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Terese Allen to be Featured at Dinner in the Vineyard on Washington Island

July 11, 2022 by Laurel Ciohon

Washington Island, Wis. (July 11, 2022) – Chef and writer, Terese Allen, will be featured chef at Gathering Ground’s 4th annual fundraiser, Dinner in the Vineyard, which will be held on July 29, 2022 on Washington Island. The dinner, set among the vines at Gathering Ground, is a celebration of local flavors and artisans and […]

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Sól Grass Music Festival June 17 & 18, 2022

January 10, 2022 by Laurel Ciohon

Washington Island, Wis. (January 10, 2022) – BackRoads Events presents the 2nd Annual Sól Grass Music Festival. The two day bluegrass festival will be held on June 17&18, 2022 at the Washington Island Campground 745 East Side Road, Washington Island, WI. Washington Island is the perfect place for festival goers to enjoy a taste of […]

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Gathering Ground Announces 2022 Internship Program

January 5, 2022 by Laurel Ciohon

Washington Island, Wis. (December 5, 2022) – Gathering Ground is now accepting applications for its 2022 summer internship program, a work-learn-live experience on regenerative agriculture and ecological living on Washington Island, Wisconsin. The program is for young adults 18 to 27 with an interest in environmental studies, organic and regenerative agriculture, food justice, conservation, and communal […]

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Tickets Now Available for Gathering Ground’s 3rd Annual “Dinner in the Vineyard”

July 30, 2021 by Laurel Ciohon

Washington Island, Wis. (July 30, 2021) – Gathering Ground has announced that its third annual fundraiser, “Dinner in the Vineyard,” will take place on Sunday, September 12 on Washington Island. The event offers the opportunity to enjoy a five-course dinner and drinks from top local chefs, bartenders, breweries and wineries, featuring local, seasonal ingredients in […]

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Farm and Field Bike Tour on Washington Island

June 7, 2021 by Laurel Ciohon

Washington Island, Wis. (June 7, 2021) – Mark your calendars for Washington Island’s Farm and Field Bike Tour on June 27! There is a $35 registration for adults and $15 for kids 12-4. Under age 4 are free. Registration is day-of from 8:30-9:30 and a waiver must be signed to ride. Click here to buy tickets. Route […]

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Sól Grass Music Festival Debuts June 25-26 on Washington Island

March 8, 2021 by Laurel Ciohon

Washington Island, Wis. (March 8, 2021) – BackRoads Events presents the ‘second’ 1st Annual Sól Grass Music Festival. The two day bluegrass festival will be held on June 25-26, 2021 at the Washington Island Campground, 745 East Side Road, Washington Island, WI. Washington Island is the perfect place for festival goers to enjoy a taste […]

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Laura Sawosko Serenades Us ‘Home’

March 26, 2020 by Laurel Ciohon

By Laurel Ciohon In the midst of the chaos that is Covid-19, many of us are looking for a glimpse of positivity anywhere we can find it, whether it’s neighbors helping neighbors with grocery shopping, uplifting photos on social media of how people are spending their time in quarantine, watching a happy movie, or Facetiming […]

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Washington Island and Thorstein Veblen

October 15, 2019 by Laurel Ciohon

From 1896 to 1926, the world famous Economist Thorstein Veblen spent his summers on Washington Island. In 1916 he built a study cabin and a home for his wife and two step daughters. The study cabin has been moved and is being restored on the shore of Little Lake. The Washington Island Heritage Conservancy is […]

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A Weekend Trip to Washington Island

September 20, 2019 by Laurel Ciohon

By Laurel Ciohon Having grown up on Door County’s ‘mainland,’ Washington Island was always a mysterious place to me. I traveled there once or twice throughout my life, but never for more than a few hours. As some city dwellers tend to view Door County’s mainland just as skeptically as I viewed Door County’s northern-most […]

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Washington Island’s Stavkirke: How a Small Island Community Came Together and Built a Dream

June 13, 2019 by Laurel Ciohon

By Jude Genereaux It is fitting that “STAVKIRKE, The story of Washington Island’s Norwegian Replica”, comes to us from the pen of Dick Purinton, one of Washington Island’s finest writers and keeper of island history. Purinton’s fresh-off-the-press collection takes us through the inspiration for and construction of the uniquely beautiful Stavkirke, translated “stave church” and […]

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