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Peninsula Players Presents: 1965 – 1969

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This week, Peninsula Players Presents takes a closer look at some of the highlights of the seasons between 1965 and 1969. During these years, Door County’s appreciation for the arts was symbolized on the County of Door’s newly created flag that was unfurled in 1966. Between 1965 and 1969, musicals, fresh from Broadway, delighted audiences for two […]

Northern Sky Theater Only Four Steps Removed from the Birthplace of American Playwriting

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Did you know that Northern Sky Theater is only four steps removed from the birthplace of American playwriting?! Follow along as Northern Sky cofounder Doc Heide takes us through the degrees of separation: 1. In the first decade of the 20th century, a professor of English named George Pierce Baker created America’s first playwriting course […]

Astronomy Happenings at Crossroads

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By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek Crossroads at Big Creek invites the community, and especially families, to participate in a candlelight hike we are calling “Walk When the Moon is Full.” This luminary-lit hike will take place from 7:30-9:00 p.m., Sunday, March 28, when the moon is full. If the weather does […]

Wisconsin Water Week 2021

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By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek This is Wisconsin Water Week 2021. Crossroads at Big Creek is one of the Wisconsin Water Week Conference sponsors because we have an institutional obsession with water. Besides, sponsorship enables Crossroads staff to view a wide array of virtual lectures, important because we are eager to […]

2021’s Aldo Leopold Day is March 6

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By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek In 2004, Gov. Jim Doyle signed legislation designating the first Saturday in March as Aldo Leopold Day in Wisconsin. At Crossroads at Big Creek, we started celebrating Aldo Leopold Day in 2007 and we have continued the tradition every year since. Our tradition, modified of course, […]

Crossroads Presents Fish Tales Lecture on the Science of Great Lakes Fisheries

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By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek  Crossroads at Big Creek will have another fish on the line. Or, more accurately, the second on-line lecture of the “Fish Tales Lecture Series: Presenting the Science of Great Lakes Fisheries.” On Thursday, March 4, Dr. Dan Isermann, of the Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Unit of the University […]

The Search for Perfection

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By Ruth Cook, Door County Almanak, No. 2, 1985 Door County folks are a varied lot, but one common trait is an appreciation for the outdoors – an affinity for green, growing things. My enthusiasm often leads me to a feeling of wild infatuation with whatever plant is currently in bloom, from hepatica and bloodroot […]