Crossroads of Door County Hosts Various Programs

Crossroads at Big Creek will continue offering free programming and educational opportunities throughout August.

August 28 from 1:30 – 3:30 pm, “Sunday at the Village” will feature costumed members of the Door County Historical Society offering tours and selling slices of apple pie.

Also taking place on August 28 at 1:30 pm will be a presentation entitled “Some Early Women of Ephraim.” Thea Sophia Thompson and Paul Burton of the Ephraim Historical Foundation will present the program, projecting the remarkable historic renderings of costume designer Kنrin Kopischke on the big screen. Burton and Thompson will tell the stories of 10 pioneers from the women’s points of view.

August 29 at 1:30 pm, schoolmarm Joan Wilkie will take learners of all ages through a day in a one-room school during the program “School Days in 1900.” Reading, writing, arithmetic and recess are on the schedule. The program will take place in the Vigness School in the Historical Village at The Crossroads.

August 30 at 1:30 pm, the public is welcome to join the naturalist in a capture and release activity learning about butterflies in their various stages of development during the program “Butterflies Everywhere.”

Crossroads is located at 2041 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay. For more information call 920.746.5895 or visit http://www.crossroadsatbigcreek.org.