Egg Harbor, Wis. (January 10, 2024) – Birch Creek Music Performance Center is thrilled to present “Music of the Heart,” an enchanting Valentine’s Concert fundraiser featuring the remarkable talents of Birch Creek Big Band Jazz session faculty members Mardra Thomas on vocals, Reggie Thomas on piano, and Rick Haydon on guitar. The trio will perform […]
Woodwalk Gallery Winter Workshops
By Joslyn Villalpando, Woodwalk Gallery owner I’m so excited to bring a series of winter workshops to Woodwalk! Around 2013, I was teaching elementary art and going to SAIC at night for graduate school. My days were consumed with work and my nights and weekends were full of writing many many papers. I was really […]
New Edition of Living in God’s Country: Ellison Bay
Originally published in 1966, the previously out-of-print Living in God’s Country: Ellison Bay, Door County, WI traces the growth of Ellison Bay over the past 150 years. Originally titled A Century in God’s Country, the updated version explores the area’s Potawatomi origins prior to European settlement and then moves forward through the changes wrought by […]
Peninsula Players Theatre Closes $4.3 Million Campaign for New Intern and Staff Housing
Fish Creek, Wisconsin – Peninsula Players Theatre is thrilled to announce the successful completion of its $4.3 million capital campaign for new intern and staff housing. With overwhelming support from its loyal patrons, donors, volunteers and community, this achievement marks a significant milestone in the theater’s rich history. Act II: Protecting the Past, Ensuring the Future was initiated to […]
Gibraltar Elementary and Ridges Sanctuary Collaborate on 4K
Expanded Program Combines Pre-K Education with the Natural World Baileys Harbor & Fish Creek, Wis. (January 4, 2024) – The Gibraltar Area School Board unanimously approved the addition of a public 4K classroom at The Ridges Sanctuary for the 2024-2025 school year on Monday, December 11th, 2023. This partnership will expand Gibraltar’s offerings for free, […]
Free Fiction Class for High School Students
Write On Offers Unique Opportunity with Visiting Writer Juddville, Wis. (January 4, 2023) – Write On, Door County offers a free program on writing fiction for high school students on Saturday, January 20, 1 – 3 pm. The session will be led by Write On’s writer-in-residence, novelist Emmett Knowlton. The program will be held at the […]
Griffon Children’s Concerts Feature Winter Poetry
String quartet selections accompany Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and winter-themed pieces by local poets. Sister Bay, Wis., January 2, 2024 – In a one-of-a-kind fusion of literature, music, and visual arts, the Griffon String Quartet presents two children’s concerts to engage the senses and spark creativity in young minds and to […]
Midsummer Music’s Composer-in-Residence Will Healy Receives 2023 Leonard Bernstein Award
Sister Bay, Wis. (December 29, 2023) – Will Healy, Midsummer Music’s current composer-in-residence, received the 2023 Leonard Bernstein Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation. Created in 1988, the award honored Leonard Bernstein on his 70th birthday. Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein, explains, “Every year since then, the ASCAP Foundation’s Leonard Bernstein award […]
Door County Resident’s Grammy Nomination and the Impact on our Community
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (December 29, 2023) – Hans Christian, the accomplished musician and producer from Sturgeon Bay, has received a prestigious Grammy nomination in the New Age/Ambient/Chant category for his recent CD release, “Ocean Dreaming Ocean.” His exceptional work stood out among 175 entries, earning him a place among the five distinguished nominees. “I am deeply […]
100+ Women Who Care Door County next Giving Event January 22
Total awards over 6 Years of Giving will approach $526,000! Egg Harbor, Wis. (December 19, 2023) – The next quarterly Giving Event of the 100+WWC Giving Circle will be held in person at 7845 Church Street, Egg Harbor and via livestream on Monday, January 22, 6:30-7:30 pm. Registration and social hour begins at 5:30 pm. Over […]