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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By delivering the Sister Bay Bays their first loss of the season, the Egg Harbor Indians are now tied for first in regular season Door County League play.
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Three Writers Bring Historic Era of Door County Cherry Picking to Life
The excitement radiating from Katie Dahl, Emilie Coulson, and James Valcq is palpable on opening night of American Folklore Theatre’s (AFT) production of Victory Farm.
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Birch Creek Legend to Retire: O’Connor’s Career is Pantastic!
Imagine realizing your true passion early in your career, striving to live your dream and finding avenues and opportunities along the way to help you fulfill that dream, over time, instilling your dream in the minds of people who become new allies and help move your now shared dream to reality.
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Brandi Carlile Returns to Door County with The Lumineers
“I’m so psyched! I love seeing the name Fish Creek on my tour list – really cracks me up, sounds like a place I would build a house,” says Brandi Carlile reflecting on her return to Door County.
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Have a Taste of Island Orchard Cider
With a steady hand, Mike Bahrke, sample purveyor and employee of Island Orchard Cider, pours crisp, golden cider – hard cider that is – in small clear glasses lined up one beside the other.
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Article posted Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:39am
Dear Miss Manners, How do you politely tell someone that their zipper is down? It seems like such an embarrassing situation for everyone involved – a little advice would be great.
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Article posted Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:33am
Cancer (June 22 – July 22): The time is ripe to take a chance. Don’t let those caution signs along the side of the road permeate your non-driving dilemmas.
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Four Vines Zinfandel Amador County Maverick 2009
Up in the Sierra Foothills, at elevations from 2000 to 3000 feet is a small area where some popular robust Zinfandels come from. The soils here are made up of decomposed granite and finely crushed volcanic rock.
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People always ask why some cheddar cheese is yellow or orange. I know what you’re thinking… “Yuck, it must be orange because the cheese maker added some awful articial coloring that is surely dangerous to your health,” right? Well there are certain artificial cheeses where that is the case, including the “stuff” sold as cheese that comes out of a can, and isn’t really cheese.
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Woodwalk Welcomes Sons of the Never Wrong and Patchouli to Concert Series
Jeanne Kuhns’ Woodwalk Concert Series announces the start of the series on June 22 with Sons Of the Never Wrong. Sons of the Never Wrong are a Chicago band that skews the notion of three-part harmony.
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Michael Johnson Performing at TAP
Singer/Songwriter Michael Johnson makes his first Door County appearance in several years at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) on June 23. He last performed on the peninsula as part of the White Gull Inn’s Winter Concert Series in Fish Creek.
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Peg Egan Performing Art Center’s Sunset Concert Series Features Willy Porter
Willy Porter, distinctive guitarist and songwriter, will take the stage at the Peg Egan Performing Art Center’s Sunset Concert Series on June 24 at 7 pm.
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Emmylou Harris Performs at the Door Community Auditorium
12-time Grammy Award winner Emmylou Harris comes to Door Community Auditorium (DCA) on June 26 at 7 pm to perform songs from her distinguished career.
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Midsummer’s Music Festival Continues with the Music of German Romantics
Midsummer’s Music Festival will perform the third program of the festival, German Romantics. This program features the music of Robert Kahn (1865-1951), Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907), and Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).
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“Opus” Explores the Relationships between Musicians and Music
Peninsula Players will perform Opus by Michael Hollinger through June 24. Elliot, Carl, Alan and Dorian are members of a high-profile string quartet that has have been playing together for years.
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Second City Improv Workshop at Peg Egan Performing Arts Center
The Peg Egan Performing Arts Center in Egg Harbor will offer an improvisation workshop featuring Chicago’s Second City’s Improv team on July 22. This class is a great way to learn concentration, focus, unity, spontaneity, creativity, and trial & error.
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William Shakespeare will make a giant leap through time this year, as Door Shakespeare sets its 2012 season of As You Like It in the Roaring Twenties era.
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The Sister Bay Historical Society Celebrates “Victory Farm” at Annual Meeting
The process of how historical facts are transformed into musical entertainment by American Folklore Theatre (AFT) will be the topic of the Annual Meeting of the Sister Bay Historical Society on June 27 at 7 pm.
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DCMM Opens Great Lakes Pirate Exhibit
A new exhibit chronicling the life and times of Great Lakes pirate “Roaring Dan” Seavey is now open at the Door County Maritime Museum’s northern facility in Gills Rock.
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Dennis Hale Presents “Shipwrecked: Reflections of the Sole Survivor”
Dennis Hale, author of Shipwrecked: Reflections of the Sole Survivor, returns to Door County to present on June 22 in response to a popular appearance in Sturgeon Bay in 2011.