Category: Entertainment

Dear Mabel,

It is good to hear from you again, despite some of your comments. I obviously need to repeat myself:  Mabel, you are being a snob.

Many visitors to Door County do some early Christmas shopping while they’re on vacation. This year, the Village of Sister Bay is making it easier than ever to celebrate an early Christmas with their “Christmas in July” celebration on Saturday, July 25.

Generations of farmers, foresters, and fishermen have earned their livelihoods from the rocks, woods, and waters of the Door Peninsula. Their activities, as well as the changes on the county’s landscapes over the years, will be the focus of a lecture titled “My Kind of County” on Thursday, July 30 at 7 pm at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall.

Step back in time and experience a weekend in early Fish Creek with the Gibraltar Historical Association’s (GHA’s) 1800s Living History Weekend.

If you’re looking for something to do between the usual Door County activities, join the Northern Door Children’s Center on Saturday, August 1 for the third-annual Bill Bastian Memorial Benefit Bike Ride.

Join the Jacksonport Historical Society (JHS) on the “quiet side” of the county as it celebrates Cherry Fest on Saturday, August 1 from 9 am – 4 pm.

The last program in the Ephraim Historical Foundation’s History Speaks lecture series will be held Tuesday, July 28 at 7:30 pm in the Ephraim Village Hall.

The Door Jam is offering beginning and private guitar lessons for anyone who wants to kick their guitar skills up a notch.
In the “Guitar 101 and Slow Jam” class, several local guitar players will teach the basics.

Crossroads at Big Creek is becoming increasingly inviting to birds. Plant succession, combined with efforts of volunteers and staff, are returning the preserve to a more natural state.

The history, folklore and landscape of The Clearing will be the subject of free interpretive walking tours of The Clearing’s historic buildings and campus, led by docents Carolyn Kimbell, Martha Newkirk and retired Resident Manager Don Buchholz.

A variety of seminars will be offered at Lawrence University’s Bjorklunden from Sunday, August 16 through Friday, August 21. These seminars include “The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War,” “Way of Seeing Through French and Francophone Films,” and “Beethoven Symphonies:  Finding the Humor.

Lawrence University’s Bjorklunden is hosting “Educational Challenges in African Countries,” a free lecture presented by Claudena Skran.