DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE

Birch Creek Faculty Perform a Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie Fall Series Concerts at Birch Creek

Birch Creek Music Performance Center is pleased to welcome the Scott Burns Quintet on Saturday, September 30 at 7:30 pm for their Fall Concert Series. Tickets for this event will be $29 for general seating, and $34 for premium seating. […]

Artist Talk with Chicago Architectural Illustrator Bruce Bondy

The Hardy Gallery is excited to present an Artist Talk with one of Chicago’s leading architectural illustrators, Bruce Bondy. This event is in conjunction with the Hardy’s current exhibit, Making Marks, Making Meaning, a show that examines all forms of […]

Kids Get Free Admission to Door County Maritime Museum in October

The Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay will be offering free admission to children 12 and under with an accompanying paid adult Sunday, October 15, 22, and 29. The Door County Maritime Museum offers this opportunity to encourage children […]

Junction Center Yoga Workshop on Herbs For Stress-Filled Times

“Life sometimes seems to throw a lot at us,” says herbalist and wise-woman Joanne Bauman. “Whether it’s only temporary or ongoing, too many stressors can eventually overwhelm a person and we begin to react with anxiety, nervousness, depression and grief.” Join […]

Fall Savings at Door County Coffee Co.

Save 25% off your favorite coffees at Door County Coffee & Tea Co! Sipping season is here. Falling leaves, candy corn, and Pumpkin Spice coffee – what would the Fall season be without them? This sale is here to help you make the […]

Upcoming Events for Eagle Tower

It has been a little over one year since the fundraising for Eagle Tower began. Since last September, over $600,000 has been raised towards the $750,000 goal. On Thursday, September 28 the DNR will host a public meeting at 5:00pm at the Sturgeon […]

Peninsula Players Theatre Announces Curtain Time Shift for ‘Almost, Maine’

Peninsula Players Theatre, Door County’s theatrical treasure and America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, is thrilled to announce new curtain times for its 2017 fall season with 7 p.m. evening performances and 3 p.m. matinees on select Sunday performances for […]

History Programs: Twilight Tours, Tunes & Tales

Delight in the tales of lighthouse keepers through story, song, and poetry at the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse for Twilight Tours, Tunes & Tales on the fall evenings of September 29-30 and October 6-7. On these special evenings a friendly glow […]

Meet Door County’s #1 Bestselling Author Patricia Skalka on Sept. 23rd

The award-winning author of the best-selling Dave Cubiak Door County mystery series will be available to sign books from 11am – 2pm at The Peninsula Bookman in Fish Creek on Saturday, September 23. Patricia Skalka’s Death Stalks Door County has occupied the […]

Baileys Harbor AutumnFest September 23

Are you a car buff? Do you have a car, truck or motorcycle that you’d like to show off? We’d love to have you participate in our Autumnfest Classic Car Show September 23. The $10 registration includes a Pistons & […]

Midsummer’s Music Presents the Hunt Quartet

Midsummer’s Music presents the Hunt Quartet in concert Saturday, September 16, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim, Wis. The highly acclaimed group, which played a beautiful program in Sturgeon Bay last May, is the elite graduate string quartet for […]

“Great Lakes, Small Streams: How Water Shapes Wisconsin” at Door County Maritime Museum

From ancient glaciers to today’s research and industry, water has always been at the heart of Wisconsin and Door County’s history. Made possible by the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Door County Maritime Museum is excited to be hosting the traveling […]

2017 Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Fire Dept. Open House on Sept. 23

The Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Fire Department has announced its 2017 Open House is scheduled for Saturday, September 23rd at the Sister Bay Fire Station, located at 2258 Mill Road in Sister Bay. The annual open house is from 11 am […]

Door County Folk Festival Launches First-Ever GoFundMe Campaign

The Door County Folk Festival (DCFF), which since 1978 has touched the lives of thousands of folk dance and music-lovers, has announced its first-ever GoFundMe campaign in order to expand the Festival’s programming and audience development. The DCFF is known […]

Registration Still Open for 5th Annual Washington Island Literary Festival

The Washington Island Literary Festival (WILF), often described as being among the best small literary festivals in the country, has announced it is still accepting registrations for its fifth annual event, “Exploring Frontiers Real and Imagined,” to be held Sept. […]

“Door County Treasure Hunt” Coming September 1st

Love Door County? Check. Want to learn fun facts about the county? Check. Interested in a fun weekend in Door County? Check. Door County visitors can accomplish all these goals by participating in the Door County Treasure Hunt, scheduled for […]

Sturgeon Bay’s Harvest Fest & Bench Auction

It’s time for all things fall to begin in Door County, and Sturgeon Bay kicks off the festivities with the county’s first festival of the season: Harvest Festival and Bench Art Auction, Saturday, September 16. Festivities on Third Avenue run […]

Jeff Awards Honor Peninsula Players Company Members with Nominations

Company members of Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, celebrated the announcement of Chicago’s 2017 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations with the listing of several current and past company members. The Joseph Jefferson Awards are Chicago theaters’ equivalent to […]

Hannah Wong Trunk Show at Plum Bottom Pottery & Gallery

Plum Bottom Pottery & Gallery is proud to host a Hannah Wong Jewelry Trunk Show, Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, September 2 and Sunday, September 3 from 10am to 5pm. Join them this holiday weekend as they celebrate the latest modern creations […]

Cana Island Restoration Project Needs Donations

Another century of wind and water has taken its toll on the iconic Cana Island Light Station. The Door County Maritime Museum and Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc. is stepping up to repair and preserve the five lighthouse keeper’s buildings that […]

Ellison Bay’s ‘Blues on the Bay’ August 26

Door County’s only blues festival, Blues on the Bay, is scheduled for Saturday, August 26, 3-9 pm, featuring performances by well-known national and regional blues musicians. The fourth annual music festival will once again be held at the Ellison Bay […]

Folk-Rock Legends Indigo Girls Return to DCA

On Friday, August 25 at 8 p.m., legendary folk-rock duo Indigo Girls will take the stage at Door Community Auditorium (DCA) in Fish Creek. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are Indigo Girls. Rolling Stone describes them as the “ideal duet […]

First Souvenir Wood Sales from Former Eagle Tower Planned for September 30

The first annual Southwest Florida Fest (SWFF) will be held at White Cottage Red Door in Fish Creek on September 30 (1-4 pm) to benefit projects by the Friends of Peninsula State Park, including the rebuilding of Eagle Tower. The […]

Sister Bay Music & Movie News

Enjoy Wednesday music or a Saturday movie at Sister Bay’s Performance Pavilion in Waterfront Park, on the villages beautiful shoreline in downtown Sister Bay. MUSIC: Wednesdays from 6-9 pm August 9 Birch Creek – Jazz (2:30 pm) Sponsor: Nicolet National […]

Women’s Fine Art Galleries of Egg Harbor’s Annual “Progressive Art Crawl”

Women’s Fine Art Galleries of Egg Harbor’s annual “Progressive Art Crawl” is happening Thursday, August 10 from 4-8pm. Five Egg Harbor Gallery owners and artists representing Angela Lensch Gallery, Cappaert Contemporary Gallery, Lost Moth Gallery , Off the Wheel Pottery […]