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  • OBITUARY: Yvonne Bevry Olson

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    Yvonne Bevry Olson was born on May 5, 1920 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, daughter of Yngve and Florence Bevry of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She died Aug. 20, 2018 at Anacortes, Washington. She married Lester W. Olson (1916-1994) in 1939 and he preceded her in death in 1994. She married Richard Joslin in 2004 and he survives […]

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  • This Weekend in Door County: Marina Fest, a Kermiss, and a Hoedown

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    Door County’s summer is slowly fizzling, but there are still tons of activities throughout the whole weekend. Check out all the fun happening in Door County this weekend. Start your Labor weekend off right this Friday, August 31 with Porky’s Groove Machine at Door County Brewing Co. and Music Hall.  Jam with the intergalactic ambassador of […]

  • OBITUARY: Dorothy Lou Voight

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    Dorothy Lou (Johnson) Voight, 87, of Gills Rock, died Aug. 22, 2018. She was born April 28, 1931 in Port Wing, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Alf and Elvina (Okerstrom) Johnson. Dorothy married Donald Voight on Dec. 27, 1952. She was active in the commercial fishing business they owned. She also worked at the […]

  • New Crocks from Ellison Bay Pottery Recent Firing

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    John Dietrich’s new and standard glazes make these handmade stoneware crocks stand out in anyone’s home. The crocks are freshly fired and ready to be filled with beautiful succulents or a chilled bottle recently selected from one of Door County’s fine wineries.

  • Pop-up Jewelry Shop at Turtle Ridge

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    Sarah Mann is featured at Turtle Ridge Gallery after finishing up a week of teaching “Connections and Kinetics” at the Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek. For more than 20 years Mann has worked as a professional jeweler. She studied jewelry design under Heikki Seppa at Washington University in St. Louis and at the […]

  • ‘The Emissary’ at Newport State Park

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    Enjoy a movie about the stars under the stars on Aug. 31 at Newport State Park. The Emissary is set to be shown at the park pavilion, near parking lot 3, at 7 pm. The Emissary is a family friendly, sci-fi epic adventure film shot in Door County. Many scenes were shot in Newport State […]

  • Flynn Returns to Headline Blues on the Bay

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    Green Bay-native and Grammy-winning guitarist Billy Flynn returns to Ellison Bay Saturday to headline the 5th annual Blues on the Bay at Community Park. Flynn headlined the inaugural blues music festival in 2014. Flynn and his wife, Mary, who hosts “The Blue Side” program Tuesday nights on Wisconsin Public Radio, have pulled up stakes in […]

  • Weekend Primer Podcast: Death’s Door BBQ Competition, Egg Harbor Sidewalk Sales, Back to School Block Party

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    Andrew and Matt are back with your weekend primer for the weekend of August 24th, 2018. Events this weekend include: The Death’s Door BBQ Competition on Washington Island A Peninsula State Park Scavenger Hunt A Whitefish Dunes Primitive Fire Demonstration and Armchair Boogie performing live at the Carrington Pub in Egg Harbor.

  • This Weekend in Door County: Death’s Door Bar-B-Q, Scavenger Hunt, Sidewalk Sales

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    The summer season is upon us and there are too many different activities to keep track of. Good thing The Peninsula Pulse is here to help. Check out all the fun happening in Door County this weekend.   Spend Friday, August 24th in Peninsula State Park on a Scavenger Hunt.  Drop by the Nature Center any time between […]

  • Bazyli’s Annual Trunk Show at Linden Gallery

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    Bazyli Studio of Baileys Harbor will have their 12th annual Jewelry Trunk Show at Linden Gallery in Ellison Bay, Aug. 18-19, 10 am – 5 pm. Peter Ciesla and Skye have been collaborating with Brian and Jeanee Linden since 2006. The Lindens bring back findings from Southwest China and Peter and Skye incorporate these findings […]

  • Empanadas, a Street Food Favorite, At Island Orchard Cider

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    You can now find an urban street food favorite in northern Door County. Island Orchard Cider is offering empanadas with local flavor at its tasting room in Ellison Bay. This summer Chef Seth Campbell introduced empanadas, a folded Spanish pastry popular in South America, to the cidery. Toppings are wrapped in a folded dough stuffing. […]

  • Weekend Primer Podcast: Farmers Markets, Thresheree & Antique Machinery Show, Belgian Kermiss

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    Andrew and Matt are back with your weekend primer for the weekend of August 17th to 19th. Events include the Egg Harbor Farmers Market, The 36th annual Valmy Thresheree & Antique Machinery Show, the Soar on the Shore Kite Festival in Algoma, the Washington Island Fair, the Short Film Festival in Sister Bay, and the […]

  • This Weekend in Door County: Pig Wrestling and Kite Festival

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    The summer season is upon us and there are too many different activities to keep track of. Good thing The Peninsula Pulse is here to help. Check out all the fun happening in Door County this weekend.   On Friday, August 17th, lettuce celebrate the start of the weekend at the Egg Harbor Farmers Market. At Harbor View Park […]

  • The Perseid Meteor Shower: Nature’s Fireworks

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    by Beth Bartoli, Northern Door Astronomy Club Every August, the Northern Hemisphere is treated to one of nature’s most popular celestial events, the Perseid Meteor Shower. This year, if conditions are favorable, the Perseid should be the best show of the year. Peak nights for viewing this year happen to coincide with new moon, so […]

  • Ellison Bay’s Hog Wild

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    While there was no Olde Ellison Bay Days this year, Ellison Bay will go Hog Wild on Aug. 11 at the Community Park on Highway 42. The park is open from 1-9 pm with live music in the gazebo from 2-9 pm. Remington’s Ride plays from 2-5 pm and Copper Box plays 6-9 pm. Pizza, […]

  • Culture Club: Clearing Continues Landscape Architecture Legacy

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    by Mike Schneider, Executive Director, The Clearing At a place established 83 years ago by Jens Jensen – one of the most important landscape architects in American history – in large part as a training ground for young landscape architects, it’s fitting that The Clearing has continued this tradition. To that end, for the past […]

  • Forest Hike with Ecologist Lee Frelich

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    Internationally known forest ecologist Lee Frelich will lead a forest exploration hike at Newport State Park for the Climate Change Coalition of Door County on Aug. 18. Before he was a globally known scientist, Frelich was a boy spending summers in rural Ellison Bay, passing his days in endless exploration of the woods that would […]

  • A Stairway to Death’s Door

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    A scuba diving club that wanted better access to the shoreline of a Liberty Grove park has made that happen with a stainless steel stairway now providing access up and down the bluff. “It took us us a while, but we made it happen,” said John Touscany of the Neptune’s Dive Club (neptunesdiveclub.com), adding that […]

  • Weekend Primer: Five Door County Festivals, Cabaret at the Kress, The Drowsy Chaperone

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    Andrew and Matt are back with your Weekend Primer for the weekend of August 10th. Events this weekend include a Cabaret at the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor, Five different festivals occurring throughout the county on Saturday, August 11th, and a performance of The Drowsy Chaperone at Peninsula Players.