Ron Faiola has been called “Wisconsin’s legacy filmmaker” and a “supper club guru.”  His best selling book series, Wisconsin Supper Clubs: An Old Fashioned Experience (2013), and Wisconsin Supper Clubs: Another Round (2016), helped ignite supper club fever in the Badger State.  He was awarded a gold medal from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association for his third book, The Wisconsin Supper Clubs Story: An Illustrated History, With Relish (2021). His recently released fourth book, Wisconsin Supper Clubs Second Edition, is an expanded and updated version of his first book.

Join Jordan Kabat (Dr. Evergleam) and Barb Bundy-Jost (Nurse Sparkle) to discover the rich history of the Aluminum Specialty Company, insider's tips for how to find your own Evergleam tree, and common repairs and TLC needed for these aluminum masterpieces.  

Mickey Crowe was a skinny, 6-foot-5 long-haired sharpshooter who played for his father, Marty, a Hall of Fame coach, at the JFK Prep boarding school located St. Nazianz. By the time Crowe’s prep career concluded in 1975, he was the state’s all-time leading scorer with 2,724 points, a record that stood until Wausaukee’s Anthony Pieper blew past it in 1993.

Relive the story with Brett Christopherson of the Appleton Post-Crescent.

Historic structures can be lost to time. Join the Manitowoc County Historical Society in uncovering some well-known former landmarks such as the Opera House, Carnegie Library, and Post Office in Manitowoc, Turner Hall and the James E. Hamilton residence in Two Rivers, the old train depot in Valders, and the lime kilns in Grimms. Travel along with a photographic journey to eleven communities: Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Kiel, Valders, Reedsville, Clarks Mills, Maribel, Grimms, Oslo, Centreville, and Manitowoc Rapids.

Wisconsin Maritime Museum Submarine Curator, Karen Duvalle will share the journey after the discovery of the USS Lagarto, which will include incredible stories of the crew, finding and meeting their families, discoveries and connections made along the way, and how this discovery set the standard for more WWII submarine wrecks. 

Forever to be remembered for their hit song “Mr. Sandman,” The Chordettes are considered one of the most popular close-harmony singing groups of all time. Did you know that the group has a local connection as they were formed in Sheboygan in the mid-1940s?

Cooking on an open fire, washing clothes by hand, keeping a diligent eye on the kids while also tending to some worn clothes in dire need of a patch job. This was common life for a woman back in pioneer times, and no woman was a stranger to this lifestyle. But our pioneer women also started libraries, classrooms, museums, and so much more. Discover the women movers and shakers in Manitowoc County at the turn of the 20th century!

Romy Gosz, entertained countless audiences decades ago with the Romy Gosz Orchestra

Lloyd Gosz, youngest of the Gosz clan, will join us to share family stories and musical background.

In this program museum archivists will share some of the more peculiar stories from Manitowoc County, including an alligator in Clarks Mills and Al Capone in a car accident in Cato.

Join local author Corey Geiger, an international agriculture journalist, as he adds insight to the origins of the book - On A Wisconsin Family Farm, Historic Tales of Character, Community and Culture - and shares stories from its pages.

Through diaries, letters, and newspaper articles, author Kerry Trask weaves together personal viewpoints and wartime events to reflect the passions of the times and describes the conflicts encountered by the men who went to war and the people who remained at home. Through excerpts from his book “Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin” you will learn about the experiences of Manitowoc County citizens during the Civil War.

A hallmark of the Manitowoc County Historical Society’s local history collection is a group of over one thousand negatives taken from 1940-1980 of our community by local photographer Daryl Cornick. Join local photographer and MCHS volunteer, John Rohrer, as he showcases photos from the collection.

Join bestselling author and speaker Rochelle Pennington to learn more about the “Edmund Fitzgerald,” the largest shipwreck ever to go down on the Great Lakes.

No other Great Lakes shipwreck is more well-known than the “Fitzgerald,” which disappeared into a stormy Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, when wind gusts peaked at nearly 100 miles per hour and waves reached the height of 3-story buildings.