Kids

Monday, Nov. 17 • 9:30-11am

Multi-age Playgroup, Menomonie

A chance for kids and parents to socialize.

FREE

Family Resource Center of Dunn County • Menomonie • 715-235-2412

 Education

Monday, Nov. 17 • 9:30-11:30am

Photo Story

Make a story of your digital photos, enhanced with music the easy to use software will enable you to create a 'show' using your own photos.

$15 members, $22.50 nonmembers • 55+

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

 Education

Monday, Nov. 17 • 10am-1pm

Beginning Quilting

We will cover a number of basic quilting techniques including rotary cutting, 1/4" seam allowance, and the ins and outs of constructing accurate blocks. The class is also held from 6:00- 9:00pm.

$30 plus required books and supplies

The Calico Shoppe • Eau Claire • 834-9990 •

 Kids

Monday, Nov. 17 • 10-11am

La Leche League of Eau Claire

All breastfeeding mothers and mothers-to-be interested in breastfeeding are welcome to come to meetings or call for breastfeeding help or information. Babies are always welcome.

Hope United Methodist Church • Eau Claire • 514-1026, 833-2484, or 833-0263

 Kids

Monday, Nov. 17 • 10:30-11:15am

Movin' & Groovin'

Each Movin'& Groovin' class is filled with discovery and adventure. You will witness your child's development in language, listening, self-esteem, and musical awareness.

Free

River Source Family Center • Chippewa Falls • (715) 720-1841

 Kids

Monday, Nov. 17 • 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

 Nightlife  Recreation

Monday, Nov. 17 • 11am-11:59pm

Packer Ticket Giveaway

Head over to T.G.I.Fridays all month and get a punch card--drink five Miller lights and win a free Packers glass, plus a chance to win Packer Tickets, which will be given away Nov.17.

varies

T.G.I. FRiDAYS • Eau Claire • 830-1424 •

 Kids

Monday, Nov. 17 • 11:30am-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

 Education

Monday, Nov. 17 • noon-4:30pm

Career Information Session

The EOC provides the following services free of charge: Individualized counseling (career assessment and selection), investigation of training opportunities, and assistance with admissions, financial aid, and registration procedures. Call for an appointment.

FREE

Eau Claire Job Center, 221 W. Madison St. 836-2024

 Education

Monday, Nov. 17 • 12:30pm

Identify Theft

Learn how to safeguard your good name, especially during the holidays. Presenter: Art Nelson, ECPD.

FREE • 55+

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

 Education

Monday, Nov. 17 • 1:30pm

Make Sandbakkels for the LEPSC Cookie Walk

Learn how to make Sandbakkels to enjoy for holiday treats. Class size is limited. Sign up one week in advance.

FREE • 55+

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

 Kids

Monday, Nov. 17 • 1:30-3pm

Toddler Playgroup, Menomonie

A chance for kids and parents to socialize.

FREE

Family Resource Center of Dunn County • Menomonie • 715-235-2412

 Uncategorized

Monday, Nov. 17 • 3:30-5:30pm

American Education Week: Open House

ECASD employees are invited to an open house with free appetizers.

Free • 21+

Milwaukee Burger Company • Eau Claire • 852-5239

 Education

Monday, Nov. 17 • 4-5pm

Advanced Ebay Selling

If you have experience selling on Ebay or have attended “Ebay: Selling Safely” at our Center and want to continue learning or practicing, this class is designed to help you. North High School teacher Rick Walters instructs.

$20 members, $30 nonmembers

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

 Stage  Kids

Monday, Nov. 17 • 4pm

Little Mermaid Auditions

Missoula Children’s Theatre “The Little Mermaid” needs 50 local children for a new version of the age-old tale with lots of music, plot surprises, and humor.

River Heights Elementary, Menomonie

 Nightlife

Monday, Nov. 17 • 4pm-2am

Music Industry Night

Calling all musicians! You gig hard all weekend, let Monday be your day. Support the industry and meet other local musicians!

Free

Stones Throw • Eau Claire • 552-5882 •

 Education  Kids

Monday, Nov. 17 • 5-7pm

Fall Dance Classes

Held in the Volunteer Room at the Heyde Center for the Arts, classes will culminate in a student performance from the Nutcracker Suite and a party. Dance experience builds coordination, listening skills, musicality, special awareness and creativity, with the goal of instilling a joy of dance in the heart of each student. Call or email deborahlang@hotmail.com for tuition, registration or questions.

The Heyde Center for the Arts • Chippewa Falls • 723-8889

 Music

Monday, Nov. 17 • 5pm

Student Recital: Wind Chamber Ensemble I

A joint performance.

FREE

Phillips Recital Hall, Haas Fine Arts Center • Eau Claire

 Education

Monday, Nov. 17 • 5:30-9:30pm

Christmas Basket Workshop

Participants will have their choice of a variety of small and medium size holiday baskets. All baskets will be made up as kits. This is the perfect opportunity to complete those Christmas gifts. Kit material costs range from $5.00 to $18.00.Participants choose which kit(s) they want to make that evening. Registration is Required. Deadline is: 11-10-2008

$16 general , $12 members

Wise Nature Center, S1 County Road K, Fall Creek (715) 877-2212

 Stage

Monday, Nov. 17 • 7pm

Auditions: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild is looking for men and women and a few children to be in Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Grand Little Theatre • Eau Claire • 832-7529

 Nightlife

Monday, Nov. 17 • 7pm-2am

Beer Pong & Ping Pong

Everyone's favorite beer guzzling game.

Fox Run Tavern • Eau Claire • 835-6489

 Food & Drink

Monday, Nov. 17 • 7-11pm

FRiDAY'S Packer Ticket Giveaway

Miller will be providing a Nintendo Wii for people to play during the MNF game as well as other sweet prizes. Enjoy FRiDAY'S great beer & drink specials the entire night (and $1 BRATS!). The drawing will be held after the game. Registration is required by Nov. 17.

Free

FRiDAY'S, 4800 Golf Road, Eau Claire (715) 830-1424

 Education

Monday, Nov. 17 • 7-9pm

Healthy Living with Hypnosis: Weight Management

Take a step toward healthy living. Use your own powerful subconscious mind to allow you to immediately change your lifestyle. During the hypnosis, you are always awake and in complete control. It's relaxing, safe, and fun. Through Eau Claire Parks and Recreation. Registration required.

$15 EC residents, $25 non-residents

Hypnosis Center of Eau Claire 839-5032

 Music  Recreation

Monday, Nov. 17 • 7-8pm

Scandinavian Couple Dancing

Instruction on the waltz, polka, schottische, and others. No partner or experience required. Please wear low-healed shoes for dancing.

FREE

Great Hall of Christ Church Cathedral, 510 S. Farwell St., Eau Claire 833-0462

 Music

Monday, Nov. 17 • 7:30pm

Opera Workshop Ensemble

Free and live musical performance.

Gantner Concert Hall, Haas Fine Arts Center • Eau Claire • FREE • www.uwec.edu

 Music

Monday, Nov. 17 • 8pm

Cloud Cult + The Greycoats

Cloud Cult is one of the pioneering “Green bands” of the modern indie-rock world, Cloud Cult has backed up their open-hearted songs with green action for over a decade. All Cloud Cult products are 100% post-consumer recycled, and all tours are greened with energy offsets through NativeEnergy.com. In addition, the band has planted nearly a thousand trees to absorb pollutants from travel and manufacturing. Since 1995, Cloud Cult has won the attention of the New York Times, MTV, Spin, Billboard.

$8, $3 students

The Great Hall, Memorial Student Center, UW-Stout, UW-Stout Campus, Menomonie, WI (715) 232-2432

 Nightlife

Monday, Nov. 17 • 9pm-2am

Karaoke

Sing and dance and drink and be merry.

FREE

Tomahawk Room, Chippewa Falls 726-9433

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Sunday, Jan. 4
Check with venue for hours.

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 •

 Words

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

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Wednesday, Dec. 31
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Mixed Media by Amy Krause

No description available.

FREE

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

 Kids

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 •

 Visual Art

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 •

 Visual Art

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

 Visual Art  Uncategorized

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

 Visual Art

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 •

 Visual Art

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 •

 Visual Art

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

 Kids

Event Ends: Monday, Sep. 7
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Kids Music n’ Motion

Music ’n Motion classes have moved to the Heyde Center! For parents and children birth to 5 years old, the classes are based on the recognition that all children have musical tendencies, can learn to sing, keep a beat, and participate in the music of our culture when their early environment supports such learning. Instructor: Natasha Greene. Classes are held every Monday excluding holidays and snow days (when the Chippewa school district is closed).

$2

The Heyde Center for the Arts • Chippewa Falls • 613-2209

 Stage

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 •

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Monday, Nov. 24
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The End of A Beginning - Senior Show of Deb D'Souza, Tim Howe, Karen Barthels, and Ashley Sudden

The Senior Show of Debra D'Souza, Timothy Howe, Karen Barthels, and Ashely Suddendorf. The culmination of our BFA degree, come and see our show of fine art paintings, drawings, and prints based on nature and memory.

FREE

Gallery 209, Applied Arts Building, UW- Stout, 415 13th Avenue East, Menomonie (715) 232-2261

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Sunday, Nov. 30
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Flesh & Bonsai Paintings by Kaz Kuroki

Talented local painter Kaz Kuroki will be displaying some of his more impressive pieces through the month of November. A reception will be held for Mr. Kuroki on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 30th, 7-9pm. If needed, check venue for hours.

Free

Infinitea Teahouse, 112 East Grand Ave., Eau Claire (715) 514-1975