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 […]
Gathering Ground Announces 2022 Internship Program
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 […]
Tickets Now Available for Gathering Ground’s 3rd Annual “Dinner in the Vineyard”
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 […]
Farm and Field Bike Tour on Washington Island
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 […]
Sól Grass Music Festival Debuts June 25-26 on Washington Island
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 […]
Laura Sawosko Serenades Us ‘Home’
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 […]
Washington Island and Thorstein Veblen
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 […]
A Weekend Trip to Washington Island
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 […]
Washington Island’s Stavkirke: How a Small Island Community Came Together and Built a Dream
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 […]
Julian Hagen at Woodwalk Concert Series on August 31
Julian Hagen, Door County’s well loved Washington Island musician performs at Woodwalk Concert Series on Aug 31 at 7 pm. Hagen comes from five generations of Islanders who have made music an important part of their daily lives. Hagen says, “Spending nearly forty years playing, writing, performing and producing music, I can confidently say that there will […]
