DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE
DCMM’s 2024 Merry-Time Festival of Trees
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (November 30, 2024) – Stroll through the Museum’s winter wonderland of beautifully decorated trees, wreaths and decorative displays at Door County Maritime Museum. Fantastically decorated by local businesses, organizations and residents, each of these extraordinary decorations is adorned with beautiful […]
Read MorePeninsula Players Theatre Announces 90th Season
Fish Creek, Wis. (November 30, 2024) – Peninsula Players Theatre, Wisconsin’s oldest professional theater and Door County’s theatrical icon, is delighted to announce its 90th season, performing June 17 through October 19, 2025. “The 2025 lineup of shows is sure to provide audiences with big […]
Read MoreUpcoming Events at Tannenbaum Holiday Shop
By Sue Ann and Ron Flittner As we pause this busy season to celebrate Thanksgiving with our family, we reflect on all we have to be thankful for this year. You, our customers, have brought us much joy, and we […]
Read MoreGriffon String Quartet Plays Four Free Holiday Concerts
Sister Bay, Wis. (November 27, 2024) – The Griffon String Quartet, hailed for its “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” will perform four pay-what-you-can holiday concerts in Green Bay and Door County. Featured musicians are Roy Meyer and Alex […]
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November is National Family Stories Month
“Unlike stories from books, family stories are always free and completely portable. You don’t even need to have the lights on to share with your child a story about your day, about their day, about your childhood or their grandma’s.” […]
Read MoreCULTURE CLUB: My Word of the Year: Entrainment
By CARI LEWIS, executive director, Door Community Auditorium At Joy Harjo’s recent Door Community Auditorium concert, I learned a new word: entrainment. No surprise that Harjo, our nation’s 2019-2022 Poet Laureate, would not just delight us with music and poetry, […]
Read MoreWisconsin Science Festival: Pumpkin Carving, Bee Hives, and More
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. The Wisconsin Science Festival begins this week. Crossroads at Big Creek joins with the Door County Library to assemble speakers and events for this two week celebration on the Door […]
Read MoreExplore Wisconsin’s Stunning Fall Foliage On Your Next Outdoor Adventure
Madison, Wis. (October 4, 2024) – Autumn is here, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages the public across the state to get outside and enjoy Wisconsin’s amazing fall colors over the coming weeks. Many of the state’s trees […]
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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 MUSIC NEWS
Column 7, July 30, 2024 by Jim Berkenstock The day following our recent “Grieg Piano Concerto with Jeannie Yu” program, I ran into one of the audience members who had been there. Harry (not his real name) said to me with a very serious look, “I’ve attended my last Midsummer’s Music concert!” I was too stunned […]
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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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