In addition to the events below, please see our list of active Interest Groups (book groups, gardening, bridge, mah jongg among many others).
February 25, 2026 What’s a Bavarian Beast? Let’s Find Out
What is a Bavarian Beast? Enjoy an exclusive tour of the Milwaukee Pretzel Company and learn:
How a husband and wife’s trip to Germany inspired this delicious trip.
How pretzels are made.
The ingredients that create this perfect Bavarian flavor.
The assembly line process that brings it all together.
Sample a freshly baked Bavarian pretzel.
Tour Limit: 20 people
Cost: $15.00
Carpooling: From Brookfield Square in the parking lot next to Chick-fil-A facing Moorland Road
Reservations & Payment Deadline: February 13, 2026
Make checks payable to: Charlene McKenna and Mail to: W146N6440 Poplar Ct., Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
Questions: Contact Charlene McKenna, 262-751-1479, chrlmckn@aol.colm
Please see Post Graduate and Punchbowl invitation for more information.
March 24, 2026 Visit Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)
Participants will:
Receive an overview to their popular culinary program
Observe students learning skills in the various areas of food preparation
Tour the “garden roof” where food and herbs are raised to provide meals to the MATC food pantry
Learn about the history of MATC
Interact with students and staff
Learn current “Fast Facts” about employees and students
Enjoy a box lunch prepared by students in the program
Tour Limit: 20 people
Carpooling: Will be arranged for participants
Questions: Contact:
Diane Kaminski, 262-617-3404, dianekaminski524@gmail.com
Anne Kreul, 414-840-4838, annemkreul@yahoo.com
Please watch for Punchbowl invitation for more information.
April 26, 2026 MSO Sunday Afternoon Concert
An MSO Sunday matinee concert featuring “Fandango & Rapsodie.” MSO First Associate Concertmaster, Ilana Setapen takes center stage in Arturo Marques’s Fandango.
Please watch for Punchbowl invitation for more information.
PAST EVENTS
December 18, 2025, Mitchell Park Horticulture Conservatory
A guided tour given by the Park Naturalist will focus on unique plants and trees (some dating back to the mid-1960’s), along with the Show Dome’s holiday display of poinsettias, chrysanthemums, amaryllis and a decorated spruce.
January 25, 2026, Unnecessary Farce at the Sunset Playhouse
Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant while in the room next door, clean, the pace relentless, and the laughter constant.two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. It’s physical Comedy with a brain – a blend of Marx Brother’s mayhem. The language is