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  • Hardy’s Community Mosaic Project and Collection Invitational Now on Display

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    The Hardy Gallery’s annual Collection Invitational and Collectors Choice Benefit is currently on display and open for bidding. The exhibit features two works from each invited artist, one of which has been generously donated for the gallery’s silent auction, with all proceeds going to benefit the Hardy Gallery. In return, a second piece is displayed […]

  • Call for Next Wisconsin Poet Laureate Opens Aug. 15

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    The Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission, in partnership with the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, is seeking applications for the new 2017–18 Poet Laureate of Wisconsin. Beginning Aug. 15, applications are welcome from individual poets who are seeking the position. Applications may also be submitted by a person who is nominating a poet for […]

  • 2016 Door County Plein Air Festival Awards Announced

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    From a field of 35 nationally recognized outdoor painters, Carl Bretzke from Minnesota was awarded Best in Show at the Door County Plein Air Festival for his oil painting “Shasta.” The winners of the 2016 invitational were announced at the Festival’s Gala event held at Peninsula School of Art on July 30. Notable plein air […]

  • Turtle Ridge Collaborates with Ecology for New Design

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    Turtle Ridge and Ecology collaborated on a logo bag to celebrate Ecology’s move to its new location in Sister Bay. The bag features the compass that has been a longstanding part of the Ecology image from its start in 1972. Each bag has a custom embossed compass design, interesting color combinations and three zippers for […]

  • Wence and Sandra Martinez’s MOWA Show

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    Wence and Sandra Martinez’s story is one filled with creativity, serendipity and love. Born in Teotitlán del Valle, Mexico, a village famous for its woven rugs and tapestries, Wence learned the family textile business as a young boy. In 1988, Wisconsin artist Sandra Hackbarth commissioned Wence to transform one of her signature glyphic drawings into […]

  • Two Plein Air Painters Featured at DCAL Gallery

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    Painting Door County in plein air is Dorothy McDowell’s passion. McDowell, award-winning oil and acrylic painter, is the artist of the week at The Gallery of the Door County Art League (DCAL) in the courtyard at the Top of the Hill Shops in Fish Creek beginning Aug. 13. McDowell has coordinated the DCAL plein air […]

  • Rob Williams to Discuss Landscape Painting at DCAL Meeting

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    Painter Rob Williams will discuss his approach to landscape painting at the Aug. 22 Door County Art League (DCAL) meeting in Egg Harbor. Williams discovered Door County as a destination with its natural beauty and thriving art scene while teaching high school art in Crystal Lake, Ill. He and his photographer wife, Shirley, purchased a […]

  • Sharing the Artistic Process in Sister Bay

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    Artistic demonstrations at art festivals may be commonplace, yet few festivals require every artist to demonstrate their craft for the public as artists do at the invitational Door County Festival of Fine Arts (DCFFA). The 14th annual DCFFA is Aug. 13, 10 am-5 pm, at Sister Bay’s Waterfront Park. Each artist who participates in the […]

  • Paper Sculpture Exhibit to Open at PenArt

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    Seven sculptors from throughout the United States and Scotland display works that celebrate the transformative power of paper in the exhibition Pulp & Possibilities at Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek. On view from Aug. 19 – Oct. 15 in the school’s Guenzel Gallery, the exhibition features layered papercuts, origami, katagami, papier-mâché, pop-up books, […]

  • The Bestseller List: Aug. 9, 2016

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    HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Heroes of the Frontier, by Dave Eggers 2. The Girls, by Emma Cline 3. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr 4. Truly Madly Guilty, by Liane Moriarty 5. LaRose, by Louise Erdrich   HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2. When Breath Becomes Air, […]

  • Cave Kiln Artist Visits Linden Gallery Aug. 13

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    Ceramics Art and Sculpture Professor David Smith will visit Linden Gallery on Aug. 13, 2 – 5:30 pm, to meet the public and share his wood-fired vessels and sculpture. Smith’s work is influenced by traditional East Asian folk-wares that embody the natural beauty and quiet restraint of these forms and traditions. On display in the […]

  • Trenchard in Solo Show at Mr. Helsinki’s

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    Mr. Helsinki’s Restaurant in Fish Creek presents Pattern Studies, oil paintings by Stephanie Trenchard of Sturgeon Bay, now through September. In a continuing series, Trenchard uses patterned imagery to establish a sense of place. In some pieces she explores depth with only color, other times using landscape woven in through the pattern of color. The […]

  • New Book Dials in on Public Broadcasting History

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    Peek behind the microphones of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) in a new Wisconsin Historical Society Press book about the century-rich history of public broadcasting, Wisconsin on the Air: 100 years of Public Broadcasting in the State that Invented It. Author and broadcast pioneer Jack Mitchell, who developed National Public Radio’s All Things Considered before becoming […]

  • Meteor Shower, Kyle Megna Duo & More Weekend Plans

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    The peninsula is home to a variety of artists, and there’s an opportunity to see their work every day this weekend. Assess finely crafted wooden boats, watch artists demonstrate their talent, or browse through an arts and crafts fair to get a taste of what these artists have to offer. Friday, Aug. 12 Door County […]

  • Rogue Theater Continues Production of “Grace and Glorie”

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    Lola DeVillers and Keri Grimsley star in Rogue Theater’s production of Grace and Glorie, a play set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Grace, a feisty 90-year-old cancer patient, played by DeVillers, has checked herself out of the hospital and returned to her beloved homestead cottage to die alone. Her volunteer hospice worker, Glorie, […]

  • TAP Hosts “Madame Sherry” Informal Talk-Back Session

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    The cast, production, and creative team of Madame Sherry will be on hand on Aug. 14, 21 and 28, immediately after the 2 pm matinee performances to answer questions during informal talk-back sessions. James Valcq, Madame Sherry director and co-artistic director of the Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP), will lead the sessions. The intimate setting of […]

  • Peg Egan Presents Larry Gatlin and the Blackwood Brothers

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    Larry Gatlin and special guests the Blackwood Brothers will take the stage at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Aug. 14 at 7 pm. Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers have been dazzling audiences for more than 60 years. It all began in Abilene, Texas in 1955, when Larry was six, Steve was […]

  • Michael McDermott Performs at Woodwalk Gallery

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    Michael McDermott, a musician who effortlessly blends natural folk sensibility, pop hooks and honest rock, will take the stage as part of the Woodwalk Concert Series on Aug. 12 at 7 pm. McDermott’s music is as much for the outcast as the congregation. It’s an exploration of the dark corners of life’s journey and it […]

  • Guest Artist Elena Santiago to Teach Dance Classes

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    Andria’s Dancin’ On The Door School Of Dance is excited to announce guest artist Elena Santiago will offer three different classes on Aug. 20. The classes are: Creative Movers (ages 4-6), 12 pm, $12 – Young movers are guided through basic exploration of motor skills, musicality and rhythms in a fun and creative environment. Dancers […]

  • Historical Society Presents On St. Mary of the Lake

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    The Baileys Harbor Historical Society will present “St. Mary of the Lake – Baileys Harbor’s Catholic Church” on Aug. 17 at 7 pm. Kriss Schorer will share the story of St. Mary of the Lake Church, a Baileys Harbor institution beginning in 1886. The presentation will be held at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall, 2392 […]