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OMG Door County Ski Trails Back in Great Shape… as of Friday, Mar 25
Posted on 25. Mar, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
All winter long… and I do mean long, Janelle Peotter has been providing us with weekly ski trail reports published in our “sister” publication: WinterInDoorCounty.com and we thought we had seen the last of her and winter until Tuesday. This is a great time to thank Janelle and the Door County Silent Sports Alliance for [...]
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Jane Austen’s Novel, Pride and Prejudice to be Staged by Door Shakespeare this Summer
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and along with her other work, has inspired the creation of an international Jane Austen Society. Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan’s stage adaptation of the novel is adding to the popularity of the classic story. The play was originally created it for [...]
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I’m an Egg Harbor Dog Searching Door County for a Little Puppy Love
Posted on 21. Mar, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
My name is Rover and I’m really busy just being an Egg Harbor dog but, I have a plan to create a dog park for me and all my furry friends. My days are pretty jammed but, even with my busy schedule, I do have time to play. Unfortunately, I don’t have a place to [...]
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Thank Governor Walker and his Supporters for Devastating Funding for the Arts In Wisconsin and Locally
Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
Governor Walker’s budget proposal will cut state funding for the arts by 73%, eliminate the Wisconsin Arts Board (WAB) as a state agency, transfer its four remaining staff members to staff a program within the Department of Tourism and count the remaining funds associated with the arts under the column of Marketing. In a recent [...]
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Tickets on Sale for Mason Jennings and Elephant Revival at DCA, May 7
Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
Mason Jennings, with special guest Elephant Revival, will be appearing in the first show of the Door Community Auditorium’s 2011 Summer Mainstage season on Saturday, May 7, at 7 pm. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mason Jennings is an American pop/folk singer-songwriter. He began playing guitar and writing songs at age thirteen and eventually moved to [...]
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Response to Rep. Garey Bies’ Support for the Walker Plan: 8 Other Reasons Why We Want to Kill the Bill!
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
Blowing away the smoke and removing the mirrors to reveal the fine-print legislation contained within Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Senate Bill 11. Sometimes we get blinded, galvanized or divided by single-issue campaigns. Using threats against public workers’ bargaining rights appears to be a distracting ploy designed to mask a number of other much larger issues. [...]
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VIDEO: Door County Speaks Out to WI Assembly Rep. Garey Bies on Union Busting
Posted on 27. Feb, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
About a hundred demonstrators gathered in Sturgeon Bay on Friday, February 25, 2011 mostly moms, teachers, kids and only a handful of the usual “activists.” They symbolically joined with other union members demonstrating on bridges across the Nation. Both the historic Steel Bridge and the newer Oak Street bridge in downtown Sturgeon Bay had sign-waving [...]
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One Dog Night, Mark Paffrath Returns to Door County for DCA Coffeehouse Concert, Mar 5
Posted on 22. Feb, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
The fifth and final concert in the Door Community Auditorium’s Fireside Coffeehouse Concert Series features Mark Paffrath, a well-known and much-loved former member of one of Door County’s favorite bands. The sweet vocal tones of Mark Paffrath will once again be heard in Fish Creek on Saturday, March 5 at 7 pm. Mark is not [...]
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Myrna Leigh Cohn Paintings and Prints Featured in Northern Door Y Exhibition
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
More than a dozen paintings and prints are now on display in a one-person exhibit at the Northern Door Y Program Center in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Baileys Harbor painter, writer and former corporate management consultant, Myrna Leigh Cohn discovered the artistic and creative half of her brain later in life. More than a dozen years [...]
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Tickets On Sale for Shipwreck Survivor Dennis Hale’s April Speaking Program
Posted on 17. Feb, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
Dennis Hale, author of his recently released autobiography “Shipwrecked: Reflections of the Sole Survivor,” will speak at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay at 7 pm on Saturday, April 2, recounting one of the most remarkable shipwreck survival sagas of the Great Lakes. It will be the final presentation in the Maritime Museum’s [...]





