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  • Contactless Motel Opening in Fish Creek

    A new contactless, boutique motel – the first of its kind in Door County – will open for the 2024 season in the heart of downtown Fish Creek.  Katie Wanzer and Mitch Ehly partnered in September with their West Bend, Wisconsin neighbors, Luke and Katie Nelsen, to purchase the By-the-Bay Motel from John and Mary […]

  • Gibraltar Seeks Pupil Services Director

    The Gibraltar Area School board on Monday accepted the resignation, effective Jan. 5, of Lisa Wing, Pupil Services Director, and approved the advertising of the job opening. Wing was promoted from within the teaching staff to a combined elementary principal and Director of Learning position during the 2021-22 school year and then to District Pupil […]

  • Gibraltar Makes Room for Extra 4K Students

    Gibraltar’s school board on Jan. 8 approved 15 extra open-enrollment spaces – partially to make room for families from outside of the district who are interested in the district’s 4-year-old kindergarten programming. Superintendent Brett Stousland said he has heard of families from neighboring districts interested in enrolling students for next fall when Gibraltar adds its […]

  • DCA Announces Winter 2024 Lineup

    Door Community Auditorium’s (DCA) 2024 winter season will include the Door County Talks morning lecture series, three Coffeehouse Concerts by local musicians and several main-stage shows. Passport Program Main Stage Shows DCA’s first main-stage show of 2024 will be a  Jan. 30 performance by interactive prehistoric puppetry troupe Dinosaur World Live at 6 pm. Next, […]

  • Peninsula Is State’s #2 Campground

    Peninsula State Park was the second most-popular camping destination in the Wisconsin State Parks system in 2023. Through Nov. 28, campers had filled 42,593 nights at the park’s 460 campsites. Those nights came across 19,282 bookings at the campground, up from 18,698 in 2022 and nearly as many as the record 19,601 bookings in 2021.  […]

  • DECA Awards For Gibraltar Students

    Two Gibraltar High School students earned honors at the DECA Northeast Wisconsin District Career Development Conference on Dec. 16. DECA is a national association that prepares students for careers in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. Gibraltar Senior Vanessa Demarinis placed third overall in the Apparel and Accessories Marketing Series, taking top honors in the exam and […]

  • Home for the Holidays This Weekend

    Cathy Grier welcomed to the Northern Sky stage Northern Sky Theater is here to help you beat those post-Christmas blues. Home for the Holidays, an annual showcase of some of Door County’s favorite musicians, is the Fish Creek theater company’s way of extending the holiday season – and giving you an excuse to keep singing […]

  • Hal Prize Winners Displayed at PenArt

    The Peninsula School of Art is now exhibiting the winners and honorable mentions of the Hal Prize in its Annex Gallery through the end of January. A casual reception was held Dec. 8 with light refreshments. Some photography winners and their families attended to see their work and read the notes from this year’s photography […]

  • Skate-Ski School At Peninsula State Park

    Peninsula Nordic Ski Club’s inaugural Skate School will take place on the Peninsula State Park Golf Course on Jan. 7 from 12-1:30 pm. Skate skiing is a sport that pairs the enjoyment of cross country skiing with increased cardio conditioning. The golf course will be widely groomed and offer different levels of difficulty starting with […]

  • Fundraising For High School Trips

    Gibraltar Music Boosters, the fundraising arm of the Gibraltar High School music program, is raising funds to enable students to participate in programs offered by the Disney Imagination Campus (DIC) in Orlando, Florida. Their upcoming Florida trip is scheduled for  March 13-19, 2024. Band and choir students at Gibraltar can participate in innovative-learning workshops and […]

  • Small Works that Pack a Big Punch

    BIG Little Art Show at Peninsula School of Art The fact that nearly 250 people turned out for the Peninsula School of Art’s BIG Little Art Show in November, not exactly the height of the season in Door County, says several things about the school’s place in the county’s cultural life. For some artists, it […]

  • Art At The YMCA

    Explore the artwork of Julia Nawrot through the halls of the Door County YMCA throughout December. Nawrot works with watercolors, acrylics, pastels and oil paints. In addition to exhibiting, the artist is accepting commissions for pastel portraits of people and pets. Those interested can call 262.302.1348 for more information, or text their email address and […]

  • Server of the Week: Niko Valiyev, Blue Horse Bistro

    When you’re down in the Crick, head to the Blue Horse for your caffeine fix. You’ll find a hustling barista by the name of Niko, he’ll fix you up right to get you on the go. Straight from the gym or off the pitch, always stocking, serving and cleaning on the quick. His coffee designs […]

  • Registration Open for Young Writers Conference, Women’s Mentoring Program

    Registration is open for “Telling the Truth of Our Lives,” the Dick Scuglick Memorial Residency and Fellowship, and the Young Writers Conference. Through Dec. 10, Write On, Door County is accepting applications for “Telling the Truth of Our Lives,” a year-long, women’s mentoring program starting in 2024.  The program is designed for women who would […]

  • Healing Through Writing With Mary Mullen

    Visiting writer and Write On, Door County resident Mary Mullen presents a special edition of the organization’s free monthly program, Healing Through Writing, on Dec. 12, 11-1 pm. The program is for people with little-to-no writing experience, as well as those who have an established creative practice and want to focus on writing as a […]

  • Gibraltar Secondary Schools Concert At DCA

    The choirs at Gibraltar Secondary Schools will present their fall concert on Dec. 12, 7 pm. Led by choir director Sara Bong and accompanied by pianist Janet Anderson, sixth grade, eighth grade and high school choirs will perform seasonal selections by composers like John Leavitt, Emily Crocker, Joseph Martin and John Rutter. Gibraltar staff and […]

  • Coming Up At Write On

    This week of events at Write On, Door County starts Dec. 2, 10:30 am – 12 pm with Hello, Wisconsin!: Writing Place with David John Paradise. Examining the work of Glenway Wescott’s collection, Goodbye, Wisconsin, Paradise will discuss how character can emerge from place and how writers can establish a sense of place. This class […]

  • Peninsula Players Announces 2024 Season Lineup

    Peninsula Players Theatre will perform five plays during its 89th season, which will take place from June 18 – Oct. 20, 2024. The season will start with I Ought to Be in Pictures, performed June 18 –  July 7. Written by Neil Simon in 1980, the play is a poignant comedy about a burned-out Hollywood […]

  • White Gull Inn Concert Series Starts With The Special Consensus

    Two-time Grammy-nominated bluegrass band The Special Consensus will kick off the 39th season of winter concerts at Fish Creek’s White Gull Inn on Dec. 6 and 7, 8 pm. The Special Consensus has performed twice at the Door Community Auditorium, numerous times in Fish Creek’s Concert in the Park series and at several previous sold-out […]

  • New Staff Member At Northern Sky

    Sophie Widman is Northern Sky Theater’s new Marketing Director and Events Coordinator. Originally from California, Widman graduated from Ripon College in 2018 with a degree in theater and music. She worked at The National Theatre for Children for the last five years as a School Communications Outreach Manager, where she marketed educational theater programs to […]