Schedule
Mabel's Community Celebration 2024
Come and join The Mabel Tainter for our 4th Annual Mabel Community Celebration! Enjoy a variety of delicious food from the food trucks, jam out to live music, peruse through our Artisan Market, and have fun with the whole community. This event is open to everyone, so bring your friends, family, and neighbors for a night of festivities. We hope to see you there! Lineup for live music to be announced.
Wilson Place Mansion & Museum Tours
The Mabel Tainter Theater and the Wilson Place Mansion & Museum are excited to announce a new partnership to expand historical tour offerings throughout Menomonie in efforts to grow tourism and culture. Tours will be provided by The Mabel Tainter's docent program and will be offered periodically throughout the year. Ticket fees will go directly to the preservation and restoration of both The Mabel Tainter Theater and Wilson Place Mansion.
Girls Night Out: The Show
Treat yourself to a night of Magic! This high-energy and intensely exciting experience was designed with the desires of contemporary women in mind; bringing all your favorite fantasies to life that will have you on the edge of your seat! Whether you’re celebrating a Birthday, Bachelorette, Divorce, Dirty Thirty, or your own Sheer Awesomeness; you don’t want to miss the biggest most exciting ladies night of the year!
Garrison Keillor at 80
Garrison Keillor is the most skilled humorist since Mark Twain. He wrote and managed the weekly Prairie Home Companion show for four decades, and a lifetime set of lighthearted books. In retirement, he is doing only what he loves best -- making people laugh and writing. A happy man. He offered to come to Menomonie to do a benefit performance -- we swiftly accepted.
Ken Waldman in the Spirit Room
FREE IN THE SPIRIT ROOM:
Alaskan Fiddling Poet, Ken Waldman brings a roots music celebration and a special book release show to The Spirit Room. Ken Waldman's 20 books include 16 full-length poetry collections. His 12 CDs combine Appalachian-style string-band music with original poetry. He promises an evening full of fun, inspiration, and surprises—it's also the perfect show for anyone who loves old time fiddling or the state of Alaska. He's celebrating the release of the North American edition of his novel, Now Entering Alaska Time.
Holiday Artisan Market: Day 2
Free Event
An annual celebration in downtown Menomonie. Enjoy fine arts and fine crafts on all three floors of The Mabel Tainter. Shoppers will be treated to Victorian holiday decorations, festive music, and the magic of the season.
Holiday Artisan Market: Day 1
Free Event
An annual celebration in downtown Menomonie. Enjoy fine arts and fine crafts on all three floors of The Mabel Tainter. Shoppers will be treated to Victorian holiday decorations, festive music, and the magic of the season.
Mabel Masquerade
Looking for a classy chance to dress up and have some fun without the kids this Halloween season? Join us for The Mabel Masquerade on Friday Oct. 28th in The Spirit Room! The dance floor will be out, the music on, a great spread of snack for free, and drinks for purchase. Dress to impress as we'll also have a costume contest with prizes for the winner. See you at The Mabel Masquerade!
Night at the Mabel
Escape to 1960’s Las Vegas (conveniently located inside of the Mabel Tainter Theater) and join us for Night at the Mabel! Whether you spend your night sipping on Mabel Martinis or winning big in our on-stage casino, this is sure to be a fundraiser you will never forget.
2022 Red Cedar Film Festival
Join us for the 4th annual Red Cedar Film Festival, Thursday, July 28 – Sunday, July 31. You’re sure to find something new to love within our 2022 schedule which includes 45 films from 10 countries including both shorts and feature length films. From comedy and drama to documentaries and international films, there is something for everyone. See the full screening schedule with film descriptions at http://redcedarfilm.org/ .
Trivia Night in the Spirit Room
Bring your friends and your thinking caps this Saturday for a fun night of trivia in the Spirit Room! If you’re lucky, you might even win a prize 🏆
Mabel’s Community Celebration
Free General Admission
Back by popular demand our 2022 Community Celebration will be the best yet. If you missed last years event, you won't want to miss this years.
A Benefit Concert - Relief for Ukraine
Free General Admission
Join us for a Benefit Concert presented by local band Home Grown Tomatoes and The Mabel Tainter! This is a free concert, but donations are gratefully accepted! All proceeds will be going to Ukraine Relief for emergency supplies via CARE.
PBS Wisconsin presents The Sneezing Cow Stories with Michael Perry
Humorist and author Michael Perry returns to perform his most popular hilarious and heartfelt stories.