Ephraim, Wis. (June 7, 2024) – The Ephraim Business Council is excited to bring back another season of fun Monday evenings this summer from June 17 to August 26. From 3:30pm to 6:30pm, visit the open grass lots adjacent to the Red Putter in north Ephraim for Bondemarked, which is Norwegian for farmers market. After […]
Kick off the Summer Season at the 59th Annual Fyr Bal: Spring into Summer Festival
Ephraim, Wis. (June 3, 2024) – Welcome the sunny days of summer at the 59th annual Fyr Bal (pronounced “feer ball”) festival, presented by the Ephraim Business Council. The event will be held throughout the Village of Ephraim on Saturday, June 15, 2024. The day starts off with a yoga class at Anderson Dock sponsored […]
New Colin & Friends’ Performances on Sunday, May 19 at 2pm & 4:30pm
Ephraim, Wis. (May 15, 2024) – Spring has sprung in Door County, time to celebrate the warmer smiles and sunshine with a fun-filled and free concert of great music with Colin & Friends. This Sunday, May 19, celebrated conductor and organist Colin Welford will be joined by two popular ‘return guest’ singers, Tenor Scott Ramsay […]
Fun-Filled Free Concerts on the Unlikely Theme of ‘Death & Taxes’!
Ephraim, Wis. (April 12, 2024) – Get those taxes in…and then get over to ‘Colin & Friends’ hilarious “Death & Taxes” themed concerts this Sunday, April 14 at Ephraim Moravian Church, 9970 Moravia St. Internationally-acclaimed musician Colin Welford will be joined by beloved local actor and humorist Alan Kopischke and his guest star, Gibraltar High School […]
Colin & Friends Performs Free ‘Musical March Madness’ Concerts on March 17-18
Ephraim, Wis. (March 15, 2024) — Colin & Friends Concerts is hosting a new series of free musical events on Sunday, March 17 and Monday, March 18 at 2:00 pm (both days) at Ephraim Moravian Church, 9970 Moravia Street. Celebrated British conductor and organist Colin Welford will be joined by Chicago flutist Janice MacDonald to […]
Crisis at the Ephraim Schoolhouse
January 2024 | Volume 5, Issue 1 By Kathleen Harris In the spring of 1949, Helen Hoeppner Sohns could not have imagined the consequences of her phone call to Warren Davis. Sohns was a long-time teacher at Ephraim School. Davis was a friend and summer resident who had become part of the fabric of Ephraim over many decades. […]
Oscar Wilson and the Giant Candy Cane
By Kathleen Harris, Ephraim Historical Foundation, ephraim.org According to Wilson family lore, one long ago Christmas Oscar Wilson (1871-1948) decided to surprise the village children by hanging a giant candy cane in the Moravian Church. Uncle “Oc,” as he was known, was a candy maker by trade who had come from Milwaukee to to Ephraim in 1906 […]
Ephraim’s Orphan Train Daughter
Pictured far left is Margaret Louise Anderson and possibly her daughter, Betty. Matilda “Tillie” Valentine, proprieter of the Anderson Hotel (today’s condominums on Moravia Street), stands right. Tillie and her husband, Adolph Anderson, adopted Louise in 1915. Louise arrived in Green Bay by Orphan Train. Organizations like the Children’s Aid Society created the Orphan Train Movement because there were no labor […]
The Hardy Gallery’s 12th Annual Holiday Online Auction Fundraiser
Ephraim, Wis. (November 14, 2023)—The Hardy Gallery is excited to announce its 12th Annual Holiday Online Auction, which will start on Sunday, November 19 at 12 p.m. Central Time and will run until Sunday, November 26 at 8 p.m. Central Time. The auction features a wide array of unique gifts generously donated by Door County […]
Santa’s Coming to Town for Ephraim’s Christmas in the Village on Dec. 2
Ephraim, Wis. (November 9, 2023) – Celebrate the holiday season at the Ephraim Business Council’s annual Christmas in the Village event on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Throughout the day, participate in the Spot the Snowmen activity by visiting festive open houses at participating businesses: Ephraim Historical Foundation’s Anderson Store, Cultured, Eagle Harbor Inn, Ephraim Library, […]
