Fire Sale! Ex-Fire Station Destined for Used Car Lot

What do you think should go into the former Eau Claire Fire Station No. 10 on North Hastings Way? A craft brewery? A hostel? An agency dedicated to all your supernatural elimination needs?

'Dabbler in Residence' Will Guide Library Visitors in Art Journaling

Susan Walsh came to the Volume One office with a Mona Lisa-printed tote full of art journals. Each one was a unique release of Walsh’s thoughts and feelings, magazine clippings, business cards ...

Listen Up: Outstanding spring choral events in the Chippewa Valley

Spring time is the best time to get out of the house, clear out your ears, and enjoy an evening of choral music. With a glut of choruses and choirs raising their voices throughout the Chippewa Valley ...

Graceful Transformation

Blue Swans flips heartbreak on its head through music

Heartbreak and low, low points in life have this graceful way of transforming into art that’s beautiful and real. Raw, relatable stuff. So many words and songs have been written in the depths of dark ...

Eau Claire High Schoolers’ Video Encourages Donations for Rooftop Solar Project

While students from Eau Claire’s North and Memorial high schools may be rivals on the football field and basketball court, they’re allies when it comes to a conservation project that will help both schools and the environment ...

Downtown Donut? City considers new parking approach for Block 7

Numerous plans have come and gone in recent years for the parcel of downtown Eau Claire known as Block 7, which has been a “temporary” parking lot for the better part of a decade. While apartments, offices, and even a large parking garage ...

FEATURE STORY: 30 Years of Tokyo

For more than 30 years, Tokyo Restaurant has brought international cuisine – and understanding – to the Chippewa Valley

Tokyo Restaurant has been located in a modest strip mall on London Road since first opening in 1989. Still, you could say the history of the restaurant truly began in 1969. That’s when the restaurant’s founder, Yoshi Tsuanko, left Japan and came to the U.S.

City Joins Sonnentag Project

hurdles remain for plan to expand arena’s size

The Eau Claire City Council has voted unanimously to take part in a university-led project to build a major event center on Menomonie Street, but numerous steps are ...

On and Off the Wall: New gallery at Racy’s features casual art talks

Since its conception in 2017, Artfly has had one tangible and lucid goal: to bring art to the people. With pop-up galleries all around the Valley in ...

Queering the Conversation

Foster Gallery exhibit examines queer identities in the Midwest

UW-Eau Claire is illuminating often-silenced voices with a new exhibition in the Ruth Foster Gallery. “Midwest Queeritivities” gives a platform to queer artists throughout the region and beautifully showcases a ...