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  • Metalsmith Visits Turtle Ridge Gallery

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    Metalsmith Trish Stevenson will be at Turtle Ridge Gallery/Boutique Aug. 7 & 8, 10 am to 5 pm for a pop-up show. Stevenson learned her first metal shaping techniques as a teenager with an English metalsmith. The most important lesson learned in those early years was the value of craftsmanship. Her parents were accomplished naturalists. […]

  • Linden Gallery Features Yugoslavian Artist

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    Linden Gallery in Ellison Bay has a new show opening Aug. 4 devoted to the paintings of Yugoslavian artist Zikvo Zic, particularly his Chicago cityscapes, streets and landmark buildings. His paintings will be on view through Aug. 31. Zic was born in 1924 in the island of KrK, on the Dalmatian Coast of Yugoslavia. He […]

  • Weekend Primer Podcast: Red Putter Tournament, Door County Fair

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    Andrew and Matt are here with your weekend primer for the week of August 3rd, 2018. Talking points include: The Red Putter Tournament, Pro Wrestling at the Door County Fair, Sturgeon Bay Maritime Week, live music at Peg Egan in Egg Harbor, and Shakespeare in the Park.

  • A Potter Turns to Food: Forget Thor’s hammer; meet his brick oven

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    Larry “Thor” Thoreson, has a unique way of cooking things up in Ellison Bay. While he and his wife, Judy, have devoted 39 years to Gills Rock Pottery, Thor has spent the better part of the last decade learning a different set of skills — cooking in a wood-fired brick oven. Since 1989, the Thoresons’ […]

  • This Weekend in Door County: Red Putter Tournament and The Door County County Fair

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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. Friday, August 3 Outdoor Movie At the Algoma Public Library in Algoma enjoy a free showing of “Star Wars: The Last […]

  • Flower Arranging Class

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    Join Savory Spoon Cooking School for the “Flower Power” class Aug. 4 at 9:30 am. Participants will learn how to create and design a floral arrangement with instruction from local guest floral designer Heidi Stodola. She uses in-season, locally grown flowers. The cost is $65, including light refreshments and a floral arrangement to take home. […]

  • The Fireside Restaurant: A Hidden Gem in Ellison Bay

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    When Blake and Lauren Schar were offered the chance to lease the Fireside Restaurant in Ellison Bay, they jumped at the opportunity. Three years later, they think it was the best decision they ever made. Blake had years of experience running kitchens for other restaurant owners, starting in high school, when he had a summer […]

  • Weekend Primer Podcast: Burning Cow, Plein Air, Carlsville Day

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    Andrew and Matt run down the weekends events in Door County, including the Burning Cow Music Festival, Door County Plein Air Festival, the Salvation Army Doughnut Girls presentation, and more.

  • This Weekend in Door County: Plein Air, Carlsville Days, and Mooosic

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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.   Friday, July 27 Door County Plein Air Festival The Door County Plein Air Festival celebrates the tradition of outdoor painting […]

  • Fish Sculptures from Ellison Bay Pottery

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    Ellison Bay Pottery’s most recent raku firing created more fish sculptures to grace the walls of the gallery with shimmering iridescent fish. Created by master potter John Dietrich, the fish start their journey as vases and then through the magic of altering the clay and adding elements, a fish emerges. The final step is a […]

  • Organist Katie Moss in Concert

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    Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church presents organist Katie Moss in in concert July 21, 7 pm. She will perform works by J. S. Bach, Buxtehude, Distler, Mendelssohn, Michel, Parry and Thomas. Moss has performed as a solo organist throughout the United States, more recently as annual guest artist for the Central Iowa AGO Chapter […]

  • Interpretive Hikes at The Clearing

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    The 83-year history, folklore and landscape of The Clearing Folk School are the subject of continuing free, interpretive hikes to the historic campus and buildings, led by volunteer docents on select Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 28. The two-hour hiking tours begin at 1 pm at the Jens Jensen Visitor Center, located at 12171 Garrett […]

  • Newport Forest Exploration Hike July 27

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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 July 27. 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 […]

  • ‘Bach at 333’ Concert

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    J.S. Bach was fascinated by numbers. Particularly in the later part of his life, he worked numbers of significance to him into works. As a good Lutheran inheriting sacred traditions, he knew that the number three was of divine significance. Therefore, a birth year of 250 or 400 wouldn’t be as significant to Bach as […]

  • Linden Gallery Owners Receive American Architecture Award

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    Brian and Jeanee Linden, of Linden Gallery in Ellison Bay, were informed last week that their Shibaoshan National Park design received the prestigious American Architecture Award. The Lindens have evolved their social enterprise model to increasingly focus on sustainable rural development and intangible cultural preservation. The new project, which is located between Dali and Lijiang […]

  • Weekend Primer Podcast: Live Music, Lavender Festival, LEGO Brick Party

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    Andrew and Matt are ramping up for this weekend with a list of live music performances happening all throughout the county. Other events include the Lavender Festival and Fly-in Fish Boil on Washington Island, and the LEGO Brick Party in Sister Bay.

  • This Weekend in Door County: Lavender Days on the Island

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    The summer season is finally 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.   Friday, July 20 Live Music Throughout the entire county you will find a plethora of music choices. Baise, Miller […]

  • Weekend Primer Podcast: Cherry De-Lite Festival, Door County Triathlon

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    This week Andrew and Matt are getting ready for the Cherry De-Lite Festival, going stargazing with Universe in the Park, and gearing up for the Door County Triathlon.

  • This Weekend in Door County: Triathlon and Folk Festival

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    The summer season is finally 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. Friday, July 13 Door County Folk Festival Throughout the entire weekend and throughout all of northern Door County is the […]