Community Orgs GrantsFebruary 5, 2026 Pablo Center Awarded $900K As Part Of Bipartisan Funding Package Chippewa Valley's Pablo Center and UW-Stout among the five regional awardees benefiting from a federal bill
Music StageFebruary 5, 2026 Keith Urban Will Headline 2026 Ashley For The Arts Festival we'll be celebrating a 'Long Hot Summer' at the Arcadia festival grounds this August; ticket prices for Ashley For The Arts to increase on Feb. 15
Dialed In Dialed In - Feb 5, 2026 - Best of the Chippewa Valley 2026 reader poll results are now live! February 5, 2026
Best Of The Best of the Chippewa Valley Hall of Fame: 2026 Edition the most consistent No. 1 winners from 19 years of reader polls February 5, 2026
Staff NotesFebruary 5, 2026 STAFF NOTE: Putting More 'Play' Into Our 19th Annual 'Best Of' Issue more community, more camaraderie, more conversation, more joy
Books ReadingsFebruary 5, 2026 A FAMILIAR STORY: Melissa Faliveno’s 'Hemlock' Book Tour Lands at Dotters Faliveno will share latest Wisconsin-based story – complete with 'queer northern gothic' narratives – on Feb. 18 in downtown Eau Claire
The Rear End THE REAR END: Welcome to The 2026 Nostalgies your indisputable picks for the best local nostalgia February 5, 2026
Opening Up Entrepreneurship Services Meet the BestFebruary 5, 2026 RIVER PRAIRIE VIEWS: 2026 Is SahLan Nails & Spa's Year six-time 'Best Salon' winner will move into a bigger, brand-new space & open nail tech school this year
Neighborhoods Outdoors EnvironmentFebruary 3, 2026 [PHOTOS] Eastside Hill Neighborhood Lights Up The Night For Prairie Restoration “Glow on the River: A Winter Luminary Walk at Boyd Park” volunteers decked out the trails with candle lanterns and more
Music Events Local Culture HistoryFebruary 3, 2026 'MEET ME AT HOME': Eaux Claires Pays Homage To Carson Park In Latest Teaser festival organizers share new video, narrated by Michael Perry, which tells tales of Carson Park and says festival lineup to come
Music StageFebruary 3, 2026 Pablo Center Announces ‘The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight’ coming to Eau Claire this fall, 90-minute spectacle marries grit of metal and rock with orchestral sound
Music Stage PeopleFebruary 3, 2026 Osseo's Cole McIlquham Accepted To Internationally Acclaimed Opera Program local tenor vocalist is one of 28 artists who will join Merola Opera Program this summer
Music EventsFebruary 2, 2026 [PHOTOS] Pink Floyd Hits Played At Pablo Center Benefit Youth Arts Eclipse Band's musicianship and visual artistry brings iconic catalog to life
Music StageFebruary 2, 2026 THEY LEAD ME: Michael Perry & The Long Beds To Return To Pablo Center Perry reflects on the sonic influences of fellow bandmates, new tracks in development and the irreplaceable gift of live performance
Visual Art ActivitiesFebruary 1, 2026 CALLING ALL CREATIVES: Artist Market Of E.C. Opens 2026 Applications downtown Eau Claire's artisan market, coordinated by Tangled Up In Hue, will return to Phoenix Park in May
Recreation News OutdoorsJanuary 30, 2026 National Geographic Calls Lake Wissota State Park ‘Spectacular’ Chippewa County gets some love from global publication thanks to its natural beauty
Music Wider Scope NewsJanuary 30, 2026 Justin Vernon Affirms 'Hard Hands' Of Observers In Minnesota With Latest Award during acceptance remarks for the NMPA & GRAMMY Billboard Songwriter Awards, Vernon of Bon Iver recognizes protestors in the streets of Minneapolis
News Entrepreneurship Food+Drink Commissary & Incubator Kitchen Rolls Out At Market On River River Street Kitchen will act as an accelerator kitchen and education space, local Michelle Thiede tapped by Wisconsin Farmers Union to guide its evolution January 30, 2026
Best of Menomonie Volume One's guide to the gem on the Red Cedar. Presented by Westconsin Credit Union, Explore Menomonie and UW-Stout.
Best of Chippewa Falls Volume One's guide to the riverside city. Presented by Mason Companies and Northwestern Bank