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DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE

‘Canis Major & The Scottie Star’: The 26th Annual Scottish Terrier Rally in Baileys Harbor

May 1, 2026

Baileys Harbor, Wis. (May 1, 2026) – The Door County Scottie Rally, Inc. is celebrating their 26th annual gathering of the Scottish Terriers in Baileys Harbor the weekend of May 15-17, 2026. An inspiring theme to raise awareness & Protect […]

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Nicolet Bank Joins Family of Open Door Bird Sanctuary Supporters

May 1, 2026

Jacksonport, Wis. (May 1, 2026) – As Open Door Bird Sanctuary (ODBS) gears up for this year’s annual Hoot-e-Nanny fundraiser, the Sanctuary is elated to welcome Nicolet Bank to the family of supporters. This year, Nicolet Bank stepped up with […]

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Midsummer’s Music Presents “Notes & Vintages: Music for Cello & Piano Paired with Wine”

May 1, 2026

A unique collaboration of chamber music and curated wine pairings Door County, Wis. (May 1, 2026) —Midsummer’s Music invites audiences to experience an afternoon of sensory delight at Notes & Vintages: Music for Cello & Piano Paired with Wine, taking […]

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Door County Auditorium Season Announcement

May 1, 2026

Highlights Include Don McLean, Little Feat, Valerie June, I’m With Her, Sierra Hull, The War & Treaty, and The Wood Brothers Fish Creek, Wis. (May 1, 2026) – Door County Auditorium (DCA) is pleased to announce its 2026-27 performance schedule, […]

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Renee Vaughan, Nyckelharpa & Walloon/Swedish Music

No Taxation Without Tea!

Live Music: Kitty O Reilly’s – Glas Hamr

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UNCOMMONLY FINE WRITING ABOUT THE COUNTY 

Watching Birds, Measuring Change at Crossroads at Big Creek

May 1, 2026

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek This week at Crossroads at Big Creek, we focus our binoculars—and our programming—on birds. Birdwatching has become far more than a pleasant hobby. Birds are often described as “biological barometers,” or indicator species, […]

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May Day

April 23, 2026

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek Spring has come…finally. And at Crossroads at Big Creek, we’re ready. We’ll be celebrating May Day during our Science Saturday program—and really, all week long. Traditionally, May Day in many European countries meant welcoming […]

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Vernal Equinox – Astronomical First Day of Spring

March 16, 2026

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek We are well into meteorological spring, and this week we celebrate the Vernal Equinox—the astronomical first day of spring. While spring green-up and wildflowers are still weeks away, at Crossroads we will spend […]

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How Did Pacific Salmon Find Their Way to Door County?

February 23, 2026

Bu Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek Crossroads at Big Creek is honored to host Lee Kernen for a very special Fish Tales Lecture titled, “How Did Pacific Salmon Find Their Way to Door County?” on Thursday, February 26 at […]

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DOOR DINING NEWS

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Dining with the Dillons

July 18, 2023

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 […]

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CZECH YOUR CONNECTIONS

June 13, 2025

Column 2, June 12, 2025 by Jim Berkenstock  Walter Preucil, charter member of Midsummer’s Music and our outstanding cellist for the first 29 years, used to say, “Everything is connected.” If there was a connection to be had, he would find it. He certainly would in our upcoming program featuring Mozart, Reicha, and Dvořák. And it […]

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Jean W. Berkenstock

October 18, 2023

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 […]

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NOTEBOOK: DOOR COUNTY IN SEPTEMBER

September 18, 2023

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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HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN DOOR COUNTY

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Jackson Harbor Maritime Museum
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