Opening Shots

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Opening Shot | July 9, 2009

RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND.

Music

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Northern Wisconsin State Fair

Night Ranger is coming to town ... must be state fair time

Although the rides, funnel cakes, and oversized stuffed Bengal tigers cost extra, you can experience live music all day, everyday with standard admission.

words by Ted Waldbillig

Reader Letters

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Reader Letters | July 9, 2009

There are several problems with traffic circles ...

Music

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Wound Up

former local DJ Unwind getting big in Minneapolis

“When you tell someone that your from Eau Claire, and they’re from Los Angeles, they’re like ‘Where? Wisconsin?’”

words by Chris Henson

Music

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Derrick Williams

one-man-band releases debut album

words by Ted Waldbillig

Music

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Heeeeeeere’s Johnny

former local returns for Country Jam – on bass

Stanton is most notably a bass player for country music singer Heidi Newfield, and he’s been touring the country with her for a little over a year.

words by Gillian Ekern

Music

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Riding High

former locals Megafaun release sophomore album

The dudes are no stranger to good press from the sometimes fickle indie rock media elite, but this album seems to be teetering on the verge of something great.

words by Ian Jacoby

Music

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Wilco, Dave Matthews, Widespread Panic Headline Near-ish Music Festival

The past six years the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minn., has been home of the 10,000 Lakes Music Festival.

words by Mark Koenig

Features

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

FICTION: You Always Do This

Winner, 6th Annual Volume One Fiction Contest

In the quivering candlelight Malcolm looked across the table at Ana, whose black curls were piled in a mass on top of her head.

words by Jamie Utphall

Features

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

FICTION: All I Ever Wanted

Winner, 1st Annual V1 Flash Fiction Contest

"All I ever wanted was an African safari, a handful of red tulips on my birthday and an apartment floor that mopped itself."

words by JoAnna Haugen

Features

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Fiction Contest Winners

the champions of Volume One’s 6th Annual Fiction Contest

Who won what in our 6th Annual Fiction Contest (and our 1st Annual Flash Fiction Contest).

words by V1 Staff

Features

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Best Lines of the 2009 Fiction Contest

a random assortment of the out-of-context

The judges of Volume One's 6th Annual Fiction Contest have pulled out their favorite one-liners from this year's entries.

words by V1 Staff

Stage

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Bilbo Comes to Eau Claire

Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild Stages The Hobbit

While 2012 might seem like an insurmountable amount of time to wait for the Peter Jackson/Guillermo de Toro feature film, fortunately the epic tale is coming to Eau Claire in July.

words by Bailey Berg

Stage

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Tech Support: The Musical

local thespians lampoon modern customer service

Tech Support: The Musical, the hilarious show centered around the not-so-funny nightmare of a tech support call, will be featured at the Mabel Tainter and Grand Little Theatre for one night only.

words by Heather Mawhiney

Opening Letters

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Flu Comes Squealing Home

swine flu was pretty funny ‘til it happened to me … then it was only kind of funny

I just disregarded the whole thing as something you “read about in the paper,” like my grandma would say, and moved on to bigger issues like the whole Jon and Kate saga.

words by Jodie Berseth

Local Look

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Washing the Wastewater

a fascinating trip into the world of local sewage

Last year, the City of Eau Claire’s Wastewater Treatment Plant treated 2.06 million gallons of your, um, used water.

words by Emily Kuhn

Local Look

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Questioning the Locals | Carson and Molly Anderson

What do you want to be when you’re all growed up?

As they stuffed their faces with popsicles, we asked the sugar-rushed young-uns a few pressing questions ...

words by Heather Mawhiney

Local Look

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Shortcuts | July 9, 2009

Opponents of the downtown jail site celebrated a narrow success on June 23 ...

words by V1 Staff

Local Look

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

State's first business improvement district celebrates 25 years

Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton coming to laud downtown BID

This September, the very first business improvement district in the state will celebrate a quarter-century in existence. And that BID is right here in Eau Claire.

words by Trevor Kupfer

Athletic Aesthetic

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Bucks in a Rut

the team isn’t making my fan base quest any the team isn’t making my fan base quest any easier

... there was one online commenter who noted that he and his roomates are Bucks fans. Great, now I know four.

words by Luc Anthony

Visual Art

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Stockholm Art Festival Joins Over 100 Artists

Wisconsin regional artists are featured at the Stockholm Art Festival on July 18 in Stockholm Village Park on Lake Pepin from 10am to 5pm.

words by Brittany Landorf

Visual Art

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Top Draw-er

Menomonie’s children’s book illustrator Beth Peck

“I could probably have illustrated the book without doing research, but it just adds richness, I think ... and it enriches my experience of doing it.”

words by Kinzy Janssen

Visual Art

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Sharp Art

local artist Hanna Agar lands deal with Sharpie

All it took for recent UWEC art graduate Hanna Agar was a rep from Sharpie to make a convenient click of the mouse.

words by Trevor Kupfer

The Rear End

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Ant Overload!

the mysterious case of all those ants in my apartment that one time

For some unknown reason, every breed of ant the universe has ever bred stopped by apartment. My kitchen sink was like the friggin’ alien cantina in Star Wars.

words by Mike Paulus

Kid Culture

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Kid Tip | July 9, 2009

Children are invited to join in on Candy Making on July 23 at Menomonie Public Library.

words by V1 Staff

Recreation

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Sustainability Fair

Menomonie's Wilson Park to get really, really green

On Saturday, July 25, Wilson Park in Menomonie will once again be the host of a Sustainability Fair.

words by Nick Gourdoux

Other Stuff

Issue #130 July 9, 2009

Rural Fox | July 9, 2009

words by Leah Rule