Think & Drink Programs
Our Thursday Think & Drink programs feature a range of historical and maritime experts. It is the first Thursday evening of every month, starting at 6:30 pm. Admission is free in person and online, and there is a limited cash bar that features a specialty cocktail and non-alcoholic alternative related to the theme of the talk. Doors and bar open at 6:00 pm.
This year we are celebrating the women, both historical and modern, who shaped the maritime world with this year’s theme: Great Women of the Great Lakes and Beyond.
November 7th– Ladies of the Light: Georgia Stebbins and Female Lighthouse Keepers
Drink Pairing: Dark & Stormy
Georgia Green Stebbins was a sickly young woman from New York City when she came to the North Point Lighthouse in Milwaukee in the mid-1800s to help her ailing lighthouse keeper father. She ended up being an exemplary lady lighthouse keeper in an era when that was an uncommon profession for women. Georgia was the longest tenured keeper at North Point. Join Ken and Barb Wardius, authors of books like Wisconsin Lighthouses and North Point Lighthouse, as they shine a light on Georgia’s incredible story.
Alcohol and nonalcoholic drinks will be available for purchase at the limited bar. To access the live stream of this event, please register here: https://forms.gle/ukjMhjzKi1XuhDuq7 Admission is free both in-person and virtually.
December 5th – Women on Submarines
Drink Pairing: USS New Jersey Bourbon Lemonade
In 2010, the ban on women serving on submarines was lifted. In 2022, two women made history becoming the first female Executive Officer and first female Chief of the Boat. In September of this year, the Navy commissioned it’s first coed submarine: USS New Jersey. But before these historic landmarks, there were women serving in anti-submarine warfare who were not allowed on the boats they were fighting.
Past Topics
- The History of Female Pirates
- From the Sea to the Stars: Astronaut Laurel Clark
- The Wreck of the RMS Titanic
- The Music of Victory at Sea
- We Do This for the Water
- Spooky Lakes: Environmental Education Through Art
- WAVES and SPARS: Women of the US Navy and Coast Guard in WWII
- Keeping Girls Afloat: Black Girls Dive Foundation
- Historic Housewives of Manitowoc
- Wounded Veterans in Parks: Underwater Archaeology and USS Arizona
- Native Americans in World War II
- The Ghost Army
- Prohibition, Propaganda, & War
- King Neptune’s Court – Gender Expression in the US Navy
- Wheels of Courage- How Paralyzed WWII Veterans Invented Wheelchair Sports
- The Belles of Baseball – Racine’s Champion AAGPBL Team
- 125, 284 – Japanese Internment, Racism, and Americanism
- Eating for Victory – Food Stories from World War II and Beyond
- Underground Resistance – The Story of Mildred Fish-Harnack
- Disney & Dolphins – Insignia that Defined the Silent Service
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