DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE
Door County Boardwalk: The Peninsula’s New Multi-Entertainment Destination
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 15, 2024) – Door County Boardwalk, a new multi-entertainment and event center located in the heart of downtown Sturgeon Bay, has opened its doors at 1023 Egg Harbor Rd. Co-owner Steve Estes said the goal of […]
Read MoreColin & Friends Performs Free ‘Musical March Madness’ Concerts on March 17-18
Ephraim, Wis. (March 15, 2024) — Colin & Friends Concerts is hosting a new series of free musical events on Sunday, March 17 and Monday, March 18 at 2:00 pm (both days) at Ephraim Moravian Church, 9970 Moravia Street. Celebrated […]
Read MoreWomen’s Fund of Door County Story Slam Tickets Available March 15
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 12, 2024) – The Women’s Fund of Door County will present its 11th annual Tales of Our Lives Story Slam on Saturday, April 20. This year’s event includes an exciting new collaboration with Northern Sky Theater, […]
Read More2024 Door County Short Film Festival Plays to a Sold-Out Crowd
Sister Bay, Wis. (March 12, 2024) – A sold-out audience of almost 300 people came to Northern Sky’s Gould Theater to celebrate the art of filmmaking at the 15th Annual Door County Short Film Fest (DCSFF) on February 16 and 17. […]
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The Color Green
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Wearing green, shamrocks, rainbows, and photosynthesis! Green is the color of the environmental movement and will be the theme of Crossroads programs during the week of St. Patrick’s Day. “The Color […]
Read MoreThe Writes of Spring
By Jerod Santek, Write On Door County, Founding & Artistic Director “They were not only talented; they were brave, a trait I admired more than anything but couldn’t seem to possess. The world that raised these women hadn’t allowed them […]
Read MorePeninsula Set Up on Family Plan
By Rita Schlise, from the Green Bay Gazette May 1967 The Door Peninsula was a vacationland hundreds of years ago… when the Indians swam, fished, hunted, and played here. Is it any wonder that the white man moved in? When […]
Read MoreThe Ultimate Summer Day Trip, Fish Creek-Style
Submitted by Visit Fish Creek We just had a string of unseasonably warm days here in Fish Creek. Of course, feeling the sunshine on our faces immediately turned our thoughts towards summer…which naturally led us down the path of planning […]
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DOOR DINING NEWS
By Marise Redmann (Originally published in 2023 Door County Go! Guide) A life well-lived is even better when it involves great food. For couples, it can also be a shared bond. Gabrielle and AJ Dillon, for instance, who share both a life and a love of great food. Gabrielle is a photographer and political science […]
Read MoreDC LIFESTYLES
By Marise Redmann (Originally published in 2023 Door County Go! Guide) The love starts early. When growing up on a farm, the tractor is like another family member, with designated brands in specific colors. The orange Allis Chalmers, the red Farmall, gray Ford, sand and red Case, and green John Deere. “Tractors were as common […]
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February 6, 1934 – October 3, 2023 Jean Wideroe Berkenstock, 89, passed away with her husband at her side on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL. She is survived by her husband of nearly 50 years, James Turner Berkenstock, a daughter, Nina Swanson, a stepson, Paul Berkenstock, grandchildren Jake Hoogheem, Keven […]
Read MoreNORBERT BLEI
September 18, 2023 By Norbert Blei Working in a converted chicken coop north of Ellison Bay, for 40+ years writer Norbert Blei (8/23/1935 – 4/23/2013) chronicled Door County through the lives of its inhabitants. A revised edition of DOOR WAY: The People in the Landscape, the first book in Blei’s “Door Series,” was published August […]
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