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The latest news on the Door County art and literary scenes, including features, gallery openings, exhibits, and literature events.

  • “Doork” Offered in Silent Auction

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    For reasons known only to him, Jim Maronek has been collecting weird headlines from the Door County Advocate over the last 20 years. Now, he has assembled them into a large montage named “Doork.

  • Art Bargains Abound at Miller Art Museum

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    Art lovers and bargain seekers will enjoy coming to the Miller Art Museum (MAM) for a weeklong “Art Sale, Etc.” This museum fundraiser will take place Saturday, August 23 through Saturday, August 30 from 10 am – 4 pm on the mezzanine level of the museum where shoppers can search for any number of items at bargain prices.

  • Cultural and Artistic Programs Offered Abroad

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    The Linden Gallery and Barnsite Gallery recently announced two new all-inclusive programs at the Linden Centre in Southwest China. The offerings include a plein air painting tour and a textile tour of this region of China.

  • Hackett Featured at Jacksonport Craft Cottage

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    The Jacksonport Craft Cottage, now celebrating 25 years in Door County, is pleased to welcome the outstanding work of David Hackett into their premier collection of Amish Quilts, fine art and crafts.

  • Frykman Studio Gallery Hosts Reception for Winnipeg Artist

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    An artist’s reception will be held on Saturday, August 23 for master potter Steve Jorgenson at the Frykman Studio Gallery in Sister Bay. Jorgenson has produced beautiful and functional stoneware pottery in his Winnipeg, Manitoba studio for 35 years.

  • Simple, Captivating Nostalgia

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    This month, Pamela Murphy is a featured artist at Fine Line Designs Gallery, located just north of Ephraim, for her seventh season.

  • Edgewood Hosts Jewelry Trunk Show

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    Edgewood Orchard Galleries will be hosting a jewelry trunk show and a reception to meet jeweler Alexandra Irene Jackson on Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17.

  • “Northern Lights” Show at Clay Bay Pottery

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    Clay Bay Pottery will be hosting a reception for their eighth annual “Northern Lights” lamp show on Saturday, August 16 from 10 am – 5 pm. The public is welcome and refreshments will be served.

  • Dawson and Kapfamer next at Charlene’s Gallery Ten

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    Artists Elizabeth Dawson and Ray Kapfamer are matched up in the next double feature at Charlene’s Gallery Ten in Gills Rock. Their abstract, yet representational dreamscapes are sure to provoke thought and engaging discussion, from 3 – 5 pm on Saturday, August 16.

  • Painters Recognized in Maryland

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    Four oil painters whom were on a painting trip earlier this year to southwest China, which was organized by the Barnsite Gallery and Linden Gallery, as well as a painting mentor who will be on the March 2009 painting trip, were recently recognized at the Easton, Maryland Plein Air Event.

  • Fairfield Features Functional Art

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    On Thursday, August 21, the Fairfield Art Center in historic downtown Sturgeon Bay will unveil “Michael Doerr: Contemporary Woodworks” in its first-floor Main Gallery.

  • Diedrick to Host “Recyclable Art” Activity

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    On Saturday, August 23, Wisconsin artist Renee Diedrick will host “Recyclable Art,” a special children’s activity, in conjunction with her current exhibition “Old with New: Found Treasures.

  • DCAL Plans Second “Art in the Barn” Sale

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    Door County Art League (DCAL) members will be displaying and selling their work in a beautiful barn setting at 8822 Highway 57 in Baileys Harbor, Friday through Sunday, August 15 – 17.

  • Gallery of the Door County Art League Artists’ Demonstrations

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    Door County Art League (DCAL) jeweler Kim Pedler will be presenting two informal sessions from 10 am – 5 pm on Sunday, August 17, at the Gallery of the Door County Art League, located at the back of the Top of the Hill Shops on Highway 42 and County F in Fish Creek on Spring Road.

  • Storyscapes – Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why

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    This is a powerful novel! It is a cautionary tale that should be required reading for teachers, parents, middle school and high school students. I finished the book several days ago; it still haunts me, and I’m pretty sure I’ll find flashes of it coming back for many months.

  • Local Booksellers Team Up to Form New Publishing Venture

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    Part-time Sister Bay resident Charlie Calkins, who does business as The Badger Bibliophile, and Peter Sloma, owner of The Peninsula Bookman in Fish Creek, have joined forces to form the new venture Peninsula Partners Publishing, LLC.

  • POETRY

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    A Clutch of Summer Blooms

  • HUMOR

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    Peninsula Pulse Senior Correspondent Bjorn Bakken sorts the news from village hall as the political process unfolds in Door County. While not always present, no meetings nor their agendas get past Bakken’s typewriter.

  • No Greater Gift

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    It was snowing heavily when Marty Kern left St. Joseph’s Hospital over on Burling Street and headed home. Clouds in pink, reflecting the city’s lights, covered the night sky, and the snow falling beneath the street lamps created illuminated cones of dancing flakes.

  • Still Life

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    On my desk lies autumn, at least how I see it this year. A collection of leaves turning, three acorns, and a thin strip of grayed tree bark. I will bring autumn to my nature writing class tonight because it is what I will ask my student’s to do next week – walk outside and return with autumn.