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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AFT Gives “Victory Farm” Tickets to All Door County Students
Capitalizing on the popularity of their ongoing student ticket program, American Folklore Theatre (AFT) will again distribute a complimentary ticket to every elementary, middle and high school student in Door County to attend the world premiere production, Victory Farm.
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Sister Bay’s Centennial Celebration and Jumpin’ June Events
Sister Bay is marking 100 years of history with a Centennial Celebration & Jumpin’ June events June 8 – 9. Festivities begin Friday at 7 pm with opening ceremonies in the Sister Bay Village Hall, historical tales through music, photographs and stories.
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“Cynthia and Al’s Very Fine Trip to China” Presentation at UUF
Cynthia and Al Johnson traveled to China for three weeks this spring, and will present the highlights of their trip at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (UUF).
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Sturgeon Bay’s Coast Guard Station Hosts Open House
National Safe Boating Week is May 19 through May 25. To observe this week, the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Sturgeon Bay will host an open house on May 25 from 11 am – 5 pm.
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“Art on the Wild Side” Registration Information
The Peg Egan PAC (Outdoor Amphitheater in Egg Harbor) and the Southern Door Community Auditorium are offering a visual and performing arts summer day camp, “Art on the Wild Side,” for children ages 5 –12 focusing on music and art using performance, demonstrations and other fun activities.
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Homebrewers Wanted for Door County Beer Festival
The Door County Beer Festival is seeking contestants for the first Door County Homebrewing Championships on June 16 at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall. The championships will be judged according to Beer Judge Certification Program style guidelines in 11 categories and will be sanctioned by the American Homebrewers Association.
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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Opens on Memorial Day Weekend
In 1868, the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse cast its beam over the Green Bay for the first time, and on Memorial Day weekend will be open to visitors for the season.
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“Pirates – Ship to Shore” Exhibit at Door County Maritime Museum
“Pirates – Ship to Shore” opened to the public at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay on May 19. Visitors will be treated to an eye-popping backdrop that will take them back some 300 years to a seafront port in the Caribbean.
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Bjِrklunden’s June Seminar Offerings
Lawrence University’s Björklunden is offering three seminars in early June: “Reflections on Storytelling: O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Hemingway’s Soldier’s Home” with Keith Carabine; “Creating Better Photographs with Your Digital Camera (Beginner)” with Phil Krejcarek; and “Fiction into Film, or Jane Austen meets Rooster Cogburn” with Timothy Spurgin.
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Baileys Harbor Historical Society Hosts “Baileys Harbor Shipwrecks”
The Baileys Harbor Historical Society will host the talk “Baileys Harbor Shipwrecks” for their June 7 meeting. This is an opportunity to learn about Baileys Harbor shipwrecks from Russell Leitz of the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association.
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First Time’s A Charm for Finnel in Half Marathon
Brian Finnel may have been running the first 13.1 mile race of his life at last Saturday’s Door County Half Marathon, but he was far from unprepared. The Forestville, Wis.
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Article posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:03am
Dear Mary Pat, I come up to Door County several times a year with my friend who has a house in Sister Bay. We were up over the couple of days in April and the first couple in May.
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Sheridan Ash (left) and Sadie Nelson (right), both 7th graders at Gibraltar Middle School, participated in the Regional National History Day competition at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay.
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Article posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:58am
Taurus (April 20 – May 20): Your spotting of pennies along the sidewalk will equal a dime a dozen next month. Prepare to boost your savings account one cent at a time in preparation for that surgery you’ve always wanted.
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Overheards, Shout Outs, & Pet Peeves
“I’m sitting at a table of empowered women and I like it.”
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Article posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:54am
Question: What does the word trillium mean?
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Congratulations to Carla Lang!
Remember the old line ‘bout rain nor sleet nor snow? It’d take more than that to put a crimp in Carla’s show. You’ll find her in the AM sorting mail no doubt, then off to the road, just 76 miles on her route.
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High School Athletic Schedules
Gibraltar and Sevastopol Spring Sports Schedules
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Foursomes Needed for Fourth Pink Classic
The fourth annual Pink Classic Golf Tournament takes place on June 3 at Horseshoe Bay Golf Course. Foursomes are needed to play in the tournament, which raises funds to support breast cancer detection.
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On April 14, students at the Northern Door YMCA recently tested to black belt level.