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Pottery Tour view the wonderful works of these local artists. he beauty and tranquility In its thirteenth year, visitors of Northwest Illinois in get the chance to pay a visit October is something to private potter’s studios that the locals look forward to every normally stay closed to visitors, year. It’s the time when leaves as well as established studios start to turn beautiful colors, the that have been welcoming air is crisp and the temperature visitors for years. It’s a chance has cooled down. This is a to buy some unique pottery, and great time for a leisurely drive see where it was made. Visitors through the hills and valleys of will see everything from rustic the Galena area for the Twenty pottery fired in wood-fired Dirty Hands Self-Guided kilns to more modern works. Pottery Tour. Although visitors will see an October 12, 13, and 14, visitors eclectic array of pottery, all of are welcomed into six of these the artists’ tableware pottery is studios to view the work of 11 dishwasher and microwave safe. potters. The tour is scheduled The tour was started by from 10 to 6 p.m. daily, which Delores Fortuna and Bill gives people plenty of time to Farrell. Farrell, now retired, By Kim Sigafus
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The tour will feature not only the pottery of very talented artists, but the work spaces in which the pottery was made. Visitors will get the chance to see artists hard at work on their next creations. Pictured above is Joe Pinder of Pinder Pottery in Galena.
A “Must See” in Monroe...
The National Historic Cheesemaking Center
& Imobersteg Farmstead Cheese Factory See a wheel of Swiss Cheese made right before your eyes each year on the second Saturday in June
GUIDED TOURS: $5 Admission • Cheesemaking Museum • Imobersteg Farmsetead Cheese Factory • Restored Milwaukee Railroad Depot • Authentic Ribsider Caboose • National Museum of Historic Cheesemaking • Green County Welcome Center • Milk House Gift Shop
Step back in time more than 100 years to experience a historic onekettle farmstead cheese factory that produced Brick, Swiss, and Limburger using milk from the 40 cow herd of the Imobersteg Farm. The facotry and original equipment sat untouched from 1917 until 2010 when it was relocated here to Monroe.
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Mon-Sat 9 am-4 pm, Sun 11 am-4 pm April 1 - October 31 2108 6th Ave, Monroe 608.325.4636
www.nationalhistoriccheesemakingcenter.org
State Trail Passes available for sale for bicycling on the Badger State Trail & Sugar River Trail