DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE

Peninsula Players Theatre is pleased to announce the recipients of its Annual Outstanding Student Awards and the Inaugural Peninsula Players Theatre Scholarship. Last spring, Peninsula Players fashioned the Outstanding Student Award to recognize and reward graduating high school students across […]

Anne Haberland Emerson’s new book Doodle Love asks and answers that question in a delightful celebration of the love between dogs and their owners. Emerson has been in the business of enriching the Door County community with art and beauty for most […]

Local Door County author Katherine Hastings has released her newest romance novel, and the first in a series set in Door County. The Other Half is a romantic comedy that takes place primarily in Baileys Harbor. The Door Peninsula Passions series are full-length romance […]

Shari Gransee, owner of Ephraim’s Fine Line Designs Gallery, was selected as a juror for the Milwaukee Art Museum’s annual Lakefront Festival of Art (LFOA), which took place June 21–23 on Milwaukee’s lakefront. For over 50 years, the LFOA has […]

Peninsula School of Art’s (PenArt), 3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, Wisconsin opens its doors to creative learners of all ages this summer with two new program offerings – Try-It Programs and Family Drop-In Fridays. Both programs require no previous experience or pre-planning, just […]

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Join the Door County Historical Society to celebrate everything root beer! The historical society will host its annual Root Beer Festival on Saturday, July 6. Activities will be held from 10am–3pm at the Heritage Village at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. […]

Music will fill the air at Birch Creek on Wednesday, July 3 with the Symphony Session opening night starring Burton Concerto Competition winners, Jonathan Bass (Piano) of Washington Island, Wisconsin and Gabe Roethle (Violin) of Rockford, Illinois. The opening night […]

On Wednesday, July 3, at 8 p.m., Classic Albums Live Recreates Queen’s iconic album “A Night at the Opera” at Door Community Auditorium (DCA) in Fish Creek. Widely regarded as Queen’s greatest album (and one of the greatest in the […]

Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County’s theatrical icon, is proud to announce it has received a $20,000 award from The Shubert Foundation. The Shubert Foundation has awarded a record total of $30 million to 533 […]

Door County’s Midsummer’s Music continues its 29th season with a series of concerts dedicated to the extraordinary quintets of Mozart and Brahms from Sunday, June 23 through Wednesday, July 3. The program includes Mozart’s Quintet for Horn and Strings in E-flat […]

Birch Creek Music Performance Center, nationally known for its summer music academy for advanced student high school musicians, has expanded its programming to include two music programs for adults: Adult Band Camp (August 15-18) and Chamber Music Retreat (August 22-24.) […]

With support from Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant & Butik, Door Community Auditorium (DCA) is pleased to announce a community outreach program for the 2019-20 Main Stage Season: The Al Johnson’s 70th Anniversary “Pay What You Can” Ticket Program.  Al Johnson’s […]

Door County’s sole outdoor “foodie” festival is celebrating its sixth anniversary this year with unique new food vendors and the “soft launch” of an associated low-key cheese festival. Scheduled for Saturday, June 22, Uncork Summer will once again take place […]

Woodwalk Concert Series is pleased to start off 2019 with The Rough And Tumble. The dumpster-folk, thrift store-Americana duo, consisting of Mallory Graham & Scott Tyler, have been hobbling around the country in their 16’ camper since 2015, when their […]

Plum Bottom Gallery invites you to Art Show 2: Paper running June 8–21 featuring artists Erin Nolan, Gail McCoy, and Heather Allard. Erin Nolan’s newest work finds inspiration around Door County and lays out her ideas to the final printing […]

On Thursday, June 20, Birch Creek Music Performance Center will present its Opening Night concert – “Summer Beginnings: A Celebration in Music” – on the newly named Stage of Stars in the Dutton Concert Barn. Opening Night at Birch Creek […]

Door County’s Midsummer’s Music is launching its 29th season with an exhilarating program featuring music by Joaquin Turina, Louise Farrenc, Felix Mendelssohn, and Midsummer’s own Composer-in-Residence, Jacob Beranek. Midsummer’s is delighted to announce that the charismatic Wisconsin Public Radio host […]

On Friday, June 21, legendary songwriter Greg Brown will take the stage at Door Community Auditorium (DCA) in Fish Creek. Opening the show and accompanying Brown during his set will be Bo Ramsey, guitarist extraordinaire and songwriter in his own […]

On Friday, June 14, at 2:00 p.m., the 2007 Gibraltar High School cast of Disney’s “High School Musical” will reunite for a free, one-time-only performance of “High School Musical” at Door Community Auditorium (DCA).  An unscripted documentary television series has […]

The Door County YMCA is excited to announce the second annual Broadway by the Bay event, scheduled for Thursday, July 18th at 5:30 p.m. at the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks on the patio […]

Midsummer’s Music of Door County, Wisconsin, launches its 2019 concert series entitled Mendelssohn, Mozart, and More! The season opens 7:00 pm, June 14, with an exhilarating Opening Night Gala at Birch Creek Music Performance Center in Egg Harbor. Midsummer’s Music welcomes […]

Peninsula State Park Golf Course (PPGC) has two great summer opportunities for juniors looking to learn about golf. Signups now available for both First Tee Program and William & Carolyn Bell Camp (June 17-20, 2019). As an extra bonus, any […]

 Celebrate Water Door County is proud to present our 2019 Water Summit. A year of celebration and education will culminate with a three-day summit June 4-6, 2019. The summit is sponsored by Healthy Water Door County, a fund of the […]