For four decades, the “Old Timers Party” would unite women of Wisconsin's shuttered lesbian and women’s bars to drink and share stories at a much anticipated annual gathering. Before the "Old Timers Party," women were long gathering in historic bars like Wildwood, Nite Beat, Castaways, Leaded Shade and Sugar Shack. But the party changed everything by providing a safe, welcoming, and private space outside the bars that appealed to women throughout the region, until the pandemic put an end to it in 2019. In this episode, you'll hear interviews from organizers Lois Ratzow and Mary Connell, as well as patron Carole Pecor.