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Monday, Dec. 1

Toys for Tots: You GIVE, You GET

Active Health Chiropractic and Nutrition is offering a great special to help others, as well as yourself. Give a new, unwrapped toy to donate to the Salvation Army and get a free chiropractic exam for new patients. Existing patients will get a free adjustment on Dec. 5. Please call us if you want to help the children of the Chippewa Valley.

FREE

Active Health Chiropractic and Nutrition, 3119 Golf Road, Eau Claire 834-6333

 Kids

Monday, Dec. 1 • 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, Dec. 1 • 10am-noon

Meeting of the Metaphysical Minds

Join psychic and healer Judy Meinen and her cohorts as they discuss phenomena from all the realms. Fresh perspectives and deep thoughts are always welcome. Meetings are the first Monday of every month.

Free

Borders • Eau Claire • 832-7250 •

 Kids

Monday, Dec. 1 • 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, Dec. 1 • 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

 Kids

Monday, Dec. 1 • 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, Dec. 1 • 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, Dec. 1 • noon-1pm

Managing Conflict

Managing Conflict Program will help everyone understand conflict in healthier ways and will give new insights in recognizing universal conflict management functions all people have at their disposal. Presented by Tom Fuchs, M.Ed, coordinator of the L.E. Phillips Libertas Treatment Center. Please register one week in advance.

FREE

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

 Kids

Monday, Dec. 1 • 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

 Education

Monday, Dec. 1 • 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

 Nightlife

Monday, Dec. 1 • 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, Dec. 1 • 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

 Education

Monday, Dec. 1 • 6-7:30pm

Special Parenting Series - Early Language Development

Come and learn how to support a language rich home environment. Please call the Family Resource Center to register at 833-1735. Free child care will be available upon request when registering. Register by Nov. 30.

FREE

Family Resource Center, 2105 Heights Drive, Eau Claire (715) 833-1735

 Education

Monday, Dec. 1 • 6-7pm

Tea Tasting: What is Loose Leaf Tea?

This tasting will provide an introduction on tea preparation and tea education with an assortment of samples. Space is limited; register by Dec. 1.

$10

Infinitea Teahouse • Eau Claire • 514-1975 •

 Education

Monday, Dec. 1 • 6-8pm

World AIDS Day 2008

The service will be an offering of remembrance and celebration. The LGBT Community Center of the Chippewa Valley will provide the snacks and desserts for the Reception immediately following the service. The LGBT Community Center will also be open for tours.

FREE

Christ Church Catthedral, 510 South Farwell Street, Eau Claire (715) 836-7710 Ext 100

 Education

Monday, Dec. 1 • 6:30-8pm

Supporting Families Through Adoption Suport Group

This support group is for families going throught the adoption process or have adopted. Onsite childcare is provided. Bring your favorite dish to pass.

FREE

St Olaf Church, 3220 Monroe St, Eau Claire (715) 833-9859

 Nightlife

Monday, Dec. 1 • 7pm-2am

Beer Pong & Ping Pong

Everyone's favorite beer guzzling game.

Fox Run Tavern • Eau Claire • 835-6489

 Education

Monday, Dec. 1 • 7-9pm

Childbirth Monday Night Series

This four-week series is designed to prepare first-time parents for labor and delivery as well as bringing your new baby home. Class runs until Mon. Dec. 22.

FREE

Rotunda 717-1600 • www.sacredhearthospital-ec.org

 Music  Stage

Monday, Dec. 1 • 7-8:30pm

Irish Dance Recital

The public is invited to attend an Irish Dance Performance with the Irish soft-shoe dance performance. 32 students, ages three to adult will perform various solo and group dances. All those interested are welcome. Admission by donation.

FREE

South Middle School, 2115 Mitscher Ave., Eau Claire (715) 563-6057

 Music  Recreation

Monday, Dec. 1 • 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

 Uncategorized

Monday, Dec. 1 • 7pm

Sustainable Eau Claire Meeting

Meet to plan programs and projects for upcoming year, and informational update on Eau Claire's progress towards area sustainability.

Free

Unitarian Universalist Congregation • Eau Claire • 835-1733 • www.uucec.org

 Music

Monday, Dec. 1 • 7:30pm

University Band

Conducted by Randal Dickerson.

FREE

Gantner Concert Hall, Haas Fine Arts Center • Eau Claire • 836-2284 • www.uwec.edu

 Nightlife

Monday, Dec. 1 • 9pm-2am

Karaoke

Sing and dance and drink and be merry.

FREE

Tomahawk Room, Chippewa Falls 726-9433

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Monday, Dec. 22
Check with venue for hours.

High School Art Competition Show

Infinitea Teahouse will be hosting a high school visual art competition in December. This is a great opportunity for local students to share their art with the community, and for community members to discover the young talent we have right here in the Chippewa Valley. Call venue for hours.

Free

Infinitea Teahouse, 112 East Grand, Eau Claire 514-1975

 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 •

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Friday, Dec. 5
Check with venue for hours.

Safe for Most Surfaces

The work of three graduating UW-Stout students will be displaying work from the concentrations of painting and sculpture. Artists include Jena Weiler, Meg Thomas, and Shawn Schemenauer. If needed, check venue for hours.

FREE

Gallery 209-UW-Stout, 415 13th Ave., Menomonie (715) 828-8969

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Wednesday, Dec. 31
Check with venue for hours.

Threatened Motion by Krista Carlson

A collection of paintings inspired by futurism, examining animals through time.

Free

The Goat Coffeehouse • Eau Claire • 831-4491

 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

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Thursday, Jan. 1
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Susanne Schroeder: Fine Art Flower & Nature Photography

Owner of Bruce, Wisconsin's Clear Creek Nursery, photographer Susanne Schroeder's works display moments of natural beauty in flowers, bugs, cats, dogs, and landscapes.

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

 Kids

Event Ends: Wednesday, Dec. 31
Check with venue for hours.

Christmas at the Mansion

This mansion has been in Menomonie's history since 1859 when it was built by Cap'n William Wilson. During the holiday season, the mansion is open to group tours of 10 or more. Call to reserve a group tour. Times are flexible.

$5, $4.50 seniors/students

Wilson Place Mansion, 101 Wilson Circle , Menomonie, WI (715) 235-2283

 Kids  Food & Drink  Recreation

Event Ends: Tuesday, Dec. 23
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Create a Country Christmas Memory

Take a wagon ride out to the trees and choose & cut your own! Free hot chocolate and popcorn. Gift Store is also open. Nov. 22-23 Christmas Open House: gourmet food tasting and in-store specials on florals. Nov. 28-30 and Dec. 6-7 See the "Living Nativity" and Mr. and Mrs. Claus 11-3pm; Dec.13 see Santa Claus.

Free

Pleasant Valley Tree Farms, RR 1, Elk Mound, WI (715) 879-5179

 Kids

Event Ends: Monday, Sep. 7
Check with venue for hours.

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  Uncategorized

Event Ends: Thursday, Dec. 4
Check with venue for hours.

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: Friday, Dec. 5
Check with venue for hours.

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
Check with venue for hours.

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
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 •