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  • We Are HOPE Inc. Honors Volunteers at Celebration of HOPE

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    We Are HOPE, Inc. will honor a number of important volunteers this year at the Celebration of HOPE event on Sept. 26 at Stone Harbor Resort & Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay. According to Sandy Duckett, CEO of We Are HOPE, Inc., “Volunteers play a critical role in any nonprofit organization. We are grateful to […]

  • Northern Door Children’s Center Campers Set Up Garden

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    This is the summer of flora and fauna for the students of Northern Door Children’s Center’s (NDCC) Camp Cloud summer program. Designed for the 2½ to young five-year-olds, Camp Cloud is an enjoyable, relaxing and educational way to spend the summer in northern Door County. Thanks to the efforts of NDCC dad Chris Oakdale, the […]

  • Elena Santiago’s Dancing Dream Comes Full Circle

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    As is the case with many young girls, Elena Santiago took dance classes when she was little. But her interest in the art form didn’t really take hold until she went to the Door County Festival of Dance at the Door Community Auditorium in the 1990s. “They had dance companies like Alvin Ailey and Paul […]

  • NextGen Young Professionals Hosts Aug. and Sept. Events

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    The NexGen YP Network has some upcoming events in August and September for members and non-members alike. On Aug. 22, 6-9 pm at Bier Zot (10677 N Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay), there’s a gourmet Mac & Cheese and Craft Beer Happy Hour. On Sept. 15, 6-10 pm, “Explore Ephraim” at the Ephraim Historical Foundation, […]

  • Katie Scullin Brings Pop-Blues-Rock to Door County

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    The crystal clear, edgy voice of Madison singer-songwriter Katie Scullin is one that has drawn comparisons to some of the greatest female singers of recent decades: Heart’s hard rocker Ann Wilson, pop-indie rocker Kimbra, and the late soul singer Amy Winehouse. Those are fitting comparisons for a young woman whose dad was a huge fan […]

  • Door County Sales Tax, Room Occupancy Show Strong Growth

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    Around this time of year, residents and business owners begin asking around to get a pulse on how the season is going for the tourism industry. While crowded streets and sold-out shows may be an anecdotal indication for a successful year, there is some data that provides a more direct explanation of how the year […]

  • Door County League Baseball: Aug. 14 Results

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    Door County League Baseball   Final Regular Season Standings As of Aug. 14 Egg Harbor 12-2 Sister Bay 12-2 Kolberg 10-4 Maplewood 6-8 Washington Island 6-8 West Jacksonport 6-8 Institute 4-10 Baileys Harbor 0-14   Results Aug. 14 Sister Bay 6, Institute 0 Baileys Harbor 0, Kolberg 13 Sister Bay 4, Kolberg 0   Schedule […]

  • Destroyers in Sheboygan this Weekend

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    On Aug. 13, the Door County Destroyers hosted the Racine Raiders in Week 8 of MidStates Football League (MSFL) action. Door County was leading after the first quarter 3-0 and that’s when the Raiders came alive and poured on the points en route to a 45-25 victory. With the win the Raiders are 8-0 on […]

  • Breast Cancer Survivor Pitches In for Others

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    A Baileys Harbor breast cancer survivor has organized a co-ed slow pitch tournament to benefit local cancer charities. The Lavender Slow Pitch Series takes place Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Baileys Harbor Recreational Park, 2623 Summit Road. “I was diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, stage zero breast cancer, in June of last year,” said […]

  • Tour LEED Platinum Home in Sister Bay

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    Everyone interested in learning how to build a highly sustainable, energy-efficient home is invited to attend the first of four educational open houses for what will be Door County’s third LEED Platinum home. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an international program designed by the U.S. Green Building Council to create, build, and […]

  • Gov. Walker Approves Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport Improvements

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    Gov. Scott Walker has approved a $625,000 project to design the development of a new hangar and tie-down areas for local and transient traffic at the Ephraim Gibraltar Regional Airport. The Governor’s action releases $31,250 in state funds for the project, and the villages of Ephraim and Gibraltar are contributing another $31,250, with the Federal […]

  • VIDEO: Behind the Curtain of A Door County Summer Theater

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    Behind the Curtain, and takes viewers behind the scenes at life at Peninsula Players, the so-called “summer camp for artists” in Fish Creek.

  • TAP Announces Cast for “The Gin Game”

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    Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) announces the cast for D.L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, running Sept. 8 – Oct. 16. TAP’s 2016 summer/fall artist-in-residence Drew Brhel is Weller Martin and TAP favorite Claire Morkin plays Fonsia Dorsey. Humor and psychological warfare crackle over a card game between two quick-witted residents of an assisted […]

  • Peninsula Players Presents “Alabama Story”

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    Peninsula Players Theatre continues its 81st season when it presents the Midwest premiere of Kenneth Jones’ Alabama Story, playing now through Sept. 4. Inspired by actual events in 1959, Alabama Story centers on a fearless, no-nonsense librarian, a vocal segregationist senator and an innocent children’s book. In a parallel story, childhood friends Joshua and Lilly, […]

  • Singing Men of Oak Brook Take Sturgeon Bay

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    The Singing Men of Oak Brook are coming to the Sturgeon Bay and Jacksonport United Methodist churches on Aug. 28. They’ll offer a concert during services at Jacksonport United Methodist Church at 9 am, located at 6154 Cave Point Drive in Jacksonport (near the corner of Cave Point Drive and Highway 57), and then at […]

  • Birch Creek Announces 2016 Fall Concert Series

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    Birch Creek Music Performance Center in Egg Harbor will host six evening concerts this fall/winter from Aug. 27 to Dec. 3 as part of its 2016 Fall Concert Series. The Fall Concert Series begins Aug. 27, 7:30 pm, in the Dutton Concert Barn, with a performance from The MC Swingtet. Led by jazz guitarist Steve […]

  • Midsummer’s Music Festival Resumes Aug. 23

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    Midsummer’s Music Festival resumes concerts Aug. 23 with the French Inflections program featuring three piano trios written by French composers. Charles-Édouard Lefebvre’s Ballade unites flute, cello and piano in a fairly short piece that exemplifies the Romantic Movement. Maurice Ravel, who is best known for Boléro, wrote his Basque-inspired Piano Trio in A Minor in […]

  • Colorful Fall Ceramics at Artzy Studio

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    Artzy Studio presents its new autumn line of ceramics in festive fall shapes and colors. There are trays shaped like ceramic leaves in almost every color of apple green, harvest brown and pumpkin orange. There is also a variety of orange pumpkin platters, also a new addition to the line. There is also every color […]

  • Local Artists Included in Door County Wearable Art Show

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    The second of three Door County Wearable Art Shows is Aug. 27, 9 am – 5pm, & 28, 10 am – 4 pm, at the Sister Bay Village Hall. A wide range of styles, sizes and prices are available for one-of-a-kind women who want original designs in contemporary, artist-made women’s clothing, accessories and jewelry. Sue […]

  • Beautiful Webs of Silver and Gold at Plum Bottom

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    Plum Bottom Pottery and Gallery is proud to feature the latest work of resident jewelry artist Angela Olson-Luberger. Working in sterling silver and gold, Olson weaves intricate patterns of metals producing beautiful webs of silver and gold. She also features a variety of gemstones in her work, creating matrixes of color within the wirework patterns. […]