Music/Comedy Blowout Standup Getdown Is Back

music/comedy blowout Standup Getdown is back

Music, comedy, a crowd-surfing pizza guy – this is the legend of the Standup Getdown, a unique show put on by Clear Water Comedy where local comedians do a bunch of lightning ...

Let the Cats Out of the Bag

Whale House prepares to release debut album

A decade-long musical brotherhood is ready to take the next step in its musical journey by offering up its largest collection of songs to date. Whale House is the local musical ...

Taking Steps Toward Safety

community effort identifies safe ways for kids to walk to school

Like they have for generations, children are returning to school in the Chippewa Valley this fall with new sneakers, smiling faces, and backpacks stuffed with spiral notebooks, No. 2 pencils, ...

Westside Pride: New neighborhood group forms out of love of nature

Across the street from Diane Omtvedt’s upper westside home is a little piece of heaven: a canopied wood laced with natural foot trails tucked between the High Bridge trail, 11th Street, and ...

UWEC Offers Gender- and Sexuality-Inclusive Community Housing

Just like rainbows comprise numerous different colors, UW-Eau Claire’s “Rainbow Floor” in Karlgaard Towers Hall seeks to bring different gender and sexual identities together in a new inclusive ...

Local Kwik Trips Explore Delivery via Eatstreet

Not too long ago, I lived mere steps away from the Madison St. Kwik Trip. Those were the days; on a whim I could take the spare change from my couch cushions with me for a quick midnight trek and procure a half-dozen ...

Say Cheese for Cheesesteak

Chippewa Valley Cheesesteak rolls onto the food truck scene

Nothing says ‘Wisconsin’ quite like cheese, and nothing says ‘Food Truck Friday’ quite like the Chippewa Valley Cheesesteak, which will be grilling up good eats at Food Truck Friday with their ...

Here’s Your Favorite Beer & Cheese According to Our 2019 Best of the Chippewa Valley Reader Poll

All your favorite local beers and cheeses!

It’s Official: Eau Galle Cheese Factory Makes the Best Asiago in the Nation

Some of the finest Italian cheeses on this side of the Atlantic are made right here in the Chippewa Valley, just downriver from Eau Claire at Eau Galle Cheese Factory outside Durand. The family-owned ...

The Great Chippewa Valley Beer Tour

one woman, two days, three cities, and eight local breweries

I can be one of those meme-worthy, wine-loving moms, but what I really enjoy after a long day is a nice cold beer. I am a Wisconsin girl, after all. It wasn’t until I met my husband that I was introduced to ...