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  • Cigar Box Guitar Auction at Door Community Auditorium’s 25th Anniversary Bash

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    On Sept. 23 at 6 pm, Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a festive evening of food and music at John and Jackie Sawyer’s barn in Egg Harbor (7590 Sunnypoint Road). The evening will also feature a cigar box guitar auction featuring cigar box guitars made by local artists, as well […]

  • Develop Confidence for Auditions at Dancin’ On the Door Workshop

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    “Nailing the Dance Audition,” a musical theater/dance workshop by guest artist Ryan Cappleman is coming to Andria’s Dancin’ On The Door School of Dance in September and October. In this workshop students will learn to develop skills to be confident and comfortable in auditions, to become supportive toward their peers and to enjoy and express […]

  • Door County Historical Society Details 95-Year History of Alpine at Monthly Meeting

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    The Door County Historical Society (DCHS) will host its monthly dinner meeting and program “History of the Alpine Resort” presented by Bill Bertschinger on Sept. 26. The dinner and program will be held at the Alpine Resort in Egg Harbor. The Alpine was built in 1921 by brothers Paul and John Bertschinger. A few years […]

  • More Than 120 Craft Beers at Egg Harbor AleFest

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    Fall is prime beer festival season and Egg Harbor AleFest is celebrating its fifth year on Sept. 17. The first festival was held in 2012 when a group of beer lovers and Egg Harbor Business Association members tapped into the growing craft beer scene. The festival was an immediate success and has grown every year […]

  • Songwriter Ernest Troost to Perform at Lost Moth Sept. 17

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    Ernest Troost will play at Lost Moth Gallery on Sept. 17 at 7 pm. Troost is an Emmy-winning film and television composer as well as a recipient of the prestigious Kerrville New Folk award for his songwriting. He also composed and produced two award-winning albums of songs for Judy Collins. Los Angeles-based Troost’s scores for […]

  • Door County Musicians Join Together for Concert Across America to End Gun Violence

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    On Sept. 25, a coalition of organizations will join together for the Concert Across America to End Gun Violence. Woodwalk Concert Series in Egg Harbor is part of this national outpouring of concerts to promote awareness about victims of gun violence. Door County musicians Small Forest, Tarl Knight, Dorothy Scott, Jenny Bienemann, Carley Baer, Last […]

  • Janet Planet to Perform at Birch Creek Oct. 1

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    Janet Planet, a successful jazz singer, will perform at Birch Creek’s Dutton Concert Barn on Oct. 1. This concert joins a continuing run of events in Birch Creek’s Fall Concert Series for Academy Scholarships. Janet Planet has been singing for more than three decades, steadily building a career that began with a high school talent […]

  • Golf League Results: Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2016

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    ALPINE  Alpine Women’s Golf League (Sept. 6) Event – Score on Even Holes, Red: A Flight – Marge Staats 19; B Flight – Deb Staats 20; C Flight – Marilyn Cushing 22; D Flight – Dolly Emerson 23. Low Score: A Flight – Nancy Thannert 43; B Flight – Deb Staats 48; C Flight – […]

  • Beauty and Function in Plum Bottom’s Wood Show

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      Plum Bottom Pottery & Gallery is excited to host Art Show 9 “The Wood Show” on Sept. 17, 3 – 6 pm, featuring the latest work from their family of artists working in wood. Come and listen to artist Ed Brogan at 4 pm as he walks through his unique process of woodturning and […]

  • ‘Good Seeds’ Author Gives Reading, Signing Oct. 14

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    For Menominee Indians, the “Good Seeds” of life are the manoomin or wild rice that also gives the tribe its name. In this new Wisconsin Historical Society Press food memoir, Good Seeds, author and tribal member Thomas Pecore Weso takes readers on a cook’s journey through the North Woods tribal lands. Drawing from his rare […]

  • Questions & Artists: Brian Pier

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    I first met Brian Pier last year at the Door County Maritime Museum Classic and Wooden Boat Festival. He won the event with an outstanding painting and I was impressed with his work. I lost track of Brian but we both sold our work at this year’s maritime museum event and talked afterwards. I again […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Shelve the Enhance Egg Harbor Project

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    Dear Village Trustees: According to news reports the justification for Enhance Egg Harbor expenditures is that slowing traffic will increase the possibility that visitors will stop and shop in the Village. I drive through the Village several times a day to get from my Village to my home or Main Street Market. Traffic and pedestrian […]

  • Everyone Invited to Island Party Weekend at Egg Harbor Campground

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    Egg Harbor Campground, 8164 Hwy. 42, will host its 10th annual Island Party Weekend on Sept. 9 & 10, as a fundraiser for the Egg Harbor Fire Department. There will be music and trivia at the pavilion on Friday night. On Saturday, the Egg Harbor Fire Department will hold a cookout at 5 pm, with […]

  • All Welcome to Challenge Walk MS Silent Auction & Cash and Carry Booth

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    Challenge Walk MS, held Sept. 16-18 in Door County, is as much about the journey as it is the destination. It sets a high bar with a three-day, 50-mile walk and a $1,500 fundraising minimum in support of those living with multiple sclerosis. All proceeds go to researchers at UW-Madison and for programs for those […]

  • Junction Center Yoga & Zen Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary Sept. 11

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    Junction Center Yoga & Zen invites the community to celebrate their 15-year anniversary with food, drink and live music on Sept. 11, 3 – 6 pm. “It has now been more than 15 years ago that I was practicing yoga with a group that met in the basement of Melissa Nelson’s former chiropractic office in […]

  • Golf League Results: Aug. 30 – Sept. 1

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    ALPINE  Alpine Women’s Golf League (Aug. 30) Event – Longest Putt on White #9: A Flight – Vivian Metzler; B Flight – Deb Staats; C Flight – Marilyn Cushing; D Flight – Carolyn Tojek. Low Score: A Flight – Mary Aiken 45; B Flight – Sharon DuJardin 47; C Flight – Marge Bricker 55; D […]

  • Folk Singers Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen On Stage at Lost Moth Gallery

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    On Sept. 9 at 7 pm, Lost Moth Gallery welcomes Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen to the stage. Mangsen and Gillette have been performing together for 25 years, bringing together their love of traditional music and their wealth of original songs. Their six duet albums have appeared on many folk Top Ten lists, from the […]

  • Golf League Results: Aug. 30 – Sept. 1

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    ALPINE   Alpine Women’s Golf League (Aug. 30) Event – Longest Putt on White #9: A Flight – Vivian Metzler; B Flight – Deb Staats; C Flight – Marilyn Cushing; D Flight – Carolyn Tojek. Low Score: A Flight – Mary Aiken 45; B Flight – Sharon DuJardin 47; C Flight – Marge Bricker 55; […]

  • The Eye-Catching Artwork of David Franke

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    Maybe you have already seen the striking pieces of avant-garde Door County artist David A. Franke, and maybe you have not yet had that chance. If you have, however, it is almost certain that they have seen you too… Franke — who you might generally find at PetPourri, the pet grooming parlor on Highway 42 […]

  • Twenty Years with a ‘Pulse’: Part 2 – The History of the Peninsula Pulse

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    In part 1 of this three-part series on 20 years of the Peninsula Pulse, we looked at how two liberal arts college graduates, Thomas McKenzie and David Eliot, decided to start a newspaper in Door County. We left them during the severe winter of 1996, working service industry jobs and planning their newspaper in a […]