Ongoing Events
Contribute to "The La Crosse Welcome Circle".
Public Events
Compassionate County Monthly Events
Second Thursday of each month at 10:30 am or 12 pm, Zoom.
This is a community of practice/learning model that provides education, potential action, and practice about how to treat others. Join us on Zoom to explore our own history and identity; learn how to see things from others viewpoints; discuss how we can treat others in just and welcoming ways, and how we can change our own practices, environments, actions, and attitudes.
Each session will offer some education, opportunities for dialogue and practice, and reflection to take with you. Facilitated by Heather Quackenboss, Human Development and Relationships Education, and Kim Joki, JSS Diversion Coordinator.
2024 Thursday Dates: March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, July 11, August 15, September 12, October 10, November 14, December 12
Register for the 10:30 am session
Register for the 12:00 pm session
Second Thursday of each month at 10:30 am or 12 pm, Zoom.
This is a community of practice/learning model that provides education, potential action, and practice about how to treat others. Join us on Zoom to explore our own history and identity; learn how to see things from others viewpoints; discuss how we can treat others in just and welcoming ways, and how we can change our own practices, environments, actions, and attitudes.
Each session will offer some education, opportunities for dialogue and practice, and reflection to take with you. Facilitated by Heather Quackenboss, Human Development and Relationships Education, and Kim Joki, JSS Diversion Coordinator.
2024 Thursday Dates: March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, July 11, August 15, September 12, October 10, November 14, December 12
Register for the 10:30 am session
Register for the 12:00 pm session
Land, Love, Language: Healing our Relationship with the Natural World
Thursday, March 21, 9:30-11:30 and 7 pm
Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, will provide two public events during her University of Wisconsin-La Crosse visit. Tickets are needed for the keynote address. Currently, keynote address tickets are sold out. A live stream of the keynote address will be available.
Thursday, March 21, 9:30-11:30 and 7 pm
Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, will provide two public events during her University of Wisconsin-La Crosse visit. Tickets are needed for the keynote address. Currently, keynote address tickets are sold out. A live stream of the keynote address will be available.
1st Annual Ho-Chunk Nation Founder's Day Powwow
Saturday, March 30, 12 and 7 pm, La Crosse Center
Join us for the inaugural Ho Chunk Nation Founder’s Day Powwow!
*FREE ADMISSION
*OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
- Contest singing & dancing
- Moccasin Tournament
- Lacrosse games
- Arts and Craft Vendors
- Concessions
Grand entries noon & 7pm
Powwow Contact: Waylon Pettibone
(715) 299-5508
Drug & alcohol-free event. Not responsible for lost or stolen items. Contestants must show Tribal ID or CDIB.
Saturday, March 30, 12 and 7 pm, La Crosse Center
Join us for the inaugural Ho Chunk Nation Founder’s Day Powwow!
*FREE ADMISSION
*OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
- Contest singing & dancing
- Moccasin Tournament
- Lacrosse games
- Arts and Craft Vendors
- Concessions
Grand entries noon & 7pm
Powwow Contact: Waylon Pettibone
(715) 299-5508
Drug & alcohol-free event. Not responsible for lost or stolen items. Contestants must show Tribal ID or CDIB.
The Enduring Families Project at La Crosse Community Theatre
May 24 and 25, 2024
The Enduring Families Project is a theatre project which brings to life the stories of 19th Century African Americans that lived in La Crosse and its surrounding area: a presidential candidate, a politically active farmer, a vaudeville muscician, a woman boarding house owner, several barbers, including one woman who owned her own barbershop. These stories, told through reenactments, run the gamut of life experiences in 19th Century La Crosse.
May 24 and 25, 2024
The Enduring Families Project is a theatre project which brings to life the stories of 19th Century African Americans that lived in La Crosse and its surrounding area: a presidential candidate, a politically active farmer, a vaudeville muscician, a woman boarding house owner, several barbers, including one woman who owned her own barbershop. These stories, told through reenactments, run the gamut of life experiences in 19th Century La Crosse.
Looking for more events? Check out the Coulee Progressives Events Page.