6:30-8pm Thu. Feb. 20

International Mother Language Day Celebration

This event is to raise awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity. Various countries will be featured. Hear your neighbors read in their mother tongue. Sponsored by UW-Stout, The Menomonie Public Library and the Mabel Tainter.

Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts 205 Main St. E, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

7pm Thu. Feb. 20

Open Mic Night #1

With a full professional sound system and all of the technology needs you could dream of for your moment to shine and be heard, Blue Devil Productions is proud to present the first Open Mic Night of the semester on Thursday, February 20th at 8 pm in the MSC Terrace.

UW-Stout Memorial Student Center, The Terrace 302 10th Ave. E, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

7:30pm Thu. Feb. 20

Stand-up Confidential

Top comics, top secret. Zymyrgy has hand-picked some of their favorite stand-up comics from around the country to perform secret, one-night-only shows at special venues across the country! Pairing fine comedy with fine local beer. You won't know who's booked until the night of the show.

Zymurgy Brewing 624 Main Street. E, Menomonie

Cost: $15

Age: 18+

10am-2pm Fri. Feb. 21

Art Exhibition, Jenene Nagy, flags + monuments

West coast based artist, Jenene Nagy will exhibit her prints and drawings in both spaces of the Furlong Gallery. Nagy's work explores her interest in the transformative potential of repetition.

Furlong Gallery 178 Micheels Hall, UW-Stout, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

6pm Fri. Feb. 21

UW-Stout Film Series: Zombieland: Double Tap

Zombie slayers Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock leave the confines of the White House to travel to Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Along the way, they encounter other post-apocalyptic warriors and a group of survivors who find refuge in a commune.

Applied Arts, Room 210 Applied Arts, 415 13th Avenue East, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

7:30-9:30pm Fri. Feb. 21

Sue Orfield presents Jennifer Grimm

Collaborations, musical adventures and unexpected shenanigans are sure to appear on the Mabel’s stage, as Sue creates new music with one of the Midwest’s most exciting and talented artists: Jennifer Grimm (Minneapolis, MN).

Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts 205 Main St. E, Menomonie

Cost: $25 GA; $23 for students and seniors

Age: All Ages

9pm Fri. Feb. 21

UW-Stout Film Series: Zombieland: Double Tap

Zombie slayers Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock leave the confines of the White House to travel to Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Along the way, they encounter other post-apocalyptic warriors and a group of survivors who find refuge in a commune.

Applied Arts, Room 210 Applied Arts, 415 13th Avenue East, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

9am-1pm Sat. Feb. 22

Menomonie Farmer's Market - Winter Market

Local producers only farmer's market featuring Menomonie area farmers, bakeries, food producers and artists. Free parking.

Raw Deal 603 S. Broadway St., Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

noon-4pm Sat. Feb. 22

Art Exhibition, Jenene Nagy, flags + monuments

West coast based artist, Jenene Nagy will exhibit her prints and drawings in both spaces of the Furlong Gallery. Nagy's work explores her interest in the transformative potential of repetition.

Furlong Gallery 178 Micheels Hall, UW-Stout, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

1:30-4:30pm Sat. Feb. 22

Winter Maker's Market

A variety of local makers & artists in this winter pop-up market. Make & take your own unique succulent planter, get a henna tattoo while sipping beer, stock up on high quality CBD, have your Tarot read, and listen to some local amazing music - all in one awesome Saturday afternoon.

Zymurgy Brewing 624 Main Street. E, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

7:30-9:30pm Sat. Feb. 22

Dance Party Reunion: A Salute to Buddy Holly & Friends

A 're-staging' of Buddy Holly's 1959 WINTER DANCE PARTY, featuring music of Buddy's co-stars, Ritchie Valens ("La Bamba", performed by Allen Malicsi); Dion & the Belmonts (with Brian Pekol, singing "Teenager in Love"), The Big Bopper ("Chantilly Lace", featuring Zach Spicer) and Frankie Sardo ("Fake Out", featuring a local singer!).

Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts 205 Main St. E, Menomonie

Cost: $30 GA; $25 for students and seniors

Age: All Ages

2-3:30pm Sun. Feb. 23

Duty Beyond the Battlefield

African American Soldiers Fight for Racial Uplift, Citizenship, and Manhood. Author Le’Trice D. Donaldson examines the often overlooked era between the Civil War and the end of World War I as the beginning of black soldiers’ involvement in the long struggle for civil rights.

Rassbach Museum 1820 Wakanda Street, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

4-7pm Tue. Feb. 25

Spayghetti and No Balls Dinner

Join DCHS for a delicious spaghetti dinner on World Spay Day. All proceeds from this event go to the DCHS spay and neuter fund.

Christ Lutheran Church 1306 Wilcox St., Menomonie

Cost: $8 (Adults), $4 (kids 4-12 years old), kids under 3 free

Age: All Ages

5:30-7pm Tue. Feb. 25

Menomonie Theater Guild: Black Friday Auditions

The Menomonie Theater Guild is looking for actors to come audition for Black Friday, an original show written specifically for the Mabel Tainter Theater by local playwright John Russell. This is an immersive experience, taking audience members…

Menomonie Theater Guild 502 2nd St. W, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: Ages 16 and up

5:30-7pm Wed. Feb. 26

Menomonie Theater Guild: Black Friday Auditions

The Menomonie Theater Guild is looking for actors to come audition for Black Friday, an original show written specifically for the Mabel Tainter Theater by local playwright John Russell. This is an immersive experience, taking audience members…

Menomonie Theater Guild 502 2nd St. W, Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: Ages 16 and up

6-7:30pm Wed. Feb. 26

Galentine's Day Succulent Party

Galentine's Day is the modern way to celebrate the best gals in your life and what better way to do that then with a girl's night out? Lakeview Floral thinks a girl's night out should include succulent terrariums, pizza and some drinks.

Lucette Brewing Company 910 Hudson Rd., Menomonie

Cost: $59.95

Age: 21+

7:30pm Fri. Feb. 28

Menomonie Theater Guild: The Sunshine Boys

Al and Willie as “Lewis and Clark” were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren’t even speaking. When CBS requests them for a “History of Comedy” retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs.

Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts 205 Main St. E, Menomonie

Cost: Admission Information Online

9am-1pm Sat. Feb. 29

Menomonie Farmer's Market - Winter Market

Local producers only farmer's market featuring Menomonie area farmers, bakeries, food producers and artists. Free parking.

Raw Deal 603 S. Broadway St., Menomonie

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

9am-1pm Sat. Feb. 29

UW-Stout Veterans Club Pancake Breakfast

All you can eat Pancakes, Sausage and Bacon. The contributions will go to the Stepping Stone Food Pantry and the Dunn County Humane Society. $50 basket prize raffle.

Shirley Doane Senior Center 1412 6th St. E, Menomonie

Cost: $5 per person, children under the age of 4 eat free

Age: All Ages

10am-noon Sat. Feb. 29

Leap Day Yoga & Brunch at Lucette Brewing

Yoga: a 1 hour flow. Bring your own mat if you have one. Email if you need to borrow one. Brunch: breakfast pizza, salad, and choice of beverage (local coffee, orange juice, beer, soda, mimosas.)

Lucette Brewing Company 910 Hudson Rd., Menomonie

Cost: $25