CHEW meetings are free and open to the public. Unless otherwise noted in a program’s description, meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at the Goodman Community Center, (Ironworks Building), 149 Waubesa St., Madison, Wisconsin. Got questions? Or want to get on our newsletter list? Email chewwisconsin@gmail.com
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COMING SOON
Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 7 pm: “Apron Strings: Our Ties that Bind“
In-person at the Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa St, Madison, WI
The apron, while a functional and practical garment, enjoys significance culturally when identified with a profession, their ubiquity in our home kitchens, and with the individuals who wear or have worn them. A former, but long-running traveling exhibit (the Apron Chronicles) encouraged visitors to share stories of their aprons. For this interactive, we invite attendees to bring and wear an apron and to share stories of the apron or aprons you keep, use and treasure. Our event will also feature a virtual compilation of aprons collected and archived by the Wisconsin Historical Society, and a short presentation by CHEW treasurer Char Thompson about the history of aprons. Additionally we will have a number of donated aprons to give away … though donations to CHEW would be greatly appreciated!
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CHEW meetings feature invited speakers, lively discussions, and often food samplings or cooking 
demonstrations. See below for info about our newsletter, membership, traveling library and more.
Newsletter – To receive our email newsletter, send us a note at chewwisconsin@gmail.com.
Membership – For info about why and how to join CHEW, click here.
CHEW Library – One of the benefits of in-person CHEW meetings is access to CHEW’s traveling library. Our collection totals over 110 titles, ranging from James Beard award winner The Sioux’s Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen to the very drinkable Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin’s Historic Bars and Breweries. To peruse all the book titles in our library, click Culinary. You can put in an “order” for a specific book by emailing chewwisconsin@gmail.com. The book will be brought to the next in-person meeting (if it hasn’t already been checked out). Several titles will also be featured at each meeting–you’ll hear a short review and will have the opportunity to check one of the featured titles out for a month.
Facebook – We also invite you to join CHEW on Facebook, for fascinating food links, discussions and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chewwis/