Bruce is a wonderful 8-year-old dog available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus. This handsome senior pup weighs 20 pounds and is looking for a special home where he’s the only dog and any children are over the age of 10. Like all dogs at WHS, Bruce has been neutered, vaccinated, […]
Open Door Pride Accepting Nominations for Sandy Brown Award
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 14, 2023) – Open Door Pride is accepting nominations through April 17 for the annual Sandy Brown Award. The award celebrates people and organizations who have made Door County a morewelcoming place for all to live and visit and who have made significant contributions to LGBTQIA+ and allied communities throughout the county. […]
How Cranes Became a Symbol of Hope and Healing
Sadako Sasaki was a young girl living in Hiroshima in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped there. Sadako was merely one-year-old at that time. Ten years later, in 1955, she was diagnosed with Leukemia caused by the bombing. Agonized at her disease and confinement, the young Sadako remembered the popular myth about the thousand […]
DCA Event Features Circle of Drums with Jahmes Finlayson
Fish Creek, Wis. (March 13, 2023) – On Friday, March 24, at 7 p.m., Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present a free event: Circle of Drums with Jahmes Finlayson. The Circle of Drums—which is different from a drum circle in that it is more intentional and led by a professional facilitator—will be presented free to […]
Open Door Bird Sanctuary’s Newest Resident, Winter Open Days
Jacksonport, Wis. (March 13, 2023) – We are so excited to announce our newest resident to Open Door Bird Sanctuary! He is a somewhat elusive bird who occasionally sneaks into Wisconsin mostly during the winter, but you will often find him during the day. He has a mystique about him and a strong symbology of […]
YMCA Day of Giving Delivers Massive Impact
Door County, Wis. (March 9, 2023) – The Door County community came out in full force to support the Y during our fourth annual Day of Giving, held March 7. From open to close at both the Northern Door Program Center in Fish Creek and the Sturgeon Bay Program Center, members rallied to raise awareness and […]
Daylight Savings Time
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. This is the week we return to Daylight Saving Time, and “losing an hour” makes us more aware of photoperiod—the hours each day that a plant or animal receives light. But Daylight Time, clocks, and even hours are human inventions. Yet each of the Crossroads’ […]
Peninsula Pet of the Week: Chipy
Chipy is an adorable 4-year-old bunny available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus. This soft and sweet girl weighs just 3 pounds and, like all rabbits at WHS, Chipy has been spayed, received a flea preventative, and had her nails trimmed. She goes home with a certificate for a free vet […]
Griffon String Quartet Plays Price, Marsalis, and Mendelssohn
This colorful concert combines music by two African American composers and a German master. Sister Bay, Wis. (March 6, 2023) – Midsummer’s Music’s resident string quartet, the Griffon String Quartet, will perform two colorful March concerts featuring an intriguing combination of music by two contemporary composers of color alongside a piece by a German classical master. […]
Door County Historical Society Hosts Luncheon on March 25
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 6, 2023) – The Door County Historical Society will host a luncheon program on Saturday March 25, 2023 at Door Country Event Venue (Schmitz Insurance) in Sturgeon Bay. The event will feature a program presented by Barb Chisholm entitled Roadside Chapels of Southern Door. Attendees will learn about the small roadside chapels […]
