Area: Fish Creek
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Festival Tours Showcase Peninsula’s Lighthouses
The Door County Lighthouse Festival will take place June 10-12, and tickets remain for a variety of the land-based and boat excursion offerings. This year marks the 23rd annual event in which the Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) spotlights perhaps the heaviest concentration of lighthouses in the country. Two different daylong, land-based tours visit the […]
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On June 17 at 8 pm, ’70s rockers Three Dog Night will perform at Door Community Auditorium (DCA) in Fish Creek. Few bands from the 1970s are more instantly recognizable or widely beloved than Three Dog Night, whose hits “Mama Told Me (Not To Come),” “Joy to the World,” “Black and White,” “Shambala,” and “One” […]
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Premiere Screenings of Hometown Stories for Door County Residents
Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) presents the premiere broadcast of Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Door County at 8 pm on June 27. Door County residents will have a chance to see the full documentary ahead of the statewide broadcast at two free community premiere screenings: June 11, 7 pm, Baileys Harbor Town Hall and June 16, 7 […]
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All Districts Represented at Link Gallery of Children’s Art
On June 16, Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present a screening of Wisconsin Public Television’s “Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Door County.” Prior to the screening, The Link Gallery of Children’s Art will open a new exhibit of Door County student work titled The Colors of Our Lives: Door County, My Home. Beginning at 6 pm, prior […]
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Jim Rossol Featured at DCAL Gallery
The Door County Art League (DCAL) artist of the week, June 11-18, is award-winning fine art photographer Jim Rossol. He has exhibited at the Guenzel Gallery at the Peninsula School of Art, The Hardy Gallery and Miller Art Museum and other fine art galleries throughout Door County. At a young age, “the lights, shadows, colors, […]
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Faith Sullivan to Read, Lead Workshop in Door County
Award-winning novelist Faith Sullivan visits Door County to read from her most recent novel, Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse. The event is co-sponsored by The Friends of Door County Libraries, the Peninsula Bookman, and Write On, Door County. Sullivan will also lead a writing workshop in Fish Creek during her stay. Named by the Wall Street […]
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Steel Bridge Songfest, Pork Fest & More Weekend Plans
This weekend there are plenty of opportunities to learn about the various elements that make Door County so special. Explore historic lighthouses, interact with artists, and get up close and personal with the peninsula’s diverse flora and fauna. Friday, June 10 Steel Bridge Songfest Kick off the summer music fest scene with the 12th annual […]
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The History of Holy Matrimony at the Noble House
The Alexander Noble House in Fish Creek is ushering in its season with something old, something new, a few things borrowed and a few things blue as it celebrates wedding gowns, traditions and customs through its returning exhibit, “Victorian Weddings.” Like last year’s “A House In Mourning” Victorian funeral display, “Victorian Weddings” has transformed the […]
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Six Decades of the Skyway Drive-In
What can you say about a 65-year-old business that’s outlasted nearly every other one of its kind and is still going strong? The words Trip Advisor used last July were, “Door County’s Skyway Drive-in Theater is the number one drive-in in the United States.” The theater’s history was the topic of “Gibraltar Talks” at a […]
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High School Spring Athletics: June 3-10, 2016
GIBRALTAR Baseball June 7 – Sectionals, TBD Track & Field June 3 & 4 – State Championships, UW-La Crosse SEVASTOPOL Baseball June 7 – Sectionals, TBD Girls Soccer June 4 – Regionals, TBD Track & Field June 3 & 4 – State Championships, UW-La Crosse SOUTHERN DOOR […]
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Fresh, Local Produce Available at Settlement Shops
Wednesday, June 8, marks the beginning of the Settlement Farmers Market in Fish Creek. Starting at 9:30 am and running through 1:30 pm or sellout, vendors gather along the path that surrounds the shops to sell their fresh and locally grown produce, plants, flowers and handmade items. This is the 13th season for the market, […]
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Gibraltar High School to Hold Blood Drive June 14
Gibraltar High School will hold a blood drive in their community room on June 14, 11 am – 4 pm. The high school is located at 3926 Highway 42 in Fish Creek. For an appointment, email Madalyn Gray at [email protected] or visit redcrossblood.org.
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2016 Door County High School Graduates
GIBRALTAR HIGH SCHOOL Tyler Appel, Aleah Bauldry, Derek Beard, Ian Bennett, Morgan Bogenschutz, Erik Bosman, Hannah Brandt, Jena Burlo, Kara Caldecott, Hope Copiskey, Mariah Davis, Logan Ferrie, Julia Grant, Madalyn Gray, Krystian Hallett, Josephine Haslep, Ian Hoffman, Alejandra Jauregui, Thor Johnson, Lauren Kita, Jacob Kordon, Anthony Laughlin, Bryan Licona-Curiel, Christopher Loroña, Chloé Massad, Colton Merriman, […]
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Meeting Set for Eagle Tower Fundraising, Rebuild Update
The Friends of Peninsula State Park, in partnership with the Eagle Tower Fund Committee, will hold an update meeting Thursday, June 9, at 7 pm at the Old Town Hall in Fish Creek to update the public on efforts to fundraise for and rebuild the Eagle Tower at Peninsula State Park. The tower has been […]
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Northern Sky Theater Secures 15-year Agreement for Peninsula State Park Space
Early this week, Northern Sky Theater, together with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), confirmed a 15-year commitment to their ongoing partnership in Peninsula State Park. Northern Sky Theater’s predecessor troupe, the Heritage Ensemble, first began performing in the park in 1970. Over the past 45 years, the popularity of the theater has grown, and […]
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Release Party for J.F. Riordan’s New Door County Novel
The Peninsula Bookman will host a reception and release party on June 4, 6 – 8 pm, for Door County author J.F. Riordan’s latest novel, The Audacity of Goats. The Audacity of Goats continues the tale of Fiona Campbell’s adventures as an outsider in the small community of an imagined version of Washington Island that […]
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Fine Art Photography Featured at DCAL Gallery
Bridget Austin is the Door County Art League (DCAL) Gallery guest artist for June. Master Artist of The Door County Art League in 2015, Austin’s watercolors have earned her entrance into the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society as well as Signature Membership into Wisconsin Watercolor Society and Master Status in the Transparent Watercolor Society […]
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Johanna Axelrod Featured at Mr. Helsinki
The June and July exhibit at Mr. Helsinki features the work of Johanna Axelrod and is themed “Lakes – from Pond to Superior.” The paintings of artist Johanna Axelrod reflect the time she spends on the water, at home and traveling, and her hope for preserving our most valuable resource. The exhibit runs through July […]
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Fish Creek Receives Conceptual Waterfront Plans
At an open house in the Old Gibraltar Town Hall, the planners of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH) presented the conceptual plans for Fish Creek’s waterfront plan following recommendations taken at a charrette (a meeting of stakeholders to resolve conflicts) in the fall of 2015. The resounding theme during the presentation consisted of tweaks and […]