DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE

Sturgeon Bay’s Thrills on Third

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (September 17, 2020) – Thrills on Third is reimagined for 2020, which will take place on Saturday, October 31 from 10am–12pm. NEW this year is the Sturgeon Bay Spooky Scavenger Hunt! Pick up your Scavenger Hunt map […]

11th Annual Celebrate Women! Event

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (September 17, 2020) – The Women’s Fund invites everyone to participate in their virtual Annual Celebrate Women! event – Planning to Survive and Thrive 2020 – this fall as the annual luncheon moves to their website. The Celebrate Women! luncheon […]

Climate Change Coalition’s Fall Tree Planting Project

Door County, Wisconsin. (September 17, 2020) – Planting trees is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to combat global warming, and this fall the Climate Change Coalition of Door County (CCC) is once again helping Door County do […]

“One of my favorite voices of all time”: Allie Babich Cabaret!

Fish Creek, Wis. (September 15, 2020) – Known for her spunk, smarts, and velvety powerhouse of a voice, Allie Babich has sung and acted her way across the world for the past decade, gracing stages at the American Shakespeare Center, […]

The ORIGINAL Social Distancing Event at Wisconsin Cheese Masters StinkFEST 6

Egg Harbor, Wis. (September 15, 2020) – Wisconsin Cheese Masters will present the Sixth Annual “STINKFEST” on Saturday, September 19 from 2 until 4pm. This outdoor event will feature free samples of the very “aromatic” Wisconsin Limburger and Wisconsin Aged Brick […]

Northern Door Communications Celebrates 30 Years as Cellcom Agent

Sister Bay, Wis. (September 14, 2020) – Northern Door Communications is celebrating 30 years as an authorized Cellcom agent. The company began as a local pager and radio communications provider in 1985 and signed on as an agent in 1990. […]

Katie Dahl and Matt Zembrowski Headline “Northern Sky Nerd Night” September 26

Fish Creek, Wis. (September 11, 2020) – Northern Sky Theater has long been known for its commitment and appeal to audiences of all ages. So it makes sense that two of the theater’s current playwrights have been self-described Northern Sky […]

“Organics and Natural Materials” Art Show at Plum Bottom Gallery

Egg Harbor, Wis. (September 11, 2020) – Plum Bottom Gallery invites you to the “Organics and Natural Materials” Art Show on Saturday, September 19 from 11am-4pm. The show will feature artists David Robinson, Sarka Evans, Linda Deardorff and Ed Brogan. The […]

Southern Door Celebrates with Virtual Building Dedication

Southern Door, Wis. (September 10, 2020) – Southern Door County School District is hosting a virtual celebration to dedicate the completion of projects that voters supported in the 2018 referendum. All community members are invited to watch the ceremony, which […]

Northern Sky Presents “The Hayden Hoffman and Isaiah Spetz Show: A Back-to-School Cabaret”

Fish Creek, Wis. (September 10, 2020) – It was too good not to share. In late August, the night before Isaiah Spetz and Hayden Hoffman headed off to college (Spetz back for his senior year at NYU’s Tisch School of the […]

Sister Bay Fall Fest Gift Box

Sister Bay, Wis. (Septmeber 10, 2020) – The Sister Bay Advancement Association in partnership with Door County Delivered is excited to announce the launch of our Limited-Edition Sister Bay Fall Festival Box. Each item in The Fall Fest Box is custom designed with […]

Woodwalk Introduces its Third Featured Exhibit, Voyager

Egg Harbor, Wis. (August 9, 2020) – Travelling or the lack thereof has been topic of conversation this summer. For the third featured exhibit of the season, Woodwalk introduces Voyager as a way to travel outward and inward both visually […]

The Griffon String Quartet Offers Strings Lessons

Midsummer’s Music, the Griffon String Quartet, and the Door County YMCA partner to provide violin, viola, and cello lessons to youth. Sister Bay, Wis. (September 5, 2020) – Following the success of the 2020 spring strings lessons for youth, the Door […]

Award Winners Announced for Miller Art Museum’s 45th Juried Annual

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (September 3, 2020) — The Miller Art Museum is pleased to announce the award winners from the 45th Juried Annual. Every year the Miller Art Museum invites regional artists 18 years of age and older to submit up to […]

Take Your Friends to a Drive-In Movie

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (September 9, 2020) – Join the Climate Change Coalition of Door County for an outdoor screening of the compelling documentary Blowout: Inside America’s Energy Gamble at 7pm Friday, September 25. The screening will take place at Prince […]

Northern Sky Presents “Home Again: A Cabaret Evening with Allie Babich” September 19

Fish Creek, Wis. (August 3, 2020) – Northern Sky Theater continues its virtual season with a cabaret by Milwaukee-born, Door County-beloved actor and singer Allie Babich. Home Again: A Cabaret Evening with Allie Babich will be broadcast live from the patio of […]

Northern Sky Offers First-Ever Lumberjack Car Wash Labor Day Weekend

Fish Creek, Wis. (August 31, 2020) – Northern Sky Theater’s 2020 season is entirely virtual, and its brand-new Gould Theater on the corner of County Roads F and A in Fish Creek has (like venues across the country) sat empty […]

Destination Door County Hosts Community Blood Drive

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 31, 2020) – With 7,500 units of blood lost and blood drive cancellations continuing to grow, the Community Blood Center and Destination Door County invite you to donate at our DDC blood drive on Thursday, September 10. […]

Midsummer’s Music Plays Friends Beethoven and Reicha

Midsummer’s presents music by real-life friends Anton Reicha and Ludwig van Beethoven. Sister Bay, Wis. (August 28, 2020) – Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, presents its sixth and final week of 2020 virtual concerts with Friends of Old, September 9 – 13. Norman Gilliland of Wisconsin Public Radio, who hosted the first […]

Quantum PC Awarded SBA Small Rural Business of the Year 2019

The Small Business Administration has selected Quantum PC Services as the SBA Rural Small Business of the Year 2020 for the State of Wisconsin. Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 31, 2020) – Quantum PC Services will receive another coveted award for […]

Fall Lighthouse Festival: October 2-4

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 28, 2020) – The Fall Lighthouse Festival weekend includes air, land-based, boat, and adventure tours that together reach all 11 of the treasured lighthouses of Door County. Many of the tour excursions are unique to the Lighthouse […]

Fine Line Designs Gallery Announces Final Exhibit of 2020 Season

Ephraim, Wis. (August 28, 2020) — Fine Line Designs Gallery concludes their 2020 season with an exhibit full of wonder, curiosity, and appreciation for the world around us. The gallery’s third exhibit features four artists — oil painter Dean Bradshaw, […]

Downtown Jewelry and Glass Trunk Show

Egg Harbor, Wis. (August 28, 2020) – Plum Bottom Gallery (Downtown) invites you to our virtual and in-person jewelry and glass trunk show on Sunday, September 6, from 11 AM- 4 PM. We will be featuring the newest work from […]

Unveiling of The Community Mosaic Project August 15 – September 13

Ephraim, Wis. (August 21, 2020) – The Hardy Gallery’s annual Community Mosaic Project is on display beginning August 15, and consists of more than 212 individual 6”x 6” canvases made by members of the community. Celebrating its 13th year, the […]

DCMM Announces 2020 Mariner Award Winners

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 25, 2020) – The Door County Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Door County Mariner Awards and Coast Guard Person of the Year Award. William C. “Bill” Parsons is recognized with the Mariner […]

Miller Juried Annual Opens Aug 29, Collection Display Highlights Travel in Time of COVID-19

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 20, 2020) – The Miller Art Museum in downtown Sturgeon Bay is set to open a new exhibition on Saturday, August 29 featuring contemporary artwork by artists from the Northeast Wisconsin Lakeshore region, including Door County. […]

Birch Creek Offers Online Studio Sessions for Student, Amateur and Professional Musicians

Egg Harbor, Wis. (August 25, 2020) – Each Saturday morning in September, beginning on September 12th, nationally and internationally renowned Birch Creek faculty and alumni will share their musical expertise during online Studio Sessions. Aspiring young music students, as well […]

PenArt’s Guenzel Gallery Now Open with New Exhibition

Fish Creek, Wis. (August 14, 2020) – Peninsula School of Art (PenArt), 3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, reopens its Guenzel Gallery to the public with a new exhibition titled, New Media 10101: Art and Technology. The exhibition will run August 15 through […]

Northern Sky Theater Presents “Mancheski Playlist” and “When Life Gives Ya cLemons” Virtual Events

Fish Creek, Wis. (August 21, 2020) – Northern Sky Theater will kick off the autumn with two more offerings in its virtual season: two live concerts, broadcast online on two consecutive weeks, featuring two of their beloved company members. It […]

Appliance Recycling Shredding Day September 12 in Sister Bay

Sister Bay, Wis. (August 19, 2020) – The Liberty Grove Town Board and the Sister Bay Village Board have authorized a cooperative venture to increase recycling and protect the environment. All residents, business owners or operators, and owners of property […]

Open Door Bird Sanctuary Holds the 5th Annual Hoot-e-Nanny with New Offerings

Jacksonport, Wis. (August 19, 2020) – The popular Hoot-e-Nanny fundraiser, held annually at Woodwalk Gallery, has been instrumental in providing funding for various larger scale projects at the sanctuary, but for the last couple years, those funds are used to […]

Net-Zero Bjorklunden

Challenges and opportunities in moving towards a carbon-neutral future Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 18, 2020) – The Climate Change Coalition of Door County will host a virtual event at 7 pm Wednesday, September 2, when Lawrence University Professor of Geosciences […]

Marjorie Aurelius of Sister Bay Receives $500 Puppy Supply Shopping Spree at Door County Cooperative Country Store Through Make-A-Wish Foundation

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 18, 2020) – On Monday July 27, Marjorie Aurelius, age 6, and her mother, Lauren Aurelius, visited the Door County Cooperative Country Store to stock up on supplies for their new Goldendoodle puppy, Rue, that was gifted […]

Sunshine House Cancels 2020 Sunflower Fest

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 18, 2020) – It is with heavy heart that Sunshine Resources has decided to cancel our annual Sunflower Fest that was scheduled to take place on September 12 in Martin Park, Sturgeon Bay. Of course, the safety […]

Midsummer’s Music Presents Socially Distanced Concert Labor Day Weekend

Egg Harbor, Wis. (August 18, 2020) – Midsummer’s Music will present a live, socially distant, outdoor performance of the Friends of Old program Saturday, September 5, on the grounds of Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor. Enjoy the music of Anton Reicha and Ludwig […]