Events

Events
Join the Kenosha History Center for one of many events during 2012.

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Southport Light Station Museum Season Opening Martini Tasting
May 11, 2012, 5-7:00 p.m.
$15 Advance, $20 at the door
Join the Kenosha History Center for a special evening reception featuring complimentary hors d'oeuvres and 1 flight of three 2 ounce mini martinis at Kenosha's newest museum. Choose from six different types of martinis! Additional flights of mini martinis and beer, wine, soda and/or water will be available for purchase. The Lighthouse Keeper's residence will also be open feauring exhibits on the history of shipping, fishing, water recreation and the Lighthouse Keepers. The Southport Lighthouse will also be open for tours to the top. Click on the photo for more information.

Southport Light Station Museum Season Opening
May 12, 2012, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free, Lighthouse Tours $10 adults/$5 children 8-12 & Members
Join the Kenosha History Center for the season opening of Southport Light Station Museum. Three additiional rooms on the second floor will debut for the 2012 season! Both floors of the Lighthouse Keeper's residence showcase the eight years of restoration and renovation to prepare for the new Lighthouse and Maritime Museum featuring exhibits on shipping, fishing, recreational boating, the restoration process and the Lighthouse Keepers. The Southport Lighthouse will be open for tours to the top. Click on the photo for more information.

Lighthouse Tours & Southport Light Station Museum
Saturdays (10-4 p.m.) & Sundays (Noon-4p.m.), May 12-Oct. 28, 2012,
$10.00 Adults (non-members) for tower; Free admission to Southport Light Station Museum
The historic Southport lighthouse and the new Southport Light Station Museum will be open weekends beginning on May 12, 2012. The tower (admission fee) will be open weekends through Sunday October 28, weather dependent. Call (262)654-5770 to verify if the tower is open. The adjacent Southport Light Station Museum will also be open these same hours (free admission). Click on the photo for detailed information.

Wisconsin Beer Tasting
June 16, 2012, 2 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
$25.00 Advance
$30.00 at the door

The Kenosha History Center presents a great new Event on Father's Day weekend. Unsure what to buy Dad this year? How about sampling up to 45 different beers from 15 Wisconsin microbreweries? A special commemorative tasting glasss is included. Also featured will be a live band and food available for purchase. Click on the photo for detailed information on participating microbreweries.

Raffle Picnic for 10 and Fireworks at the Lighthouse
5117 4th Avenue July 4, 2012, 4 p.m.
$5 each or 3 for $10
Win a chance to watch the July 4 Fireworks from the top of the 1866 Lighthouse and to win a BBQ picnic for 10 to 12 people on the Southport Light Station grounds. The winner will have exclusive use of the grounds beginning at 4 p.m. until after the completion of the fireworks. Tickets availabe starting on April 1. Winner will be selected on Saturday June 16. Click on the photo for more information.

Triple Dipper: Ice Cream, Music & Fun
Southport Light Station Museum
5117 4th Avenue August 4, 2012, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$Free lighthouse climbs for Kenosha County residents; $5 for non-Kenosha County residents; free for all children 8-12 (children must be at least 8 years of age to climb)
Join the Kenosha History Center at the Southport Light Station to help us celebrate National Lighthouse Day. We invite everyone to bring a picnic lunch, lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the grounds of the light station. There will also be 15-20 picnic tables on the grounds. After your picnic lunch, enjoy an ice cream sundae and/or root beer float, available for purchase from our concession stand. Historic kid's games will take place between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Also enjoy musical entertainment throughout the day and don't miss the Celebrity pie eating contest to be held at 12:00 noon. Don't miss this special celebration! Click on the photo for more information.

Kenosha History Center Cemetery Walk
Saturday October 6, 2012, 1-4 p.m.
Suggested Donation
Spend a beautiful fall day walking through Green Ridge Cemetery and learn about historic Kenoshans. The tour features reenactors describing individuals featured on the tour, 1-4 p.m. More information on this year's event will be disclosed at a later date. Tours leave every 15 minutes on a first come, first serve basis at the Green Ridge Cemetery entrance. Parking is available on 7th Avenue and 66th Street. Click on the photo for more information.

Cemetery Lantern Tour
Tuesday October 9, 2012- 7:00-9 p.m.
Wednesday October 10, 2012- 7:00-9 p.m.
Thursday October 11, 2012- 7:00-9 p.m.
$5 Reservations required
Join Tom Schleif for a nightime lantern tour of historic Greenridge Cemetery. Advance reservations are required. Tom will lead a group to visit the grave sites of some of Kenosha's most prominent citizens and looking at gravestone symbolism. Bring a flashlight or lantern and meet Tom at the Green Ridge Cemetery 7th Avenue entrance between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m.. Click on the photo for more information.

Eighth Annual Chili Cook-off
October 20, 2012
$10.00
Don't miss the 8th Annual Chili cook-off between the 2011 winning entry (Fiesta Catering) , the Kenosha Fire Department, the Somer's Fire Department, Pleasant Prairie Fire Department and some of Kenosha's best restaurants. Featuring great chili, microbrews, wine, soda and live music , 6-10 p.m. Click on the photo for more information.

Kenosha Homecoming Car Show
Tuesday July 22 through Saturday July 26, 2014
$Free
Join the Kenosha History Center at various locations throughout Kenosha and Racine for car shows, an ice cream social, a car parade, Scoop the Loop in Downtown Kenosha and the big car show rounding out the 5 days of events on Saturday. Click on the photo for more information, including details on car show locations and all events during the 5 days.