Spring Culture

Heyde Center hosts art of all kinds in annual show

Fri. Apr. 5th, 2019  |  Barbara Arnold

More than 100 artists – professional, student, and rising artists – will showcase their work at the 55th Annual Spring Art Show April 7- 19 in the galleries of the Heyde Center for the Arts in Chippewa Falls ...

Frantic, Phonetic Fun

exercise word building muscles at the Scrabble Bee

Fri. Apr. 5th, 2019  |  Tom Giffey

Scrabble doesn’t have to be a quiet, deliberate game played on a coffee table or a smartphone app: At Literacy Chippewa Valley’s annual Scrabble Bee, it’s a fast-paced, team-oriented – and above all, fun – game ...

Fun Fun Family Times

third Family Fun Fest is free outing for the whole crew

Fri. Apr. 5th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher

The Chippewa Valley Child Advocacy Center, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Department, and the Eau Claire County Department of Human Services are partnering to present the third ...

Here’s the Pitch

local aims to establish adult women’s fastpitch softball league

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Luc Anthony

The end of a high school or college athletic career can sometimes spell the end of an athlete’s ability to play the sport they love. For high school and college fastpitch softball players in the Eau Claire area ...

Pedal Pub Prepped: EC Entrepreneur Wants to Be on the Road by June

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Tom Giffey

Does biking make you thirsty? Eau Claire entrepreneur Alex Bauchle wants customers to be able to whet their whistles while pumping pedals on downtown streets. Bauchle is in the process of purchasing ...

Cracking the (Area) Code

715 Supper Club revives a west side EC hot spot

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Nicole Withers, photos by Andrea Paulseth

A new dining option is opening where the Local Lounge and Varsity Club used to be on Eau Claire’s west side, and unlike its predecessor, it’s not going to be a sports bar. The soon-to-open 715 Supper Club ...

Massive Music

Menomonie Singers take on Handel’s masterpiece

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher, photos by Timothy Mather

Hallelujah! It’s polyphonic, it’s melismatic, it’s jubilant and ecstatic: It’s Handel’s Messiah. The Menomonie Singers are in the final stretch of preparation for their spring concerts, during ...

Marieke Makes a Gouda Showing at National Cheese Contest

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Tom Giffey

The world-famous cheesemakers from Marieke Gouda in Thorp came away from a competition in Titletown last month with a pair of new titles. The judges at the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest in Green Bay ...

A New ’Do: Writer takes on winter blues with haircut at new downtown salon

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Samantha Kobs, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Like many local folks, I found myself in a particular funk this past winter. I was buried in lesson plans, I rarely saw the sun, and my boyfriend wouldn’t keep the kitchen counters clean*. The entire city ...

Downtown Crowns

The District, SHIFT, Pablo among 2019’s Downtowny winners

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  V1 Staff

More than 1,000 votes were cast by members of the community to determine the victors in five categories of the Downtowny Awards, ranging from Best Business to Best Renovation. The awards ...

A More Neighborly Way

Pinehurst residents organize neighborhood association

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Pa Thao, a longtime resident of the Pinehurst neighborhood on Eau Claire’s northeast side, noticed last summer that people were more likely to know their neighbors’ dogs’ names than the names ...

Valleybrook Church Illuminates Downtown Marquee Once Again

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher, photos by Taylor Smith

More than a thousand energy-efficient LED light bulbs flashed and gleamed for the first time on March 22 at the lighting ceremony for the Hollywood sign ...

Women’s Giving Circle Opens Grant Application Period

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher

The Women’s Giving Circle, a fund of the Eau Claire Community Foundation supported by nearly 300 Eau Claire women, opened its grant application period on April 1. Grants for up to $6,000 to organizations ...

Circular Reasoning: Three roundabouts slated for State Street, fourth planned for 2020

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher

Construction on three roundabouts on a one-mile stretch of State Street in Eau Claire will begin in June, with a fourth slated for 2020. The first three will be built at the intersections of State ...

Traveling Museum Exhibit Explores History, Impact of Prohibition

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Tom Giffey

You’ll soon be able to lift a glass – literally – to toast a museum exhibit telling the story of the Prohibition Era in the United States. The traveling exhibit, “Spirited: Prohibition in America,” will be on display ...

5 Springtime Wisconsin Wildflowers

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Tom Giffey

Wisconsin schoolchildren chose the wood violet as the state flower in 1909 ...

On the Cover | April 3, 2019

learn more about Volume One's cover art from Lorrinda Benavides

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019

“What inspired this drawing is an old flame. Although we weren’t as odd as this couple dancing, we certainly came from different worlds. He played in a band and the only song ..."

Opening Shot | April 3, 2019

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  photos by Branden Nall

THIS PERFORMANCE IS BLOWING UP. Staged in the RCU Theatre at the Pablo Center at the Confluence on Wednesday, March 27, Air Play was a modern spectacle that brought the very air we breathe to life with flying umbrellas, larger-than-life balloons, and a massive snow globe.

Puddles and Ships

Wed. Apr. 3rd, 2019  |  Mike Paulus, illustrated by Michelle Roberts

He picks out a few good peanut shells before I throw the pile into the trash. Five or six large ones without cracks or holes. He wants the seaworthy peanut shells ...

Pathways to Art

local artists find their way to ArtsWest 40 exhibition

Tue. Apr. 2nd, 2019  |  Marie Anthony

One set off to be a nurse; one was a sociology professor; and one found art to be the truest expression of her life. Whether art became a part of their lives at first breath or whether it found them later ...

Willing to Collaborate

creatives open downtown co-working space for other creatives

Tue. Apr. 2nd, 2019  |  Parker Reed, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Eau Claire is growing into becoming one of the cultural centers of the region, but collaboration is key to the area’s success, two new business owners say ...

Time to Saddle Up

Northern Light Cowboys ready for Carson Park action

Tue. Apr. 2nd, 2019  |  Luc Anthony

Since the mid-2000s, organized warm-weather adult football has had a presence in the Eau Claire metropolitan area. The Chippewa Valley Predators had been around for over a decade, and were ...

‘If God Created Monsters, He Also Created Heroes’

research conducted at UWEC informs off-Broadway play

Tue. Apr. 2nd, 2019  |  Rebecca Mennecke

Jos akys ryškios, pilnos šviesos. Translated to mean “Her eyes are bright, full of light,” these are the words of 19-year old Lithuanian poet, Matilda Olkin, who was executed by Lithuanian Nazi collaborators in 1941 ...

The Riverfront Blues

Riverfront Park will host the Northwoods Blues Festival

Tue. Apr. 2nd, 2019  |  Lea Kopke

Beautiful views, mouthwatering food, and nationally-acclaimed blues will hit the new Riverfront Park in Chippewa Falls this summer. The Northwoods Blues Festival will be back in Chippewa Falls ...