
Around the Corner with John McGivern
Date de parution : 26 janvier 2012
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | Bayview Join Emmy Award--winning actor John McGivern as he explores living, working and playing in SE Wisconsin's unique communities. In the first of this... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | Wauwatosa John McGivern introduces some of the people and places that make Wauwatosa unique-- and a little cranky! In the village, John chats at LaRev and... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | Riverwest John visits a neighborhood you either know well or not at all--Riverwest. New, hot businesses like Flux Design and Café Corazon, are just down the... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Cedarburg John McGivern doesn't have much time to catch his breath in this episode, because Cedarburg is a busy place! Could there be any more to eat and drink?... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | Sheboygan John McGivern heads north on I-43 to explore Sheboygan. Did you know that you can surf, go the theater, shop the oldest hardware store in Wisconsin,... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Historic King Drive (BID #8) |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 7 | Burlington Step out of the city and join John McGivern in Burlington, a place where baseball, burgers and sailing are the pastimes of choice. John wishes you... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 8 | Brady Street You're going to love this episode, because everyone loves Brady Street! John Gurda explains how this historic neighborhood developed into a "live... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 9 | Racine |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 10 | Third Ward Milwaukee's Third Ward is literally saturated with creative people, and John McGivern meets many contributing to the creative vibe of the area,... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 11 | Greendale John McGivern explores one of only three "Greenbelt" communities in the United States—Greendale! John Gurda certainly knows tons about this planned... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 12 | Lincoln Village, South Milwaukee Where is Lincoln Village? John McGivern finds out this south side Milwaukee neighborhood is anchored by St Josaphat's Basilica on the east and... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 13 | East Town We wrap up the first season of Around the Corner with John McGivern where John starts and ends everyday -- East Town. As Milwaukee's center of... |
| Saison 2 - épisode 1 | Shorewood The first episode of the second season is Shorewood, so named because it's situated between the shore of Lake Michigan and the woods along the... | |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 2 | Mineral Point If you knew that Mineral Point was the birthplace of Wisconsin, you are either a resident of Mineral Point or John Gurda! We did anticipate that it... |
| Saison 2 - épisode 3 | Kenosha We love Kenosha, and this episode! So many "firsts" for us here: first civil war museum, first velodrome, first trolley car, first dinosaur, first... | |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 4 | Up North There's nothing like going "up north" in Wisconsin in summer. And where is that, exactly? It may be different for you, but when John McGivern was a... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 5 | Walkers Point Walker's Point is by far the most diverse place we've been. Seriously! Just try to find another community that has a blues bar, a roof top garden... |
| Saison 2 - épisode 6 | Neenah On the northwest bank of Lake Winnebago in the Fox Valley, we were thrilled to explore the idyllic community of Neenah. How can you pass up a... | |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 7 | Waukesha We knew about the Les Paul connection, but there are so many gems in Waukesha that were a joy to discover. This was our first (and maybe only) "five... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 8 | Madison Did you know that ours is the only state Capitol on an isthmus? We liked everything about the isthmus. We even like the word "isthmus." And John... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 9 | Wisconsin Dells Wow! And fun! Talk about something for everyone. The Wisconsin Dells has natural wonders and manmade adventures, decades-old businesses and brand... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 10 | Sherman Park Take a drive down Sherman Blvd., turn the corner to Grant Boulevard and then backtrack to 47th street, and you will see some of the finest and most... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 11 | Port Washington It's called the city of seven hills, but Lake Michigan is why Port Washington exists. Ewigs built their business on it, artist Shirley Gruen paints... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 12 | Whitewater John McGivern has always wanted to go back to college (to visit, not to study!). Even though UW-Whitewater is a big part of this community and a big... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 13 | Northern Door County In this episode, we slow things down for a relaxing, completely beautiful Fall visit to the quiet part of Door County. From Sister Bay, to Ellison... |
| Saison 2 - épisode 14 | Gurda Special John Gurda, our resident historian, author and friend, has been schooling John McGivern for two seasons now. In 26 communities around our state of... | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 1 | Hartford | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 2 | Westown | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 3 | Geneva Lake | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 4 | Sheboygan Falls & Kohler | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 5 | Mitchell Street | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 6 | Prairie du Chien | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 7 | Cudahy | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 8 | Wausau Wausau is our first "half-and-half" community -- we shot half of the episode in the winter when it was zero degrees, and the other half in the... | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 9 | Chippewa Falls Chippewa Falls' roots are literally roots -- of the white pines that fed the world's largest lumber mill and put Chippewa Falls on the map. Well,... | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 10 | West Allis Everyone knows that State Fair, the Milwaukee Mile, the Pettit Center, and Candy Cane Lane are in West Allis. But have you taken the time recently... | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 11 | Oconomowoc As John says, Oconomowoc will make you jealous. Wait until you see the homes and the lakes (and the homes on the lakes) and the Batmobile! No... | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 12 | La Crosse Everyone we met in La Crosse was so laid back, friendly and physically fit! Must be because there's so much to do. John spent a week in this... | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 13 | Washington Heights | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 14 | The Gurda Hour In every episode of Around the Corner with John McGivern, historian John Gurda rides in and shares the history of whichever community we're featuring.... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 1 | Plymouth Plymouth is a community of Makers: Sargento makes cheese, Drewry Farms makes maple syrup, artists make art (don't say it - duh!), Plymouth Foam... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 2 | Monroe In Green County they say, oecheese is life! And there is a lot of Swiss (cheese, people and cows!), but for you shoppers, there's more for sale than... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 3 | Menomonee Falls So Menomonee Falls is a village. Sounds small, right? Wrong! This village is giant, and is home to some really big things. Kohls is a big employer... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 4 | Oshkosh Overachieving. That's what the oeO in Oshkosh stands for! Yep, we found the famous stuff in Oshkosh that all Wisconsinites know about - EAA, Hughes... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 5 | Sturgeon Bay SB can stand for Sturgeon Bay the city, or Sturgeon Bay the body of water. If you ask John what oeSB stands for and hell say Super Busy! In the city... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 6 | Brown Deer John didn't know there are so many big things in the little village of Brown Deer! There's a big high school, big companies like Badger Meter and... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 7 | Spring Green How is a community of 1200 people home to two outstanding performing arts theaters, Frank Lloyd Wrights Taliesin and the most beautiful cave in the... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 8 | South Milwaukee South Milwaukee has a sports memorabilia museum that makes your jaw drop, the only NASCAR store in Wisconsin, a Martial Arts Master and a huge park... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 9 | Bayfield John and the crew finally made it to the very northern tip of Wisconsin. Bayfield sticks out into what is by volume the largest freshwater lake in... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 10 | Silver City Do you know where Silver City is? Don't feel bad - we didn't either, and it turns out it's a Milwaukee neighborhood that's only two miles from the... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 11 | Rhinelander | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 12 | McGivern's East Side | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 1 | Fond du Lac John had expectations about Fond du Lac. He expected to find a city that is intertwined with Lake Winnebago. But he didn't expect wind surfing to be... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 2 | Avenues West Once upon a time, the most affluent addresses in Milwaukee were on Grand Avenue. The name of the Avenue was changed to Wisconsin Avenue in the... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 3 | Fort Atkinson We wish you could have seen John's face when he experienced Fort Atkinson for the first time. When we walked into Nasco's demo room where health... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 4 | Lake Mills They call it Legendary Lake Mills. But as we explored this idyllic community, we uncovered facts, not legends. John Gurda warned us that some people... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 5 | Westosha Where? That's what we thought. Just make your way to Brass Ball Corners. Of course if you're not a local, you're still lost. So google Wilmot, Twin... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 6 | West Bend Wow! West Bend totally surprised us. Yes, we know it's only an hour northwest of Milwaukee, but we didn't know that this city has it all - and then... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 7 | Brewers Hill Talk about hanging with the cool kids! Just north of downtown Milwaukee, this neighborhood is the definition of revitalization. As soon as you set... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 8 | Hayward There is no truer definition of "North woods" than the area of northern Wisconsin that includes Hayward. There are two kinds of people you'll meet... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 9 | Pewaukee Well, let's see. There's a village, a city, a lake and a high school all named Pewaukee. What's next, Pewaukee County? Well, John did find Pewaukee... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 10 | Baraboo Baraboo isn't clowning around when it comes to fun things to do. Well it is, but in the best possible way. It's easy to say the circus heritage and... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 11 | East North Avenue How is it possible that atmosphere in the area around East North Avenue hasn't changed since John was a kid? The truth is that this part of... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 12 | Green Bay You don't have to be a Green Bay Packer fan to be a fan of Green Bay. After all, the Packers aren't the only great attraction in this city. But then... | |
| Saison 5 - épisode 13 | Hudson When we anticipated coming to Hudson, we expected to experience a suburb of St. Paul, MN. But we had it completely backwards. Since everyone wants... | |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 1 | Eagle River Eagle River stole our hearts. This is a community that has really figured out how to work, live and play all year long. Claims to fame? Eagle River... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 2 | West End The West End is one of the most eclectic areas in Milwaukee, and we think eclectic is great! Miller, Harley-Davidson, renovated mansions, tiny... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 3 | Watertown Watertown has everything you could ask for in an episode, and John asked for a lot. He asked to go up on the roof of the best octagon house he's... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 4 | Whitefish Bay Does anyone, besides John Gurda and the Klode Kru, know that Whitefish Bay is a geographic area of Lake Michigan? Maybe not, but everyone knows that... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 5 | Stoughton If Norway is on your travel list but not in your budget, start with Stoughton! This idyllic Dane County Wisconsin gem wins the award for most ethnic... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 6 | Around The Map In SE Wisconsin This episode is not community specific. What we chose were 12 organizations/places/people we wanted to cover in southeastern Wisconsin because...... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 7 | Delavan Delavan is completely unique, especially for the Around the Corner crew. This the only downtown we've ever been to that is defined by brick streets,... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 8 | Grafton Grafton is like Miss Congeniality of Season 6! Friendly, graceful and good looking, this community gets high marks in all the important categories.... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 9 | Beloit Beloit really surprised us --- and we're not easily surprised. This is a city with a great, paradoxical spirit. Polished and rustic, sophisticated... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 10 | Milwaukee's Garden District The Garden District. The name sounds like this community should be in a pleasant little village where neighbors know each other and gather in... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 11 | Horicon If all you know of Horicon is that there's a Marsh here, then you have (just like John did) a lot to learn. Truth is, the Horicon Marsh Wildlife... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 12 | Fish Creek & Ephraim Fish Creek and Ephraim are just minutes away from each other in Door County. While these communities are really different, they are both part of the... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 13 | Wisconsin Rapids Smack dab in the middle of the state, we found Wisconsin Rapids. True, it’s not hard to find, but it is hard to leave! Wisconsin Rapids is a paper... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 1 | Around Milwaukee County For this one episode, we let our "talent" choose content. Historian John Gurda wanted to tell you about one of his favorite places on earth,... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 2 | Appleton As John said, if the Fox Valley were a state, Appleton would be the capital. Not only is it the largest of the cities in the Fox Valley, Appleton's... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 3 | Middleton Before we showed up in Middleton, we thought this city was started as a suburb of Madison. Wrong. When we got here, we thought that Middleton was... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 4 | Havenwoods Havenwoods is one of those neighborhoods in Milwaukee that we've always known. We just didn't know it had a name --- or so much industry --- or so... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 5 | Viroqua Everything about Viroqua feels welcoming, community oriented, interconnected and organic! Lots of driftlessness in this area --- Driftless Café,... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 6 | Mayville John came up with a new name for Mayville, this wonderful community in Dodge County Wisconsin, by accident. He couldn't help but think of Mayberry,... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 7 | Stevens Point When John said, "Let's get straight to the point," we're so glad we took him literally because Stevens Point earned tons of brownie points! Everyone... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 8 | Brookfield & Elm Grove Brookfield and Elm Grove are only 15 minutes west of Milwaukee. The idyllic, small village of Elm Grove is surrounded by Brookfield on three sides.... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 9 | Caledonia & Wind Point So, Caledonia and Wind Point cover a lot of ground in southeast Wisconsin. This big area is home to big animals (like Libby's horses and Jo Don... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 10 | Mequon & Thiensville A pastor, a rabbi and a Nepalese chef all walk into ... Mequon and/or Thiensville, every day! As do the pharmacy students and staff at Concordia... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 11 | Manitowoc Manitowoc is a city on the eastern shore of Wisconsin, north of Sheboygan and south of Green Bay that John McGivern LOVES! No, we mean it. Visits to... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 12 | Platteville In the southwest corner of Wisconsin you will find a city that is symbolized and memorialized with largest "M" in the world --- Platteville! Huh?... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 13 | Menomonie Everyone who works on this show loved Menomonie --- and that's sayin' something! It's situated in the northwest quadrant of Wisconsin, in the... |


















































