October 2009 Highlights
Take Part in Wade House Hearthside Dinners
On several Saturdays this fall and winter Wade House, the Wisconsin Historical Society's historic stagecoach inn in Greenbush, will bustle with activity amid the pleasant aromas of a home-cooked meal — and you can be part of the homey, 19th-century-style...
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Posted October 29, 2009
Halloween Week at the Historical Museum
Halloween Week returns to the Wisconsin Historical Museum October 27-30. Enjoy a week of activities for those of all ages who have an interest in the odd and peculiar! This year we explore Wisconsin's connections to Spiritualism, the one-time fastest-growing...
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Posted October 26, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe Haunts Old World Wisconsin
In celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of master of suspense Edgar Allan Poe, Old World Wisconsin will stage Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe, a dinner theater series, on Friday and Saturday, October 23-24 and 30-31. The play will...
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Posted October 22, 2009
Local History and Preservation Conference a Hit
The third annual Local History and Historic Preservation Conference met in Wausau on Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, with a record-setting attendance of 287 participants from 48 counties! The conference drew the record number by offering an increased number of...
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Posted October 19, 2009
Encore! Book Launch Event in Menomonie
Experience the grandeur of Wisconsin's restored performance spaces at the book launch for Encore!: The Renaissance of Wisconsin Opera Houses at the historic Mabel Tainter Theater in Menomonie on Friday, October 16. Join author Brian Leahy Doyle and photographer Mark...
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Posted October 15, 2009
It's a Celebration of Autumn at Wade House
As the days begin to steadily become shorter and the colors of autumn decorate the wooded hillsides around Wade House in Greenbush, the historic site will usher in the change of seasons with a festive Autumn Celebration on Saturday and...
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Posted October 13, 2009
Autumn on the Farms at Old World Wisconsin
The farms, fields, gardens and kitchens of Old World Wisconsin will be abuzz with activity next weekend when the outdoor museum conducts its annual rite of passage by readying the site for the coming winter during Autumn on the Farms...
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Posted October 8, 2009
People of the Sturgeon at Book Fest October 10
Two co-authors of one of the latest books from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press that is garnering a lot of attention, People of the Sturgeon, will be on hand to talk about and sign copies of their book as part...
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Posted October 5, 2009
Wisconsin's First Outdoor Rock Festival
Sound Storm, Wisconsin's first outdoor rock festival, was held April 24-26, 1970, on the hillside farm of Irene York, outside the village of Poynette in Columbia County, and is the subject of the latest featured gallery in the Society's online...
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Posted October 1, 2009
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