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Due to an excessively drenched and super-slick Phoenix Park (and the threat of more rain), tonight's concert with Snifter and Downer's Grove has been canceled, but the bands aren't about to call it quits. The Stones Throw is stepping in as a rain location – and lucky for us because it's "Buck-a-Bone" rib night and there's all kinds of drink specials. Check it out!
Snifter + Downer's Grove • Thursday, August 14 • The Stones Throw, 304 Eau Claire St., Eau Claire • 6:30pm • 21+ • FREE • 552-5882
Posted by Mike
Another season of the Back-Alley Summer Cinema Series drew to a close last night with Pee Wee's Big Adventure. This year saw strong attendance yet again, and increased visual funk brought in by the series' new sound company, Kadinger Event Production. They, along with community radio station WHYS 96.3fm, did most of the heavy lifting this year, making sure the series could keep pushing ahead. Volume One has been pleased to have such strong community partners involved, and look forward to another slate of classic and amazing films in 2009.
Posted by Nick
OK, so the response to Chalkfest was overwhelming. I don't have time to go into it, so let's break it down:
• Nearly 40 artists participated.
• Over 800 audience choice ballots turned in.
• We've got 1 big 'thank you' to everyone who came, participated, and/or volunteered.
Click "continue reading" for a bunch more pictures, mostly taken by Jesse Johnson.
Posted by Mike
The imaginative, hilarious comedy, stars happy-go-lucky Pee-Wee Herman (aka comedian Paul Reubens.) Pee-Wee Herman is not an average little boy – he exists in a grown-up body, has a penchant for 1950s Retro memorabilia, and lives in a zany, make-believe world. He is on a mission to find his beloved red bicycle, which has been stolen, and on the way Pee-Wee has a series of cartoon-like adventures. When a fortune teller instructs Pee-Wee to look for his bike in the basement of the Alamo, he takes her advice. Embarking on a kind of Hero’s Journey, Pee-Wee comes into contact with characters even crazier than he is. With imaginative sets and dream sequences that use claymation and pixilated models, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure is a side-splitting comedy that references almost every Hollywood genre, especially the perennial favorite Road Movie.
This year’s Back-Alley Summer Cinema Series is brought to you by Kadinger Event Production, WHYS community radio, Benny HaHa Art Supply and Gallery, and of course, the fine folks typing these words, Volume One Magazine.
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (PG/92min/1985) • Monday, Aug. 11 • the alley that would be 205 Graham Ave., downtown Eau Claire • 9:30pm • all ages • FREE • concessions available • 552-0457
Posted by Mike
