Education

Friday, Feb. 19 • 8:45-9:45am

Body & Soul Fitness

Body & Soul Fitness is an NPO that enables women to exercise and care for their bodies to Christian music with solid lyrics. This international organization is coming to the Chippewa Valley this winter bringing kick butt cardio and strength training workouts! Body & Soul Fitness is three days a week (MWF) for just one hour a day.

Free

Sovereign Grace Church, 2 Bay Street, Chippewa Falls 226-0961

 Kids

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9-11:30am

Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center: 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 $3, adults FREE

Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center • Eau Claire • 552-1200 •

 Education

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9am-6pm

Globe University Wellness Fair

Six students in Globe’s massage therapy program aims to educate the public on complementary health care options plus chair massages available with cash donation. A combination of 20 informational booths and 13 presentations will cover a variety of topics, including water therapy, pain management through aromatherapy, ayurvedic medicine, fibromyalgia, depression and chronic fatigue, digestive health, hypnotherapy, claiming your personal power, and child wellness. Proceeds benefit the Chippewa Valley Free Clinic.

Globe University - Eau Claire Campus • Eau Claire • 855-6600 •

 Kids

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9:30-11am

Mommy and Me: Indoor Play

Bring your pre-school age child and enjoy playing together at the Indoor Sports Center. A light meal/snack will be provided. Please call FRC to register.

Free

Indoor Sports Center, 3456 Craig Rd, Eau Claire 833-1735

 Education

Friday, Feb. 19 • 10:30am-4pm

Art Share

Fridays, meet and work with Art Share members using watercolor, colored pencils, colored chalk/charcoal, and acrylic paints. Wednesday, meet the quilters, knitters, felters, etc.

$20 annual membership

School of the Arts • Menomonie • (715) 233-0264

 Kids

Friday, Feb. 19 • 10:30-11:30am

Children's Programs, Winter 2010 Storytime Session - Playgroup

Join area infants, toddlers and preschoolers at our weekly Playgroup, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Our Playgroup provides caregivers and children with a variety of educational toys and library resources. No registration required. Winter Playgroup sessions begin January 15 and run through April 2, 2010. All sessions will meet in the new Youth Services Program Room.

Free

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, 400 Eau Claire Street, Eau Claire 839-5007

 Education

Friday, Feb. 19 • 10:30am-5pm

Drop-In Rosemaling Group

No registration required. Everyone is welcome!

$2-3 donation/person requested

Ager House • Eau Claire • 835-8718 • www.agerhouse.org

 Food & Drink

Friday, Feb. 19 • 11am-1pm

Winter Carnival 2010: Chili Feed

Co-sponsored by the Environmental Adventure Center.

Veranda, Davies Center, UWEC 836-2970

 Uncategorized

Friday, Feb. 19 • noon

New MacMan Store Grand Opening

Includes a ribbon cutting by the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce.

MacMan, 4677 Keystone Crossing, Eau Claire

 Music  Education

Friday, Feb. 19 • 3-6pm

Open House

Visit the building and meet the teachers.

Eau Claire Music School • Eau Claire • 5140475/8940051 •

 Uncategorized

Friday, Feb. 19 • 4-9pm

Better in Show - Take 7

This all-breed pet exposition features various competing categories for dogs, cats and other furry animals and a silent auction with a wide variety of items. Chapel of Love, Rescued Pets Parade, flyball and agility demonstrations, wide array of vendor booths to browse, concessions, 50/50 cash raffle and door prizes through out the evening. All proceeds go to ECCHA.

$4, $20 Family

Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center, 3456 Craig Rd., Eau Claire 839-4747 Ext 25

 Education

Friday, Feb. 19 • 4pm

North Atlantic Climate Variability During the Last Millennium

A presentation by Alan Wanamaker. Part of UWEC's Earth Science Seminar Series. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome.

Room 281, Phillips Hall, UWEC

 Kids

Friday, Feb. 19 • 5-9pm

OakLeaf Friday Family Nights

Friday nights September through May, play sports, games, dress up, Legos, building blocks, scooters, inflatables, movies and concessions. Great affordable family entertainment for a Friday night. Visit the website for more info.

Family size: two/$7, three/$10, four/$12, five+$15, 50% off with Oakwood ID

Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center • Eau Claire • 552-1200 •

 Music  Education

Friday, Feb. 19 • 5-10pm

The Revival of Hip Hop

The "Revival of Hip Hop" event will run from 5-10pm Feb. 19 in Schofield Auditorium.

Schofield Auditorium, Schofield Hall • Eau Claire

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 6-11pm

Chicago Dueling Pianos

Back by popular demand, Chicago Dueling Pianos is one of the best dueling pianos team in the country. As seen and heard on the Oprah Winfrey show, Sun Prairie Magazine events and many others, you will hear world class piano, top forty hits, oldies, dance tunes, novelty songs and comedy all in one show.

$35, $30 students, $45 VIP (prices include buffet and rail drink) • 21+

Ramada Convention Center, 205 S Barstow S, Eau Claire 835-6121

 Kids

Friday, Feb. 19 • 6-7pm

Fun with Literacy

Arrive dressed in swashbuckling attire and join the motley crew in the Pirate Treasure Hunt. Registration required, deadline: Feb. 18. Call or email RiverSource@sbcglobal.net.

Free

River Source Family Center, 403 High Street, Chippewa Falls 720-1841 or 888-413-3400

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 6-9pm

Piano Bar

While your eating your favorite Bavarian dinner, enjoy the tickled ivories.

Das Bierhaus • Menomonie • 231-3230 •

 Movies

Friday, Feb. 19 • 6-8pm

Repo! The Genetic Opera

After an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet, a savior emerges in GeneCo, a biotech company that offers transplants that can be financed. However, when people default on their payments, the Repo Men, GeneCo's surgeon assassins, come to take the organs back. This goth horror-musical stars Anthony Stewart Head, Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton and Sarah Brightman.

FREE with BluGold ID or International Film Society membership • Rated R

Davies Theatre, UW-Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 836-3727 • www.uwec.edu

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 7-10pm

Anthony Schofield

Live music/record spinning.

Raw Deal • Menomonie • 231-3255 •

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 7-10pm

Catya's Trio

Featuring the amazing Sue Orfield on tenor saxophone, Randy Sinz on acoustic and electric bass and vocals, and singer/songwriter, Catya, on vocals and guitar, Catya's Trio performs a mix of original and traditional Blues, Swing, Contemporary Acoustic music, and some other familiar and not so familiar stuff.

FREE

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

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 7-10pm

East Hill Bluegrass Band

The East Hill Bluegrass Band holds firm to the traditional roots of bluegrass music while incorporating songs from a variety of styles and era’s. Listeners will hear the influence of many artists, from Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys to the Rolling Stones. With mandolin, banjo, guitar and bass, East Hill creates a “high, lonesome” sound with tight vocal harmonies.

FREE

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

 Education  Recreation

Friday, Feb. 19 • 7:30-9:30pm

Eau Claire International Folk Dancers

A weekly recreational international dance group where you dance the dances of many lands. Come and join us whenver you like. No partners necessary. Wear comfortable clothes and soft-soled, non-marking clean shoes. First Fridays of the month are specialized for beginners.

$1/night

Eau Claire YMCA Fitness and Training Center, 216 Emery St., Eau Claire

 Stage

Friday, Feb. 19 • 7:30pm

Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical

From reading glasses and hair loss to proctology exams, all are lampooned in this funny musical. Everyone will relate to this hilarious, and at times, touching show about the curiosities and inevitability of middle-age. If you bought some Gingko-Biloba, but can’t remember where you put it, you’re ready for MID-LIFE!

$18 adults, $17 seniors, $8 youth/students

Grand Little Theater • Eau Claire • (715) 832-PLAY

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 7:30pm

Quartet for the End of Time

Musician and composer Olivier Messiaen (1908 –1992) was interned in a German prison camp in 1940 where he discovered other musicians among his fellow prisoners, and created the Quartet for the End of Time. Namji Kim (piano), Nobu Yasuda (violin), Dr. Richard Fletcher (clarinet), and Dr. Tulio Rondon (cello) perform this amazingly complicated and emotional piece. The Quartet is a musical extension of the Biblical account of the descent of the seventh angel who announces the end of time, and is based in part on ancient Hindu and Greek rhythms.

adults $8, seniors $7, youth $4, $18 family

Heyde Center for the Arts • Chippewa Falls • 715-726-9000 •

 Education

Friday, Feb. 19 • 7:30-8:30pm

Volunteer Training Session

The Board of Directors has recently finished creating a new Volunteer training program for the Community Center. Please consider attending this session to be trained as a Volunteer. Volunteers will learn about: The History of the LGBT Community Center of the Chippewa Valley The Confidentiality the Community Center guarantees its users The Benefits of Center membership and how to process memberships The John A. Klinger Memorial Lending Library and more.

Free

LGBT Community Center of the Chippewa Valley, 510 South Farwell Street, Eau Claire 552-LGBT

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 7:45-9pm

You Name It We'll Create It

A music television show broadcast live with studio audience always welcome. Musicians take requests from television home viewers on all subjects ranging from ideas for song titles, subject matter with no limit to controversy and styles of music. Musicians are welcome to join (but please call in advance).

Free

Banbury Place Bld#2-4th floor, 800 Wisconsin St, Eau Caire 667-3600

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 8pm-2am

Best Sound & Light Show

Request your favorite tunes or sing along.

Finish Line • Eau Claire • 552-2169

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 8pm-midnight

Crowdedheads

Join the crowd for a great mix of rock tunes.

Free • 21+

Red Parrot, 1700 Hastings Way, Eau Claire 832-6431

 Stage

Friday, Feb. 19 • 8-10pm

Red, White, and Tuna

Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas. It’s the 4th of July and time for the Tuna High School Class Reunion. Everyone will be there, all thirty of them, all played by two actors. A show packed full of fireworks and fun about the town where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.

$39.99-$42.99/dinner and show; $29.99/show only; group and student discounts available

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

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 8-10pm

Team Trivia at the Finish Line: Bar Bingo

1st place team each night gets $50 house cash, 2nd place gets $25, 3rd $10. Teams can register to be in the Trivia League and the top teams around WI get to compete in the Tournament of Champions for thousands for dollars in cash prizes quarterly. Get there early to set up!

FREE • 21+

Finish Line • Eau Claire • 552-2169

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 8-10pm

Winter Carnival 2010: Singer/Songwriter Slam

This Winter Carnival event will allow you to chill out with aspiring local singers and songwriters, who are encouraged to bring their music.

The Cabin • Eau Claire • 836-4833 • www.uwec.edu

 Movies

Friday, Feb. 19 • 8:30-10:30pm

Repo! The Genetic Opera

After an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet, a savior emerges in GeneCo, a biotech company that offers transplants that can be financed. However, when people default on their payments, the Repo Men, GeneCo's surgeon assassins, come to take the organs back. This goth horror-musical stars Anthony Stewart Head, Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton and Sarah Brightman.

FREE with BluGold ID or International Film Society membership • Rated R

Davies Theatre, UW-Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 836-3727 • www.uwec.edu

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 8:30pm

The BeFors

Live rock.

$2

Sammy's Pizza • Eau Claire • 831-1300

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm

Cadence CD Release Show + Laarks + The Fast Track + More Amore

Cadence (formerly Motion Where You Go) is a local pop/rock band celebrating the release of their debut EP. Twin cities and Eau Claire-based indie rockers Laarks, Minneapolis emo/pop rockers The Fast Track and Adam Thoms solo project More Amore also perform.

FREE • 21+

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

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-2am

DJ/Karaoke

Live DJ and karaoke every Thursday and Friday.

Erwin's 19th Hole • Chippewa Falls • 831-6337

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-2am

DJ/Live Band Nights

C-Zone has either a band or DJ every Friday or Saturday night.

• 21+

Construction Zone Bar & Grill • Durand • 672-9663

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-1am

Double Birthday Party + Big Daddy Cade

Celebrate Dave and Tee's birthday at My Place with blues band Big Daddy Cade.

My Place • Eau Claire • 835-5483

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-1am

Dr. DJ Karaoke

Come on down every Friday and belt out some tunes!

FREE • 21+

Bridgewater Restaurant and Pub • Chippewa Falls • 723-6941 •

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-1am

Karaoke

Belt out the tunes every Friday night.

• 21+

Eisold’s Irvine Bar • Chippewa Falls • 720-1280

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-1am

Late Night Trivia

Stop in for food, drinks and fun every Friday at FRiDAY'S. Test your knowledge on a variety of topics and win FRiDAY'S Gift Cards.

T.G.I. Friday’s • Eau Claire • 830-1424 •

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-2am

Live DJ

Every Friday and Saturday night features a live DJ playing dance music and free pool.

• 21+

The Happy Hollow • Altoona • 832-2826

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm

Live DJ

Hit the dance floor every Saturday night!

• 21+

Tailgates Sports Bar & Grill • Eau Claire • 552-1733

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-2am

Loopy's Karaoke

Join us every Tuesday through Saturday for karaoke!

• 21+

Loopy's • Chippewa Falls • 723-5667

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-1am

Party Hits Music/DJ John

DJ John playing your favorite tunes and taking requests all Friday night.

FREE • 21+

Pioneer Grill & Saloon • Menomonie • 235-9927 •

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm

Pheromones

The Pheromones dare to be different, and in doing so hope to entertain you with their dynamic rock and roll.

Free • 21+

Red Zone Sports Bar, 2071 S. Praire View Rd, Lake Hallie, WI 726-3030

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm-2am

Wigwam Karaoke

Sing and dance it up every Friday with Karaoke Nick.

• 21+

Wigwam Tavern • Eau Claire • 834-9061 •

 Stage

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9pm

Winter Carnival Comedy Show

Featuring nationally touring comedians Derek Hughes and Rob O’Reilly.

FREE

Higherground • Eau Claire • 836-6030

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9:30pm-1am

Dead Dogs + The Gentle Guest

Dead Dogs is a music project that is composed of many remarkable musicians, branching out into many musical tastes, while maintaining a unique style. The Gentle Guest is Eric Rykal and friends. Their music is bottled in Eau Claire, WI, for the most part, near the Chippewa River in the living room of a little blue house, sounding somewhere between the Great Depression and today.

Free • 21+

Bottle and Barrel, 208 S. Barstow St., Eau Claire 832-0150

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 9:30pm-1:30am

Sea Horse Karaoke

Hop on stage and don't forget the rules: no drinks on stage, no swearing, and absolutely everyone gets the clap!

• 21+

Sea Horse Inn, 2106 N Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire

 Music

Friday, Feb. 19 • 10pm

Desolatevoid + Thrash Compactor + Purge the Woods

Desolatevoid, blending metal, rock, and hardcore will play songs off their nearly released 3-way split CD. Thrash Compactor, once featured at Nate’s Dungeon will play their first Eau Claire bar, with members from Garmonbozia, In Defence (Taco Johns, anyone?) and Pandamonium. Local grindcore maniacs Purge the Woods kick off the set.

FREE • 21+

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

 Nightlife

Friday, Feb. 19 • 10pm-2am

DJ Night

Dance it up every weekend with DJs Al Shannon and Jason Bomb.

• 21+

Doubleday’s Sports Bar and Grill • Eau Claire • 833-2255

 Movies

Friday, Feb. 19 • 11:59pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Yeah, it's one of those audience participation shows! When a soon-to-be married couple must take shelter in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, what follows is the classic fast-paced pastiche of camp, science fiction, rock music and "horror" which made the Rocky Horror Picture Show among the greatest cult classic films in history. Tickets available at the Davies Service Center.

$8, $5 with UWEC student ID • Rated R

Council Fire Room, Davies Center, UWEC

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Wednesday, Mar. 3
Check with venue for hours.

Chippewa Valley Water Color Artists' Annual Show at Beaver Creek Reserve

Approximately 25 members will show work that they have completed while painting once a month at the Beaver Creek Reserve.

FREE

Wise Nature Center, Beaver Creek Reserve • Fall Creek • 839-0618 • beavercreekreserve.org

 Kids

Event Ends: Sunday, Feb. 21
Check with venue for hours.

Dinosaur Dig!

Art activity of the week: Put together a terrible T-REX in the Art Studio. All week: Paint a dinosaur with watercolors, identify dinosaur toys, and practice those lacing skills in the Activity Room. Special Events: Tues.-Sat. 11:15am-12:15pm and Tues.-Sun. 2:30-3:30pm, dig, pound, scratch, & pry away to discover buried dinosaur fossils.

$5 • 1+

Children's Museum of Eau Claire • Eau Claire • 832-KIDS • www.cmec.cc

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Thursday, Feb. 25
Check with venue for hours.

February Artist of the Month: Justin Dancing Hawk

Justin Dancing Hawk exhibits artwork and three-dimensional pieces of soft stone sculptures of alabaster and marble. Often combining the elements of stone, wood and metal, Justin’s work speaks of the organic origin of all we know on Earth.

FREE

Heyde Center for the Arts • Chippewa Falls • 715-726-9000 •

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Wednesday, Mar. 10
Check with venue for hours.

For the Love of It

Looking for a great time and a place to buy a fresh painting or two? Aritst Jason Anhorn's new series 'For The Love Of It' is a new series on positive subjects from candy to sexy ladies. Show will be hanging from February 12 to March 10. All paintings will be sold at very reasonable prices. Stop in early to make sure you get the painting you desire.

Free

Tangled Up In Hue, 416 S Barstow Street, Eau Claire 855-0090

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Monday, Mar. 8
Check with venue for hours.

Grottoes, Garrisons and Confines

Collages and drawings by Joe Maurer, exploring post-industrial landscape imagery juxtaposed with the strange, fantastic and disastrous.

FREE

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

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Wednesday, Feb. 24
Check with venue for hours.

Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity

The brightly colored, geometrically patterned cloth called kente, made by the Asante peoples of Ghana and the Ewe peoples of Ghana and Togo, is the best known of all African textiles. Kente is a symbol of African pride and a powerful cultural icon. Examples, photographs and video are all part of this exhibit.

$4 adults, $2 children ages 4-17, FREE to museum members and ages 0-3

The Chippewa Valley Museum, located in Carson Park, Eau Claire

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Thursday, Apr. 1
Check with venue for hours.

“Mind & Spirit” Artist Exhibit

Featuring Mitchell Spencer's photography and Tiffany Bailey's pottery. Artists’ Reception: February 26, 2010 from 5:30-7:30pm.

Free

Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, 205 Main Street East, Menomonie, WI 54751 235-0001 Ext 100

 Visual Art

Event Ends: Friday, Feb. 19
Check with venue for hours.

Holy Mackerel: The Artwork of Ivy, Emma and Sandra Klinbeil

What happens when three very talented members of one family exhibit in the same space? Ivy creates multi-layed, textural and surreal digital images that strive to synthesize the old with the new, without ever losing sight of appearing "hand-made". Emma's paintings reference "strange places in time - in childhood - where you know you've seen a monster behind the shower curtain, or your pet cat talked for a split second". Sandra paints contemporary devotional portraits.

Free

Eau Claire Regional Arts Center Gallery, 316 Eau Claire St, Eau Claire 832-2787

 Visual Art

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

"A Question of Manners" Fine Art Exhibition

The Furlong Gallery at UW-Stout is proud to present visiting artist Will Pergl in the upcoming show 'A Question of Manners.' Pergl’s art is represented by sculpture and drawings reflecting, “trivial systems balanced and braced in structures and form.” Pergl’s artwork is meant to suggest a culture, which seeks order and understanding in the midst of chaos. If needed, check venue for hours.

Free

Furlong Gallery • Menomonie • 232-2261 • furlonggallery.uwstout.edu