Host Al Ross welcomes comedienne Mary Rowles to talk about her career, her singing and the unique characters she portrays in her show. She performs Saturday 7:30 p.m. at Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts in Menomonie. Special Correspondent Jim Oliver hears from Wayne Marek, director of the Eau Claire Children’s Theatre about its production of Disney’s Aladdin, running through Sunday at the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center’s State Theatre. Jon Thorpe from Friends of the Symphony shares news about this Saturday’s 15th Annual Christmas Stroll from 1 to 6 p.m., which is a fundraiser for the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra. Mac Cherry, host of the Big River Radio Wave, joins Ross to highlight the Christmas Eve statewide broadcast on WPR and the live recording at the Big River Theater in Alma on Saturday, November 30. Spectrum West also previews A TubaChristmas coming to Alliance Church in Menomonie, The Reason for the Season coming to Northern Lakes Center for the Arts, a film series at the Shell Lake Arts Center, and a history exhibit at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
