Area: Fish Creek
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Art League Features David Skidmore Photography
For David Skidmore, the Door County Art League (DCAL) Gallery artist of the week beginning June 25, photography has been the avenue for exploring relationships in nature and society, and for deciphering fundamental truths about these relationships, whether in the landscape or human network. “A good, meaning effective, photograph – or painting for that matter […]
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Italian Night Out, Improvised Orchestra, Motor Show & More Weekend Plans
With June wrapping up, summer is kicking into high gear. Take the time this weekend to get out on the water, out to the theater, or out on the dance floor. Friday, June 24 Nature Program Join Jennifer Redell, WDNR bat biologist, in Newport State Park as she presents on bats and conducts a survey […]
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Hinterland Brewery Moving Next to Lambeau Field
Hinterland, according to Merriam Webster, means “a region remote from urban areas.” When Bill and Michelle Tressler started brewing beer in an old cheese factory outside of Tressler’s hometown of Green Bay in 1995, Hinterland was the name they chose for their brewery, and it certainly seemed appropriate at the time. But when you are […]
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20 Years of Laughter and Memories with Doug Mancheski
Doug Mancheski’s 20th season with Northern Sky Theater will be jam-packed, as the actor is cast in all four of the company’s summer shows. Mancheski spent four weeks in rehearsals to prepare for his performances. The actor is well known for quickly memorizing lines. While he has never forgotten dialogue, he has gotten caught up […]
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Public Meeting on Highway Resurfacing June 22
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region is announcing a public involvement meeting to discuss proposed improvements to Hwy. 42 from Bluff Lane in Gibraltar to Country Walk Drive in Sister Bay. The meeting will be held Wednesday, June 22, from 5:30 to 7 pm at Gibraltar High School, Fish Creek. There will be […]
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Vintage Apron Style Show Returns to Settlement Shops
Sweetie Pies will hold its fifth biennial vintage apron style show on July 15 on the grounds of the Settlement Shops in Fish Creek. In advance of the show, organizer Renny Lea is looking for additional vintage aprons. This year’s show will have a memory theme. Anyone interested in having an apron included in the […]
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Party with the Pirates June 25
Top of the Hill Shops, at the corner of Hwy. 42 & Cty F, are having their first Party with the Pirates on June 25, 10 am – 5 pm. It will be a day of fun, food, music and shopping. Pirates of the Harbour will be there from 11 am – 4 pm with […]
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Northern Door Volleyball League: June 15
Standings As of June 15 Blue Horse Beach Café 15-0 Sister Bay Bowl 12-3 Husby’s 9-0 PC Junction 9-0 Wilson’s 6-9 Nicolet Beach 2-10 Camp David 1-8 Main Street Market 0-12 Team Tomato 0-12 Results June 15 Team Tomato 0 (forfeit), Blue Horse 3 PC Junction 3, Wilson’s 0 Nicolet Beach 0, Sister Bay […]
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John Sawyer Joins Northern Sky Board of Directors
John Sawyer recently joined Northern Sky Theater’s Board of Directors. A life-long Door County resident, born and raised on a dairy farm in Egg Harbor and owner of Carlson-Erickson Builders, Sawyer has an excellent reputation in the community. He has given much of his time to helping community, and has been involved with Gibraltar High […]
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Peninsula Players Announces 2016 Company Members
Peninsula Players Theatre announces its company members for the 81st season, running June 14 – Oct. 16. The mix of plays include a late-in-life romance, an intriguing whodunit, a raucous pop-rock musical, an engaging Midwest première, and a wildly comic thriller. Peninsula Players is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors […]
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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Open for Daily Tours
Eagle Bluff Lighthouse is now open for tours daily from 10 am with the last tour at 3:30 pm. Located in Peninsula State Park, this picturesque lighthouse has been restored by the Door County Historical Society and is furnished back to the 1883-1918 days when it was home to Captain Duclon and Julia and their […]
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Salsa Dancing Available Across Door County
Salsa with J-Ro is the premier provider of ballroom, wedding, salsa and Latin dance classes in Door County. Located in Sturgeon Bay, Salsa with J-Ro offers both private and group dance classes for individuals, couples and groups of all sizes. On Sundays, “Salsa Under the Stars” at Harbour Village Resort in Carlsville. There will be […]
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New Birdhouses Completed for Dutch Auction Sale
Door County Art League artists are decorating, painting and displaying birdhouses for the Dutch Auction Sale on July 2. The auction benefits The Gallery of the Door County Art League (DCAL). View the newest selection of birdhouses displayed throughout June in the nonprofit gallery in the courtyard at the Top of the Hill Shops in […]
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Edgewood Orchard Galleries Host Exhibit III Reception
Edgewood Orchard Galleries will host the Exhibit III reception on June 18, 4 – 7 pm. This exhibit features the artwork of painters Gretchen Klug, Tom Nachreiner and Leslie Wu, jeweler Olga Ganoudis, furniture maker and sculptor Nathan Hatch, and glass artists Joseph and Georgia Pozycinski. The featured artists will give short talks about their […]
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Meet-the-Artist Reception with Chick Peterson at Cottage Row
Renowned Door County artist Charles L. Peterson will be featured at Cottage Row Gallery June 18 – July 2. The special exhibit will open with a meet-the-artist reception on June 18, 10 am – 1 pm. Peterson lives and paints in Door County, where he moved in 1973 following a 20-year career as a professor […]
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Questions & Artists: Plein Air Painter John P. Lasater IV
I first met John last summer when I was doing a demo in a Sister Bay gallery we were both in. John walked over and watched me paint and we talked about everything from Door County to the weather in the South. He has a wonderful sense of humor, is an engaging conversationalist and he […]
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Rebuilding Eagle Tower Begins For 2017 Reopen
At a June 9 meeting of the newly formed Eagle Tower Fund Committee, representatives from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Peninsula State Park laid out the plan for a new tower on Eagle Bluff. Without hope of repairing the current tower, the DNR set a goal of a new structure opening by the […]
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Letter to the Editor: Well Done, Sister Bay!
I recently spent an enjoyable spring evening in Sister Bay, it’s the first time I have seen it “completed.” I wanted to take a moment to compliment the past and present members of the village board, the committees, and the village administrators who worked on both the vision and execution of this redevelopment of the […]
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Northern Door Volleyball League: June 8, 2016
Standings As of June 8 Blue Horse Beach Café 9-0 Husby’s 6-0 PC Junction 6-0 Sister Bay Bowl 6-3 Wilson’s 6-3 Nicolet Beach 2-7 Camp David 1-5 Main Street Market 0-9 Team Tomato 0-9 Results June 8 Team Tomato 0, Sister Bay Bowl 3 Wilson’s 0, Husby’s 3 Blue Horse 3, Main Street Market […]
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Coast Guard Concludes Chambers Island Wake Incident
After a nine-month investigation, the U.S. Coast Guard has decided not to charge anyone in the Sept. 5, 2015, incident in which wake from the USS Milwaukee damaged a number of recreational vessels off Chambers Island. “The marine casualty investigation determined that enforcement action against any of the parties involved would not forward the integrity […]