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41st Annual Trimborn Farm Harvest of Arts and Crafts

September 8 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Trimborn Farm, 8881 W Grange Ave
Greendale, WI 53129 United States + Google Map

$8

We invite you to join the Milwaukee County Historical Society at the 41st Annual Trimborn Farm Harvest of Arts & Crafts as we celebrate outstanding local artisans and support Milwaukee County's only historic park.

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History Makers Tour: Explore the History of Voting Rights

October 5 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Wisconsin Black Historical Society/ Museum, 2620 W. Center St.
Milwaukee, WI 53206 United States + Google Map

Free

The afternoon will feature film clips from the PBS documentary Freedom Summer, a chronicling of the 1964 fight among civil rights activists to increase voter registration among Black Mississippians against seemingly insurmountable odds.

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Community Free Day for Against the Grain Exhibit

November 7 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202 United States + Google Map

Jewish Museum Milwaukee is thrilled to host this community day for anyone living in Milwaukee County to visit Against the Grain: The Remarkable Life of Artist Bernard Perlin for FREE!

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In Progress & In Conversation: ‘Last Kid Picked’

November 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The Oriental Theatre, 2230 N. Farwell Ave.
Milwauke, WI 53202 United States + Google Map

Oriental Theatre. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.

A discussion about the in-progress documentary ‘Last Kid Picked’ (working title) about Bernard Perlin, the subject of the Museum’s current exhibition, Against the Grain.

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Reclaim Armistice Day

November 11 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Milwaukee City Hall, 200 E. Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202 United States + Google Map

Free

Reclaim Armistice Day. Image from Veterans for Peace.

Armistice Day observance sponsored by Veterans for Peace and a coalition of peace and justice groups.

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2024 Holiday Folk Fair International

November 22 @ 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center, 640 S. 84th St.
West Allis, WI 53214 United States + Google Map

$16

Holiday Folk Fair International celebrates the cultural heritage of the people living in southeastern Wisconsin.

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2024 Holiday Folk Fair International

November 23 @ 10:00 am - 9:00 pm

Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center, 640 S. 84th St.
West Allis, WI 53214 United States + Google Map

$16

Holiday Folk Fair International celebrates the cultural heritage of the people living in southeastern Wisconsin.

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2024 Holiday Folk Fair International

November 24 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center, 640 S. 84th St.
West Allis, WI 53214 United States + Google Map

$16

Holiday Folk Fair International celebrates the cultural heritage of the people living in southeastern Wisconsin.

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Lunch & Learn: Greece and the Holocaust

December 3 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202 United States + Google Map

$5 - $8

Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave. Photo by Mariiana Tzotcheva

Join Louise Jesse, whose family experienced the Holocaust in Greece before immigrating to Milwaukee, and scholar Amy Shapiro, for a lunch and learn exploring this chapter in history.

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