy by a classic American playwright, Neil Simon. Few shows enjoy such wide-ranging popularity as The Odd Couple; not only as a hit Broadway comedy but also a box office smash movie and a long-running television show. Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison, eternally locked in the battle of “Sloppy and the Neat-freak" continue to delight audiences. Matinees: Dinner at noon, showtime at 1:45pm. Evening: Dinner seating 5:45-6:30pm, showtime at 8:00pm.

show $25.99-$28.99, plus optional meal

Fanny Hill Dinner Theatre • Eau Claire • 836-8184 •

Event Ends: Saturday, Nov. 1
Check with venue for hours.

Keep on Moving: Barbra and Andy Shafer

Art works by Barbra and Andy Shafer.

Free

mona lisa's restaurant, 428 water st, eau claire (715) 839-8969 •

Stage

Event Ends: Sunday, Nov. 2
Check with venue for hours.

The Odd Couple

This is, without a doubt, the classic American comedy by a classic American playwright, Neil Simon. Few shows enjoy such wide-ranging popularity as The Odd Couple; not only as a hit Broadway comedy but also a box office smash movie and a long-running television show. Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison, eternally locked in the battle of “Sloppy and the Neat-freak" continue to delight audiences. Matinees: Dinner at noon, showtime at 1:45pm. Evening: Dinner seating 5:45-6:30pm, showtime at 8:00pm.

show $25.99-$28.99, plus optional meal

Fanny Hill Dinner Theatre • Eau Claire • 836-8184 •