The Eau Claire Insider

Sidewalk chalking isn’t just for children who want to doodle or play hopscotch. Eau Claire’s Chalkfest has been proving this each August since 2008, and this year the outdoor art event is making use

It took a lot of talent, perseverance, and collaboration to put Eau Claire’s homegrown music scene on a national stage. Now, the same factors are at work in boosting the city’s burgeoning stand-up

The tales of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox may be told wherever larger-than-life lumberjacks felled timber, but anyone who’s ever been to Eau Claire’s Carson Park knows where the ax-wielding giant

Hollywood’s got it all wrong: Time travel doesn’t require a futuristic machine or a magical spell. All you need is some historical knowledge and imagination, although guys in buckskin help, too. These

Sure, the Chippewa Valley has plenty of paved recreational trails and hundreds of miles of streets, roads, and byways where you can pedal to your heart’s content. But what if your heart isn’t content

The frosty pastime is growing in popularity nationwide, and no wonder: Whether you’re a veteran trailblazer or tender-footed novice, snowshoeing is great exercise (you burn more calories snowshoeing

In the past few years, thanks to the success of local-boy-made-good Justin Vernon, Eau Claire has developed a worldwide reputation as a hotbed of indie rock. Long before that, the Chippewa Valley was

Say “Ice Bowl” to Wisconsinites, and you’ll inevitably conjure images of the legendary 1967 Packers-Cowboys football game. But there’s another Ice Bowl, this one in the Chippewa Valley, and each

“Tell me about history!” my four-year-old son frequently demands. As a first-time parent, I assume this request is a bit unusual coming from someone whose interests are otherwise dominated by Duplos

Eau Claire’s cultural heritage extends far beyond the customs of Scandinavian and German immigrants who populated the area in the 19th and early 20th centuries. More recent decades have seen thousands