Peninsula Players Theatre, Door County’s theatrical treasure and America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, is thrilled to announce new curtain times for its 2019 autumn season with 7 p.m. evening performances and 3 p.m. matinees on select Sunday performances for the Midwest première of “George Washington’s Teeth,” a new comedy by Mark St. Germaine. The Box Office will be […]
Friends of Potawatomi State Park Announces Campaign Completion
The Friends of Potawatomi State Park are pleased announce that thanks to generosity of many donors, fundraising for the handicapped accessible fishing pier is complete. Working with the Department of Natural Resource, and with the support of the State of Wisconsin, $320,000 has been committed to this significant project. The National Resources Board recognized the […]
Door-Tran’s Transportation Services Continue to Gain Support
Door-Tran implemented volunteer transportation programs after the American Red Cross discontinued transportation services in Door County in 2011. To date, 7,145 trips have been provided with volunteer drivers who donated almost 11,600 hours. The volunteer programs serve all Door County residents with affordable transportation services for long distance travel within and out of the County. […]
Patricia Shoppe: Carrying on Great-Grandmothers Iconic Style
Patricia Shoppe: Carrying on Great-Grandmothers Iconic Style By Laurel Ciohon What once accommodated the Egg Harbor Town Hall (built in 1884) has been home to the lovely Patricia Shoppe since 2005. What started as a small jewelry shop that opened on May 4, 2001, Patricia Shoppe has transformed into a thriving clothing and accessories store […]
DCA Presents Choir! Choir! Choir!: An International Hit Community Singing Event
On Monday, September 9, at 7 p.m., DCA will welcome the international sensation community singing event Choir! Choir! Choir! to its stage. The event is free and open to the public. Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman (also known as “DaBu”) started Choir! Choir! Choir! as a weekly drop-in singing event in February 2011. Equal parts […]
Peninsula Pet of the Week: Kiki
Meet Kiki, a talkative, 3-year-old feline available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus. She is a petite little lady, weighing just 8lbs. Our green-eyed beauty can be cautious at first, but once you earn her trust, the purring will start and you’ll know she’s enjoying herself! Like all cats at WHS, she […]
The U.S. Mail Comes to Door County (1854)
(Originally published in Door County Almanak No. 3, by Dragonsbreath Press) By James B. Hale Anyone who has lived in a small town and is old enough to remember times before radio and television became a way of life knows the joys the local post office could bring. It was the nerve center of the […]
The Fisherman’s Wife (1934-35)
(Originally published in Door County Almanak No. 3, by Dragonsbreath Press) By Frances May Fifty years ago, I learned what it was like to live in the teeming household of a fishing family. The Joe Mays supplemented their farm income with winter carp fishing in the bays, bordering on Nasewaupee township. There were nine people […]
Making Childhood Memories in Door County
By Laurel Ciohon Growing up as a child in northern Door County, there were two words that would make me (and every other kid) squirm with excitement: Thumb Fun. Thumb Fun Amusement Park was the only park of its kind in Door County at the time and parents were forever grateful for plethora of activities […]
Door County Astronomical Society Hosts Pre-Show Seminar at ‘Silent Sky’
Peninsula Players Theatre, in conjunction with its production of “Silent Sky,” by Lauren Gunderson, will host members of the Door County Astronomical Society as they lead a discussion on “measuring distances in the universe” on Thursday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the theater. “Silent Sky” lead character, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, contributed many discoveries that assisted […]
