Area: Fish Creek
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Playwriting, Word Games And A Poetry Potluck
Award-winning actor and playwright Richard Gustin will teach an introductory playwriting workshop on Feb. 27, 6-8 pm. The $40 workshop will be held online. Former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton will play word games and lead a special poetry workshop for high school students on March 2, 10 am – 12 pm. The same […]
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Educator Transferred from Peninsula; Superintendent Discusses Proposed Projects
Friends of Peninsula State Park announced that, after 18 months, Krista Lutzke, Natural Resource Educator, is moving on to a new role in Green Bay with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) wildlife division. Eric Hyde, Peninsula superintendent and natural resources property supervisor for the DNR’s Northern Door unit, said Lutzke, a wildlife biologist, came […]
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Server of the Week: Carly Jaeger, Shiny Moon Cafe
There’s a sunbeam in Fish Creek, that can melt the winter snow.Up the stairs at Shiny Moon, is the place to see her glow. She only works on Sundays, now fondly known as Fundays.If she spots you in the line, there’s the smile – always. When wedding season comes around, her focus turns to flowers;Arranging […]
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Updated Vision Presented for Fish Creek’s Waterfront Park
The Gibraltar Town Board examined a revised plan that’s been shaped by town and community feedback on how the Fish Creek waterfront could look, and the amenities it could offer. Created by Ayres Associates, the revised plan introduced to the board, Feb. 7, encompasses the existing town marina area as well as the town park […]
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Creativity and Artificial Intelligence Talk at DCA
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee lecturer Kristopher Purzycki will present a lecture titled “For the Love of Blank Space: Creative Practice and the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence” at Door Community Auditorium (DCA.) The Feb. 24 talk starts at 10 am and is the second installment of DCA’s Door County Talks series. During the lecture, Purzycki will discuss […]
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New Roles for Holly Feldman, Dave Maier at Northern Sky
Two years after the Northern Sky board of directors announced their transitional succession plan, long-time staff member Holly Feldman has officially become the company’s managing director. Former managing director Dave Maier will continue with the organization as its company manager. Feldman served in leadership-support roles at Northern Sky for over 15 years. In spring of […]
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Slicing Deep into History and Culture
Writer, performance artist and creative change agent Dasha Kelly Hamilton is bringing her touring production, “Makin’ Cake”, to the Door Community Auditorium, March 1. Hamilton slices into American history in “Makin’ Cake” to explore race, culture and class, engaging communities with a forward dialogue. The former Poet Laureate for the City of Milwaukee and State […]
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Coffeehouse Concert By pat mAcdonald
The next installment of Door Community Auditorium’s (DCA) Coffeehouse Concert series on Feb. 24, 7 pm, will star local songwriter pat mAcdonald. The concert will be presented in DCA’s cozy fireside lobby, with coffee and baked goods available for purchase. Since his techno-folk pioneering Timbuk3 days, mAcdonald has been tinkering in relative obscurity. His one-man […]
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Meet Pen Art’s Artists-in-Residence
Peninsula School of Art’s current artists-in-residence, Nicole Shaver and Morgan Thomas Shankweiler, will present a drop-in studio tour on Feb. 20, 3:30-5 pm. During the free event, guests can ask questions, buy original works and enjoy light refreshments. Shaver is a multimedia artist whose work explores the intersection between the natural and the human-made, aiming […]
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Teamwork Keeps Gibraltar Choir Going
A pianist and accompanist for Gibraltar Area School singers and musicians stepped up this past fall and winter to fill an opening at the high school and middle school. Sara Bong’s full-time-substitute efforts and work as secondary-school choir teacher earned praise and expressions of gratitude from the school board and high school principal, James DeBroux. […]
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Local Students Perform In District Music Festival
Door County students will participate in a District Solo and Ensemble Music Festival on Feb. 10. The festival is sanctioned by the Wisconsin School Music Association and will be hosted by Gibraltar High School on Saturday. During the festival, students will perform vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios and small ensembles before an adjudicator. Performers […]
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The Door Community Auditorium (DCA) hosted a Jan. 30 performance by Dinosaur World Live, a show that uses realistic puppets to breathe life into dinosaurs like the T-rex shown here. Photo from DCA’s Facebook page.
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Paint The Rainbow At Peninsula School of Art
At this month’s Family Art Day at Peninsula School of Art, make your own painting inspired by the work of Ay-O, a Japanese avant-garde artist who used rainbow stripes to outline or fill his silkscreen prints. The workshop is free for families with children ages 3 to seventeen. Participants can drop in from 9 am […]
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Registration Open For Pen Art Workshops
Registration is open now for Peninsula School of Art’s 2024 summer and fall workshops. Offerings include over 75 two- and four-day workshops taught by over 50 educators from around the country. Participants can choose from a variety of fine art media classes, as well as art appreciation and professional development workshops. Artists aged four to […]
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Historical Society Seeks Support for Restoring Lighthouse
DNR variance needed for Eagle Bluff Lighthouse work The Door County Historical Society is asking history buffs to contact the state this week to express support for repairing Eagle Bluff Lighthouse and restoring the grounds to its late-1880s appearance. Although owned by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the nonprofit historical society has managed […]
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Music Summit at the Shiny Moon Café
Local musicians gather for weekly jam sessions Saturday mornings bring some of Door County’s most well-known musicians to Fish Creek’s Shiny Moon Café. That’s where DC Music Summit meetups assemble a rotating group of music-makers for weekly jam sessions, according to Door County musician Mike Judy. The group goes around the room sharing songs and […]
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Candlelight Hike at Peninsula Moved to Park’s Fish Creek Entrance
Peninsula State Park has changed the location of its winter candlelight hike event on Saturday, Feb. 3 to the Fish Creek entrance. The ski portion of the event has been cancelled but the hike will go on. A 2024 Wisconsin State Park admission sticker or a $5 event pass will be available at the park office […]
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Commenters Ask How Peninsula Will Fix Parking, Congestion
Public comment period ends Feb. 8 for variance requested for remedies near Eagle Tower, but proposed reconfigurations haven’t been released Congestion problems, parking scarcity and general safety in the vicinity of Eagle Tower raised concerns last summer for Peninsula State Park leaders, but they need permission to correct the issues. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources […]
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Gibraltar Board Field Trip Provides Ideas for Addition
To gather ideas for the replacement of the middle school gymnasium and central portion of the Gibraltar School campus, a couple of Gibraltar Area School Board members traveled in January to tour recently-built schools in Sheboygan Falls, Port Washington, Cedarburg and Wauwatosa. Their main goal was choosing ceiling and wall finishes and flooring for the […]
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Gibraltar Thanks Bong for Help, Hires Choir Teacher
A local pianist and accompanist for Gibraltar Area School singers and musicians stepped up this past fall and winter to fill an opening at the high school and middle school level. Sara Bong’s efforts and work as secondary-school choir teacher earned praise and expressions of gratitude from the school board and high school principal, James […]