Midsummer’s Music draws on the extraordinary talent of musicians from the Chicago Symphony, Chicago’s Lyric Opera, Milwaukee Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, China National Symphony and the Ravinia Festival, among others. Each year, in order to provide complete instrumentation for pieces ranging from solos to octets and larger ensembles, Artistic Director […]
Fishstock Concert Series Features Jazz Vocalist Janet Planet on Sun., August 18
The 2019 Fishstock Concert Series will feature a performance by acclaimed jazz vocalist Janet Planet and band on Sunday, August 18. Based in Oshkosh, Planet has been a mainstay of the Wisconsin jazz scene throughout her roughly 30-year career. As noted in Isthmusby music writer Katie Mohr a few years ago, “{Janet’s) voice is simple, elegant and backed […]
Northern Sky Theater Announces Grand Opening of the Creative Center and Barbara & Spencer Gould Theater
Northern Sky Theater announces the Grand Opening of its Creative Center and their newest show, Dad’s Season Tickets, set to premiere in the Barbara and Spencer Gould Theater this fall. The Gould Theater, a first of its kind in Northern Door County, will be a professionally equipped, intimate 248-seat venue that will serve as an ideal home for the […]
Fishstock Concert Series Features Folksingers Joe Jencks and Carolyn Carter on Sun., August 11
The 2019 Fishstock Concert Series will feature a performance by folksingers Joe Jencks and Carolyn Carter on Sunday, August 11. Joe Jencks is a veteran of the international folk music circuit, an award-winning songwriter, and a celebrated vocalist. Merging conservatory training with his Irish roots and working class upbringing, Joe delivers engaged musical narratives filled […]
Kim’s Boutique Adds a New Location in Sturgeon Bay
Kim’s Boutique Adds a New Location in Sturgeon Bay By Laurel Ciohon Kim’s Boutique in Egg Harbor has always been a go-to shop for women in Door County and beyond, so when a second location was added in Sturgeon Bay, I had to check it out! Known for it’s beautiful clothing and accessories, Kim’s Boutique […]
Meet Peninsula Players’ Actor Will Skrip ‘Ghost The Musical’s’ Sam Wheat
Peninsula Players Theatre is thrilled to bring “Ghost The Musical” by Bruce Joel Rubin, Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard to Door County audiences. This musical romantic-thriller about the power of love performs through August 18 and is based on the Academy Award-winning film by Bruce Joel Rubin. Will Skrip, an actor, singer and dancer, is thrilled […]
Door County Scrimshanders’ Announces Their Final Season
2019 will be the last season for the Door County Scrimshanders in North Ephraim. The proprietors, Dawn and Gary Kiracofe, plan to retire after 40 years in business. The Kiracofes opened their first Scrimshaw Shop on Mackinac Island’s Main Street in 1979. Larger schools for their children was the incentive to move to Door County and open Door […]
Peninsula Pet of the Week: Freeway
Freeway is a shy, 4-month-old kitten available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus. He is very timid and takes longer than usual to adjust to new people and places. Freeway needs a patient family who will give him as long as it takes to come out of his shell and learn […]
Michaels, Perlewitz, Hart and Zuehlke Receive Awards from DCMM
On Monday, August 5, the winners of the annual Door County Mariner Awards and Coast Guard Person of the Year Award were announced at the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club. BM1 Andrew Michaels won the Coast Guard Person of the Year Award. Bob Perlewitz was recognized with the Mariner Award, while Clifford B. Hart and Arthur […]
Pre-Show Seminar at Peninsula Players Features Intuitive Reader
Peninsula Players Theatre, in conjunction with its production of “Ghost The Musical,” by Bruce Joel Rubin, Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard, will host intuitive reader Penny Slusher for a free pre-show seminar Friday, August 9 in the theater at 6:30 p.m. Slusher will share her experience as an intuitive reader, helping people see more clearly into their […]
