La Crosse, WI—William Stobb will be reading from his new poetry collection You Are Still Alive (2019, 42 Miles Press) Friday, November 8 at Fannin Counseling & Art Therapy. William Stobb is the author of five previous collections, including the National Poetry Series selection, Nervous Systems, and Absentia, both from Penguin Books, and a chapbook… Read more »
Art Opening Life Is Art: Works by Connie Minowa Fannin Counseling & Art Therapy, Friday, October 11, 2019 La Crosse, WI—Fannin Counseling & Art Therapy (129 6th St S, La Crosse, across from the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman) announces a new exhibition: Life Is Art: Works by Connie Minowa, opening Friday, October 11, and… Read more »
On Sunday, September 29th from 12-4pm, Castlerock Museum in Alma, Wisconsin will hold its sixth annual From Forest to Furniture event. During the event, five area woodworkers will demonstrate how medieval furniture was made using hand tools. This year’s projects include an oak chest, a 17th century sloped lid desk box, an early oak carved… Read more »
The new Crooked Pint Ale House in Onalaska is off to a great start since opening in late August. To keep the grand opening celebration going, the restaurant will give out Free Lucys for a Year booklets on Thursday, September 26 to the first 75 guests through the door that day. Crooked Pint is famous… Read more »
UW-La Crosse and the wider La Crosse community will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15. From an evening of classic Latin American music to an exploration of the Hispanic world at the Children’s Museum of La Crosse, the month provides something for everyone. All events are free and open to the public. Event schedule… Read more »
La Crosse Community Theatre will hold auditions for the holiday musical, Elf The Musical, on October 7 and 8, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. at Weber Center for the Performing Arts, 428 Front Street South, La Crosse, WI. Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag and is transported to the North Pole. Raised as… Read more »
La Crosse-based Freedom Honor Flight, which serves veterans in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota and northern Iowa, continues its goal to fly veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the memorials that rise in their honor. Over 11 years of operation, Freedom Honor Flight has flown just shy of 3,000 area veterans. The next flight is scheduled… Read more »
An exhibition highlighting work from Wisconsin artists who are also art educators will open the University Gallery season at UW-La Crosse. The seven artists will exhibit various mediums, including printmaking, metalsmithing, encaustic painting, acrylic painting, sculpture, mixed media and photography. “Equilibrium” runs in the University Art Gallery from Thursday, Sept. 6, to Thursday, Sept. 26, on the… Read more »
Mid West Music Fest (MWMF) has announced its early-bird ticket special for both of its 2020 festival events. The 11th anniversary of the music festival will be held in Winona, MN on May 1 & 2 and in La Crosse, WI on September 11 & 12, 2020. Performing across both historic downtowns will be over… Read more »
Downtown Mainstreet, Inc. is pleased to reveal a new alley of murals behind 444 Main Street. The project is a collaboration with over eight local artists and Downtown Mainstreet, with support from La Crosse SOUP, and Sherwin-Williams of La Crosse. There will be an Artist’s Reception in the alley behind 444 Main Street, enter off… Read more »
