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History @ Noon

Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars & Breweries
2026-10-07 12:30:00 2026-10-07 13:30:00 America/Chicago History @ Noon Join us for a lunchtime history program at the library! Bring a bag lunch and enjoy an engaging discussion on historical topics. This month's presenter is author Jim Draeger of the book Bottoms Up. Zablocki Branch - Community Room

Wednesday, October 07
12:30pm - 1:30pm

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Zablocki Branch

Community Room

Join us for a lunchtime history program at the library! Bring a bag lunch and enjoy an engaging discussion on historical topics. This month's presenter is author Jim Draeger of the book Bottoms Up.

Bottoms Up celebrates Wisconsin's taverns and the breweries that fueled them. Beginning with inns and saloons, the book explores the rise of taverns and breweries, the effects of temperance and Prohibition, and attitudes about gender, ethnicity, and morality. It traces the development of the megabreweries, dominance of the giants, and the emergence of microbreweries. Contemporary photographs of unusual and distinctive bars and breweries of all eras, historical photos, postcards, advertisements, and breweriana illustrate the story of how Wisconsin came to dominate brewing and the place that bars and beer hold in our social and cultural history.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | History & Genealogy | Cultural Heritage |

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