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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.

  • Last Chance to See “Blue Collar Diaries”

    This weekend is the last chance to see Blue Collar Diaries, a one-woman show written and performed by Michelle Meyers Berg, at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay.

  • Holiday Cheer by Riders in the Sky

    On Nov. 29, Riders in the Sky will come to the Door Community Auditorium to kick off the holiday season, celebrating Christmas the Cowboy Way. For more than thirty years, this classic cowboy quartet has carried the flame passed on by Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, revitalizing the western music tradition and even singing in the hit Pixar film Toy Story 2.

  • Old and New Favorites from Copper Box

    Copper Box returns to Third Avenue Playhouse celebrating the release of its latest CD, After the Rain, and playing favorites old and new on Nov. 29 at 7:30 pm.

  • Couples in Concert

    American Folklore Theatre (AFT) has announced the line-up for its annual holiday concert show at the Old Gibraltar Town Hall. Now in its eighth incarnation, “Home for the Holidays with AFT” will feature two well-known wedded duos.

  • Celebrate the Season at DCMM

    Joyously celebrate the holidays by enjoying dozens of beautifully decorated Christmas trees scattered throughout the Door County Maritime Museum’s galleries during the Merry-Time Festival of Trees through Dec.

  • Gingerbread House Decorating at Inn at Cedar Crossing

    The Inn at Cedar Crossing in Sturgeon Bay will hold gingerbread house decorating, a great holiday activity for all ages, on Saturdays in December. Held in the festive B&B lobby, participants will have a variety of decorating candy, icing and fully built base of a gingerbread house.

  • Grand Opening Party at Dancin’ on the Door

    Andria’s Dancin’ on the Door School of Dance is hosting its grand opening party on Nov. 23. Starting at noon there are free classes on the hour: Zumba at noon, beginner yoga at 1 pm, belly dance at 2 pm, and Astanga flow yoga at 3 pm.

  • Sam Winch Live Nov. 20

    Sam Winch is playing the Tambourine Lounge, 59 2nd Ave., Sturgeon Bay on Thursday, Nov. 20. A Wisconsin showman who released his first album The Lullabadeer in 2005 and had the privilege of dining with princes and presidents and movie stars and models and moguls while playing elite rooms in New York and Los Angeles with his world-famous Lullabadeer horn section.

  • Len Villano

    The Making of Third Avenue Playhouse

    Lucky the town that has a theater. The rhythm of an ever-changing marquee (playing now, coming soon, playing now, coming soon) is like a steady, collective heartbeat, a 100 percent reliable indicator that “there’s life in that thar town.” A theater’s vibrancy spills over into surrounding restaurants and coffee shops. It adds dimension to the […]

  • Len Villano

    New Fest, New Fun

    The best of Door County’s festivals start with fun at heart. Fall Fest began as an end-of-season party for the locals. Fish Creek Winter Games earned its crowd not from tourist trappings, but from local oddities like the cherry pit spit and bike toss. And the county’s most popular parades – on New Year’s Day […]

  • ‘Tis the Season for Crafts, Board Games & Other Indoor Fun

    It’s here … the season of winter winds, shuddering bodies, frozen breath and the constant question you ask yourself while shoveling your walk or scraping your windshield – why do I live in Wisconsin? Haven’t I learned enough about its winters to know they aren’t always as pleasant as they might sound during July’s heatwaves? […]

  • Len Villano

    Highland Road Plays Tribute to American Roots Music

    It is a rainy Wednesday night in October at Tad Gilster’s home and one by one, the members of Fish Creek’s only bluegrass band show up, ready to rehearse for that Friday’s show at The Cookery. Gilster’s guitar is in his lap, having just shown me the difference between flatpicking and fingerpicking. We’ve been talking […]

  • Making Waves

    Girls 8 and Under 100 Medley Place Swimmer Age Team Final Pts 2 Relay Team A 0 Door County YMCA 01:27.3 34 Relay Team B 0 Door County YMCA DQ 0 Girls 9-10 200 Medley Place Swimmer Age Team Final Pts 2 Relay Team A 0 Door County YMCA 02:37.

  • Helen Hecht, Historic Hitter

    “When she told me I started to cry,” said Helen Hecht, about when her coach Lauren Bremer told her she was named Packerland Volleyball Player of the Year for 2014.

  • Helen Hecht, Historic Hitter

    “When she told me I started to cry,” said Helen Hecht, about when her coach Lauren Bremer told her she was named Packerland Volleyball Player of the Year for 2014.

  • Destroyers Clinch Championship

    In their second year as a semi-professional football team, the Door County Destroyers capped a dominant season winning the Wisconsin State Football League Championship on Saturday, Nov.

  • Making Waves

    Brooke Strege, 10: With a tremendous meet at Stevens Point, Brooke recorded all “best times” in her events during the two-day meet. Brooke swims all strokes, with her specialty in the breaststroke events.

  • Monday Night Volleyball

    Standings and schedule

  • High School Winter Athletics

    GIBRALTAR Girls Basketball Nov. 18 vs. St. Mary Central, 7:30 pm Nov. 20 vs. Algoma, 7:30 pm SEVASTOPOL Girls Basketball Nov. 18 @ Crivitz, 7 pm Nov. 21 vs. NEW Lutheran, 7:30 pm SOUTHERN DOOR Girls Basketball Nov. 18 vs. Mishicot, 7:30 pm Nov. 20 vs. Oconto, 7:30 pm STURGEON BAY Girls Basketball Nov. 15 […]

  • FRAMED

    Saturday was a day of celebration for therapy dog Amos, who marked his Golden Birthday on Nov. 8 with a reading session at the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library.