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

  • Upcoming Events at Edgewood Orchard

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    Edgewood Orchard Galleries will be hosting two special events the weekend of July 25, 26 and 27. An Elizabeth Garvin Trunk Show featuring her contemporary jewelry designs in silver and gold will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am – 5 pm, while Illinois limestone carver Jim Johnson will be presenting a stone carving demonstration on Saturday from noon – 5 pm.

  • 20th Annual Domicile Art Fair

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    Everyone is welcome to the 20th annual “A Fair at Domicile’ on Friday and Saturday, August 1 and 2, in Sister Bay. The work of several Wisconsin artisans, making their only Door County appearance this year, will be displayed in the orchard surrounding Domicile.

  • Martin’s Folk Art Featured

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    Celebrating their 41st summer season, Blue Dolphin House and BDH Studio have come to realize the influence that an artists friends and family can have on their artwork.

  • Everhardus Demonstrates at DCAL Gallery

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    Door County Art League (DCAL) artist Sally Everhardus will be demonstrating during business hours on Saturday, July 26, at the Gallery of the Door County Art League, located at the back of the Top of the Hill Shops, Highway 42 and County F on Spring Road in Fish Creek.

  • Discussion of Art Materials Hosted by DCAL

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    Bill Worley, representative of ColArt Americas, Inc., will be guest speaker at the Door County Art League’s monthly meeting on Monday, July 28, beginning at 7 pm at the Gibraltar Fire Department meeting room.

  • Acclaimed Wisconsin Author to Appear in Fish Creek

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    Acclaimed Wisconsin novelist Paul McComas, author of Planet of the Dates, will do a reading/book signing/Q+A appearance at Peninsula Bookman in Fish Creek at 7 pm on Wednesday, July 30.

  • Fantasy Books Featured at Novel Ideas

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    Novel Ideas Bookstore in Baileys Harbor is hosting a Fantasical Family Fun Night on Saturday July 18 from 7 – 10 pm. After last year’s successful town wide celebration for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, many in the community asked what was planned for the summer of 2008.

  • Mystery, They Wrote

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    I have a friend who collects great first lines from mystery novels. I’ve never been that organized, but if I were, I’d have this first line/paragraph from Jan Burke’s book Goodnight, Irene (1993), at the top of my list: “He loved to watch fat women dance."

  • Humor

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    Peninsula Pulse Senior Correspondent Bjorn Bakken covers the county’s political activities with an emphasis on Fish Creek, Ephraim, and Ellison Bay. Bakken also reports on the action from the Luxemberg and Sturgeon Bay stock car racing season.

  • Summer Shoes

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    Summer shoes was what we called them. Summer shoes, elsewhere known as…KEDS; black and white canvas high-tops with the big rubber seal on the ankle, proclaiming KEDS.

  • Welcome to Our Country

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    It was at the peak of a sweltering-hot summer afternoon when our party of seven arrived at the New Delhi train station, headed north for cooler climates.

  • Authors and After Words

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    Markus Zusak was born in 1975 in Sydney, Australia, which is where his parents emigrated shortly after the Second World War. His mother came from Germany and his father from Austria; both grew up under the Nazis.

  • Serendipity and a Flock of Sheep

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    Gretchen Regnery spins, while Dick Regnery weaves. One may assume the couple met where their current passions intersect – a weaving class, a sheep auction, or a fiber arts gallery.

  • Whitefish Dunes Watercolor Class

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    On Friday, July 25, from 1 – 3 pm, artist Elaine Cregan will be hosting a watercolor class at Whitefish Dunes State Park. Adults are welcome to learn basic watercolor techniques while enjoying the natural beauty of the park.

  • Santa Fe Shop Displays Poyer’s Jewelry

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    Jewelry artist Jimmy Poyer was born in 1954 near what is now northeast Arizona. Throughout his education, Poyer never took an art course. Instead, he was apart of a country western band, the Jim Poyer Band, for twenty-three years.

  • Pipka Offers “Introduction to Collage” Workshop

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    Pipka, an accomplished collage artist, often recognized for her award-winning Santa, Angel, and Madonna figurines, is offering a day-long class in her private Sister Bay studio on August 7.

  • Pangaea Gallery Now Open

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    Pangaea Gallery is now open. With a cathedral-like setting in a charming, rustic barn, the gallery makes a perfect venue to showcase the abstract art of five Door County artists and two Santa Fe artists.

  • “From the Figure” on Display at Linden and Barnsite

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    The Barnsite and Linden Galleries announce the opening of a new exhibit entitled “From the Figure.” This exhibit will open on July 19 with a reception at the Linden Gallery from 1 – 5 pm and a clay portrait demonstration by Bren Sibilsky from 1 – 4 pm.

  • First Annual Group Glass Exhibition at K. Allen Gallery

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    How many ways is an artist able to express themselves using glass as their medium of choice? Hard to say with such a versatile material but one can visit K.

  • Jacksonport Craft Cottage Features David Hackett

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    The Jacksonport Craft Cottage, now celebrating 24 years in Door County, is pleased to include the outstanding work of David Hackett into their premier collection of Amish Quilts, fine arts and crafts.