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Southern Door Elementary STEM Program Awarded $10,000 Grant

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In early 2019, America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by the Bayer Fund, partnered with local farmers to nominate rural schools and awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to enhance their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. Because area farmers answered the call, Grow Rural Education has awarded Southern Door Elementary STEAM Program […]

Wisconsin Cheese Masters Presents 5th Annual “STINKFEST”

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Wisconsin Cheese Masters will present the 5th Annual “STINKFEST” on Saturday, September 21 from 2–4pm. This outdoor event (our neighbors love it when the wind blows in their direction) will feature free samples of the very “aromatic” Wisconsin Limburger and Wisconsin Aged Brick. Chef Jess  will be sampling the “stinkies” and grilling Limburger and Aged Wisconsin Brick […]

New Season, New Saturday Programs for All Ages at PenArt

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Saturdays are made for art making, viewing and learning at Peninsula School of Art (PenArt). Beginning in September at its campus at 3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, Wisconsin, PenArt will be offering free and low cost programs focused on local families, children, teens and art appreciators, including monthly Family Art Days, monthly teen workshops and a new […]

Griffon String Quartet to Welcome Public with Free Season-Opening Night Market Performance

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The acclaimed Griffon String Quartet will open their second full season as the Midsummer’s Music resident ensemble with a free performance at Green Bay’s Night Market on Saturday, September 21, at 7:30pm. Hailed for their “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” the Griffon String Quartet will perform previews of pieces they will perform […]

Wade Fernandez and Bill Miller at DCA Sept. 28; Fernandez Flute Workshop Sept. 26

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On Saturday, September 28, at 7 p.m., Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present two Wisconsin musical legends in a one-of-a-kind double bill: Wade Fernandez and Bill Miller, both known internationally as leaders in the world of contemporary Native Americana music. This performance is part of DCA’s fall series Blues, Roots, and American Stories. Fernandez will […]

History of Soda Bottlers in Door County

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The Door County Historical Society will host its Saturday afternoon yesteryear program “History of Soda Bottlers in Door County,” presented by Stephen Pleck Johnson, on Saturday, September 21 at 1:00pm in the Vignes School at the Heritage Village at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. Stephen will share the history of soda bottlers in Door County, […]

Screening of “Paris to Pittsburgh” at Bjorklunden, Hosted by Climate Change Coalition of Door County

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The Climate Change Coalition of Door County, with support from five county churches, will host a screening of Paris to Pittsburgh, an acclaimed documentary from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the National Geographic, at 7pm Wednesday, October 2. The screening will take place at Bjorklunden, 7590 Boynton Lane, Baileys Harbor. Paris to Pittsburgh explores the very real […]

Historic Fashion Dinner Program at The Lodge at Leathem Smith

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The Door County Historical Society will host its monthly dinner program, “Historic Fashion from the Carrol C. and Dr. Hubert D. Grota Collection,” presented by Catherine Grota Sahlin, on Monday, September 23, at 6:00 pm at The Lodge at Leathem Smith located at 1640 Memorial Drive, Sturgeon Bay. Catherine is the granddaughter of the late […]

Autumn Season Brings New Comedy to Peninsula Players

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Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County’s theatrical icon, begins its autumn season with the Midwest première of George Washington’s Teeth, a new comedy by Mark St. Germaine.  When threatened with eviction, the ladies of the New Bunion Historical Society, a little-visited history museum, must find creative ways to lure visitors […]