You’re never bored if you have the desire to write. The writer’s curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored. – Criss Jami By Jerod Santek, Founding & Artistic Director, Write On Door County July is full on monthly observations one might expect: National Blueberry Month, National […]
Open Door Bird Sanctuary Presentation at Crossroads
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. As a part of the First Friday Series, Crossroads at Big Creek will host a family-friendly presentation by representatives from the Open Door Bird Sanctuary. They promise an up-close and personal experience with birds of prey. The program will be offered at 6:30 p.m. at […]
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. […]
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 […]
Midsummer’s Music: Flair Fare
By Jim Berkenstock, Artistic Director, June 10, 2023 “Opening with a Flair!” the program book reads. Okay, Great! “But Bartók and Fauré?” you say. So, let me explain. I understand that putting those two composers on the same program may seem strange, but there is reason behind my madness, which I think you will appreciate […]
Coming Out as a Writer
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. –Audre Lorde Recently, a member of one of our writing groups said, “You know, it was hard coming out as gay. It’s been just as hard — maybe even harder — to come out as a […]
Plan Your Next Trip To Door County
By Door County Coffee & Tea Co. Waves crashing, your Adirondack perfectly positioned so the water barely touches your toes and your cup full of Cold Brew coffee….ahhh.. The time to start planning your yearly trip to Door County is here! We have put together some of our favorite activities in Door County to help […]
Wisconsin had the second-best 10-year small business survival rate over the last decade
Originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio (wpr.org) Wisconsin had the second-best 10-year small business survival rate in the nation over the last decade. Only Iowa had a better ranking. That’s according to a recent analysis from The Southern Bank Company, a financial institution based in Alabama that looked at data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
Writing as Medicine: Mental Health Awareness Month
Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change. –Julia Cameron May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We often talk about how difficult it is to write, how satisfying it is to have written. We don’t talk as often as we should about the health benefits […]
What is a Mushroom?
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Mushroom Day, Bird Club and a Master Gardener Lecture featuring Door County Parks are the public educational programs this week, while out in the preserves, EarthWorks after school group, the Big Plant, Habitat Healers, Bio-Blitz, Wetland Monitoring and Fish Monitoring programs are all underway. At the end of this week, […]