By Fabian A. Araneda Baltierra At least for a weekend, Eau Claire recently became Wisconsin’s jazz capital. From April 5 to 7, the city hosted the 46th Annual Eau Claire Jazz Festival, gathering a wide spectrum of musicians and performers. There was live music, instrument clinics and jazz master classes. Events were held at the [...]

By Chris Reinoos It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Friday night. Behind blue and red curtains is a large room that resembles the interior of a storage locker. Board games line the shelves along one wall and gaming guidebooks fill displays on the other. A Pepsi vending machine hums, fully stocked with Mountain Dew and energy [...]

By Jake Ellinghuysen [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Annual Downtown Awards Banquet honored Eau Claire Businesses and Downtown Eau Claire, the official organization. They wanted to honor all of the people who are in the downtown as well as outside of the downtown area for the support and everything else the businesses have [...]

By Natesa  Nagalingam and Fabian Araneda Listen to Natesa Nagalingam’s report from International Culture Night. Nearly 360 people attended the third annual International Cultural Night, organized by a committee of international students from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The night kicked off at 7 p.m., March 7 in Schofield Auditorium. The event’s theme was “A World [...]

By Fabian Araneda Baltierra Nearly 600 people gathered at a pair of concerts on March 3, provided by the Chippewa Valley Area Singers Involved in Neighborhood Giving (CVASing), in order to raise money for the Feed My People Food Bank during the group’s fifth annual charity concert at Trinity Lutheran Church of Eau Claire. CVASing [...]

By Sten Ivan Colorful background lighting, rhythmic melodies and the sound of stomping feet captured the audiences’ attention in the Ojibwe Ballroom of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where the Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company performed as a part of their national tour. The dance company recently returned from a national tour of 18 cities [...]

By Sten Ivan and Tiffany Coggins The Mardi Gras Mayhem Fashion: Assault of the Elements show took place at Whiskey’s Grill and Bar. The event  featured local artists and was created to support a local homeless shelter, The Sojourner House. The fundraising event was a collaboration of various sponsors such as Rochelle’s  Salon and Spa, [...]

By Shelly Adamczyk   Christopher Jorgensen, LGBTQ Resource Center Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, organizes a majority of events and programs to the city of Eau Claire.  With help from students and faculty, Jorgensen said his goal is to create awareness about the diversity within the community. “These events offer glimpses not only those sorts [...]

By Tiffany Coggins Acoustic guitar, shuffling feet, murmurs of approval and smells of paints and pizza greeted people as they milled in the halls and studios of  the 4th Annual Banbury Art Crawl. Local artists and artisans displayed their work with the hope of making sales, many with smart phone credit card readers handy. Some vendors gave [...]

By Kristen Shill Eau Claire artists Jason Anhorn and Steve Bateman spent more than 15 hours sculpting a wine glass with grapes and vines for the Winter After Hours social in Boyd Park on Eau Claire’s East Side Hill. But, with a little more than an hour before its premiere, the sculpture collapsed. The quick [...]