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[PHOTOS] Jack-O-Lantern Lane 2025: This Year's Winners & Photos!

Volume One and The Local Store wrap up the inaugural Jack-O-Lantern Lane with community votes and sweet prizes

This Halloween season, dozens of local artists pulled together to help Volume One and The Local Store create the first ever Jack-O-Lantern Lane Carved Pumpkin Contest and Creepy Courtyard Crawl. Voting took place from Oct. 24-26 and pumpkins will remain on display through...

[PHOTOS] A WICKED SCARE: E.C. Water Ski Team Returns With New Haunts In Store

follow the haunted yellow brick road and test your fears with the Eau Claire Ski Sprites' annual Halloween tradition

[PHOTOS] HUNTED: This Year's Terrifying Field of Screams Haunted Trail

lace up your running shoes before visiting this local haunted attraction

This year's Field of Screams theme, "HUNTED," is sure to make you scream. Eau Claire's Rockin' T-R Ranch unveiled one of its most terrifying experiences this spooky season, giving brave trailgoers an hour-long scare through its winding cornfield and haunted barn ...

2025 Trick-or-Treating Hours in the Chippewa Valley

plan your business and residential trick-or-treating stops accordingly, there's plenty to do this spooky season!

Whichever floats your boat – tricks or treats! – there's ample opportunity to get in on the Halloween fun across the Chippewa Valley. Downtown businesses in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, and Menomonie are planning their own seasonal spooks this year, while residential trick-or-treating will be held on Friday, Oct. 31, from 5-7:30pm throughout the area ...

EAU CLAIRE, ZOMBIFIED: Downtown Zombie Crawl Returns Oct. 25

after a several-year hiatus, downtown businesses invite the undead to take the creep to the streets

According to the totally accurate webpages of Wikipedia, the “zombie crawl” phenomenon has been going on since at least 2000. In Eau Claire, the official annual Zombie Crawl event kicked off around 2011 (check out this photoset we shot in 2012) before dying off around 2017. This year, the undead are gearing up for a gnarly return to the streets of downtown Eau Claire. The revived Zombie Crawl event is slated for Saturday, Oct. 25, kicking off at 6pm ...

Two Griffins Theatre Unfurls New Twists & Turns In 'Jekyll & Hyde'

a new adaptation of the 1886 novella 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' will show at the Grand Theatre in Eau Claire

"The seeds of evil, they hide inside very one of us." Or so opens the upcoming play by Two Griffins Theatre, "Jekyll & Hyde." This production will open at 7:30pm on Oct. 17 at the Grand Theatre (102 W Grand Ave., Eau Claire) with performances continuing...

A MONSTER MASH(UP): Black Kettle Tea, 6 Feet Under Bring Spooks & Sweets to Downtown E.C.

storefront’s costume drive fundraising efforts continue and ‘Vampire Ball’ slated for mid October

As summer creeps into fall, one downtown Eau Claire storefront has already had its eyes set for the October spooky season ahead. Black Kettle Tea & Bootique and 6 Feet Under, it's adjoining venue, have both a costume drive and Vampire Ball planned for the month...

Cranky Creature Couture Specializes in Spooky Vibes & Leatherwork

area's growing 'spooky' scene has welcomed Eau Claire artisans' handcrafted leatherwork, jewelry, and more

Black Kettle Tea Shoppe is a horror haven, in that owner Brianna Vodvarka is a purveyor of all things strange and unusual. It only makes sense that Cranky Creature Couture, a largely handcrafted leatherworks line, has a home there. Ray is one of two locals behind Cranky Creature Couture (Mikey, her partner, joined our bench chat after getting off work). She has a big, bright smile only initially outshined by their current ‘do (a neon hued buzzcut), typically donning all-black attire ...

SAY AHHH! Don't Be Spooked By The Dentist, Visit Regis Court Dental Associates

To some kiddos (and adults!) there's at least one thing scarier than any ghosts, ghouls, or goblins: Going to the dentist!

To some kiddos (and adults!), there’s at least one thing scarier than any ghosts, ghouls, or goblins: Going to the dentist! In Eau Claire, Regis Court Dental Associates specifically addresses what they call “dental anxiety.” The longtime family dental practice has served locals since its opening in 1978, offering a wide array of services and care for folks of all ages – and with any level of dental anxiety ...

WELCOME TO ‘INSECTOPIA,’ An Entomology By E.C. Creatives

ArtFly and The Beyond collaborate on upcoming ‘community art installation,’ celebrate the downtown oddity shop’s first anniversary

Crawling, creeping, or sporting multicolored wings, insects are now the focus of an upcoming artistic installation — or entomology — in the Chippewa Valley. “Insectopia,” a community art show between Eau Claire’s ArtFly collective and The Beyond will begin in mid-October...