By Andy Hildebrand Maggie Armstrong peered through her black thick-framed glasses as her fingers quickly sorted through the large box of records she was trying to stock. She began working at downtown Eau Claire’s Revival Records a little less than three years ago and is convinced that small record stores like Revival still have [...]

  By Stephanie Tyink The choir room at North High School was with innovation and enthusiasm. The bell rang and students began to trickle in. As class got underway, a group of girls led students in preparation for their upcoming Pops concert. The Pops concert is student-generated and the girls were the student choreographers.   [...]

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 InsideEC staff For the third time, UW-Eau Claire  journalism students are accompanying the Civil Rights Pilgrimage. The Pilgrimage, celebrating its 10th trip south, is taking 90 total students through Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee to visit  historical sites of the Civil Rights Movement. The nine journalism students will write a blog entry for [...]

By Olivia Jeske “We shall overcome.” “Keep your eyes on the prize.” “Buses are a-coming, oh yeah.” During the peak of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, these words could be heard from city to city, as individuals banded together against racial inequity. What made these words so unique, however, was that these phrases [...]

By Debora Biasutti and Jenny Talen [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Eau Claire Jazz Festival is entering its 45th year with a new feature: Barstow Street will be transformed into 1938 52nd Ave., New York City. “On a good night, on 52nd street, you could hear Louis Armstrong playing dixieland music. You [...]

Howard White, a local backruptcy attorney, uses music as a way to escape the stress of every day life.

Kristin Wanquist may be a young person but she has done many things to change people’s lives.