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Sounds Like Summer Concert Series: Ben Shaw + Dekam & Johnson w/ Mark Kempenaar-Brown

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Boombox: A (Sort of) Solo Show with Hannah Starr

7:30pm

Clear Water Comedy Presents: Mike E. Winfield

9pm

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10pm

Fri8/18

8th Annual Eau Claire Big Rig Truck Show

3-11:30pm

Larry Past at Infinity Beverages

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Live at the Acoustic Cafe: Micah Ryan

7-10pm

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9pm

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Weekend Brunch with Musical Guest Shane Leonard

7am-1pm

WHYS Radio 10th Annual Bluegrass Festival

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Singer/Songwriters of the Chippewa Valley: Young to Old

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Dinner Jazz: Mike Noyce

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2017 US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship

Wed. Aug. 16th, 2017 | photos by James Bartelt | 32 photos »

The world's best carvers created one-of-a-kind sculptures during the four days of the 2017 US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship at the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum August 10-13 ...

Thrillist Calls Eau Claire One Of "America's Best Small Cities to Move to Before They Get Too Popular"

Tue. Aug. 15th, 2017 | Mike Paulus

Here we go again! Online publication Thrillist – which has written positively about Eau Claire in at least two other articles – has included Eau Claire on a list of "America's Best Small Cities to Move to Before They Get Too Popular." I guess this is the natural evolution of this kind of coverage ...

Ashley for the Arts 2017

Mon. Aug. 14th, 2017 | photos by Luong Huynh | 40 photos »

Ashley for the Arts is one of Wisconsin’s largest charity events. The three-day festival is packed with music, food, art, and more ...

41st Annual Pure Water Days Riverfest

Mon. Aug. 14th, 2017 | photos by Andrea Paulseth | 20 photos »

On Saturday, August 12 the 41st Annual Pure Water Days Riverfest took place at Allen Park in Chippewa Falls. Festivities included live music and entertainment, giant inflatables, kids games, prizes, food, a beer tent, arts and crafts vendors, and more.

41st Annual Pure Water Days Parade

Mon. Aug. 14th, 2017 | photos by Andrea Paulseth | 34 photos »

The 41st Annual Pure Water Days Parade took place Downtown Chippewa Falls on Saturday, August 12.

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You're a little behind, Fuzzy. That was as of a few days ago it was cancelled. And LOOK! They haven't deleted it yet! But nice try at a dig Fuzzy.

Viva Bon Mexico

jason

Aug. 16, 2017

I know this is negative Vernon news so it probably will be deleted but as of today he now has called this whole thing off.

Viva Bon Mexico

Aug. 16, 2017

Which one is the winner? Captions would be nice.

2017 US Open Chainsaw Sculpture…

Chris

Aug. 16, 2017

Don't get me wrong, I love the nucleus and go there for breakfast any chance I get, but there is definitely nothing fast paced about it. Nothing wrong with that though!

Aug. 16, 2017

I thought your timing was to give new students a heads up on the best of's when they started class. Too much going on in Dec. Just sayin'.

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