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  • Closing Reception for PenArt’s We LOVE Art Children’s Exhibition

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    Peninsula School of Art invites the public to step back in time while celebrating today’s young artists at a free closing reception for the exhibition We LOVE Art: Door County Time Travelers on April 2, 10 am – noon. The exhibition features the work of students from Door County elementary and secondary schools, including Gibraltar […]

  • Peninsula Park Hike, Acoustic Song Jams & More Weekend Plans

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    It will be a quiet weekend on the Door Peninsula. Why not take advantage with an acoustic music session, naturalist-guided hike or story time? Friday, March 25 Acoustic Tunes Aplenty Grab your acoustic instrument and share in the fun of the weekly Door County Acoustic Song Circle, today at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church coffee […]

  • Gibraltar School’s Early Childhood Screening Scheduled for April 25

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    Gibraltar School will hold early childhood screening on April 25. Your child must be 3 or 4 years old by April 25, 2016 to participate in this screening. Contact Mari Grenchik (920.868.3284 ext. 258, [email protected]) to schedule an appointment. There is no fee for this screening to evaluate your child’s thinking, language and motor skills. […]

  • Gibraltar’s Girl Scout Troop Earns First Aid Badge at Sturgeon Bay Visits

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    Girl Scout Troop 4369 from Gibraltar Area Schools recently spent the day in Sturgeon Bay earning their First Aid Badge. A trip to the Door County Justice Center and Ministry Door County Medical Center (MDCMC) provided a wealth of information and great learning experiences. The girls were thrilled to work with a deputy to learn […]

  • Northern Sky Receives Wisconsin Arts Board Grant for Developing New Works

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    Northern Sky Theater announces it has received a matching grant of $11,500 from the Wisconsin Arts Board. This grant supports Northern Sky’s commitment to writing and developing new works of musical theater tailored for the company’s unique multi-generational audiences. State grants are awarded through a competitive process. This grant indicates that Northern Sky provides a […]

  • Manners Matter: Funeral Attendance Etiquette

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    Dear Mary Pat,   My mom passed a couple of weeks ago and we had her funeral back in her hometown in Ohio. Mom was well loved and even though the occasion was very sad, my five siblings and I did enjoy being together (we are scattered all over the country and don’t get to […]

  • Lori’s Spa Essence Offers Somatics Class in Two Locations

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    Lori Strantz, owner of Lori’s Spa Essence in Fish Creek, is offering a new eight-week somatics class series at two locations in March. Strantz is a clinical somatic educator and licensed massage therapist. Somatic movement classes teach you how to relieve and prevent pain in a way that isn’t taught in regular exercise classes. Classes […]

  • Dennis Schermerhorn Named Fish Creek Town Dock Dockmaster

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    The Fish Creek Harbor Commission has hired Dennis Schermerhorn as the Fish Creek Town Dock Dockmaster for the 2016 season following the retirement of Brian Holan. Schermerhorn and his wife relocated to Door County from the Chicago area 10 years ago. He has held a U.S.C.G. Masters license since 2009 and has operated tugs, assistance […]

  • Agatha Christie, “The Full Monty” Highlight Pen Players 2016 Season

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    Tickets to Peninsula Players Theatre’s 81st season are now on sale. America’s oldest professional resident summer theater has tickets available for a variety of engaging shows – including a gentle new comedy, a classic whodunit, a lively pop-musical, an engrossing new drama and a fast-paced comic thriller. Peninsula Players opens its 81st season on June […]

  • Mipso

    Mipso Landing at White Gull Inn for Folk Concert

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    Mipso, a North Carolina quartet known for combining a traditional string band format with close harmony and a variety of modern influences, will perform at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek on Wednesday, March 9. Mipso, who consider themselves “renegade traditionalists,” are doing their part to take three-part harmony and Appalachian influences into new territory. The band consists of Joseph […]

  • Rogue Theater Announces March Mystery Dinner Show Dates

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    Get out your lucky hat, because Rogue Theater is about to unveil a mystery dinner show that spoofs the movie Casablanca and the American dream of winning the jackpot. Penned by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose, Dealt a Deadly Hand: Murder at the Pocono Royale Casino, takes place at Rick’s club, the first legal gambling […]

  • Residents Have Long History of Squashing Affordable Housing Efforts In Door County

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    Not In My Back Yard. Though the origins of this phrase are unknown, its meaning isn’t. Simply put, it is a characterization of residents opposed to proposals for a new development (often perceived as unpleasant) in their neighborhood especially, as the Oxford English Dictionary describes, “while raising no such objections to similar developments elsewhere.” It […]

  • 2016 Door County Silent Sports Events

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    We’ve made your planning easy with this guide to getting active in Door County in 2016, whether you want to do it on foot, by pedal or by paddle.

  • Framed: Feeding the Chickadees

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    Brian and Avery Lederhaus feed the chickadees at Peninsula State Park. Photo by Tim Sweet.  

  • ‘Flicker of Hope’ Screening at Fish Creek Community Church

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    Fish Creek Community Church will screen the short documentary Flicker of Hope: Empowered HIV+ Women of Kenya on Feb. 27, 6 – 8 pm. Come learn about Kenyan women who were saved from near death by the USA and Kenyan-based humanitarian organization Health Education Africa Resources Team (HEART). The women are guided on a path […]

  • Northern Door YMCA Closing Men’s Locker Rooms through March 11

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    The Door County YMCA’s Northern Door Program Center in Fish Creek will close the men’s locker room from Feb. 22 to March 11. As part of their Phase 2 capital projects, all shower rooms and bathrooms in the facility will be renovated in the next six weeks. Call 920.868.3660 with any questions.

  • High School Winter Athletics: Feb. 26 – March 4

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    GIBRALTAR Boys Basketball March 1 – Regional @ Iola-Scandinavia, 7 pm Girls Basketball Feb. 26 – Regional #2, TBD SEVASTOPOL Boys Basketball March 1 – Regional @ Lena, 7 pm SOUTHERN DOOR Boys Basketball March 1 – Regional vs. Chilton, 7 pm Girls Basketball Feb. 26 – Regional #2, TBD Wrestling Feb. 26 & 27 […]

  • Gibraltar Girls Basketball Hosting Dinner Fundraiser

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    The Gibraltar Vikings Girls Basketball team is hosting “A Thanksgiving Dinner” fundraiser on Feb. 28, 3 – 6:30 pm, at Alexander’s Restaurant. Dinner includes turkey and all the fixings of a Thanksgiving dinner. All proceeds will go to the Gibraltar Vikings Girls Basketball program. The dinner costs $12 for adults, $6 children (6 – 11), […]

  • Viking Voice Staffers Attend Wisconsin Newspaper Awards banquet

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    The Viking Voice newspaper staff of Gibraltar High School traveled to Madison on Feb. 26 to attend the Wisconsin Newspaper Awards banquet and receive scholarship awards for work done in the 2014-2015 school year. Awards and awardees are: Freedom of Information Award, second place, Chris Mydra; General Reporting, first place, Libby Glabe; Column Writing, first […]

  • Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

    Door Community Auditorium Presents LOTR Screenings

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    On March 4 & 11, Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present free screenings of the second and third installments of the wildly popular Lord of the Rings (LOTR) film trilogy. These two screenings (which are in conjunction with a prior screening of the first LOTR film) will take place at 7 pm and are part […]