Music Quick Hits | August 2019

Ahead of the Aug. 23 release of their next album, titled Die Happy, Eau Claire’s own Them Coulee Boys have released a brand new single and accompanying music video for the song “Midnight Manifestos.” The video finds the Boys on scene at Whispering Pines Campground ...

Eau Claire's Elephant Tale

the heartbreaking and mysterious story of a circus performer laid to rest during a long-ago summer

Riddled with rumor, exaggeration, speculation, and maybe even a few ghost stories, local accounts of what has come to be called the “Eastside Hill Elephant” are based on a true story that took place long ago in Eau Claire ...

Eau Claire Filmmaker Labors for Years to Create Rock-n-Roll Romantic Comedy "The Telemarketer"

Romantic comedy movies often share a common plot: Girl meets guy. Girl doesn’t like guy. Guy spends the rest of the movie chasing after girl. “In the real world, that’s called stalking, and you go to jail for it,” said Todd Pfennig, an actor in the local ..."

Prestigious Pairing

two Chippewa Valley artists invited to international art shows

What’s better than one Chippewa Valley artist being invited to a prestigious international gallery show in Venice, Italy? Two Chippewa Valley artists! In March, the Eau Claire community banded together to raise more than $17,000 to help Eric Lee pay the ...

Not Your Average Summer Job

meet the Blugold behind the Sunset Sounds Music Series

Blugolds are a “build your own adventure” bunch, creating new learning opportunities where they may not yet exist. When senior Event Production Crew operations manager and music education ...

Picking Up Speed

Eau Claire city council dedicates funds to new skate park

The Eau Claire City Council voted July 23 to allocate $20,000 for the construction of a new skate park in Boyd Park. This money will be added to $50,000 raised by the Eau Claire Skateboarders Association ...

Locally Written Murder Mystery ‘I Bet It Was the Butler’ to Be Staged at the Grand Theatre

Someone has murdered Mr. Worthington. He had just rewritten his will, and it’s missing. The question is: whodunit? That’s the plot of the Speck of Dust Theatre Company’s production of I Bet it was the Butler, written by local ...