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  • Chronicling Family Stories with Write On, Door County

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    Are you interested in writing your family’s story? Author Robin Sauerwein will lead a four-week Writing Our Stories program beginning Feb. 2. Also on Feb. 2, 6 pm, award-winning novelist Kathleen Ernst – creator of the Chloe Ellefson mystery series – will share fiction techniques to enhance your memoir or family stories.  There’s still time to […]

  • An Artistic Duality: The digital paintings of Dan Cross

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    At Sotheby’s in Hong Kong recently, a deeply textured, randomly colored abstract painting by Gerhard Richter sold for about $28 million. It reminded me of images I had just seen at Idea Gallery in West Jacksonport. They sold for approximately $27,999,000 less, depending on the size and framing, but they were also rich in color, […]

  • Take A Virtual Tour of Write On’s New Writing Center

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    Door County’s home for writing celebrated the opening of its new Writing Center in a virtual ceremony Oct. 9. The gleaming new home of Write On, Door County in Juddville gives the young organization a place to welcome writers, readers, and host events on nearly 40 beautiful acres. The building has been a dream almost […]

  • Writing Center Opens in Juddville Oct. 9

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    A place for writers and appreciators of the written word will open its doors – virtually – Oct. 9. Write On, Door County will host a Facebook Live virtual grand opening for its new Writing Center in Juddville on Oct. 9, 6-7 pm. The event will feature a virtual tour of the new center, readings […]

  • This Old Store: Juddville’s Lundberg and Klingbile Stores

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    Before moving his business to Fish Creek, Alex (C.A.) Lundberg owned a store attached to his two-story home in Juddville, where Juddville Road (really just a dirt path then) met the shore of Green Bay. The Aug. 12, 1880, edition of a local newspaper reported that “Lundberg and another party from Menekaune intend establishing a […]

  • Write On Chooses Janée Baugher for First Ekphrastic Residency

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    Write On, Door County has chosen Janée J. Baugher, a poet and editor from Seattle, as the inaugural recipient of the Dick Scuglik Memorial Residency and Scholarship. The honor goes to a poet or other writer with demonstrated ability and interest in ekphrastic writing: a literary form of writing in response to visual art.  Baugher […]

  • Thanksgiving Eve Worship at St. Paul Church

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    All are welcome to enjoy Thanksgiving Eve worship and fellowship during a pie-and-ice-cream social Nov. 27, 6 pm, at St. Paul Church in Juddville. Attendees are asked to contribute a nonperishable food item and a pie to share.

  • Write On Announces Ekphrastic Writing Residency, Scholarship

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    Write On, Door County announces the inaugural Dick Scuglik Memorial Residency and Scholarship, to be awarded to a poet or other writer who has a demonstrated ability and interest in ekphrastic writing. A committee of writers will select one individual for the weeklong residency, to be held June 14-21.  The recipient will be paired with […]

  • Culture Club: Write On, Door County Defined

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    Since joining the Write On, Door County family in June, I’ve found this time of transition to be one of invaluable introspection. It’s an interesting thing, going from being a teacher and always knowing a slice of the Door County youth and their families, to a role that finds me most often sitting quietly and […]

  • Juddville Artist Wins MOWA Best of Show Award

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    Juddville Contemporary Clay Studio Gallery artist and co-owner Tony Staroska has earned Best of Show in Three Dimensional Artwork in the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) Members’ Exhibition. The honored work is from his “Warmth of Rocks” series: large-scale ceramic sculptures interpreted from the rock formations along the Great Lakes’ shorelines and the geologic expanse […]

  • Building upon Words: Write On’s Groundbreaking for Writing Center

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    On July 7, community members came together to help Write On, Door County usher in a new phase of its existence: building a new writing center. Rather than participating in a traditional groundbreaking, those in attendance wrote words of encouragement and inspiration on stones and created a stone wall on the property. The new writing […]

  • Lauren Bremer Named Write On’s Managing Director

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    Write On, Door County welcomes Lauren Bremer as its new managing director. She arrives at the organization as an avid poet and passionate educator, writer and community member who began her career as a high school English teacher in 2006. Bremer has also been a contributing editor to Door County Living magazine and the Peninsula […]

  • ‘Alternative Groundbreaking’ for Write On’s New Facility

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    Write On, Door County will begin constructing its new home in Juddville. The center will be located on 34 acres on the corner of Highway 42 and Juddville Road and will include a writers’ library, classroom and space for gatherings, readings and other events. Write On’s grounds also include a house used year-round for its thriving […]

  • Write On Introduces Free Writers Critique Group

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    Write On, Door County has formed a new bi-weekly writers’ group, beginning June 24. Group sessions will be held in Norb Blei’s writing studio, the Coop, located on Write On’s property in Juddville. Facilitated by Paul Brophy, the group welcomes writers of all kinds. Participants will bring work to share and will receive constructive comments […]

  • Write On Now Accepting Poetry, Prose Award Entries

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    The Norbert Blei Award in Poetry and the WILF Award in Flash Prose, administered by Write On, Door County, are now accepting entries. Poetry and works of fiction or nonfiction of 750 words or less will be accepted through July 22. The theme for this year’s entries is generational: how we build, grow, and change. […]

  • Obituary: Doris Johanna Kazenske

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    April 11, 2019 Doris died on April 11, 2019. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Hans and Thora Kirkegaard and graduated from Kelvin Park High School. She married Al Kazenske in March of 1952. They made their home in Bensenville, Illinois. They moved to Door County in 1972. She ran the Door Country Market […]

  • Contemporary Art Gallery Tour hits Martinez Studio, Idea Gallery, Cappaert, and Juddville Clay

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    Four festive receptions will run concurrently at Martinez Studio in Jacksonport, Idea Gallery in West Jacksonport, Cappaert Contemporary Gallery in Egg Harbor, and Juddville Clay Studio Gallery in Juddville on Sept. 29, 3-8 pm. Martinez Studio is a studio gallery showcasing the works of husband and wife, Sandra and Wence, as well as several other […]

  • Door County’s Final Civil War Veteran Remembered

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    “Comrades! Attend to this at once, or we shall not know whether you are dead, proud or gone to Texas.” That was the rallying cry for a meeting to be held in June 1880 for a meeting in Milwaukee of Wisconsin members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a fraternal organization formed shortly […]

  • A Family Affair: Edgewood Orchard Galleries celebrate 50 years

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    The tale of one of Door County’s most prestigious and beloved galleries starts like a movie celebrating sisterhood. Imagine two married Milwaukee girlfriends — Irene and Ethel — driving up the Door Peninsula in the late 1950s for a little R&R. Irene notices some beautiful trees, an old fruit barn etched with “1918,” a For […]

  • Juddville Clay Studio Home to Contemporary Ceramics

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    As visitors enter Juddville Contemporary Clay Studio Gallery a look of surprise comes over their faces. Wonderfully bright filtered light, from the large, rolled antique glass windows, of the former Juddville School, bounces off the surfaces of contemporary ceramic artwork created by artists Tony Staroska and Rebecca Carlton. From the early 1880s through 1957, hundreds […]