Ephraim, Wis. (July 3, 2023) – It is with great pleasure that we congratulate G.G. Paschke on being elected Ephraim’s 57th Fyr Bal Chieftain. G.G. has been a member of the Ephraim Historical Foundation since 1967 and continues to be an incredible volunteer and docent. EHF Executive Director Cody Schreck was at the Ephraim Visitor Center […]
Roots Vagabond Sierra Ferrell Sells Out DCA
Fish Creek, Wis. (July 3, 2023) – On Monday, July 10, at 8 p.m., Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present magnetic roots singer Sierra Ferrell in a sold-out concert. The evening will also feature special guest Cat Clyde. With her spellbinding voice and time-bending sensibilities, Sierra Ferrell makes music that’s as vagabond as the artist […]
Midsummer’s Music Presents Eric Lewis, Will Healy, Four World Premieres
Virtuoso guitarist and Door County favorite Eric Lewis teams up with Midsummer’s Composer-in-Residence Will Healy to present two incredible concerts with four world premieres. Sister Bay, Wis. (July 3, 2023) – Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, continues its 2023 concert season with an electrifying program starring Door County favorite Eric Lewis, a virtuoso […]
AJ & Gabrielle Dillon Featured on Cover of 2023 Door County Dining Guide
Sister Bay, Wis. (July 3, 2023) — Door Guide Publishing, a tourism publisher in Sister Bay, WI, announced today that the cover of the company’s 2023 Door County Dining Guide publication features a photo of Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon and his wife Gabrielle dining at the Sturgeon Bay restaurant/event space Drömhus. The […]
Peninsula Pet of the Week: Lexi
Meet Lexi, she is a 6-year-old cat available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus. She is a beautiful calico sweetheart, weighs 7 pounds, and is looking for a new loving home. Like all cats at WHS, she is spayed, vaccinated, and microchipped. Visit her during adoption hours at the WHS Door […]
Birch Creek Announces 2023 Summer Jazz Ambassador Concerts
Egg Harbor, Wis. (June 28, 2023) – Birch Creek Music Performance Center is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated 2023 season of the summer Jazz Ambassador concerts. Featuring the talented Birch Creek Jazz Ambassadors, a group of exceptional jazz students, this series of performances will take place at various venues throughout Door County from mid-July […]
Fishstock Concert Series Launches Season with July 2 Will Kruger Tribute to John Denver
Fish Creek, Wis. (June 28, 2023) — Fishstock Concert Series has announced the start of its 2023 season with a July 2nd series-opening tribute to the music of John Denver by nationally-known singer/songwriter Will Kruger. Kruger’s musical roots go back to the folk era and his influences are musicians like Peter, Paul & Mary, Simon […]
Emotional Vibrations
By Jim Berkenstock, Artistic Director, Midsummer’s Music Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was born 150 years ago. We are celebrating this anniversary by playing one of his few chamber music works, Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9, which contains the inscription, “In Memory of a Great Artist.” The “Great Artist” was his friend and mentor, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky. […]
KT Tunstall and Martin Sexton Take the Stage at DCA July 1
Fish Creek, Wis. (June 26, 2023) – On Saturday, July 1, at 8 p.m., Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present a powerhouse double bill: KT Tunstall and Martin Sexton. In the years since he began busking in Boston in the ’90s, celebrated American troubadour Martin Sexton has headlined venues from The Fillmore to Carnegie Hall and […]
Midsummer’s Music: Women to be Heard
By Allyson Fleck, Executive Director and Assistant Artistic Director, Midsummer’s Music “Too long denied sufficient hearings, these three women present contrasting styles and convincingly moving musical statements, full of power and élan, demanding that they be heard.” A coveted text in any musicologist’s library is the Cobbett Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Thanks to MM […]
