With your local Waupaca news for this Friday, October 2nd, I'm Durant Popple. The Chain o Lakes 15th annual blues festival is taking place tonight and tomorrow. Taking place at the ICC, events start tonight at 6pm, featuring the Alex Wilson band, followed by Reverend Raven. Tomorrow beginning at 2 will feature Michael Murphy and the Mob, the Jay Edward Band, Mama Ginger and the Red Hots, followed by Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials. A shuttle will be running to the event from the Ramada, Comfort Suites, Deer Haven Camp, Crystal River Inn, and the Econolodge. You must be 21 or older to attend. Tickets may not necessarily be available at the door, but can be purchased from the chamber through their website, Waupaca chamber dot com. Hidden Studios, Art along the Ice Age trail is a tour of working art studios in central Wisconsin. Traveling along the ice age trail, 9 art studios are featured where you can meet the artists, enjoy live demonstrations, shop unique artworks directly from the creators, and just enjoy the drive in the central Wisconsin's fall coloring. The studios are open for touring today and tomorrow, 10am until 5, and Sunday 10am until 4. Information including the list of studios and a map their locations can be found online at hidden studios art tour dot com. Tomorrow at 11, the library will be hosting a snack and learn titled Bringing Dino-birds to Life, as presented by Uwe Bergmann. The snacks will be provided by the Gouda Life. Bergmann will talk about trying to disentangle the chemical remains of the most iconic dino-bird fossils using powerful X-Rays, including the archaeopteryx, and what we can learn about the life of these amazing creatures. This event is free and open to the public; these details and more can be found on the library's website, Waupaca library dot org. Finally, the Waupaca county annual tree sale has begun. A bunch of varieties are available, including Lilac, Poplar, Tamarack, Birch, and many others. Trees come in bundles of 25, with some varieties having discounts when purchased in bundles of 100. Trees will be available for pickup at the Waupaca county fairgrounds around late April to early May. Purchases can be made online through the county's website, Waupaca county dash W I dot gov, where you can also get a paper form if you'd rather. Orders placed by mail are not guaranteed as quantities change often. If you have questions on this process, you may call them at 715 258 6245. That's your local news update, you can always get your news on air or online with your favorite podcast platform. Get started at Waupaca dot Podbean dot com.
