By Marise Redman We’ve all heard this…how technology is evolving to solve human problems, make life easier and create more time. But is your life easier and do you have more time? What about the culture of technology and its continued evolution towards…what? Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired Magazine said, “technology is how we hack […]
My Experience with Community-Minded Wellness Care
By Laurel Ciohon As someone who has always been blessed with good health, Door County Medical Center was not a place I’ve spent much time, at least not since I was born there in 1982. I’ve had a few health scares in my life, but nothing that prepared me for the night of September 2, […]
As American As Belgian Pie
By Larry Majewski What do they call a Belgian pie in Belgium? They just call it ‘pie.’ That’s an old joke to accompany an old pie recipe from the old country. The old country is of course Belgium, which generated a wave of settlers in Southern Door County over a century and a half ago. […]
Handverks Music: Celebrating the Beauty of Celtic Harps
Playing the harp is an amazing gift that you can give to yourself and to others. And as the adage goes, it’s a gift that keeps on giving. The harp appeals to people of all ages and all walks of life. Uniquely among musical instruments, it can also be played and enjoyed at any skill level. As a result, […]
Northern Sky Theater’s Season in the Park
When it comes to theater companies, Northern Sky is like no other. At first glance, one might think that their most unique feature is that they perform their summer season in the middle of a state park, beneath red pine and the night sky (6/12-8/24). But that’s not the most unusual thing about this popular […]
Glowacki’s Art Represents U.S at Embassy in Czech Republic
Connie Glowacki’s art represents the unique spirit of Door County, she says. Featuring people of varied ages and backgrounds, the figures are united, even briefly, in specific landscapes and also in their enjoyment of the beautiful surrounding natural scenes and representative activities, like feeding swooping gulls with a backdrop of one of the county’s beautiful […]
Jacksonport’s 150th Anniversary
By Jude Genereaux What better way to honor the past and celebrate the continuing energy of the little Town that COULD, than with the opening of a new Town Hall in January of their 150th year? In preparation for the summer celebration, and to commemorate the actual anniversary, residents have bannered the streets with flags […]
DIY…Door County-Style
By Laurel Ciohon Even on vacation, some people have to stay practically busy with a project, and that’s where DIY (do-it-yourself) art studios come in. Two new studios have recently opened in Ephraim – but they’re as different as night and day. Clink!, located at 10331 North Water Street (Hwy 42), is a DIY craft […]
Creating a National Park in Door County
By Bob Bultman Famously, the Door Peninsula is part of the Niagara Escarpment, the ‘Great Arc’ of ancient dolostone cliffs that sweeps hundreds of miles from eastern Wisconsin north into the Upper Peninsula, and then arches east into the province of Ontario and south into Upper New York State. The most famous site is Niagara […]
Washington Island’s Stavkirke: How a Small Island Community Came Together and Built a Dream
By Jude Genereaux It is fitting that “STAVKIRKE, The story of Washington Island’s Norwegian Replica”, comes to us from the pen of Dick Purinton, one of Washington Island’s finest writers and keeper of island history. Purinton’s fresh-off-the-press collection takes us through the inspiration for and construction of the uniquely beautiful Stavkirke, translated “stave church” and […]
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