Area: Ephraim
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Katie Dahl Invites Community to Monthly Singalongs
A weekly, collegiate folk music gathering in the early 2000s played a pivotal role in Door County musician Katie Dahl’s beginnings as a guitarist. It was where she first learned to play guitar and became acquainted with Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook and its 1,200-song collection. In the dozen years since she graduated […]
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UUF Hosts Discussions with Social Justice Activist, Author
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County (UUFDC) and Write On, Door County will host author and social justice activist, Judith Gwinn Adrian, for two book discussions of In Warm Blood: Prison and Privilege, Hurt and Heart, co-authored with incarcerated artist, DarRen Morris. The book “provides, through the reflections of two persons in dialogue, inside […]
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Sergeant James Robert Janda, 48, of Sister Bay, died at home Monday, January 15, 2018. Jim is survived by the love of his life, his wife, Tracey L. (Schernig) Janda, son Nicholas, daughter Jamie (Anthony), mother Phyllis, father James (Andrea), brother John (Donna). He is also survived by his mother and father-in-law, Sandra and Bruce […]
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Ephraim Picks Firm for Streetscape Work
An Ephraim subcommittee will move forward with the engineering firm AECOM to work on the upcoming streetscape project. The village and the firm have worked together for the past several years and some residents have come to distrust the firm’s capabilities. “There’s this bad taste in the mouths of the public concerning Nick [Becker of […]
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Washington Island Art Association (WIAA) at the UU Gallery
The current art gallery show at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County (UUFDC) features artists who are members of the Washington Island Art Association (WIAA). The WIAA was formed in the early 1960s by a group of artists who gathered on Washington Island at Martha Stelter’s Holiday Inn to paint and make art. The […]
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Manners Matter: Chain Messages
Dear Mary Pat, I’ve never sent a chain letter in all my 71 years on earth and I’m certainly less inclined to do so on Facebook, even if doom may befall me or whatever nonsense they use to scare people into complying. I’ve got better things to do with my time and I don’t want […]
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Workshop on Income Inequality Tuesdays through Feb. 13 at Bertschinger Center
On Jan. 9, 39 people attended the first session of the six-week Shoreline Workshop on Income Inequality. The workshop is presented by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church and Ephraim Moravian Church. The two-hour session involved robust discussions about necessities of life beyond one’s […]
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Teams Needed for Peninsula Preschool Trivia Night
The 15th annual Peninsula Preschool Trivia Night is scheduled for Feb. 22 at Alexander’s Restaurant. The doors open 5:30 pm, with trivia beginning at 6:30 pm. Cash prizes will be awarded: $600 for first, $300 for second and $150 for third. The event is limited to 24 teams of six people. The cost is $30 […]
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Obituary: Janet Lucille Krause
Janet Lucille Krause, 89, died peacefully at her home in Fish Creek on Jan. 4, 2018. She was born June 19, 1928 in Green Bay and was adopted shortly after by George and Emma (Grovogel) Beyer of Fish Creek. Janet graduated in the Class of 1946 at Gibraltar High School. On January 17, 1948, she […]
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Dickinson Poetry Series Features Annette Langlois Grunseth
On Jan. 10 at 7 pm, Annette Langlois Grunseth, of Green Bay, will be featured at the UUFDC’s Dickinson Poetry Series. Grunseth has been a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets since 1988 where she has been published and received awards. She is retired from a career in healthcare marketing and public relations. Her […]
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Questions & Artists: Folk Artist Polly Joubert
Sprawling farmsteads, Door County lighthouses and iconic Midwest landscapes are given a folk art narrative in the colorful, whimsical works of Wisconsin painter Polly Joubert. The Nashotah, Wis. artist has been exhibiting her talents for acrylic storytelling at juried exhibits and galleries for the past five years, and since 2016 has been represented in Door […]
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Northern Door Churches Co-sponsor ‘Understanding Income Inequality’ Workshop
A six-session workshop titled “Understanding Income Inequality” will run for six consecutive Tuesdays, Jan. 9 – Feb. 13, 7 – 9 pm. The workshop is sponsored by St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, Ephraim Moravian Church and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and will be held at Bertschinger Center, 7860 Hwy 42, […]
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Eight-week Clinical Somatic Education Class Begins Jan. 16
Lori Strantz, owner of Lori Somatics & Massage Therapy in Ephraim, is offering an eight-week Clinical Somatic Education class series. This series of classes will target the areas of the body that are affected by stress, anxiety and injury through floor-based, slow, gentle, enjoyable and extremely effective movements. Classes are beneficial for anyone at any […]
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Next ‘Movies That Matter’ Film Focuses on Healthcare Equity
Join Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County’s Economic Justice Action Team for a screening and discussion of Now Is The Time: Healthcare for Everybody Jan. 16, 4:30 pm. While the Affordable Care Act has helped many people, many of us are experiencing rising costs and narrowing networks. Through interviews this new documentary film tells the […]
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‘Discover Wisconsin’ Throws Premiere Party in Ephraim
Discover Wisconsin, the state’s leading media brand and tourism TV show, will shine the spotlight on Door County in an upcoming episode. “Door County – Live Life Well” premieres Jan. 13 at 10 am on Fox Sports Wisconsin and at 6:30 pm on WFRV Channel 5. The episode will also be available on discoverwisconsin.com after […]
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Frostbite Open Draws 75 Players for Finale
The Frostbite Open mini golf tournament drew 75 players to the Red Putter in Ephraim for the final Frostbite Open Jan. 1. Cal Lautenbach of Fish Creek won a playoff over John Sawyer to claim the $700 cash prize. Tyler Stengel, took third place and Ryan McCormick took home the trophy for Best Single Game with a […]
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Room Tax Collections Down 5.4 Percent in October
October room tax collections were down 5.4 percent from 2016 levels, a sour turn in an otherwise exceptional year for collections in Door County. Occupancy rates were down as well, dropping 10 percent from 2016 levels in October. Total room tax collections for 2017 are still up 3.2 percent. October is one of three months […]
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Door County Reads Programming Announced
If it’s winter in Door County, it’s time for Door County Reads. The 2018 selection is The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang. Yang is a Hmong-American writer and The Latehomecomer is the winner of the 2009 Minnesota Book Awards in Creative Fiction/Memoir and Reader’s Choice, and a finalist for the PEN […]
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2018 Marks Final Frostbite Open at Red Putter Mini Golf
The late Bob Yttri was always coming up with quirks to add to the fun at The Red Putter mini golf course in Ephraim. One of those, the Frostbite Open, will take place for the last time on New Year’s Day. Yttri, who died in April, was known for handing out prizes for low scores […]
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Hope United Church and UUF Co-sponsor ‘Race’ Mini-series Screening, Discussions
Hope United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County (UUFDC) are co-sponsoring a screening of the three-part PBS mini-series, Race: The Power of an Illusion. Each screening is preceded by a light supper of soup and bread, and will be followed by a thoughtful, civil and honest community dialogue about America’s […]