Upcoming Events



Historic Jewish Milwaukee Tour

8:30 AM, Tuesday, April 27
Contact Diane Sobel of the Jewish Community Center (414-967-8258) for more information.

A half-day excursion into the city's Jewish past, including its neighborhoods, synagogues, businesses, shopping districts, and even its oldest cemetery.

Brewer's Hill
Historic Milwaukee, Inc's. 'Spaces and Traces' tour

Saturday, May 15
Contact Laurel Turner of HMI (414-277-7795) for details or e-mail her at laurel@historicmilwaukee.org

Once a showcase of mid-1800s architecture, Brewer's Hill has weathered years of disinvestment to become one of the city's hottest and best-preserved neighborhoods.

John Gurda

John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian. John Gurda is the author of thirteen books, including histories of Milwaukee-area neighborhoods, churches and industries. "The Making of Milwaukee" is John Gurda's most ambitious effort. It is the first feature-length history of the community published since 1948.

John Gurda is a lecturer, tour guide and local history columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. John Gurda holds a B.A.in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. John Gurda is an eight-time winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Award of Merit. Developed, Hosted and Maintained by Thinkc2