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☀️🎉 Good Friday Morning, Coulee
February 21, 2025
Caleb Lombardo
February 21, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 13 minutes
Happy Friday, Coulee Region. 🎉
Today on Good Morning, Coulee:
🎤 A local artist is nearing the release of his album
😋 #ThatLooksGood from a local favorite
😀 Some news to make you smile
Let’s end the week the way we started it—together. ❤️
🎶 Song of the Day
Something to tap your foot to. 👇
*If you want to listen along as you read, scroll to the top right of this email and click “Read Online”.
You vibin’? You can listen to the entire playlist here ➡️
💬 Today’s Thought
“The happiest people I know are people who don’t even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good. ”
📰 Quick Hits
Futures Center helps La Crosse students get a head start before graduating (WIZM)
La Crescent-Hokah School District Superintendent search underway (WXOW)
La Crosse IF Adventure Film Festival (WXOW)
UW-La Crosse Chancellor holds community forum (WXOW)
The Green Table, La Crosse’s first dinner party elevated by nature (WIProud)
Primary recap and one peculiar story from longtime La Crosse city clerk Nikki Elsen (WIZM)
🌤 Weather (we made it, fam—everything’s going to be okay)
🎤 Local Artist
At just 23 years old, Sawyer Utah has already crafted a distinct musical identity that blends indie pop sensibilities with dreamy Western undertones. The singer, songwriter, and producer takes a page from the multihyphenate book of Jack Antonoff, equally comfortable behind the mixing board and writing for other artists as he is performing his own music center stage. He’s been honing his craft since childhood in La Crosse, WIsconsin, where he began playing guitar at age six and by middle school, he was already exploring music production—building a home studio in his parents’ basement where he taught himself recording and production techniques.
🕯 Luminary Hike @ Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge // 5:30pm-8:30pm // [LINK]
🎤 Karaoke @ Dewey’s Side Street Saloon // 7pm-11pm // [LINK]
🎙 Listening Room - Intentional Open Mic & Jam Session @ Art House La Crosse // 6pm-8pm // [LINK]
🍸 $5 Margs for National Margarita Day @ JavaVino // 3pm-8pm // [LINK]
🩸 American Red Cross Blood Donation @ Valley View Mall // 10am-8pm // [LINK]
🪙 Free Game Friday & Karaoke Night @ Driftless Axe & Arcade // 12pm-11:30pm // [LINK]
🧠 Psychology Circle @ Pearl Street Books // 6:30pm-7:30pm // [LINK]
♟ Informal Chess Club @ Valley View Mall Food Court // Every Tuesday, 5:30pm-8:30pm - Informal gathering, casual play. No fees or dues.
🏷 Indoor Garage Sale @ Moose Lodge #1920 // Saturday, 8am-3pm // [LINK] - Tables available for rent if you want to sell items. Lunch will be available for purchase on-site.
🂬 Tarot Card Reading @ The Broom & Crow // Saturday, 11am-4pm // [LINK] - Call 715-895-8897 to reserve your spot. $15 for a shorter 3 card tarot reading with one wellness/oracle card $25 for a 6 tarot card reading with one wellness/oracle card
🏏 College Night @ The Blue Zone Pickleball // Saturday, 6pm-10pm // [LINK]
🔴 Bloody’s & Bingo @ American Legion Post 51-West Salem // Saturday, 9am-12pm // [LINK]
🎤 Open Mic Night @ TnT’s Way Out // Saturday, 6pm // [LINK]
🔥 Winter Walk & Bonfire @ Lower Duck Egg County Forest // Saturday, 3pm-5:30pm // [LINK] - Walks will begin promptly at 3pm and will be approximately 1 hour long, with a bonfire and beverages to immediately follow.
📖 Storytime with the Enduring Families Project @ La Crosse Area Heritage Center // Saturday, 1pm-2pm // [LINK] - Family-friendly, free event with author Darrell Ferguson reading an excerpt from “A Long Way to Find a Home: George Edwin Taylor as a Child.”
Happening Today
👦👧 Morning Preschool Open Gym @ Dahl YMCA // 9am-11am // [LINK]
✂️ Kids Craft at the Museum @ Children’s Museum of La Crosse // 2pm-3pm // [LINK]
📕 Library Learners @ Onalaska Library // 10am-10:30am // [LINK]
😀 News to Make You Smile
Washburn Neighborhood volunteers come together to serve dinner at the warming center ❤️👏
🍪 Girl Scout Cookies (do i have ur attention now?)
Girl Scout cookie sales start this weekend on Saturday the 22nd. They will be available until April 13. Need help locating some? Here’s a handy dandy Girl Scout Cookie Locator (amazing that this exists?).
Or, y’know, just buy some on your way out of the Walmart at some point this weekend.
What's your favorite Girl Scout Cookie?(if it's not s'mores you're wrong. you're entitled to your opinion, but you're wrong) |
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😋 #ThatLooksGood
This email is certainly shaping up to be a tasty one. Today’s #ThatLooksGood is from Food Dudes. Some of you may know that they’ve been killing it for quite some time. If you didn’t know about them, then you’re welcome—I just changed your life.
608 Drunken Patty Melt w/ Side of Drunken Mayo
🏀 Local Sports
Thursday 2/20
Central Boys Basketball @ Onalaska // L 43-47
Aquinas Girls Basketball vs. Sparta // W 69-32
Luther Girls Basketball vs. West Salem // 7:00pm
Holmen Boys Basketball @ La Crescent // W 95-71
Holmen Girls Basketball @ Tomah // 7:15pm
West Salem Girls Basketball @ Luther // 7:00pm
La Crescent Boys Hockey @ Northfield // L 0-7
Friday 2/21
Central Girls Basketball vs. Onalaska // 7:15pm
Logan Boys Basketball vs. Sparta // 7:15pm
Luther Boys Basketball @ Viroqua // 7:00pm
West Salem Boys @ G-E-T // 7:00pm
La Crescent Boys Basketball @ Fillmore Central // 7:15pm
🎶 Live Music
Friday 2/21
5:00pm // Grounded Patio Cafe // Colin Marshall
6:00pm // La Crosse Moose Lodge // Spunky Bumpkins
6:00pm // Whiskey River Bar & Grill // Andy Hughes
7:00pm // Onalaska American Legion Post 336 // Larry’s Drifters
7:00pm // The St. Bernard Room // Zeke Fitz
7:00pm // The Hatchery // Sam Ness
7:00pm // Cat Daddy’s (Trempealeau) // Ryan Howe
8:00pm // Robin’s Nest // the Skins
8:00pm // Smokey’s Bar and Grill // Down East
8:00pm // the Root Note // YELLOWFIN & BUSEY
8:00pm // Trempealeau Hotel // Laura Rain and the Caesars (tickets)
8:00pm // No Name Bar (Winona) // People Brothers Band ($15 cover)
Saturday 2/22
2:00pm // Elmaro Vineyard // Quenten Brown
2:00pm // Trempealeau Hotel // Under Paris Skies ($6 admission)
4:00pm // The St. Bernard Room // David Nash
4:00pm // First Lutheran Onalaska // Wartburg Kantorai & Bell Concert
6:00pm // TnT’s Way Out // Open Mic
6:00pm // Alpine Inn // Bryce Thomaschefsky
6:00pm // Two Fathoms Brewing (Winona) // Brian Beard Live
7:00pm // The St. Bernard Room // Tripp & Fayme
7:00pm // Saxon Hall (Brownsville) // Abbey Lane
7:00pm // Spring Grove Cinema // Little Fevers and FINICK (tickets)
7:30pm // Starlite Lounge // 3rd Charles
8:00pm // Fox Hollow (Barre Mills) // Volson Live (tickets)
8:00pm // Whiskey River Bar & Grill // Banter
8:00pm // Our Corner Bar // Inertia
8:30pm // Features West Salem // BLUE COLLAR 40
9:00pm // No Name Bar (Winona) // Charlieboy & Amateur
10:00pm // Popcorn Tavern // The Homeland Conspiracy, Abaddon’s End, Stopping Short ($5 cover) (hard rock)
That’s a top-notch Friday email for ya. Here’s to an excellent weekend.
Next Week on Good Morning, Coulee:
🏡 We’ll feature a local organization doing great work
🔥 Our non-profit partner for the Coulee Club Card will be revealed
🤐 A new segment on Good Morning, Coulee….
Now get out there and close the week strong. We’re rooting for you. 💪🔥
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