Opening Shots

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Opening Shot | April 2, 2009

Dance-o-rama 2009!

Music

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Brand New Brian Bethke

new album shows different side of singer/songwriter

Listen: Local open mic champion releases full length indie folk album.

words by Arya Roerig

Music

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Bon Iver Plus Jazz?

Memorial alum Justin Vernon will play a sendoff concert with the Memorial jazz band.

Memorial alum Justin Vernon will play a sendoff concert with the Memorial jazz band.

words by Trevor Kupfer

Music

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Valley Youth Symphony Holding Auditions

CVYS will hold auditions on April 11 and 25, from 11am to 4pm in the Haas Fine Arts Center.

words by Nicole Humphrey

Music

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Mason Jennings

singer/songwriter gets even deeper with new album, tour

Mason Jennings is a playful singer, an entangler of melody and lyric ...

words by Mark Koenig

Music

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Rosebuds + Megafaun

rockin’ bands from North Carolina rolling through town

Around here, Megafaun is perhaps best known as the Bon Iver-less part of former local band ...

words by Ian Jacoby

Music

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Halloween, Alaska + Laarks + Meridene

Minneapolis’ electro-organic, indie-rock super-group HalAl releases new album

Minneapolis’ electro-organic, indie-rock super-group Halloween, Alaska is about to pop ...

words by Andy Plank

Opening Letters

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

An Elevating View

how the city’s oldest elevator changed the way I see this place

I was the guy who scoffed at the very idea of living in Iowa, let alone the rest of the Midwest.

words by Zack Gauck

Local Look

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Chatting with Our
City Council Hopefuls

Candidate Conversations: a Eau Claire city council election guide

check out our semi-regular interview extravaganza with local city council candidates

words by V1 Staff

Local Look

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Downtown Landmark to Become an Inn

Commonly known as “the mural building,” the downtown structure will be a fancy hotel.

words by Trevor Kupfer

Local Look

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Déjà Vu Jail Decision

The ballot has been cast: 10-5 in favor of keeping the County Jail remains downtown.

words by Diane Embry

Local Look

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Shortcuts | April 2, 2009

Many things may be up in the Chippewa Valley, but crime isn’t one of them.

words by V1 Staff

Local Look

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Thanks for Asking | April 2, 2009

What is the Chippewa Valley Beverage Company and is it still around?

words by Frank Smoot

Local Look

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Shortcuts | April 2, 2009

I recently did a project on budget solutions for the Eau Claire School District ...

Stage

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Auditions Open for New Children’s Theater Plays

The Eau Claire Children’s Theatre will hold auditions on location for seven upcoming shows

words by Nicole Humphrey

Stage

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Theatrical All-Nighter

UWEC group stages 24 hour theatre challenge

The 10- to 15-minute productions will start 24 hours after the plawrights began writing.

words by Carrie Weiss

Visual Art

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Senior Art Students Fill Foster Gallery

UWEC showcases the work of 10 senior fine art students Apr. 3-15.

UWEC showcases the work of 10 senior fine art students Apr. 3-15 @ the Foster Gallery.

words by Nicole Humphrey

Visual Art

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Holy Art: Recreating Creation

huge art project involves illustrating the Bible

In an illustration of Adam and Eve, Jackson expresses the couple as African Americans ...

words by Briana Krantz

Kid Culture

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Leading in Reading

university students head local literacy program

“The key to our program is to just have fun with books."

words by Lisa de Felice

The Rear End

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Beer, Here

Wisconsin taught me to love beer (one guy’s story)

I can remember the first time I went out to a bar and ordered a drink.

words by Mike Paulus

Cinema

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

48 Hour Video Project Launches April 17

The stage is set – or at least the theme is set – for the next 48-Hour Video Project.

The stage is set – or at least the theme is set – for the next 48-Hour Video Project.

words by Trevor Kupfer

Special Sections

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

At Home in the Chippewa Valley

chores never sounded so fun

Volume One's guide to feeling at home in the Chippewa Valley.

words by V1 Staff

Other Stuff

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Note from the Editor | April 2, 2009

Other Stuff

Issue #123 April 2, 2009

Rural Fox | April 2, 2009

words by Leah Rule