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Peninsula Player’s 84th Season Opens June 18

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Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s Oldest Professional Resident Summer Theatre and Door County’s theatrical icon, is thrilled to announce the artistic company for its 84th season, running June 18 through October 20, 2019.  Nestled along Door County, Wisconsin’s scenic shore, the award-winning acting company of Peninsula Players has been enthralling generations of audiences in its 600-plus seat, all-weather […]

PenArt Exhibition offers New Perspective on Landscape Painting

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Peninsula School of Art’s (PenArt) newest exhibition Magic Landscapes: Contemporary Landscape Painting opens May 24th and runs through July 13th, 2019 at PenArt’s Guenzel Gallery, 3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, Wisconsin. The exhibition feature works by seven nationally recognized artists – many with ties to Wisconsin. Drawing on the aesthetics of the Magic Realism movement […]

DCA Season Features Lyle Lovett, The Righteous Brothers, Mavis Staples, Rosanne Cash, Amos Lee, Jake Shimabukuro, and More

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Door Community Auditorium (DCA) is pleased to announce its 2019 performance schedule, featuring a diverse array of performers that includes Lyle Lovett, The Righteous Brothers, Mavis Staples, Rosanne Cash, Amos Lee, Jake Shimabukuro, and more. DCA Executive Director Cari Lewis says the words that best describe this season are “eclectic, exciting, and extensive.” “It’s a […]

2019 Door County Plein Air Festival: July 21-27, 2019

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The Door County Plein Air Festival, presented by Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek, reliably celebrates the tradition of outdoor painting with some of the finest painters from Door County and across the U.S. Widely considered the Midwest’s premier outdoor painting event, this year’s Plein Air Festival will provide 39 artists with the opportunity to put brush to canvas, […]

Door County Honored with Three Awards at Wisconsin Governor’s Tourism Conference

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Door County recipients were honored with three awards during the Governor’s Tourism Awards Banquet at the Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Tourism on March 19, 2019. Each year Wisconsin’s tourism industry honors five Governor’s Tourism Awards recipients at the Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Tourism. This year, there were 45 nominees in five different categories. The event […]

Singer-Songwriter Susan Gibson to Perform at White Gull Inn

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Singer-songwriter Susan Gibson will be featured in concert at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek on Weds., March 27. Tickets for the 8 pm concert are $22. A Minnesota native, Gibson is a Wimberley, TX-based singer-songwriter who has released four solo albums and regularly performs throughout the country. Gibson was the lead singer for the […]

Historic Structure Report to be Completed for Eagle Bluff Light Station

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The Door County Historical Society renewed their 1960 commitment to preserve Eagle Bluff Light Station, located in Peninsula State Park, by commissioning a Historic Structure Report (HSR). The Jeffris Family Foundation, located in Janesville, Wisconsin, awarded a Historic Structure Report grant for the Eagle Bluff Light Station. The lead gift consists of a 50 percent […]

Ghostly Tales Slated for March 4 Play Reading Series

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Peninsula Players Theatre presents a reading of “Tales of Men and Ghosts” a new play adapted by Steve Pickering from stories by Edith Wharton. “Tales of Men and Ghosts” will be performed March 4 at 7 p.m. at Björklunden, located at 7590 Boynton Lane, Baileys Harbor. “Tales of Men and Ghosts” is part of the Peninsula […]