Blood Pressure Screening

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 9:30am

Genealogy on the Computer

You will learn to use the Personal Ancestral File (PAF5) program to record and organize your genealogical data and print charts of your ancestors and descendants. (Participants MUST attend 1st class.) Register a week in advance. Instructor: Dick Buck. Thursdays, Sept. 18-Oct. 30.

$25m/$37.50nm • 55+

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

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 10am

Exploring Australia Week

Create a paper kangaroo, read books about Australian animals, paint a koala family, design a boomerang, and play games.

$5 adults/seniors/kids

(715) 832-5437

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 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. 18 • 10:10-10:30am

Learning Together Storytime

Doors open at 10am with unstructured playtime to start off the morning. The stories are best for children ages birth to 3 years. Kids must be accompanied by an adult.

FREE

Menomonie Public Library • Menomonie • 232-2164 •

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 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. 18 • 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. 18 • 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

Visual Art Education

Thursday, Sep. 18 • noon-1:30pm

Photography Basics

Class will cover backgrounds, lighting, subject choice, composition, and use of camera settings. Class is on post processing and participants will take pictures using the various rules of composition and lighting techniques with group critique. Ask for supply list & pre-requisites. Instructor: Vern Barber. Thursdays, Sept. 18-Oct. 9.

members $20, non-members $30 • 55+

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

Food & Drink

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 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. 18 • 3-5pm

3-5 Club (Homework Help)

Tutoring available for students of all ages. After homework, students may continue specialized tutoring, work on a craft project, play ping-pong, work on computers, or go outside for basketball, football, soccer, etc. Food is available free of charge. Tutors include local college students and retired UWEC faculty.

FREE

First Presbyterian Church • Eau Claire • 839-9331 •

Recreation

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 5-8pm

Light the Night Walk

A family event, this evening stroll through the zoo celebrates and commemorates lives touched by cancer. All walkers carry illuminated helium balloons. Survivors carry white and supporters carry red balloons.

$25 minimum donation

Irvine Park Zoo, Chippewa Falls (800) 901-0771 ext. 3

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 5:30-6:30pm

Grandparents as Parents

Group meetings to provide help and support to grandparents raising youngsters.

First Lutheran Church • Eau Claire • 836-7645

Education Food & Drink

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 6pm

Game Time Get-Together

Kick off the season right with this kickin’ cooking class. Whether you’re having the gang over or you’re bringing a dish to the pass you’ll hit a homerun every time with these dishes. Join us to make End-Zone Enchiladas, Sideline Salsa, Grand-Slam Sandwiches, Checkered Flag Chili, Penalty Shot Shrimp, and Half-time Hummus and several more dishes that will get YOUR fans cheering. Hosted by Dinner's On. www.dinners-on.com

$55

tbd 579-9496

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 6-8pm

Raising Your Spirited Child

Is your child strong-willed, more intense, or more demanding than the typical child? Joins us to find creative ways to parent & understand your spirited child. This class is free of charge. Registration is required, and on-site childcare will be available.

River Source Family Center • Chippewa Falls • 720-1841 or 888-413-3400

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 6pm

The Peter Phippen Trio

The Peter Phippen Trio plays ambient world trance with Jason Introwitz on hand percussion and David Roll on keyboards, and Peter Phippen on antique and contemporary Shakuhachi bamboo flutes, Bansuri bamboo flutes, replicas of ancient Anasazi native American flutes and contemporary Irish flutes. Sarah Maurer sometimes replaces David with her amazing voice and additional hand percussion.

FREE

Fischer's On The Green • Altoona • 832-9711 •

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 6:23pm

Now That's What We're Talking About

We explain the science, philosophy and individuality of Network Spinal Analysis & Somato Respiratory Integration Care offered at Helios Wellness Center. We discuss the dangers of doing internal work & why we believe it’s seen as a threat to society. Registration is Required. Deadline is: 09-16-2008

FREE

Helios Wellness Center, Menomonie (715) 235-7333

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 6:30-8:30pm

MOPS: Mothers of Preschoolers

International mothering support network with an evangelical Christian focus. Childcare is available.

$5 per session

Eau Claire County Expo Center • Eau Claire • 723-2872 •

Education Kids

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 7pm

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: What Is It?

Wandering mind. Impulsivity. Hyperactivity. Trouble paying attention. Does your child have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? This common disorder of children and adolescents has multiple treatment options available. Registered nurses Janet Vedder and Kristine Devine-McKillip of Child Adolescent Development and Behavior are the presenters. There will be time for questions.

FREE

Nightlife

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 7pm

Bar Wars IV

Witness the Friday`s bartenders competing against each other and showing off some amazing bottle flair. While they are flippin` bottles and slingin` drinks there will be a live DJ and prizes.

FREE

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 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. 18 • 7-8pm

Medium Class

Come and learn more about connecting with the spirit world filled with angels, spirit guides and loved ones who are earthbound and who have crossed over. The last 5 minutes will be devoted to reading the energies that are with you. Who's hanging out in your energy field?

Free

Heaven Sent Hypnotherapy (715) 833-1096

Words

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 7-9pm

Poetry Slam

Back by popular demand! Poetry Slam is a knockdown spoken word poetry battle betwixt local poets. Individual’s sign up like open mic and have a maximum of three minutes to whisper, scream, sing, shout, and confess whatever it is they see fit. Random judges from the audience score the poets and the top people move on to the next round.

FREE

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

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 9:30pm

No Quarter

No Quarter is a Led Zeppelin tribute band which authentically recreates the sound and stage show of the original.

$7 cover

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

Thursday, Sep. 18 • 10pm-1:30am

Ulimate Frisbee Orchestra

Ultimate Frisbee Orchestra, once a rotating line-up of Eau Claire's jam heroes, is now a fully funktional, high-energy rock-grass septet that is hell bent on making every person in the room groove until they can't groove anymore. Lead by mandolinist Caleb Horne, UFO is sure to take you out of this world.

Free • 21+

The Waterfront Bar & Grill (715) 235-6541

Event Ends: Tuesday, Sep. 30
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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
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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
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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
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Watercolors

Art by Jo Burke and Terry Meyer.

FREE

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

Event Ends: Monday, Sep. 29
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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
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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
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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 •

Words Visual Art

Event Ends: Thursday, Jan. 8
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Private Soldiers: A Year in Iraq with a Wisconsin National Guard Unit

This exhibit honors Wisconsin's participants in the Iraq War and helps viewers understand the conflict's human side. "Private Soldiers" is an exhibit version of a Wisconsin Historical Society Press book of the same name. The exhibit showcases photographs and text provided by three members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 2-127th Infantry Battalion. This compelling firsthand documentation chronicles the battalion's yearlong deployment from the unique perspective of the soldiers themselves. Through the candid prose of Capt. Benjamin Buchholz and the vivid camera work of Lt. Nathan Olson and Staff Sgt. Joseph Streeter, "Private Soldiers" captures the experiences of these citizen soldiers from training and deployment to their unique mission to their return to homes, jobs, and families. Their mission took them into the most dangerous regions of Iraq, where they withstood hundreds of attacks, saw dozens wounded, and lost three members killed in action.

$4 adults

Chippewa Valley Museum • Eau Claire • 834-7871 • www.cvmuseum.com

Event Ends: Saturday, Nov. 1
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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 •