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Dorothy Scott and Carole King, You’ve Got a Friend… VIDEO

Posted on 03. Nov, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.

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Celebrating our 9th Birthday with new media…

Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.

It was 9 years ago today that the Door County Compass was first launched from the offices of DesignWise Studios in Baileys Harbor. Much has changed while some things have remained the same. Our mission continues unchanged… to promote Door County by reaching out to the kinds of people who appreciate its natural beauty and [...]

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“Catharsis”

Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by Tom Bridenhagen.

Tom Bridenhagen was born and raised in Sturgeon Bay and now resides in Manitowoc with Bonnie, his wife of more than 40 years. He has written two unpublished books and writes numerous articles, poems and short stories, many of which we are proud to present here on a regular basis.

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Hardy Appoints Meissner-Gigstead as Executive Director

Posted on 27. Oct, 2008 by Staff Reporter.

EPHRAIM, WI – The Francis Hardy Center for the Arts, a nonprofit arts organization in Ephraim, is pleased to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Meissner-Gigstead, acting interim director since July, as the Hardy’s new executive director. Meissner-Gigstead, who takes the helm beginning November 1, 2008, succeeds Jan Comstock, who resigned in June. Pamela Lecy, president [...]

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Greg Vinkler Heading to Broadway in Revival of West Side Story

Posted on 02. Oct, 2008 by Staff Reporter.

FISH CREEK, WI – Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, celebrated the news that its Artistic Director, Greg Vinkler has been cast in the forthcoming Broadway revival of West Side Story, which first opened on Broadway in 1957. Arthur Laurents, who recently directed Patti LaPone in the revival of Gypsy,will direct the [...]

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Sister Mean Genes and the Fly

Posted on 28. Sep, 2008 by Tom Bridenhagen.

Today, while I was watching some coverage of the presidential candidates, I got the impression that the modern methods, frequently used by the national news media, for dealing with critters that don’t especially agree them should be known by such initials as “bdsm” or “CNN.” How different from the way adults used to deal with [...]

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“I Yam” by Tom Bridenhagen

Posted on 24. Sep, 2008 by Tom Bridenhagen.

Recently I had the good (or bad, depending on your viewpoint) fortune to attend a birthday party for an old friend. As part of the festivities, we were forced to play one of those party games, “If you were a vegetable, what kind would you be and why?” After profoundly meditating on the situation for [...]

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Portraits, Living Art and Mythological Paintings by Soirsce next at UU Gallery, Oct 5

Posted on 24. Sep, 2008 by Meg Vermillion.

EPHRAIM, WI – A youthful and inquisitively talented artist, Soirsce Kastner credits Carol Sills for awakening her to reflective painting through “story telling.” At the age of eleven she enrolled in a Sills class at the Peninsula Art School. The assignment was to “hear a folk story and then paint an artistic impression.” From this [...]

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Peninsula Players Appoints Four New Board Members

Posted on 11. Sep, 2008 by Staff Reporter.

FISH CREEK, WI – Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, announced the appointment of David Hawkanson, Jill Herlache, Douglas MacNeil and Sara Massey to its Board of Directors. “With the addition of these four new board members, the Players are poised to continue their excellent tradition of overseeing the successful operations of [...]

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The Old Timers Fishing Club

Posted on 09. Sep, 2008 by Tom Bridenhagen.

This past weekend my wife and I had the pleasure of attending the fall outing of our Old Timers Fishing Club. I guess there are several ways you could describe us. The words “motley crew” come to mind. Or, perhaps we could more aptly be called a rag tag bunch of older men and women [...]

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