Area: Fish Creek
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Free Airplane Rides for Young Eagles Day
The EAA Chapter from West Bend presents another Armed Forces and EAA/Young Eagles Day at Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport on June 2. Free airplane rides for kids ages 8-17 include instruction before and during the flight. Before take-off, pilots explain what will take place during the flight including review of aeronautical charts, identifying reference points, preflight inspection […]
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Gibraltar Food Truck Owners File Lawsuit Against Town
On May 10, Lisa and Kevin Howard, owners of White Cottage Red Door officially notified the Town of Gibraltar they are taking the first step toward filing a lawsuit against what they say is an unconstitutional ordinance that is preventing them from operating a county-permitted and state-licensed food truck. The store owners tried to satisfy […]
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Gibraltar Facing Litigation Over Food Truck Ban
The owners of the food truck at White Cottage Red Door may pursue litigation against the Town of Gibraltar if the town board does not rescind a town ordinance that was modified last year to prohibit food trucks throughout the town. Meanwhile, the town may be pursuing legal action against the Door County Planning Department […]
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Schneider Wins Door County Half Marathon for 3rd Time
Rodee Schneider won the Door County Half Marathon for the third time Saturday on a warm day in Peninsula State Park. Schneider, of Madison, finished in 1:16:25, 15 seconds ahead of Jake Erschen. Katelynn Williams fought her way through the heat to pace the women with a time of 1:28:43. The Madison resident finished more […]
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PODCAST: Half Marathon, Celebrate Water, and the Future of Potawatomi Tower
Andrew Kliedon talks to Pulse writers and editors about the stories in this week’s Peninsula Pulse, including the future of Potawatomi Tower, the new Celebrate Water initiative, and the 11th Door County Half Marathon.
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Peninsula State Park Looks for Shorebirds During this Naturalist-led Walk
Look for palm, yellow-rumped, and other warblers as well as shorebirds on May 8 during an hour-long, naturalist-led walk at Peninsula State Park. Limited binoculars are available for loan or bring your own. These walks are easy and less than half-a-mile. The programs are weather dependent. Participants meet at Weborg Shelter at 8am. This program […]
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Range Lights Featured in Children’s Lighthouse Series
For 31 years, Sue and Joe Jarosh successfully ran Jacksonport Craft Cottage Gifts in Jacksonport. When Sue retired as a shop owner, she had more time for writing and volunteering. Sue became a tour guide at Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Museum in Peninsula State Park in 2016, and her subsequent first novel was Door County’s Eagle […]
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Remembering the Peninsula Arts Association
As Door County’s arts and cultural organizations open shop for the 2018 season, they will do so in the shadow of the first full year since the 80-year-old Peninsula Arts Association (PAA) folded. From 1937 until 2017, the nonprofit PAA provided financial support to launch the careers of many artists on the peninsula and gave […]
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Edgewood Orchard Opens Season with Celebrate Water Show
Edgewood Orchard Galleries kicks off its 50th season with a group show celebrating the beauty of water. This exhibit will raise awareness and funds for a new initiative called Celebrate Water Door County. An opening day “Cinco de Mayo” celebration takes place May 5, 10 am to 5 pm. Chips, salsa, guacamole and cold cervezas […]
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A Run in the Park…No Matter What: Door County Half Marathon is Here
In the middle of April, the snows of spring came. They always do in Door County, but this was different. Eight to twelve inches. No, 10 to 16 inches. Strike that, could be 20 inches. Or it could just be rain. With the ice of this long winter still on the course, we hoped for […]
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2,600 to Run Door County Half Marathon and Nicolet Bay 5k Saturday
A swarm of runners from throughout the Midwest will converge on Door County this weekend for the 11th Door County Half Marathon and Nicolet Bay 5k. More than 2,600 runners are signed up for the race in Peninsula State Park that is considered one of the most picturesque in the region. More than 90 percent […]
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Carol Schalla, a Door County pastel artist, is having a gallery showing of a variety of her works at the Door County YMCA in Fish Creek. Throughout May, a collection of Schalla’s pastel paintings, including landscapes, water vistas, still lifes and portraits, can be viewed and purchased. For the past four years of her retirement, […]
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Drone Photo and Video Classes Offer High-Flying Lessons
For those interested in learning how to use a drone as an aerial platform for photography and videography, Peninsula School of Art is offering two summer workshops taught by Madison-based photographer Michael “Mickey” Kienitz. One of the first widespread applications of drone technology has been capturing the world in pictures and video from above. And […]
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Peninsula State Park Offers Spring Walk
Peninsula State Park offers a spring walk to a black ash swamp on April 28, 10-11 am. Tucked behind Peninsula’s Nature Center, fed by spring water oozing from the bluff edges, is a temporal wetland. Sturdy black ash trees rise up from a forest floor carpeted with ferns. Despite recent snow, the swamp is greening […]
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Book Launch Party for “Death Rides the Ferry”
Meet mystery writer Patricia Skalka as The Peninsula Bookman celebrates the release of the fourth book in the Dave Cubiak Door County mystery series, Death Rides the Ferry. This award-winning author will be available to sign books 4-6 pm at The Peninsula Bookman in Fish Creek on May 5. Skalka’s first installment in the series, […]
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DCA Announces its 2018 Performance Schedule
Door Community Auditorium (DCA) announces its 2018 performance schedule, featuring an eclectic and exciting array of performers, including well-known musical veterans, cutting-edge rising stars and beloved Door County favorites. DCA Executive Director Cari Lewis said, “Last season, we were thrilled to set a new record for sold-out events. The members of our program committee and […]
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Spring Road Reconstruction in Fish Creek Starts April 30
On April 30, the Door County Highway Department will begin a resurfacing project on Spring Road in Fish Creek from Peninsula Players Road to Wandering Road. The work includes pulverizing the existing pavement, improving and widening the roadway aggregate base, excavating two segments on the roadway to improve vision, regrading and then resurfacing the roadway […]
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“Death Rides the Ferry” Book Tour to Stop in Door County
Death Rides the Ferry, the fourth book in Patricia Skalka’s Dave Cubiak Door County mystery series, is set for release May 8, 2018. In Death Rides the Ferry, the Viola da Gamba Music Festival returns to Washington Island after a 40-year absence. The jubilant mood sours when a passenger is found dead on a ferry. […]
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Peninsula State Park Hosts Campfire Reading for Earth Day
Gather round a Peninsula State Park campfire April 22, 11 am to noon, to hear The Lorax read. This classic Dr. Seuss story is about taking care of Planet Earth. Meet at the Nature Center. Kids can decorate a Lorax wind-sock with truffula trees and swomee swans. All ages welcome. The program is free but […]
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Play’s the Thing Finished for 2018 and Scheduled for 2019
Peninsula Players Theatre presented a reading of A Fine Bright Day Today, a new play by British playwright Philip Goulding, on April 2 at Björklunden. A Fine Bright Day Today was produced as the final installment of The Play’s the Thing, a winter series of play readings organized by Peninsula Players Theatre. A Fine Bright […]