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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.

  • Run Wild Award Winners Announced

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    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

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    Varsity sports schedules from Door County high schools.

  • Weekend ReCAP

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    “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

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    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

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    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

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    “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

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    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.

  • Pen Players Closes 77th Season with “Lombardi”

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    Vince Lombardi’s return to northeast Wisconsin in Eric Simonson’s Lombardi is about to come to an end as Peninsula Players Theatre closes its 77th season with a 4 pm matinee on Oct. 14.

  • StageKids Announce Audition Dates

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    Audition dates were recently announced for the StageKids production of The Birds Christmas Carol. Auditions are scheduled for Oct. 21, 1 – 3 pm; and Oct. 22, 5:30 – 7:30 pm.

  • Informational Meeting Held for The Peninsula Symphonic Band

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    An informational meeting for the New Horizons Music 
Peninsula Symphonic Community Band will be held Oct. 18, 6 – 8 pm. The Peninsula Symphonic Band is for adults who wish to learn to play a concert band instrument and play in a band.

  • “Almost, Maine” Production Ends Oct. 14

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    Stage Door Theatre’s Almost, Maine will be performed through Oct. 14 with a matinee performance at 3 pm. There will also be a special deal for the audience of this final showing; they will receive a 50 percent discount for breakfast, lunch, or brunch on October 14 (prior to the 3 pm performance) at the Corner Cafe on Third Avenue.

  • Travelogue Series Focuses on England’s West Country

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    On Oct. 19, the Kiwanis & Rotary Clubs of Northern Door will present the second program of their Travel & Adventure Cinema Series, England’s West Country.

  • DC Folk Alliance Holds Cy Rosenthal Memorial Fundraiser Barn Dance

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    The Third Annual Cy Rosenthal Memorial Fundraiser Barn Dance is the final Door County Folk Alliance event of the season and it will be held Oct. 20. The non-profit organization is dedicated to continuing its late founder Rosenthal’s dream of bringing people together through old-time music and dance in a wholesome, fun environment.

  • TAP Hosts a Variety of Film Screenings

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    Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) is screening a number of films in late October. On Oct. 26 at 7:30 pm, Dove will be shown, followed by a discussion with the director, Bernard Anthony Lewandowski, and one of the film’s co-stars, Ryan Patrick Shaw.

  • Registration Still Open for Clearing Workshops

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    There is still time to register for The Clearing’s final 2012 fall season Workshop Program day classes. “The Kaleidoscope of Poetry” with Wisconsin’s first Poet Laureate, Ellen Kort, will explore the beauty and the sharp edges of words that are essential to writing on Oct. 20.

  • SB Cinema Shows Independent Art Film, “Secret Life, Secret Death”

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    The independent art film, Secret Life, Secret Death, will screen at the Sturgeon Bay Cinema, October 12 – 18. Director Genevieve Davis will be on hand for a talkback following the Oct. 12 screening.

  • UUF Screens “Four Seasons Lodge”

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    A free screening of Four Seasons Lodge, a documentary about an aging group of Holocaust survivors, will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Oct. 16 at 4:30 pm.