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Friday, Nov. 14
Two-Year Anniversary Party
Join us for our 2 year anniversary party! $2 taps, bloodys, and cocktails. Games, prizes and give-aways! Call for hours.
Free • 21+
Whiskey Dicks Bar & Grill, 943 Harlem , Altoona 829-3425
Friday, Nov. 14 • 9am-5pm
Artist Co-Op Art Sales
The Valley Art Association will hold sales at the former Fiedler's Jewelry Store. Art items for the holidays or anytime.
Grand and Bridge Streets, Chippewa Falls (715) 723-4970
Friday, Nov. 14 • 9am-noon
Career Information Session
The EOC program encourages and assists eligible community adults seeking or pursuing, a college degree for the first time, and those seeking to complete an interrupted undergraduate program. The EOC provides the following services free of charge: Individualized counseling, including career assessment and selection; investigation of training opportunities; and assistance with admissions, financial aid, and registration procedures. The counselor will use labor market information to show where job growth will be, and will explore a variety of training options such as certificate programs and one-, two-, and four-year degrees. Call for an appointment.
FREE
Dunn County Job Center, 401 Technology Dr. E, Menomonie 836-2024
Friday, Nov. 14 • 9am-1:45pm
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
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10am-4pm
Friends of the Library Book Sale
New books are added throughout each sale day. Books are discounted on the last day of the sale.
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library • Eau Claire • 839-1648 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10am-5pm
Gone Boating
Art Activity of the Week: Build a paper pirate ship in the Art Studio! YYAAARRRR!!!!
$5 /adults/seniors/kids/students
Children's Museum, 220 S. Barstow, Eau Claire (715) 832-5437
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10:30-11am
Playgroup @ The Library
Join area infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers for various educational toys and library resources. No registration required.
FREE
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library • Eau Claire • 839-1648 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10:30-10:50am
That's Adorable: Storytime
We have storytime daily Monday-Saturday. Come and share our love for reading! If you would like to, please bring a food donation for the Grace Lutheran Food Pantry during the month of November.
FREE
That's Adorable! 29 N Barstow, Eau Claire 456-6180
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10:45-11am
Groovin’ Friday
Join other kids for music and movement.
$5 ages 1+, members free
Children`s Museum of Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 832-5437 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 11am-8pm
Holiday Market & Boutique
A unique fun-filled two-day sale event featuring antiques, art, jewelry, crafts, accessories, chocolates, vintage dolls, henna tattoos, chair massages, door prizes and more. Chocolate specials on Friday and wine tasting from 1-3pm on Saturday. Non-alcoholic choices will also be available.
Free
Wise Ideas Business Center, 914 Porter Avenue, Eau Claire 831-1633
Friday, Nov. 14 • noon
Partnering with Your Doctor
Discuss ways to get prepared for doctor’s visits, to improve communicating with your doctor, etc. Sign up one week in advance. Presenter: Karren Gunderlach, Outreach Specialist Alzheimer’s Association.
FREE • 55+
L.E. Phillips Senior Center • Eau Claire • 839-4909 • www.lephillipsseniorcenter.com
Friday, Nov. 14 • 12:01-4pm
Clothing Drive/ SWAP-O-RAMA: Finding Alternatives to Consumerism
Bring items, trade and/or take items for free. Clothes, accessories, shoes, books etc. are all accepted donations. WAGE will also collect for SANE exams in the Sacred Heart Hospital, so any donations of comfortable clothes are welcomed.
Free
Davies Cabin & Towers Residence Hall, 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire (715) 836-2693
Friday, Nov. 14 • 12:30pm
Ashley Albrecht Online Auction & Benefit
A silent auction with online bidding organized for Ashley Albrecht, a 20-year-old accident victim from Eau Claire. Over 100 items available for bidding!
Free
Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center • Eau Claire • 797-2839 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 5-9pm
Family Night
Families may come to play their favorite sport, enjoy a movie and popcorn, or just hang out.
family of two $7, of three $10, of four $12, of five+ $15
Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center • Eau Claire • 552-1200 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 5:30pm
Making a Computer Secure for Internet Use
Class will cover anti-virus and spy ware installation and use, Window XP Update installation and using Service Pack 2 and Internet Explore 7.0, tweaking the control panel, and Internet Explore 7.0 security adjustments. This class is most applicable for Windows XP and Vista.
$10 members, $15 nonmembers • 55+
L.E. Phillips Senior Center • Eau Claire • 839-4909 • www.lephillipsseniorcenter.com
Friday, Nov. 14 • 6-7:30pm
Game Night
Games are a great way to engage the whole family. Children and adults alike will be able to try new, fun games. "It's your turn" to join us.
Free
River Source Family Center • Chippewa Falls • (715) 720-1841
Friday, Nov. 14 • 6:30-9pm
Brian Bethke
Brian Bethke is an all acoustic act with a soulful, haunting voice, who plays originals and puts his own twist on covers.
FREE
Crossroads Bar and Grill • Osseo • 597-1860
Friday, Nov. 14 • 6:30-9:30pm
Live Jazz
A local jazz trio with occasional guest musicians.
FREE
Shanghai Bistro • Eau Claire • 835-3348
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7pm
All City String Festival
The Eau Claire School District’s String Orchestra students will be performing in their annual All City String Concert. It concert will culminate in about 200 sixth through 12th grade string players and orchestra wind players from both North and Memorial High Schools performing themes from the last movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. This annual event will also feature a pie sale.
FREE
North High School Gym, 1801 Piedmont Rd., Eau Claire (715) 852-6364
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7-10pm
Drop-In Night
Fridays are an evening of unstructured fun. The Center has board games, current magazine subscriptions, the several thousand books in the John A. Klinger Memorial Lending Library, and other LGBT people and their allies who stop by any given Friday evening.
FREE
Chippewa Valley LGBT Community Center • Eau Claire • 552-5428 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7pm-2am
Live DJ
Live DJ every Thursday, Friday, Saturday night.
Free • 21+
Whiskey Dick’s • Altoona • 829-3425
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7-11:59pm
Meat Raffle
$1 paddle, table full of goodies to win.
$1 per paddle
Dam Shot Saloon • Jim Falls • 382-5158
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7-9pm
Sarah Jade
Sarah Jade will serenade the teahouse for an intimate night of warm, acoustic music.
Free
InfiniTea Teahouse • Eau Claire • 514-1975
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7-10pm
Sarah Pray
Twin cities musician, Sarah Pray's folksy-bluesy sound is inspired by Fiona Apple, Jewel, and Portishead. Pray bears her soul in her totally honest performances.
FREE
Acoustic Cafe, Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 832-9090 • www.theacoustic.com
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7-9pm
Songs and Scenes
Kathy Statz and Elaine Mann close our 2008 Entertainment Package with a vocal and piano concert of American songs and arias from musical theater and opera. They will be joined on stage by fellow musicians for some vocal duets/trios.
$7 adults, $6 seniors, $3 students, $7 family of four
The Heyde Center for the Arts • Chippewa Falls • 726-9000
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7pm
The Hopefuls
The Hopefuls' mission statement is succinct: "Fun music for happy times." The group's sunny, feel-good rock can be heard on its full-length debut CD "The Fuses Refuse to Burn," and has been featured on the Fox-TV teen drama "The O.C." and on VH1's "Best Week Ever." Acoustic music from local band, Chester Bay will open the show.
$5, $3 with UWEC ID
Council Fire Room, Davies Center • Eau Claire • 836-3727
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7:30pm
Anna Johnson
Live solo performance.
FREE
Acoustic Cafe, Menomonie • Menomonie • 235-1115
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7:30pm
Brighton Beach Memoirs
University Theatre at UW-Stout presents Brighton Beach Memoirs, a touching portrait of a struggling New York family in 1937; written by Neil Simon and directed by Paul Calenberg.
$10.50
University Theatre at UW-Stout, 721 3rd St. E, Menomonie (715) 232-1431
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7:30pm
Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild: Tuesdays with Morrie
A career-obsessed sportswriter reconnects with his dying, former Sociology professor. A powerful, deeply emotional story with doses of humor and insight based on Mitch Albom's autobiographical novel.
$18 adults, $17 seniors, $8 youth/students
Grand Little Theatre • Eau Claire • (715) 832-7529
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7:30pm
Lunacy
By Patricia Weaver-Francisco and irected by Jennifer Chapman, is the fictional exploration of what became of the denied female astronauts. Lunacy dramatically explores the consequences of thwarted ambition. It is a tribute to some forgotten women of history and a fascinating look at the meaning of independence and achievement for women.
$10 public adults, $8 seniors, $6 under 18, $2.50 UWEC student, $8 UWEC faculty
Riverside Theater, Haas Fine Arts Center, 121 Water St, Eau Claire
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7:30pm
Menomonie Theater Guild: "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Joseph Kesselring’s classic comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace, first produced by the MTG as part of our 1964-65 season, introduces the sweet, elderly Brewster sisters and their three nephews. Witty dialogue, madcap action, and unforgettable characters combine to create a show the whole family will love!
$15 adults, $14 seniors/students
Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater • Menomonie • (715) 235-0001 Ext 100 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 7:30pm
The Singing Statesmen
Gary Schwartzhoff conducts the legendary male choir.
Public $4, Seniors $4, Youth $4, Students $1.50
Gantner Concert Hall, Haas Fine Arts Center • Eau Claire • 836-2284 • www.uwec.edu
Friday, Nov. 14 • 8pm-2am
Karaoke
Sing your heart out and enjoy the live DJ.
FREE
Butch and Jackie's Bateman Tavern • Chippewa Falls • 723-9898
Friday, Nov. 14 • 8pm
Kyle & Savanna + Represent + Savannah Smith + Brittany Williams
Live music. Doors open at 7:45pm.
$4
The Living Room Coffee House • Eau Claire • 831-0245
Friday, Nov. 14 • 8-11pm
Roadhouse Dance Party
2 for 1 drink specials from 8-11pm, and DJ Foiles will play any request.
FREE
Dewey's Roadhouse, Chippewa Falls 720-6023
Friday, Nov. 14 • 9pm-2am
Karaoke
Sing, dance, drink and be merry.
FREE
Tomahawk Room, Chippewa Falls 726-9433
Friday, Nov. 14 • 9pm
Karaoke Night
Featuring live DJ Rockin Robin.
FREE
Wander Inn • Chippewa Falls • 874-5590
Friday, Nov. 14 • 9pm-2am
Nitro Entertainment
The best in the DJ and Karaoke business, with over 25,000 songs!
FREE
Construction Zone Bar and Grill, Durand 672-9663
Friday, Nov. 14 • 9pm-1am
Triple Shot
Two experienced rockers and a talented young drummer combine to produce a good mix of classic rock and blues.
Free • 21+
My Place, 408 Galloway Street, Eau Claire (715) 835-5483
Friday, Nov. 14 • 9:30pm
Changing Subjects
Rock band and no cover!
FREE
Tailgates Sports Bar & Grill • Eau Claire • 552-1733
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10pm
Club Mercury Dance Party
Featuring DJ No-ja Boy.
FREE
Higherground • Eau Claire • 836-6030
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10pm
Luna Mortis + Mors Mortis Machinatio + Wolven Ancestry
Live bands.
$5
Eau Claire House of Rock • Eau Claire • 838-0158 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10pm
Roster McCabe + Wally Dogger
Roster McCabe lusts to create and play music, pushing personal limits to walk the line between chaos and harmony. Chicago-based Wally Dogger's fourth release, "We've Turned into Monsters" is a testament to tongue-in-cheek anthems, 9 to 5 salutes, and 401ks.
$4 • 21+
Stones Throw • Eau Claire • 552-5882 •
Friday, Nov. 14 • 10pm
Snifter
Local band Snifter will take the stage and provide some basement music that’s been re-created for above-ground enjoyment.
FREE
The Mousetrap • Eau Claire • 832-8418
Friday, Nov. 14 • 11-11pm
Jazz in the Valley Call for Artists
Artists are encouraged to submit jazz-themed hanging and 3D artwork for display as part of Jazz in the Valley: a community-wide jazz celebration that will culminate in UW-Eau Claire's 42nd annual Jazz Festival, April 2-5, 2009. Artists interested should e-mail jazzinthevalley@gmail.com for a registration form. Registration is required by Nov. 15.
$15 adults, $5 students
Chippewa Valley, County wide, Eau Claire (715) 838-0507
Ongoing Events
Event Ends: Sunday, Jan. 4
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Hope and Change in Uncertain Times
The Creamery's Brickhouse Art Gallery Exhibits four local artists. Featured work includes Helen Heinz Peterson painted furniture, Miriam Houg’s monotypes, Brianna Capra’s paintings, and Clay Vajgrt’s digital prints.
FREE
The Creamery Restaurant & Inn • Downsville • (715) 664-8354 •
Event Ends: Thursday, Dec. 18
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Censorship in Schools and Libraries
Through narratives and illustrations, this exhibit chronicles incidents of censorship dating back to the 19th century, as well as frequently challenged books and creative works. Information on US Supreme Court and lower court decisions is an integral part of the exhibit, including the Children's Internet Protection Act.
FREE
McIntyre Library • Eau Claire • 836-3856
Event Ends: Friday, Nov. 14
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Photography by Cory John Ploessl
Cory John Ploessl will exhibit work on Costa Rica and Nicaragua. He is selling prints to help the children of Nicaragua. One hundred percent of the profit goes to these children's schooling.
FREE
Acoustic Cafe, Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 832-9090 • www.theacoustic.com
Event Ends: Monday, Sep. 7
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Family Fun Zone
A program offered for accompanied children ages 6mo to 6yr. Enjoy open play on a large turf field filled with numerous toys, games, sports equipment, inflatables, and dress up clothes. Organized activities are also offered at different times each morning.
kids $2.50, adults FREE
Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center • Eau Claire • 552-1200 •
Event Ends: Friday, Nov. 28
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In Support of the Arts: A Janet Carson Retrospective
Join us in a very special gallery event as we host a retrospective of work from 1947 to the present of noted artist and educator, Janet Carson. Every piece will be for sale with all proceeds being donated back to the Art Gallery. From Carson's artist statement: "From an early age I knew my destiny was to be a writer or an artist. With the middle name of WELLINGTON how could I do other? My drawing as a child was unremarkable. I designed dresses for my paper dolls and copied pictures from a dog book. I did not win the poster contest! However, the older I became the more I felt that making art was my main source of comfort and joy. As an art teacher I witnessed children discovering a reassuring sense of self through making art as well. As an aging adult looking back on those years of making and teaching art, I have experienced elation in sharing it, and I do so now in hopes that the work still in my possession will generate funds for a front door entrance to this gallery."
FREE
Eau Claire Regional Arts Center • Eau Claire • 832-2787 •
Event Ends: Saturday, Nov. 22
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Sense of Place: Landscape Paintings
Four women artist working in oil & pastel evoke a 'Sense of Place' with landscapes painting on location. Artists include Holly Swift, Barbara McIlrath, Dodie Logue and Jean Accola. Artist Reception: Friday October 17th, 5-8pm
Free
Accola Gallery, 502 2nd Ave. E, Durand (715) 672-8188
Event Ends: Thursday, Dec. 4
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Changing the Way We Think: New Media Art
The millennium has witnessed the growing vitality of new media art, mediated via digital means, often with the internet as its platform. Originating from an increasingly technologically dependent society, it not only challenges traditional creative media and ways of thinking, but also posits new questions concerning all realms of contemporary life.
Free
Foster Gallery, Haas Fine Arts Center, UW-Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 836-2328 • www.uwec.edu
Event Ends: Monday, Nov. 24
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Eau Claire Area Art League Exhibit
The Eau Claire Art League, founded in 1944 by a group of nine local artists, is an organization that works together in the spirit of creativity to foster and promote art in the area by encouraging new artists and accepting them into its membership. The group sponsors various art shows to help members display their work in the area. This exhibit features over 30 new pieces in a variety of media created by 15 local artists.
FREE
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library • Eau Claire • 839-1648 •
Event Ends: Friday, Nov. 28
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Exhibit: Common Thread Quilters
When Bob and Deb Aaron’s house burned down in the Dunn County town of Otter Creek in 1984, one thing that grew out of the ashes was a women’s quilt group, Common Thread Quilters. The fire quilt they made as their first project for the Aarons was followed by baby quilts, wedding quilts, graduation quilts, and now includes grandchildren quilts. The membership has changed a little over the years, but the majority are founding members with many still living in western Wisconsin, and a few “social members” scattered from Duluth to Madison to New Mexico. The ladies still gather for monthly working sessions in each others' homes, as well as summer quilt retreats at a cabin near Tomahawk on Crystal Lake.
$1 suggested donation
Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater • Menomonie • 235-0001 •
Event Ends: Friday, Dec. 5
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Prints from Oaxaca + Poster Offensive 4
"Prints from Oaxaca” features artists from la Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca in Mexico. Most of the exhibition's prints were printed from reliefs that the artists carved into sheets of plywood. Other artwork processes include lithography, intaglio, silk screen and monotypes. “Poster Offensive 4” features non-partisan posters by 40 artists. The themes of the posters are peace and democracy.
FREE
Furlong Gallery • Menomonie • 232-2261 • furlonggallery.uwstout.edu
Event Ends: Saturday, Nov. 29
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Native American Art Showing
Menomonie Artist Susan Rhead has been involved with the Native American Culture for many years. It is her special joy to express this love through the medium of watercolor. Susan has many beautiful paintings for your enjoyment.
Free
School of the Arts, 107 Wilson Court, Menomonie (715) 639-2403
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: Sunday, Jan. 25
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A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol
Cantankerous bar owner Gunner Johnson has an argument with his wife Clara, tells her he’s skipping Christmas, and storms out. Gunner then has a dream in which he is visited by folk legend, Sven Yorgenson, who takes him on a journey similar to that of A Christmas Carol. Features 17 original songs including “The Christmas Cheese Polka” and “I Love You More Than Football”.
Prices Vary
Fanny Hill Dinner Theatre • Eau Claire • 836-8184 •
Event Ends: Sunday, Jan. 25
Check with venue for hours.
A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol
Cantankerous bar owner Gunner Johnson has an argument with his wife Clara, tells her he’s skipping Christmas, and storms out. Gunner then has a dream in which he is visited by folk legend, Sven Yorgenson, who takes him on a journey similar to that of A Christmas Carol. Features 17 original songs including “The Christmas Cheese Polka” and “I Love You More Than Football”.
Prices Vary
Fanny Hill Dinner Theatre • Eau Claire • 836-8184 •