Chippewa Valley Farm City Day

Check out life on a dairy farm!  Saturday September 8th is the 5th Annual Chippewa Valley Farm-City Day from 10AM-3PM at the Sandy Acres Dairy Farm in Elk Mound.

Join the fun in this FREE event and see how a modern dairy farm works.  Enjoy guided wagon tours, a petting zoo, educational displays, kids activities, demonstrations and more. 

Get all the details and directions here farmcityday.com

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Check out the Stars

Spend your weekend stargazing - the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society is hosting Northwoods Starfest 2012 August 17th to 19th at the Beaver Creek Reserve in Fall Creek.

The fun begins on Friday. Registration begins at 5PM, and hot dogs and brats will be available (not included in registration). At 8PM Michael Bakich, Senior Editor of Astronomy Magazine will speak about "Star Death", followed by star gazing at 9:30PM until Midnight.

Saturday there will be a Brunch from 10AM to Noon and also a tour at 10:30AM of the Rock Elm Meteorite Impact Crater for those interested.  A Swap Fest begins at 4PM, dinner at 5:30PM followed by door prizes. Phil Cigan, PhD Candidate New Mexico Tech will speak on Dwarf Galaxies at 8PM, then star gazing from 9:30PM-Midnight.

Sunday there will be Breakfast at 8AM.

For more details, costs and event times check out the CVAS website Northwood Starfest 2012

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Summerfest in Eau Claire

This Saturday is Summerfest 2012; a day of great family fun.

Featured at this year's event are: the Mayo Clinic Health System Kids’ Zone 10AM-6PM, the Festival Foods Strongman Competition 10AM-3PM, Eau Claire Ford Main Stage Entertainment 10AM-10PM, the Burger King Classic Car Show 10AM-4PM, Volume One’s Chalkfest 11AM-7PM, and wrap up the day with Family Night in the Park 6PM-9PM, see a movie and popcorn, then send a lighted lantern down the river.

All the details here Eau Claire's Summerfest

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