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DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE

Baileys Harbor Launches “Final Fridays” Concerts, Plus Summer Yoga & Farmers Market Fun

May 14, 2025

Baileys Harbor, Wis. (May 14, 2025) — Baileys Harbor is turning up the volume on summer fun with a new format for the Summer Concerts in the Park series. Introducing “Final Friday!” – a fresh, once-a-month tradition that brings live […]

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Animal Tips: Curbing Leash Reactivity in Your Dog!

May 13, 2025

Green Bay and Door County, Wis. (May 13, 2025) – The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) describes a dog as being “leash reactive” when they bark, lunge or growl at specific triggers that they see while on leash. Most commonly, the trigger […]

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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Restoration Achieves Significant Milestones

May 12, 2025

Fish Creek, Wis. (May 12, 2025) –The Door County Historical Society is pleased to share significant progress in the ongoing restoration of Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, with notable advancements both inside the lighthouse and on its surrounding grounds. Interior Restoration Progress […]

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Grammy-Nominated Pianist Joyce Yang to Headline Two Unforgettable Performances at Peninsula Music Festival

May 10, 2025

Fish Creek, Wis. (May 10, 2025) – The Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) is thrilled to welcome internationally acclaimed pianist Joyce Yang to the stage this summer at the Door Community Auditorium for two distinct and captivating performances. A favorite among […]

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Migrating Birds in Spring

May 7, 2025

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. At Crossroads, we observe birds almost daily, but the first few weeks of spring migration are different — special and  important. Each spring, we watch migrating birds not only for […]

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What Happens When We Share Our Stories

May 2, 2025

After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world. – Philip Pullman By Jerod Santek, Founding & Artistic Director, Write On, Door County Is it any wonder that Sharing Our Stories can be abbreviated SOS? […]

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Spring Green-Up

March 13, 2025

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day, and folks around County Door are celebrating this weekend! At Crossroads at Big Creek, we’ve tailored our programs to align with St. Patrick’s Day and […]

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Celebrating Women Writers

March 10, 2025

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. — Alice Walker Last weekend, twelve women gathered in our Library Classroom, all strangers to the others in the room. They came together for […]

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Dining with the Dillons

July 18, 2023

By Marise Redmann (Originally published in 2023 Door County Go! Guide) A life well-lived is even better when it involves great food. For couples, it can also be a shared bond. Gabrielle and AJ Dillon, for instance, who share both a life and a love of great food. Gabrielle is a photographer and political science […]

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DC MUSIC NEWS

A Message from Jim Berkenstock

December 23, 2024

December 22, 2024 I often get asked, “When you started Midsummer’s Music nearly 35 years ago, did you dream that it would grow into what it is today?” The short answer is no. But what we quickly saw was that it had a profound impact on many people. Carefully nurturing that impact over the years […]

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October 18, 2023

February 6, 1934 – October 3, 2023 Jean Wideroe Berkenstock, 89, passed away with her husband at her side on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL. She is survived by her husband of nearly 50 years, James Turner Berkenstock, a daughter, Nina Swanson, a stepson, Paul Berkenstock, grandchildren Jake Hoogheem, Keven […]

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NOTEBOOK: DOOR COUNTY IN SEPTEMBER

September 18, 2023

September 18, 2023 By Norbert Blei Working in a converted chicken coop north of Ellison Bay, for 40+ years writer Norbert Blei (8/23/1935 – 4/23/2013) chronicled Door County through the lives of its inhabitants. A revised edition of DOOR WAY: The People in the Landscape, the first book in Blei’s “Door Series,” was published August […]

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