Area: Fish Creek
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Eagle Tower Deconstruction Delayed
The deconstruction of Eagle Tower at Peninsula State Park originally scheduled for mid-July will be delayed until mid-September due to challenges the Department of Natural Resources experienced obtaining a contractor and necessary equipment. The tower will remain closed until deconstruction begins. The park closed the tower to public use in May 2015 to protect public safety after […]
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Sweetie Pies Presents Vintage Apron Style Show
For the fifth time since 2008, the Vintage Apron Style Show will return to the grounds of the Settlement Shops in Fish Creek on July 15, inviting apron collectors to share the sweet memories of their favorite kitchen garb. Sweetie Pies co-owner Renny Lea is once again organizing the nostalgic affair, which this year will […]
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Sustainable Trail Building Workshop at Peninsula State Park
The Friends of Peninsula State Park and the International Mountain Biking Association will present a two-day workshop on sustainable trail building and the economic impact of purpose-built trail systems. The Friends of Peninsula State Park, in partnership with the International Mountain Biking Association, are providing two opportunities to learn about sustainable trail building practices and […]
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Exhibit IV Reception at Edgewood
Edgewood Orchard Galleries will host the Exhibit IV reception on July 16, 4-7 pm. This exhibit features the artwork of painters Michele Dangelo, Rebecca Kinkead and John A. Sayers, jeweler Marcia McDonough, and steel furniture maker Jim Rose. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served and the artists will speak about their artwork at 5 […]
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DCAL Holds Monthly Drawing for Gallery Gift Certificates
Watercolor painter Ruth Sandor is artist of the week for July 16-22 at the Door County Art League (DCAL) Gallery. Art has been part of Sandor’s life since she began taking art and design courses at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign in the 1950s. After retiring in 1997, she established a second home in Door […]
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Birch Creek Jazz Ambassadors Perform Across County
The Birch Creek Jazz Ambassadors, a jazz combo comprised of advanced students, are scheduled to perform concerts at various venues throughout Door County, from July 19 through Aug. 12. The ambassadors are selected from Birch Creek’s jazz students based on an audition process that takes place at the beginning of each jazz session. They go […]
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Grammy Winner Lyle Lovett Takes the DCA Stage
On July 20 at 8 pm, four-time Grammy winner and country/Americana icon Lyle Lovett will return to the Door Community Auditorium (DCA) stage. Lovett played to an enthusiastic, sold-out Fish Creek house last year. For his return performance, Lovett will again be accompanied by his legendary Large Band, which this year will include a 10-piece […]
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Chris Irwin Returns to Fishstock July 17
Tennessee native Chris Irwin returns for his 17th annual Fishstock concert on July 17. A regular performer in the county since 1997, Irwin plays a mix of bluegrass, folk and country, and will be joined by Julian Hagen, Jess Holland, Nick Hoover and Paul Sowinski. Irwin plans to also feature original music he wrote for […]
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DCA Screens “The Emissary” July 16
The Emissary, a locally made movie that was selected to open the 2015 Green Bay Film Festival, will play at Door Community Auditorium on July 16 at 7 pm. The movie was five years in the making and features extensive, Hollywood-quality special effects, including the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and a spaceship landing in […]
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Commentary: Door County’s Parking Problem
For decades American city centers, village squares and developments have been designed not around people, but cars. Every development or infrastructure project is constrained by a single question – where will people park? It is now ingrained in nearly every redevelopment discussion we have, even in the tiny villages and towns of northern Door […]
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Manners Matter: Reckless Driving Makes for Dangerous Conditions
Dear Mary Pat, I live in a condominium development that is particularly busy during holiday weekends. We have a lot of renters and second homeowners who come up on weekends, which makes for a lot of traffic in our otherwise relatively quiet neighborhood. With the Fourth of July weekend, it was exceptionally busy. My […]
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Letter to the Editor: Pagel Promises Obstruction
Claiming that significant “momentum” is underway by farmers in Kewaunee County and defining that as the “right direction” to be finding a balance between clean water, public health and industrial dairy financial profit, while addressing known groundwater pollution in Kewaunee County, John Pagel, the county’s largest liquid manure producer and chair of the Kewaunee County […]
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Gibraltar Talks Programs Focuses on Fish Creek Tragedy, Sinking of the Hackley
Come to the Gibraltar Talks program on July 14 at Fish Creek’s Old Town Hall to hear the story of the sinking of the Hackley. The wonderful storyteller, Mr. Dickson, will set the mood for the story. Mike Burda, one of the three divers from the 1981 salvage attempt, will bring first-hand answers to many […]
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Local Doctors Inspire Northern Sky’s “Doctor! Doctor!”
Milwaukee director and performer Matt Zembrowski returns to Northern Sky this season not as an actor (he performed in the 2009 production of Sunsets and S’mores for American Folklore Theatre) but as the playwright, composer, and lyricist of this season’s new show, Doctor! Doctor! Set during the summer of 1938 in the fictional Door County […]
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Béla Fleck, Chris Thile Join Musical Forces for DCA Show
On July 13, the audience at Door Community Auditorium will be treated to a double billing of two of the world’s most talented instrumentalists: banjo player Béla Fleck and mandolinist Chris Thile. Thile is the Grammy-winning virtuoso mandolinist, singer and songwriter behind acoustic trio Nickel Creek and progressive acoustic outfit Punch Brothers. He is a […]
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Celebrate Camp Meenahga’s 100th Anniversary with Peninsula State Park
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Camp Meenahga at Peninsula State Park with a birthday party on July 12, 10 am to noon. One hundred years ago on July 12, two determined mothers from St. Louis established a girls camp at Peninsula State Park (1916-1948). At the party, meet founder Alice Orr Clark […]
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On July 11 at 8 pm, Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will host songwriter/multi-instrumentalist prodigy Sarah Jarosz in a concert that is not to be missed. Opening for Jarosz will be Brooklyn-based twin brother duo The Brother Brothers. Since signing to Sugar Hill Records at age 16, Sarah Jarosz has barely stopped to catch her breath, […]
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Paper Birds Performs at Fishstock
Door County favorites Katie Dahl, Rich Higdon, Claudia Russell and Bruce Kaplan join together July 10 to form Paper Birds at the Fishstock Concert Series in Fish Creek. The show starts at 7 pm. Door County is blessed to call Dahl a resident. A gem of a songwriter with a crystal-clear voice, she brings to […]
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Glass, Auto Parts Used in ‘Second Chance Collection’
Metal/glass sculptures by Mariano Perez will be showcased at the Santa Fe Shop in Fish Creek. Perez was born in Mexico City in 1956. He is an industrial designer and graduated from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. With many years of experience, hard work and great talent, he has managed to create astonishing works of art. […]
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Three Generations of Zahn Folk Art
Ed Zahn (1923-2012), and great-grandson, Randy Zahn (b. 1953) are featured artists this summer in the Madeline Tourtelot Archives and Study Center at the Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek. The exhibition, titled INSPIRED: The Folk Art of Albert, Ed, and Randy Zahn, runs from June 25 to Oct. 5. Albert Zahn was a […]