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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.

  • Captain John to Perform at Joe Jo’s

    After playing and working in Illinois, Captain John is bringing his music back to Door County. Beginning Nov. 3 at Joe Jo’s Pizza and Gelato, Capt. John’s Acoustic Live Concerts will be held Saturday nights in Nov. and Dec.

  • Weekend ReCAP

    1_My weekend began in pain. But don’t worry, it was voluntary as I popped in at Door County Tattoo to get my tattoo touched up. No pain, no gain! 2_After that, I stopped in at everyone’s new favorite restaurant, The Wickman House, for their cheese curd appetizer.

  • Congratulations to Charlie Dickson

    We’ve featured servers aplenty, with a generosity so clear. Now Charlie’s a bit different; I’d say the ultimate volunteer. He gives time at the Ridges, or in the state park spinning yarns.

  • Verdejo

    Last week we took a look at the Verdecchio grape in Italy, this week we travel across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain where a similar varietal is found.

  • Article posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:05am

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  • Article posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:01am

    Libra (September 23 – October 22): A great experience will embrace you in this month of historic proportions. Note that your relatives have stopped asking you for money and the garbage collection people are picking up your trash instead of leaving some on your driveway.

  • Overheard, Shout Outs and Pet Peeves

    Are there tid-bits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table, or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud?

  • Article posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:55am

    Dear Mary Pat, I started college a couple of months ago and I’m not getting along with my roommate. Honestly, she’s a little odd. I’ve been looking forward to starting my freshman year and hoped that my roommate and I would hit it off and be able to get to know the campus together.

  • FRAMED

    Dedicated volunteers and members of the Door County Art League do their fall sweep of Gibraltar Road and Maple Grove Road. Volunteers Gary Chaudoir, Keith Wickert, Connie Glowacki, Quinn Barrett and Jane Weinenger prepare for picking up litter.

  • The Cheese Insider

    Uplands Cheese Company, located on a beautiful 300-acre farm in the rolling hills outside of Dodgeville, WI, is home to two of the most celebrated cheeses made in the United States – Pleasant Ridge Reserve, an alpine style cheese, and Rush Creek Reserve, a soft, wash rind cheese wrapped with spruce bark.

  • Run Wild Award Winners Announced

    The 24th annual Run Wild events took place Oct. 6 at Potawatomi State Park. The fundraiser, sponsored by Friends of Potawatomi State Park, featured a 10K run and 3-mile run/walk.

  • High School Sports Schedules

    Varsity sports schedules from Door County high schools.

  • Weekend ReCAP

    1_Last weekend was a big one for my girlfriend, Kat Prince, and her co-workers at the C.D. “Buzz” Besadny Fish Facility in Kewaunee. They hosted their semi-annual open house on Oct.

  • New Fall Fest Favorite

    Fall Fest’s musical line-up promises to please the crowd this weekend – Door County favorites including Modern Day Drifters, Hoi Polloi, The Nicks, and Unity will take to the Sister Bay stages.

  • Door Shakespeare Presents Shakespeare in Concert

    Door Shakespeare will do what they do best, showcase the timelessness of William Shakespeare’s works. On Oct. 13, Door Shakespeare will host its fall fundraising event, “Door Shakespeare In Concert,” an evening of concert readings from Shakespearean plays, each performed by actors who were audience favorites in recent past seasons.

  • Finding your Scents of the Season

    “We’re in the smell good business,” says Mike Felhofer, wearing a blue Door County Candle Company apron in his spacious Carlsville shop – Candleworks.

  • “Dark Songs” Presented at TAP

    On Oct. 27 at 7 pm, Third Avenue Playhouse hosts “Dark Songs: The Edgar Allen Poe Polka.” This show is the annual October songwriting/recording/live-performance event produced and sponsored by The Holiday Music Motel, and is inspired by the life and works of Edgar Allen Poe.

  • “The Wonder Bread Years” Presented as part of MDCMC’ s Celebrate Community Event

    Ministry Door County Medical Center’s annual “Celebrate Community” show will offer another free program to the public on Oct. 27 at 7 pm at the Door Community Auditorium.

  • “Gloriously Gershwin” Fundraiser at Birch Creek

    “Gloriously Gershwin,” the Birch Creek Associates annual fall fundraising event featuring Cynthia Stiehl, mezzo-soprano, and Judith Jackson, piano, is set for Oct. 2 in Juniper Hall at Birch Creek.

  • Pro Arte Quartet Performs at Hope United Church

    Door Concerts Inc. opens its 25th season Oct. 21 with a performance by the Pro Arte Quartet and a pre-concert presentation by Russ Dagon, retired principal clarinetist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and retired professor of music at Northwestern University and Birch Creek Music Performance Center.