Category: Entertainment
Door County entertainment news from the staff of the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living. Find the latest details on concerts, performing arts, theater, and much more from the Door County scene.
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Gibraltar High-Schoolers Get Creative
Local artists teach teens during Exposure to Creativity program Each year, Gibraltar High School students have a day to set aside their textbooks in exchange for brushes, cameras and tools. The Exposure to Creativity (ETC) initiative, started in 2007, encourages students to explore their artistic potential through workshops. Led by the high school and Friends […]
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From Johnny Cash to the Indigo Girls: 33 of the Biggest Names to Play at DCA
Living in Door County means seeing big names in our own backyards. Some of the most well-known stars that have performed on the peninsula have done so at Door Community Auditorium (DCA,) which has hosted the likes of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and the Beach Boys since opening in 1991. To celebrate DCA’s 33rd year […]
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Your weekend line-up ideas! Jim ‘n’ Nancy April 13, 1-4 pm, Door 44 Winery, 5464 County Hwy P in Sevastopol This acoustic music duo has played over 1,000 gigs during their 15 years together, according to their Facebook page. Jim ‘n’ Nancy. Photo from the artists’ Facebook page. Guitar George April 13, 3-7 pm, Door […]
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Ghostbusters: “Frozen Empire” a Safe Sequel
by MIKE ORLOCK [email protected] If you’re intrigued by this newest Ghostbusters movie haunting the cineplex, you should note that Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (PG-13) is a sequel to the 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Afterlife was essentially a reboot of the original 1984 film, giving a new generation of viewers a new slate of characters in a new […]
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High Schoolers Compete in “Sing, Door County”
Seven high school students from across the peninsula will compete in Sing, Door County, a live singing competition held at the Southern Door Community Auditorium on April 20, 7 pm. During the competition, students will have their vocal performance critiqued and scored by four judges and the audience. The first-place winner will receive $1,500, the […]
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Griffon String Quartet Awarded
Green Bay non-profit Doctors in Recital selected the Griffon String Quartet, Midsummer’s Music resident ensemble, to receive a music education grant. Each January, Doctors in Recital holds a concert featuring area medical providers, who perform music to raise money for local causes. The Griffon String Quartet performed for the first time at the organization’s 2024 […]
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Tuning In: Creating personalized playlists for dementia support
The Door County Caregiver Coalition, led by the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of Door County and made up of various organizations, meets every other month to discuss the concerns of caregivers and how to help them. Dementia care is often a topic, and one of our recent meetings reminded me of web-based tools […]
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The Final Fight of Pita Kotobalavu
Unity singer played to the end He had them from the start. Had them in a way a crowd hadn’t been had before, at least not in Door County. Things were just different at that first show. There was the energy. The crowd pulsating, sweating, jumping and rattling the wood of the old dairy barn […]
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Cheryl Wheeler, Kenny White At White Gull
Singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler and special guest Kenny White will play the next installment of the White Gull Inn’s winter concert series on April 10, 8 pm. During her live shows, Cheryl Wheeler combines multiple personas – she’s simultaneously an intelligent poet, a militant trend-defier and a hilarious social critic. The folk artist’s achingly honest love […]
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Meet the Seavers will play Drömhus on April 13, 6-8 pm. Since relocating to Wisconsin in 2021, the act has been defying genre and gaining a reputation for their unique style. They aren’t country, jazz, Americana, rock or pop; fans classify them as New Century Swing. Odd time signatures and hypnotic beats combine with poetic […]
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New Fitness Center Fires Up Sturgeon Bay
Members lift tires, climb ropes and swing hammers during intensive workouts at FIRE Fitness Camp Sturgeon Bay’s newest fitness center, FIRE (Functional. Intensive. Resistance. Exercise) Fitness Camp, doesn’t look like your typical gym. It doesn’t function like one, either. Besides rowing machines and dumbbells, the center doesn’t have much in the way of traditional exercise […]
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We’ve got live music and crafty things coming up this weekend: Time Machine Band April 5, 6:30-10 pm, Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N. 1st Ave. in Sturgeon Bay This five-piece party rock band plays all the classics, from Led Zeppelin to Van Halen to KISS. Block Print Workshop April 7, 1-3 pm, Woodwalk Gallery, 6746 […]
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When Artists Change Their Styles
Artist Judi Ekholm, known for her colorful poppy landscapes, has announced that she will exhibit some abstract work in her opening show at Edgewood Orchard Gallery in May. This abstract work, though different from her usual paintings, will retain some of the representational character of her normal repertoire. “I am not going to gestural abstraction […]
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Guest Glassmaker, Multi-Media Artist
Minneapolis-based artist Emily McBride will lead a special demonstration at Popelka Trenchard Glass Studio on April 5, 6-8 pm. McBride has received national recognition as a glassmaker and multimedia artist. She currently serves as gallery coordinator for the Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts and has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth […]
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Totem Sculptures And Homemade Marbles
Guests can help build a totem sculpture at the Pottery CO-OP during monthly First Friday art events in downtown Algoma, April through September. The gallery will provide the pole base, then participants can create clay shapes to attach to it via slipping and scoring. The finished product will be on display in the Pottery CO-OP’s […]
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Death’s Door Dance Fest Returns July 26-28
Returning alumni and notable newcomers will perform in the third-annual Death’s Door Dance Festival (DDDF) July 26-28. The festival kicks off with a pop-up performance at Hidden Acres Farms, July 26 at 6 pm. The performance will feature a collaboration between photographer Meredith W. Watts and choreographer Simone Ferro, an original work inspired by the […]
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TAP Debut A Finalist For New Play Award
I Carry Your Heart With Me, which premiered at Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) last May, is one of six finalists for the American Theatre Critics Association’s (ATCA) 2024 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award. Written by Jennifer Blackmer, the play premiered as part of theater festival World Premiere Wisconsin. The Steinberg/ATCA award recognizes playwrights […]
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Youth Dance Recital At Southern Door Auditorium
Emerald Lion students will perform in a Celebration Of Dance recital at Southern Door Auditorium on April 13, 2 pm. Almost 30 dancers, ages 6 to 16, will showcase pieces they’ve been working on since fall 2023. Emerald Lion, formerly known as Andria’s Dancin’ On The Door, offers dance and movement classes for all ages […]
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Victor Yampolsky Returns As PMF Guest Director
Victor Yampolsky will return to Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) as guest director for the organization’s Aug. 8 performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1” and “Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74.” Yampolsky served as PMF’s conductor/music director from 1988 to 2019, and remains its conductor laureate. Under Yampolsky’s 30-plus years of leadership, the […]
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Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) will ring in its 2024 season with a season-launch party on April 7, 5-7 pm. Guests can enjoy hors d’oeuvres and learn about this year’s lineup of shows, artists, directors and community partners at TAP. Space is limited. Visit thirdavenueplayworks.org/seasonlaunch or call 920.743.1760 to reserve a spot. The party will be […]