An Old Farm Country Christmas Book Talk AND Exclusive Screening of PBS Wisconsin's "Jerry Apps: Home for the Holidays"

Relive Memories of Old Farm Country Christmases Past

Celebrate Midwest Christmases past with nostalgic stories, recipes, and traditions brought to life in a new film by the late, beloved author and rural historian Jerry Apps. PBS Wisconsin’s Jerry Apps: Home for the Holidays brings to life the world of Old Farm Country Christmas, a celebratory book co-authored by Apps and his daughter, Susan Apps-Bodilly, which explores the rural farms, one-room schoolhouses, snowy fields, delicious recipes, and iconic traditions of idyllic Midwest winters during the mid-twentieth century.

*Before the screening, join us at Wade House from 1 PM–3:30 PM for a book talk, food samples, craft-making, and a Q&A session with Susan Apps-Bodilly on the stories and traditions behind Old Farm Country Christmas.

What You’ll Experience

An exclusive in-person screening of PBS Wisconsin’s Jerry Apps: Home for the Holidays, which invites viewers to relive the memories, crafts, traditions, recipes, and stories of Midwest Christmases from the Great Depression to the 1950s.
A film introduction and post-screening Q&A session led by PBS Wisconsin producer Mary Pokorney-Donelan
Join us before the screening for a book talk, food sampling, and Q&A session with Susan Apps-Bodilly, co-author of Old Farm Country Christmas and bestseller Old Farm Country Cookbook.

Tickets are required for the book talk but not the screening
Click here for ticket information.