DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE

Maritime Speaker Series Details Announced

The Door County Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the complete schedule for the 2019-2020 Maritime Speaker Series, this year presented in partnership with series sponsor the Door County Medical Center. The Maritime Speaker Series offers an assortment of monthly […]

Climate Change Coalition of Door County Distributes 400 Trees for its Fall Tree Planting Project

The Climate Change Coalition of Door County (CCCDC), with support from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Environmental Justice Action Team, has distributed more than 400 young trees for its fall tree planting project, working with partners across the county to expand […]

Northern Sky Theater Announces Additional Performances of “Dad’s Season Tickets” at the Gould Theater

Due to the overwhelming popularity of their new musical comedy, Dad’s Season Tickets, Northern Sky Theater announces the addition of three matinee performances at the Gould Theater this fall. The three performances of Dad’s Season Tickets will include 10:00am performances on October 11 […]

Speak Easy Casino Night at Maxwelton Braes

On Sept 27, Maxwelton Braes, Thyme Cuisine and the Ellie Helm Foundation will host its second annual casino night in the lodge hall. Together with Casino Events, the evening will be a night of Black Jack, Craps, Poker and Roulette for […]

Door County Fall Lighthouse Festival Oct. 12-13

Tickets are selling fast of the 2019 Door County Fall Lighthouse Festival, Saturday and Sunday, October 12-13. The Festival weekend includes boat and adventure tours that together reach many of the eleven treasured lighthouses of Door County. Tickets for the Door […]

Door County Wearable Art Show Coming October 5th & 6th

The Door County Wearable Art Show, an art lovers’ local tradition, returns October 5 and 6 to Sister Bay. Shop local and regional designer-made contemporary clothing, accessories and jewelry, and meet the artists in person. This fall’s shows promises to […]

Twilight Tours at Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Join the Door County Historical Society for Twilight Tours at the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse. On September 28 and October 12 the lighthouse will be opened from 6:00pm–8:00pm. The Door County Historical Society invites guests to delight in the tales of the […]

Street Art to Take Shape Next Weekend in Sturgeon Bay for Chalk the Bay

The Miller Art Museum, in collaboration with the Door County Library, Boys and Girls Club of Door County and the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center (SBVC), is pleased to feature artists John Soukup (Cedar Rapids, IA), Shelley Heath (Brookfield, WI) and Kimberly Wood (St. Joseph, MI) next […]

Tannenbaum Holiday Shop Hosts Book Signings, Open House

Tannenbaum Holiday Shop will have a couple of book signings coming up! Diane Davies will be signing books on September 28 from 11am–2pm. Diane is the author of Life in the Neck, a great book that debuted last year. We […]

Southern Door Elementary STEM Program Awarded $10,000 Grant

In early 2019, America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by the Bayer Fund, partnered with local farmers to nominate rural schools and awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to enhance their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. Because […]

Wisconsin Cheese Masters Presents 5th Annual “STINKFEST”

Wisconsin Cheese Masters will present the 5th Annual “STINKFEST” on Saturday, September 21 from 2–4pm. This outdoor event (our neighbors love it when the wind blows in their direction) will feature free samples of the very “aromatic” Wisconsin Limburger and Wisconsin […]

New Season, New Saturday Programs for All Ages at PenArt

Saturdays are made for art making, viewing and learning at Peninsula School of Art (PenArt). Beginning in September at its campus at 3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, Wisconsin, PenArt will be offering free and low cost programs focused on local families, […]

Griffon String Quartet to Welcome Public with Free Season-Opening Night Market Performance

The acclaimed Griffon String Quartet will open their second full season as the Midsummer’s Music resident ensemble with a free performance at Green Bay’s Night Market on Saturday, September 21, at 7:30pm. Hailed for their “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, […]

Wade Fernandez and Bill Miller at DCA Sept. 28; Fernandez Flute Workshop Sept. 26

On Saturday, September 28, at 7 p.m., Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present two Wisconsin musical legends in a one-of-a-kind double bill: Wade Fernandez and Bill Miller, both known internationally as leaders in the world of contemporary Native Americana music. […]

History of Soda Bottlers in Door County

The Door County Historical Society will host its Saturday afternoon yesteryear program “History of Soda Bottlers in Door County,” presented by Stephen Pleck Johnson, on Saturday, September 21 at 1:00pm in the Vignes School at the Heritage Village at Big […]

Screening of “Paris to Pittsburgh” at Bjorklunden, Hosted by Climate Change Coalition of Door County

The Climate Change Coalition of Door County, with support from five county churches, will host a screening of Paris to Pittsburgh, an acclaimed documentary from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the National Geographic, at 7pm Wednesday, October 2. The screening will take […]

Historic Fashion Dinner Program at The Lodge at Leathem Smith

The Door County Historical Society will host its monthly dinner program, “Historic Fashion from the Carrol C. and Dr. Hubert D. Grota Collection,” presented by Catherine Grota Sahlin, on Monday, September 23, at 6:00 pm at The Lodge at Leathem […]

Autumn Season Brings New Comedy to Peninsula Players

Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County’s theatrical icon, begins its autumn season with the Midwest première of George Washington’s Teeth, a new comedy by Mark St. Germaine. When threatened with eviction, the ladies of the […]

Door County Historical Society to Host Its Yesteryear Program “The Ridges Sanctuary”

The Door County Historical Society will host its Saturday afternoon yesteryear program “The Ridges Sanctuary,” presented by Anna Foster and George Cobb, on Saturday, September 14 at 1:00 pm in the Vignes School at the Heritage Village at Big Creek […]

Southern Door Offers Community Fab Lab Workshops, “How to Make Just About Anything”

Southern Door School District is sponsoring a ten-week open lab workshop in its high school Fab Lab for interested adults on Wednesday evenings from 6-8pm starting September 18, 2019 through November 20, 2019. The workshop will be taught by Glen […]

AutumnFest Pin Ups & Pistons Auto Show

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 attend our Classic Car Show on September 28, brought to you by Baileys Harbor Yacht Club […]

Educating Girls and Reducing Food Waste: Two Powerful Weapons in the Fight Against Global Warming

Finding hope in unexpected places in the battle to address the climate crisis will be the subject Monday, Sept. 16, when the Climate Change Coalition of Door County hosts a program featuring fascinating videos from Project Drawdown, the global initiative […]

Shemekia Copeland, Ranky Tanky Team Up for Double Bill at DCA September 21

On Saturday, September 21, at 7 p.m., Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present a one-of-a-kind double bill as part of its series Blue, Roots, and American Stories: powerhouse singer Shemekia Copeland, whose blues-roots work Paste calls “terrific literary songwriting,”and South […]

PortSide Builders Hosts 5th Annual Door County Open House Tour

PortSide Builders would like to invite you to their fifth annual Door County Open House Tour. This year they will be featuring two newly-designed and constructed homes and two remodeled homes at various locations throughout Door County. Days and times […]

Little Sister Resort Celebrates 100 Years

On Thursday, September 12, Little Sister Resort in Sister Bay will celebrate its 100 year anniversary. A tour of the grounds, turkey dinner and program on the history of the resort will serve as a fundraiser for the Sister Bay […]

Cathy Grier and The Troublemakers Play Blues Blowout at DCA September 14

On Saturday, September 14, at 7 p.m., crowd favorite blues musician Cathy Grier will perform in an exuberant “Blues Blowout” at Door Community Auditorium (DCA) with her band The Troublemakers. Grier’s performance—her first-ever full concert performance in Door County—is part […]

Midsummer’s Music Presents the Pro Arte Quartet at Kress Pavilion

Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “one of the greatest quartets of our time,” the Pro Arte Quartet will perform Sunday, September 15 at 3:00pm at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor in a concert presented by Midsummer’s Music […]

Harvest Fest & Street Art Auction 2019 in Sturgeon Bay

Sturgeon Bay is the first community in Door County to kick off the 2019 fall spirit in style. Start the autumn festivities on Friday, September 20 in downtown Sturgeon Bay at the 2nd annual Classic Car Parade sponsored by Old Bolts […]

Fishstock Concert Series Features Eric Lewis & Friends on Sun., Sept. 1

The 2019 Fishstock Concert Series will feature a performance by Eric Lewis & Friends on Sunday, September 1. Among his many plaudits, Lewis has been nominated in consecutive years for Memphis’s Premier String Player Award and has simultaneously been a […]

Peninsula Players Theatre Announces Curtain Time Shift and Box Office Hours for ‘George Washington’s Teeth’

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 2019 autumn season with 7 p.m. evening performances and 3 p.m. matinees on select Sunday performances for the Midwest première […]

Friends of Potawatomi State Park Announces Campaign Completion

The Friends of Potawatomi State Park are pleased announce that thanks to generosity of many donors, fundraising for the handicapped accessible fishing pier is complete. Working with the Department of Natural Resource, and with the support of the State of […]

Door-Tran’s Transportation Services Continue to Gain Support

Door-Tran implemented volunteer transportation programs after the American Red Cross discontinued transportation services in Door County in 2011. To date, 7,145 trips have been provided with volunteer drivers who donated almost 11,600 hours. The volunteer programs serve all Door County […]

DCA Presents Choir! Choir! Choir!: An International Hit Community Singing Event

On Monday, September 9, at 7 p.m., DCA will welcome the international sensation community singing event Choir! Choir! Choir! to its stage. The event is free and open to the public. Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman (also known as “DaBu”) […]

Door County Astronomical Society Hosts Pre-Show Seminar at ‘Silent Sky’

Peninsula Players Theatre, in conjunction with its production of “Silent Sky,” by Lauren Gunderson, will host members of the Door County Astronomical Society as they lead a discussion on “measuring distances in the universe” on Thursday, August 29 at 6:30 […]

Plum Bottom Hosts Art Shows at Both Locations

Plum Bottom Gallery is hosting events at both of their Egg Harbor locations this Labor Day weekend. Join them on Plum Bottom Road to see expanded collections from resident jewelry artist Angela Olson Luberger and Madison-based artist Hannah Wong from […]

Rotary Offers Student Foreign Exchange Opportunity

Local high school students and their parents are invited to learn more about spending a year abroad as an exchange student during the 2020/2021 school year at the Rotary Youth Exchange information meeting on Tuesday, September 10. The meeting begins […]

DCA and SiriusXM Present “Live From Here” Comedian Tom Papa at DCA September 6

On Friday, September 6, at 7 p.m., Door Community Auditorium and SiriusXM will present comedian Tom Papa, best known for his work on the celebrated radio show “Live From Here,” in a performance at DCA in Fish Creek. Papa’s performance […]

Midsummer’s Music Concludes Memorable 2019 Concert Series

The Midsummer’s Music 2019 summer concert series presented 41 powerful concerts showcasing 29 works – including a breathtaking world premiere by Composer-in-Residence Jacob Beranek – played by 20 brilliant, world-class musicians at 16 intimate venues throughout the Door County Peninsula. Tickets […]

“Harmonious Wail” Completes the 2019 Woodwalk Concert Season August 30

Harmonious Wail are purveyors of Americana infused Gypsy Jazz that continues to take their listeners on a ride via the music of the Hot Club sounds of Paris to the deepest blues of the Memphis Delta to the folk scenes […]

Fall Concert Series at Birch Creek Begins August 31

Birch Creek presents five concert dates for its Fall Concert Series plus an evening at a jazz club style bistro created in Juniper Hall for the Associates’ Fall Fundraiser on October 12. The world-class faculty performing artists of Birch Creek […]

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