Area: Door County
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Artist Gail McCoy Found Her Voice through Cranes and Collage
When Gail McCoy retired from 29 years of teaching elementary students, her husband bought her a beautiful new easel. He knew she always wanted to be an artist, “but that’s not a logical thing when you’re supporting a family,” she said. For nearly a year, the easel sat empty. “I couldn’t get anything to work […]
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Manners Matter: Wedding Destination Dilemma
Dear Mary Pat, My fiance and I are planning a destination wedding in Mexico next year. We want to keep the guest list small with just our closest family and friends. There is one couple in particular that might not be able to afford the airfare and lodging but we really want them to come […]
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Algoma Sculptor Juried into International Salon
Bren Sibilsky, an Algoma sculptor and painter, was juried into the International ARC Salon 2018 Art Competition. This year’s Salon had approximately 4,000 entries from 69 different countries. This is the fifth time Sibilsky’s work was juried into this prestigious show. Sibilsky’s 2018 artwork, a portrait of a Native American titled “Winds of Change,” will […]
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Sail Training Foundation Celebrates 60 Years
Sail Training Foundation celebrates 60 years of teaching sailing to Sturgeon Bay youth and adults. The Sail Training Foundation started out as a separate nonprofit corporation under the umbrella of the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club, to provide affordable sailing classes for everyone in the community. The youngest students start out sailing in eight-foot Optimist Prams. […]
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The Door County Historical Society (DCHS) hosts its monthly dinner program, “An Evening with General Grant,” presented by Wayne Issleb on June 25, 6 pm at Union Supper Pub in Sturgeon Bay. Issleb, portraying Grant, takes the audience on a journey from his young years to the very end, back to the cottage where he […]
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Death’s Door Knockers Change Rehearsal Dates
Death’s Door Knockers, Door County’s improvisational theatre company for people ages 50 and older, is changing rehearsal dates. Beginning June 11 they will rehearse every Monday night, 7 – 9 pm at The Inside/Outside space at The Margaret Lockwood Gallery. Rehearsals run until Aug. 6. Margaret Lockwood Gallery is located at 7 South Second Ave […]
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Peninsula Players Cast Announcements
Peninsula Players Theatre announces artistic company members for its 83rd season, running June 12 through Oct. 14. The line-up of shows, designers and casts were selected by Artistic Director Greg Vinkler who celebrates his 30th season at Peninsula Players. The season opens with the world première of Now and Then by Sean Grennan. This touching, […]
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Juddville Clay Artist Featured at Texas Ceramic Exhibit
If you find yourself in central Texas this June, don’t miss visiting one of the premier biennial ceramic exhibits in the United States. Door County artist and co-owner of Juddville Clay Rebecca Carlton was selected, from more than 1,500 entries, to exhibit her installation piece “Vanish: To Become Zero” at the San Angelo Museum of […]
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McEvoy’s Culinaria: Summer Eats Made Easy
During a busy weekend of wedding planning last spring, my then-fiance and I were between a venue meeting and a cake tasting when we realized it was past lunchtime and we were ravenous. Driving south out of Sister Bay on Highway 42 we noticed a new sign that read “Delicatessen” and decided to pull into […]
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PODCAST: Ephraim Streets, Summer Music Preview
Andrew Kleidon and Jackson Parr discuss the recent Ephraim town board meeting regarding Ephraim’s streets. For our story this week Andrew has a roundtable with Grace Johnson, Aleah Kidd, and Celeste Benzschawel to talk about the Pulse Summer Music Preview.
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Peninsula Gun Club Offers Hunter Education Course
The Peninsula Gun Club of Fish Creek is offering a DNR certified Wisconsin Basic Hunter Education Course. Classes will be held in the evening from 5:30 – 8 pm on July 24, 26, 31 and Aug. 2, 7, & 9 at the Peninsula Gun Club (3702 Juddville Road, Fish Creek). The course will be taught […]
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GEO-DC, the Greater Escarpment Organization of Door County, hosted its first fundraiser May 24 at its future home at 11876 Hwy 42. Their building is across the street from and overlooking one of the most iconic vistas in Door County, the Grand View Park at the top of the Ellison Bay hill. Included among the […]
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Craft Cocktails Take Center Stage in Advance of the Door Kinetic Arts Festival
The third year of the five-day Door Kinetic Arts Festival (DKAF) is slated to begin next Monday, but before festivities kick off, there was one important detail yet to be decided: what will the official cocktail be? Festival founders Alan Kopischke and Eric Simonson tasked New York Times cocktail writer Robert Simonson with the important […]
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Safe Kids Door County Day Aug. 18
The 2nd Annual Safe Kids Door County Day is scheduled for Aug. 18. This free and interactive event teaches kids safety tips about boating, swimming, biking, animals, poison, fire and more. Emergency vehicle fun day has combined efforts with the Safe Kids Day Committee for a fun day to explore. Safe Kids Day is held […]
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Local Sustainability Grant for HELP Door County
The Barbara and James Hansen Fund, the Bev and Tom Lisle Fund, the Sharon and Tom Lutsey Fund and the Women’s Fund of Door County of the Door County Community Foundation have announced a $3,000 Sustainability Grant in support of HELP Of Door County Inc.’s TLP (Transitional Living Program). HELP’s Transitional Living Program provides rental […]
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Belgian Heritage Center Hosts Waffle Breakfast June 24
The Belgian Heritage Center will host a Belgian waffle breakfast June 24, 9 am – 1 pm. The breakfast includes waffles, eggs, potatoes, beverages and Marchant’s Belgian trippe, which is a traditional sausage from the Belgian community made with cabbage and Belgian spices. Visitors have the opportunity to view the exhibits during breakfast, which tell […]
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Teaching Children How to Think Program Begins June 14
Raising a Thinking Child, a collaborative program from the UW-Extension, the Door County Partnership for Children and Families, the Door County Public Health Department and the University of Wisconsin Partnership Program, continues on Thursdays beginning June 14 at Hope Church in Sturgeon Bay. Held from 6 to 7:30 pm, the program runs through July 26. […]
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National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help Celebrates with Novena
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help will celebrate the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart with a novena, nine days of prayer, June 1-9, culminating with two Feast Day masses. The final days of the Novena at Champion Shrine include a Feast Day Mass for the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 8 […]
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Wood Orchard Market Partners With United Way
In June Wood Orchard Market in Egg Harbor will donate a percentage of all Cherry Donut sales to United Way of Door County. The funds will go toward meeting United Way’s Annual Campaign need for 2018. For more information about the campaign visit unitedwaydc.com. Wood Orchard Market is located at 8112 Hwy 42. To learn […]
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Kewaunee Health Department Urges Vaccination
Summer is a busy time, but the Kewaunee County Public Health Department suggests that parents take a moment to get their child or children vaccinated before everyone makes a mad dash to the doctor’s office in August. “It sometimes can be really difficult to get a last-minute appointment, so having vaccinations done early can give […]