Spring is around the corner, (really, it is!!!) A season of renewal, rebirth. The common egg becomes a canvas for many as we decorate eggs in preparation for Easter. Did you know that people have been decorating eggs for over 60,000 years? That is an amazing fact!!! Go HERE for some incredible decorated eggs and egg art ideas...And Go HERE for the famous Ukrainian Eggs, (pysanky) a style of decorating using intense dyes and beeswax...
Having just passed the Spring Equinox, (and then gettting dumped on. again. with snow.) we want to comment on those equinoxes and solstices...they are another thing that humans have noticed for thousands of years... GO HERE to find out more about these science-y times of the year! GO HERE to find out how these 4 times were celebrated.
Enjoy this newsletter, it is chock-full!!!! As always, we encourage you to browse through: see all the happenings and many opportunities in our community, and if you feel curious, click on the bright blue links to take a deeper dive and get more details!
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April is Poetry Month!!!
WCAB, along with our partner, the Waupaca Public Library, is once again celebrating the art of poetry with a number of poetry events, and we want you to indulge, enjoy and participate!
Find the Haiku Post, and add your own Haiku in the comments!
"Waupaca Haiku
Fingers counting syllables
Townie Poetry"
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Poetry Reading
Tuesday
April 18
7:00-8:30pm
at Waupaca Danes Hall
WCAB, along with our partner, the Waupaca Public Library, is hosting multilingual Poetic Voices Poetry Reading, on the first floor of Waupaca Danes Hall. featuring original poetry from local and regional poets and highlight the winners of this year's Poetic Voices Poetry Contest. Danes Hall also will be live broadcasting the poetry reading into the Granite Cellar pub area. Admission is free.
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Interactive Poetry Events at the Library!
For the month of April, there are interactive poetry events at the Library!
From April 1-15, come to the Library and work on your very own Blackout Poetry project!
From April 15-29, come and add a poem to the Crankie, as we continue our "longest poem in the world!"
All of this and more, honoring and celebrating poetry, for all the details GO HERE!
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WCAB's Waupaca Local Live April Show
Featuring
Bernardo Cano
Thursday, April 20 at 7:00 pm
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Bernardo Cano is a local Wisconsin-raised Harmonica player, which exploits harp playing styles unheard of! Stay tuned for more info on this incredible musician!
Join us for Wauapca Local Live! You can join us in the studio (send us a FB message) or experience the show on FB Live on our FB page!
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View previous programs from the past 5 years here! Great musicians, interesting dialogue and great music!
We seek to bring local and regional musical excellence to the airwaves!
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The Waupaca Community Arts HUB
a program of the Waupaca Community Arts Board
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We are so excited to celebrate the Arts Hub's Second Birthday!
Help us celebrate, with an Open House and a
Fun-Raiser Event with Live Music!
the Arts Hub
Come visit the Arts Hub on Tuesday, April 4
from 3:30-5:30
and feel the excitement!
- Make and Take art project,
- Add to the Community Art Project "Woven All Togehter sponsored by the Hub and the Waupaca Public Library
- tour the Arts Hub and meet our staff
- have a cupcake, and more!
Join us for this free event!
The Arts Hub is located at the First United Methodist Church at
720 Demarest Avenue, Waupaca
April 29 from 6-10 pm
1330 Ware Street, Waupaca
Join us for an evening of dancing and fun, and help the Arts Hub fund our Tuition Assistance program and our many Outreach Programs.
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Live music by MoJoe & Flipside
- Heavy Hors D’Oeuvres
- Cash Bar
- 50/50 Raffle
- Participate in a special donors community art project
This fun event will help sustain the Hub's tuition assistance and Outreach funding programs that are so needed to make the arts accessible to everyone in our community.
Tickets are $50 each and all proceeds go to the Hub tuition assist and
outreach program funding.
For more info, go here!
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Kid and Adult Cooking Classes for Spring |
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Adult Ravioli!
Did you know making homemade pasta is easy and a whole lotta fun? Chef Shelly will show you how to make a simple pasta dough, and then roll it out for fresh ravioli. Besides making two different ravioli fillings, we will also make a spring lemon asparagus salad. This is a hands-on class so be prepared to get a little messy and have fun ‘rolling in the dough’.
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Pasta Party!
Everybody loves spaghetti! Chef Shelly will show you how to make classic spaghetti with meat sauce. But best of all, we will also roll pasta dough thru a pasta machine and make fresh fettucini, and enjoy it in a creamy cheese sauce. Come prepared to get a little messy, but it will be worth it when we enjoy eating your fabulous chef creations!
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Cookie Creations!
Students will learn a basic cookie recipe and be taught slight changes that can be made to create different tastes, textures, and appearances. Bakers will make cookies, bake and sample their creations.
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COMING SOON!!! COMING SOON!!!
COMING SOON!!! COMING SOON!!!
- Summer School at the Arts Hub....in partnership with Wauapca Public Schools, we will be offering a 2 week Summer School Arts Sampler!
- First Summer School session: June 12-15, June 19-22! Kids can get on the bus after their morning summer school, and meet up at the hub for a great program featuring various art and music offerings! Limited seating!
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You can order yours today, and the proceeds go to HUB programming! multiple colors: White, green and grey! Adults and kid sizes... these shirts will be avaiable from April 1-April 10, so get yous now!!!
Wear a little piece of the Arts HUB!
And as Always, we have:
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And a few more things in the works for WCAB... |
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Call to Artists:
Articipation Week and the 16th Annual Arts on the Square is coming up, August 14-20!
We are accepting applications for Fine Artists for our Juried Fine Arts Sand Crafts Show on Saturday August 20. We will be back down on the town square, downtown Waupaca, under the shade of the trees on the Library lawn... We will be offering $800 in awards, including the new Patti Vaux Award! Be part of this great annual Fine Arts Show!
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Summer Nights Concerts 2023
Another great lineup this year! Thanks to great support form local businesses, we will be continuing our Kickoff Concert at the Indian Crossing Casino with Hip Pocket and local favorites Baba Ghanooj!
And, for the scoop on the Wednesday concerts at South Park,
check out our 2023 lineup at our website!
At each concert we will have:
- Food Trucks
- Family Art Projects
- Beer and Beverages
- 50/50 raffle
Join your friends at the park! Bring a lawnchair! check our FB page if the weather looks crappyh, opur rain location is the Indian Crossing Casino, so no cancelled concerts in 2023!!!
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WCAB's Community Art Project 2023/2024: SHINE! |
The Waupaca Foundry and the WCAB are teaming up again to create a wonderful piece of public art, and we will need you to help us! Stay tuned form more information on how you can sign up for one of 14 workshops in 2023 to create a fused glass tile that will go in to a wonderful sculpture that will be installed somewhere downtown Waupaca! So, get ready to roll up your sleeves and get creative with us, and let your light SHINE, Waupaca!!!
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Other April Happenings... in and around our community! |
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Waupaca King and
In Between
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Shopping Small and Local helps sustain our downtown, the heart of our community!
And have you noticed how many new shops are opening? We have more shops now than we have in years. If you need something: a gift, a special item, or a place to celebrate, think of our local shops and restaurants; make a point of choosing local, in downtown and in King, and the options in between!
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Waupaca Area Arts and Culture Network |
The WAACN is a network of organizations, creatives and business who have a common goal to work together to create a vibrant creative community. Together, we work collaboratively to support the intention of creating an arts and culture-rich community.
We are excited to be installing a message board/case soon, in the lobby between City Hall and the Library! in that case will be info on all of the groups and organizations that are part of WCAB! the frame was decorated by local artist Brenda Wenburg, and the case was purtchased with funds received from the Waupaca Community Foundation! Stay tuned!
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The Library is partnering with the Waupaca Community Arts Board during Poetry Month!
April 18: Check out the Poetry Reading at Wauapca Danes Hall on Tuesday and hear original poetry being read!
April 1-15, the Blackout Poetry event will be set-up on the Engagement table in the upstairs area of the library behind the copier. We will have discarded book pages and black out markers that poets will use to black out unwanted words within the page. The words that remain make up the created poem.
April 15-29 come check out the Crankie! Turn the crank to read the "World's Longest Poem!" (is it really?!?!)
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Learn how the club got started and view photos and displays that tell the story of the many ways we’re working to do good in our community and around the world today.
Join club members in the Exhibit Room on Wednesday’s anytime between 5:30 and 7:00 to LEARN ABOUT FEATURED PROGRAMS of the Rotary Club of Waupaca. Club members will be present to talk about the programs and to answer questions about the club.
· April 12th – Supporting Organizations Doing Good In Our Community
· April 19th – Rotary Youth Exchange
· May 3rd – Promoting Peace in Our Community and Changing Lives Around the World
· May 17th – Supporting Our Schools
· May 24th – Protecting the Environment
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The Waupaca Area Public Library
107 S. Main St, Waupaca
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Lunch and Learn is Back!
Wednesday, April 5
12:00-1pm
Come hear Laura Colbert, Waupaca Parks and Rec Director, who will talk about the many programs that they have going on for our community! Registration is required but this is a free program!
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First Thursday Film Series presents:
On Moonlight Bay
with pre-recorded intrduction by the late Dr. Jack Rhodes
and comments by Steve Imm
Thursday, April 6
1:30-3:30 pm
lower level of Library
Our spring session of the First Thursday Film Series is back! This is a great musical! Complimentary popcorn and movie treats too!
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Starting April 26
At the Library
Come to the library to pick up a kit and you can paint your own wooden train car!!! Then join us Sat., May 20, 10 am-2 pm for Family Fun Day at the Depot.
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The Waupaca Fine Arts Festival
Celebrating 60 Years in Wauapca!
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60th Annual Community Choir and Orchestra Concert
April 2, 2023
2:30 pm
Waupaca High School Performing Arts Center
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Don't miss the 60th Anniversary Concert celebrating beautiful choral works. This year we return to our roots with a performance with our beloved orchestra. Our two masterworks are Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria and the Faure’ Requiem.
Tickets available for purchase in advance at Waupaca Chamber of Commerce.
Tickets will be available at the box office before the concert, too.
Adults - $10 Advance $12 Box Office
Students/Children - $4 Advance $6 Box Office
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60th Annual Art Show
April 22nd – 26th, 2023
301 N. Main street, Waupaca WI
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- April 22nd: Show Opening Night Celebration- Open 6-9pm- Band: Snack Bar Flamingos 6-8:30pm
- April 23rd: Judges Live Critique- 1:30-2:30pm (Show open to public 1pm-6pm)
- April 24th: Show open to public- 10am-8pm
- April 25th: Show open to public- 10am-8pm
- April 25th: Live Band 5pm – 7:30 pm
- April 26th: Show open to public- 10am-3pm (Show closes at 3pm on April 26th).
GO HERE for updates to this schedule and more new
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Auditions for the 2023 Children's Musical production of
Madagascar
Tuesday, April 11
3:30-6:30 P.M.
Waupaca Learning Center’s Music Room
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Earth Day at Hartman's Creek 2023 |
Earth, Work, Play Day at Hartman Creek State Park
Saturday, April 15
9am-noon
Join the park staff and Friends as we plant trees and conduct various projects such as invasive species removal, brush clean up, and campsite fire ring installations. The Friends of Hartman Creek will provide snacks and refreshments. Please bring work gloves and shovels if available; otherwise, the park has a limited supply.
Earth Day, the world's largest environmental movement, started in 1970, and continues to be a day of awareness, action and commitment to work to save our planet. Earth Day 2023 is officially
April 22.
Earth Day can be celebrated in groups, or in ones own community. What can you do to help be a positive influence on the health of this planet that sustains us all?
Go to Earth Day to find tons of resources, ideas and areas of focus, and to be involved!
Happy Earth Day! from the
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The Waupaca Area Chamber of Commerce |
The Chamber is hosting another great event! Electronics Recycling Event on Friday,
April 21
10:30am-1:30 pm
Swan Park
Go HERE for the new Chamber Website and Community Calendar!
SAVE the DATE:
Strawberry Fest will be held
Saturday, June 17, 2023 [9am-4pm]
They are planning for this event now, and looking for vendors!
For more information or to download an artist/crafter or reseller booth application:
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The Annual Variety Show is a go! Come see family and friends perform all manner of things at this annual event! Join family and friends at this annual event, that is sure to make you smile!
The Tomorrow River Variety Show
Saturday, April 15 at 7pm
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Migration Day! Sunday, April 23
Join us for this free program at the Jensen Community Center on Sunday, April 23 at 1 p.m.
The afternoon will be filled with discovery as we learn together about animal migration with presentations from the Raptor Education Group (REGI), Nature's Niche, Lisa Bey, and Amber Eschenbauch. This event is open to people of all ages!
1:00 p.m. - Presentations
2:30 p.m. - Questions, hands-on viewing, and a sunflower birdfeeder craft project
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Mark your calendars for this early May concert that might sell out! Good Morning Bedlam has become an innovative force in the midwest folk scene. Their shows are known for their contagious energy, with members careening about the stage. With tight soaring three part harmonies, and thumping kick-drum, they captivate their audience night after night. Every song is a unique twist on what is generally dubbed as folk music. for more info and ticket info go here!
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Other things to consider at the Jensen center:
- sign up for summer dance classes! GO HERE for more info on how to sign up!
- check out all the other wonderful opportunities at Amherst's Lettie Jensen Center: Go here!
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Two compassionate groups of people have merged to join energies and try and create a more inclusive community in Waupaca. They need your help! Please take a few minutes to fill out this SURVEY that will help us create a community assets map for our town, making it easier for people to join together! In Waupaca, You Belong!!!
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Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra |
Magnificent Pines
April 15, 2023, 7:30 pm
Sentry Theater, Stevens Point
Enjoy this wonderful spring concert set in the acoustically great Sentry Theater!
Featuring Essay No.1 by Samuel Barber, The Moldau by Bedrich Smetana and Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi.
Featured performance by the Betty Frost Jenkins Young Artist Concerto Winner, Jane Story, accompanied by the CWSO.
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Dead Man's Carnival
April 29 at 7:30!
Gerold Opera House, Main St, Weyauwega
The Dead Man's Carnival: returns!
Dead Man's Carnival is a Milwaukee based Live music variety show. The show combines our love for turn of the century Vaudeville with the uncompromising passion of the Do-it-yourself underground art community.
Featuring house band Professor Pinkerton's Irrelevant Orchestra. The hottest Hot Jazz Band in the Midwest!
Featuring a variety of different acts including:
Fire eating, Stage Illusions, Aerial Dance, Feats of strength, Burlesque, Human Oddities, Juggling, Comedy and 8 musicians on dozens of vintage instruments!
Doors open at 6:00pm
Show starts at 7:30pm
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Amoco and the Filling Station April Generosity Days |
Thursday April 6
The Humane Society of Waupaca County is a non-profit organization that inspires caring and compassion by bringing positive change to the lives of people and animals through humane education and companion animal care.
Thursday, April 20
The Lion's Club raises money to help fund various projects in our community. They also provide support for events!
Thanks for helping to support the Humane Society and the Waupaca Lion's Club by going to Amoco and The Filling Station on Thursday, April 6!
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This relatively new venue is becoming a really nice place to go for live music.
They will be hosting open mics on Thursdays, and they have at least 8 musical acts booked for April so far, including guitarist Scott Dercks,
And as always, you can order a fantastic pizza next door at Sliced Pizza, and have it delivered to you right in the venue! |
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FREE ONLINE PAINTING CLASS!!!!
Thursday, April 6th, 2022 at 6:30pm
Join in on this FREE Let's Paint Live virtual paint party on our Facebook page as we teach you how to paint an abstract pastel bunny with FolkArt!
Pencil in some time for yourself on to unwind and learn how to paint with Kirsten. Enjoy this experience live or paint at your own pace on demand once the initial broadcast has ended.
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Winchester Lectures are held on Monday evenings at 6:30 at the Wauapca Public Library downstairs meeting rooms, and are always free. |
"How Does Wisconsin Sound?" In-Person Badger Talk at Winchester Academy
Monday, April 10
Wisconsin has a remarkable musical past, one that shows the individual and collective power of its native and emigrant peoples, and its regional, national and international connections and relationships. This talk presents snapshots from the state’s historical and current soundscapes identifying the circumstances under which musical practices were made, remembered and changed.
Speaker Susan C. Cook is a music historian and dance scholar whose published work and current research engages with American musical repertories of all kinds.
GO HERE for more info on this program.
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Monday, April 17
What a Find! Ancient Canoes Discovered in Lake Mendota!
James Skibo, PhD, is Wisconsin State Archaeologist at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The WHS, in partnership with Wisconsin’s Native Nations, is preserving a pair of historic dugout canoes recovered from Madison’s Lake Mendota in 2021 and 2022. Resting on the lake bottom 27 feet underwater, the 1st discovery contained seven notched stones known as net sinkers used to hold down fishing nets. Photos of the canoe showed it to be in such pristine condition that it was suspected it had been made recently. But radiocarbon dating showed it was in use around A.D. 800, likely by ancestors of today’s Ho-Chunk Nation. This program is being offered in conjunction with the Waupaca Historical Society.
GO HERE for more info on this program.
For more April programs and more info on the Winchester Academy, go to their website:
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Waupaca Historical Society |
The featured April Program is entitled:
A Tale of Two CompaniesCompanies: The Building of Seagrave and Four Wheel Drive in Clintonville
Thursday, April 20, 6pm
at the Holly Center on Main St.
Join us to learn the story of Seagrave and Four Wheel Drive in Clintonville. Barbara Koster from the Four Wheel Drive Seagrave Museum will take guests back to beginnings of the company, including its connections to Waupaca.
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Celebrate!
The Historical Society is 700 years old!
70th Anniversary
Ice Cream Social
Thursday April 27
6-8pm
at the Holly Center!
Since 1953, the Waupaca Historical Society has grown to include the care and preservation of four sites and four buildings in the City of Waupaca and more than 10,000 artifacts. WHS has evolved into a historical and educational resource for our residents, visitors and schools, and an active partner in our community. They are currently in the midst of their Capital Campaign which will help to renovate and maintain their many buildings!
GO HERE for more info on how you can contribute to this worthy cause.
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April Happenings at the Center for Living Well on Main Street in Iola.
Yoga, Meditations, Massage, and more!
The Mind Body Spirit Fair
Saturday, April 22
from, 10am-4pm
A professional environment of healing, education and outreach to address challenges /difficulties relating to health in the body, mind and spirit.
Come see what it is all about!
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One Night Only!
Miguel Zenon
Monday, April 24
Gibson Community Music Hall
Appleton
Jazz Coterie presents the Miguel Zenón Quartet at Gibson Music Hall in Appleton — with Luis Perdomo on piano, Hans Glawischnig on bass, and Henry Cole on drums.
Miguel Zenón masterfully balances innovation and cultural tradition. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miguel is widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation.
“One of the most esteemed and singular-voiced alto saxophonists in jazz.” — DownBeat Magazine
Zenón has released fifteen recordings as a leader, including his 2023 Grammy nominated album, Música De Las Américas. As a composer he has been commissioned by many peers and institutions.
Miguel has given hundreds of lectures and master classes at institutions all over the world and is a permanent faculty member at New England Conservatory and The Manhattan School of Music.
Go to the website for ticket info and extensive information on this great artist!
FREE for Music Students | 50% for Working Musicians
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Little Wolf Gallery, Iola |
Jazz Jam
Saturday, April 8, 5pm
Join us and our friends, Lessons from the Art, for Music, French Wine, Art, and Camaraderie, every Second Saturday!
This Jazz Jam will be the Easter Edition!... do Chocolate Eggs pair well with French Wine!? I guess we'll find out.
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Old Wolves and Hare Triggers
Friday, April 7, 3-7:30pm
Weaving together elements of doom, blues, folk, and raw feeling, Joe Zumpano is a true force to be reckoned with. Every line he has written and every chord he strikes is littered with the ghosts of a memory. There’s the rest of the world, and then there’s Old Wolves. Old Wolves Starts @ 5PM'ish
Hare Triggers is made up of local favorites; Amanda, Stef, and Eric. This is their debut... Live at LittleWolf! They will be offering up some "old country"! Hare Triggers starts at 3'ish.
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We welcome everyone at WCAB!
We are deep in the planning for our spring and summer events. If you would like to join the fun, send us a message! We welcome creative passionate people to help us build and nurture our creative community! (or, GO HERE)
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