Eat This! An Improv and Storytelling Show

The holiday season is upon us- and we all have stories of silly family fights, botched dinners, and disasters- laugh at them together! Prizes in store. A unique and exciting night, combining the work of the best stand up comedians, storytellers, and improv performers in the Chippewa Valley.

The Venue 209 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire

Cost: $10

Age: All Ages | 14+ recommended

UWEC Forum Series: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Climate Change Activist

19 year-old climate-change activist, author and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez has been honing his argument and speaking skills for over a decade. He has addressed the UN Summit in Rio and the UN General Assembly in NYC.

UWEC Schofield Auditorium 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire

Cost: $8 GA, $6 uwec faculty/staff/senior, $4 youth/students

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Feast & Famine: Questions in a Time of Plenty

An evening of dramatic readings complied and performed by ecWIT.

Pablo Center at the Confluence 120 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire

Cost: $5

A Pine Pitch Christmas

This holiday celebration of stories and songs will feature the storytelling of John Hildebrand, Hannah Metry, Mike Paulus, Ken Szymanski, and John Wallace. Integrated to the stories will be music by Derick Black, Savannah Shaurette, and Bill Simon.

Galaudet Gallery LLC 618 South Farwell, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Leanne Brown

Author of Good and Cheap, the NY Times Bestselling Cookbook that began as a personal passion and became an international movement.

Pablo Center at the Confluence 120 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire

Cost: $5

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Aldo, Walt & Lizzie - Singing Mother Earth

Terry Mesch, noted Driftless Area performer, presents a dramatic reading of nature-inspired prose and poetry from Aldo Leopold, Walt Whitman, and Pepin County’s Elizabeth Clarke Hardy. The reading features “Good Oak,” a renowned chapter from Leopold’s “A Sand County Almanac.”

The Oxbow Hotel 516 Galloway St., Eau Claire

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Open Mic Night at The Plus

See or join established and emerging artists. Each week, a different artist will host, and lead off the evening with 20 minutes of their work. Following the performance, open mic begins. Music, comedy, sketch, live readings, poetry, acting, improv welcomed. Half price apps from 10p-midnight.

The Plus 208 S. Barstow St, Eau Claire

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

UWEC Forum Series: Jackson Katz, Gender Violence Expert

The basis of Katz's Forum presentation and his life's work is in turning the tables on sexual assault, not only in how we describe it but in how we educate about it.

UWEC Schofield Auditorium 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire

Cost: $8 GA, $6 uwec faculty/staff/senior, $4 youth/students