Okay, A Bit of Housecleaning...

One great thing about living in a cool town with so much stuff to do is that there's never a time when something isn't going on. Trying to keep track of it all in a timely manner can sometimes be daunting. When things get really squeezed, I'm forced to throw a lot at you in a small amount of space, dear reader. I know, I know, its rough. But at least you won't be bored. Gods forbid that ever happening. So without further ado...

• Thursday, April 9th, local bands Laarks and Meridene open for Minneapolis bigwigs Halloween, Alaska for HA's CD release party at 9pm at Eau Claire's mecca for metal, the House of Rock. $5 cover.
• Eau Claire's Infinitea Teahouse is hosting an International Photo Project. Those interested in being a part of this can submit up to 5 photos to Infinitea. They must be 8x10 pics with no frames and no titles AND they must have been taken outside of the US. They'll grace the walls of Infinitea all through May. At the end of the month, those who submitted in April can submit as many photos as they did the first time around but can be photos of anything they point their camera at. Infinitea has said this is a first come-first served deal so dust off your cameras, worldly travelers! For more info, go to their website here
  
• If you've never attended or battled in a true blue Poetry Slam, this might be your last chance in Eau Claire! The Running Water Poetry Slam, which has called the Acoustic Cafe its monthly home for a number of years now, is holding its last Slam on Thursday, April 16th from 7-9pm. Never heard of a poetry slam? It's a word battle between local poets who are given 3 minutes to shout, cry, slice and dice their best verbally intense poet-musings before a word-hungry audience. Judges in the crowd choose the best poet. If you go, prepare to have your mind cut to ribbons with the diamond-sharp words of these poet-bum bodhisattvas. A truly fun experience!
• April 17-18th is the legendary weekend of the famous Viennese Ball at the Davies Center at UWEC. I've heard it is the largest of its kind outside of Vienna, Austria. Not sure of the truth of that, but it certainly is a big to-do. Dust off your tux or party dress, whip out the expensive jewelry and Dapper Dan hair grease for this recreative soire of 19th Century Vienna. Tickets go very fast for this yearly ritual of class, elegance and style. For more information, contact the UW-Eau Claire at 715.836.3727

More to come...