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2 • FALL GREETINGS FROM DOOR COUNTY Door County Publishing • September 3, 2010

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THIS YOUNG LADY decorates her balloon during a recent Harvest Festival in Sturgeon Bay, which takes place this year Sept. 18. For more on this and other autumnal celebrations in Door County, see the story on Page 6.

Donna Pliner of Pittsville won a Door County Gift Package when her entry was drawn in a contest that appeared May 2 in the “Spring Greetings from Door County” section.

Winners of a one-year subscription to Door County Magazine were Bruce Ked-rowski of Plover and Bonnie Quimby of Stevens Point.

An entry blank for a new contest, also with a Door County Gift Pacakge as the grand prize, is on Page 4 of this publication.

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CONTENTS:Door County truth or myth ............................ 3Galleries busy in autumn .............................. 4Fall festivals ................................................ 6The wineries of the Peninsula ........................ 8Calendar of events .................................... 10

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FALL GREETINGS FROM DOOR COUNTY • 3September 3, 2010 • Door County Publishing

Oi ver the years, Door County has attracted numerous labels and made claims which have attempted to enhance its reputation

as a one-of-a-kind tourist destination.Some are fact and others myth. Yes, for better or

worse, some don’t necessarily hold water, but one of Door County’s long-held contentions has not sprung a leak.

• Door County has more shoreline than any other county in the United States.

By all accounts, that appears to be a fact. According to Jon Jarosh, director of communications and public relations for the Door County Visitors Bureau, the most recent U.S. Geological Survey mapping indicates the county has as much as 310 miles of shoreline. That’s significantly more than the 250 miles which had been used for decades in the county’s promotional mate-rial.

Contributing to that, according to Jarosh, is the county’s significant number of islands. Jarosh puts the number of islands at 42, of which 34 are officially named.

Door County has not laid claim to having the most islands of any county in the country, but it’s hard to imagine any of the remaining 3,140 counties in the country with that many. Let’s put a claim on that one and see if it sticks. Years in journalism have taught me, you’ll eventually find out if you’re wrong even if you aren’t.

This brings us to the next claim:• Door County has more lighthouses than any other

county in the country.That, my friend, is a myth. One of Door County’s

longest held pieces of promotional scripture has been inaccurate all along. After all, they don’t build many

new lighthouses these days, so the folks in Suf-folk County on Long Is-land, New York, deserve the title. To the Door Coun-ty Visitor Bureau’s credit, they packed up that tent a while ago and went home.

By my count, Suffolk has 15 existing lighthouses to the 11 which grace Door County’s shoreline. And, no, a range light does not count as two. Even if it did, tossing in one more each for the Baileys Harbor and Plum Island lights isn’t enough.

As one insistent writer on an Internet chat page responded to another pleading Door County’s case: “15 is still more than 14.”

Most importantly, it doesn’t diminish Door County’s remarkable collection of lights.

“Door County has the most lighthouses of any county on the Great Lakes,” said Jarosh. And as has also been promoted, “Door County has the most light-houses in the country – except for one.” As far as I can tell, Avis — No. 2 but trying harder, remember — is still in business.

Finally ...• Door County is the Cape Cod of the Midwest.This may be the most popular promotional tag ever

associated with Door County. Trying to determine if it is fact or fiction is nearly impossible, since it’s subjec-tive. Besides, you have to travel to both locations to qualify to cast a vote. I have and, frankly, don’t see a lot of similarities. Cape Cod would do itself well to profess to being the “Door County of the East Coast.”

I’m prejudiced, but two recent encounters support that contention. I recently talked with a couple from Massachusetts making their first trip to Door County. They had heard of the comparison and it was one of the reasons for the trip.

“(Door County) is nothing like Cape Cod,” they told me. “It’s much prettier.”

It sparked the memory of an interview I did with for-mer Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman, a Boston native who spent a fair share of time on the Cape.

“If you ever want someone to work for the Door County Visitor Bureau, my parents, who have been liv-ing on the Cape for 25 years, would say Door County does not take a back seat to Cape Cod in any way,” Sherman told me in 2005. “They think the county is much prettier, less populated and more natural.”

I rest my case. It’s a myth.• Oh, yes, then there’s the one about Door County

being Wisconsin’s Cherryland. That’s a fact. I haven’t heard of any big orchards

going up in Rock, Shawano or Dane counties.

Fact or myth? T he truth about the DoorSome of the many claims attributed to Door County

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Di oor County is con-sidered a seasonal arts haven by many

who spend summer days perusing artworks at the dozens of galler-ies, museums and artist studios across the Peninsula.

But a number of these galleries stay open at least through Octo-ber, several with new exhibits in place or on the way.

What follows is but a small list of galleries one can check out in the fall. For comprehensive list-ings, go to www.doorcountyad-vocate.com, click on the arts and entertainment link, then click on the “Wherefore Art” link.

• The Guenzel Gallery at the Peninsula School of Art is showing “The Book as Sculpture” through Sept. 25.

The exhibit brings together the works of sculptors from throughout the United States to explore the contrasting styles of this three-dimensional art form. Me-lissa Jay Craig’s 50-foot-long installa-tion displays the art in grand scale, while the delicate jewelry of Francesca Vitali offers possibilities in the smallest applications. The “book autopsies” of Brian Dettmer carve through the con-tent within, while Michael Stilkey paints the outer spines. Andrew Hayes’ sleek,

contemporary sculptures are a sharp contrast to Thomas Allen’s pulp fiction vignettes.

Peninsula School of Art is at 3900 County F, Fish Creek. Regular hours are from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. For more information, call 920-868-3455 or go to www.peninsulaartschool.com.

• Open year-round, the Miller Art Museum continues its 35th anniversary celebration with a theme exhibit, “Stur-geon Bay: Past and Present,” which runs through Nov. 9.

The invita-tional exhib-it features a large group of artists who were asked to choose and create their own way of interpreting the title.

The inspiration came from local art-ists Mary Bosman and Aaron Holland, who thought many artists would be in-terested in participating in a show with such a theme. They were right — 36 artists responded, from as near as Door County and as far away as West Bend and Plymouth.

“Sturgeon Bay has every possible subject for the painter,” Bosman said. “Buildings and churches with character, orchards, farms, wildflowers, bridges, the bay, state and local parks, the lake and its beaches, sunsets, freighters and sailboats.”

Given to Door County by Ruth and Gerhard Miller in 1975, the Miller fea-tures changing exhibitions as well as works from the permanent collection, including the late Gerhard Miller’s wa-

tercolor and egg tempera paintings.

“Sturgeon Bay: Past and Present” runs through Nov. 9 at the Miller Art Museum, in-side Door County Library, 107 S. Fourth Ave., Stur-geon Bay. Hours are from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays and 10-5 Tues-days-Saturdays. Admission is free, and the musuem is handicapped ac-cessible. For more information, call 920-746-0707 or go to www.millerartmuseum.org.

• The Hardy Gallery’s final ex-hibit of its 2010 season is “Dimen-sion in Door Coun-

ty: Form Transcending Function.”The exhibit will feature three-dimen-

sional work by 17 Door and Kewaunee County sculptors and craftsmen. It is one of the first solely three-dimensional shows in recent gallery history.

Participating artists are metal sculp-tor Robert Anderson, furniture builder Michael Beaster, glass artist Deanna Clayton, bronze artist Patty Degen-hardt, potter and clay artist John Dietrich, craftsman Michael Doerr, ceramic artist John Hansen, classi-cal sculptor Bren Sibilsky, textile art-ist Gloria Hardiman, concrete artisan Dylan Lauger, ceramic artist Chad Luberger, mixed-media artist Robert Merline, limestone sculptor Jeff Olson, glass artist Jeremy Popelka, bronze

See ‘ARTS,’ Page 5

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‘NEW MODERN MAJOR Medical Counselor” by Brian Dettmer, part of “The Book as Sculkpture” at the Peninsula School of Art.

‘A RAINY DAY’ by Aaron Holland, part of “Sturgeon Bay: Past and Present” at the Miller Art Museum.

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artist Jim Sargent, metalsmith Paul Spanbauer, and jewelry artists Sylvia Youell and Jen Hough.

The Hardy is on historic Anderson Dock in Ephraim. It is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For more informa-tion, call 920-854-2210 or visit www.thehardy.org.

• The Link Gallery, which literally links Gibraltar School with Door Com-munity Auditorium in Fish Creek, will host the 24th annual Juried Exhibit for the Door County Art League from Sept. 9-Oct. 12.

This show features the best works by DCAL members, who number close to 300 and cover a huge range of media and styles.

Also, the opening reception, from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, will see Em-mett Johns named Door County Master Artist for his art and community involve-ment in promoting art. Three Awards of Excellence, six Honorable mentions and a People’s Choice award for the juried exhibit will be announced at the reception.

The Link and Door Community Au-ditorium art at 3926 State 42, Fish Creek. Hours are during regular audi-torium box office hours: noon-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and noon-showtime on show dates. For more information, call 920-868-2728 or visit www.dcauditorium.org.

• Speaking of the art league, it has its own gallery which has a weekly ro-tation of featured member artists.

The Gallery of the Door County Art League is open through Oct. 12. It is located in the Top of the Hill Shops, State 42 and County F, Fish Creek. For more information, call 920-868-2288 or go to www.doorcountyartleague.org.

• Well-known abstract painter Mara-gret Lockwood’s Woodwalk Gallery is currently showing its third exhibit of the season, “Within the Surface,” through Oct. 12.

In this show, the work of painters Nan Helscher and Tom Sargeant and ceramic artist Simon Levin invites view-ers to consider the depths of texture and line expressed in the works of

each artist. The artists invite viewers to think about the depths of surfaces — Where does the surface start and stop, begin and end? What is texture and what is body? What is revealed and what is obvious?

“Within the Surface” runs through Oct. 10 at Woodwalk Gallery, 6746 County G, one-half mile northwest of State 42, five miles south of Egg Har-bor. The gallery is open through Oct. 31. Regular gallery hours are from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For more infor-mation, call 920-868-2912 or go to www.woodwalkgallery.com.

• In its 40th season, Edgewood Or-chard Galleries currently has its Exhibit IV up, featuring the artwork of paint-ers Gretchen Klug, George Shipperley and Rozanne Hubbard; glass artist Mark Sudduth; and jeweler Regina Im-bsweiler through Sept. 21.

Then, Edgewood puts on its now-traditional final exhibit of the season, “Gifts From the Heart,” from Sept. 25-Oct. 31. It features artwork especially good for gift-giving, and the main gallery will offer nocturnal interpreta-tions by participating artists in “Into the Night.” The season closes with a reception from 1-5 p.m. Oct. 31.

Edgewood Orchard Galleries is at 4140 Peninsula Players Road, two blocks east of State 42, between Egg

Harbor and Fish Creek. It is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For more information, call 920-868-3579 or

go to www.edgewoodorchard.com.• Fine Line Designs Gallery holds

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a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, and 10-4 Sun-day, Oct. 5.

More than 5,000 people attend this jur-ied fair, which features the work of more than 85 professional artists from across the Mid-west, rain or shine in tents on the grounds. Paintings, photogra-phy, glass art, pottery, metal sculpture, wood-working and fiber art are among the genres to be seen.

Fine Line is at 10376 State 42, on the north side of Ephraim. It is open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays Satur-days and 10-5 Sun-

days through December, then on weekends until May. For more infor-mation, call 920-854-4343 or go to www.finelinedesignsgallery.com.

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‘DIZZY’ by furniture maker Michael Beaster, part of “Dimension in Door County: Form Transcending Function” at the Hardy Gallery.

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There’s no shortage of fall festivals to keep visi-tors busy over the next month throughout Door County.

• The Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center will host its an-nual citywide Harvest Festival and Harvest Moon Celebra-tion Saturday, Sept. 18.

Downtown Third Avenue will be filled with a car show and art and craft vendors dur-ing the day. There’s also plen-ty of children’s activities and a meet-and-greet with retired racing greyhounds.

Live music during the day will include Inkapirka, light rockers Hot Off the Grill and country band Centerline. Area nonprofit organizations and vendors will sell brats, burgers, booyah, chili, steak sandwiches, Italian sausages, pulled pork, walking tacos, roast corn, kettle korn and beverages.

Then, from 5-9 p.m., the Harvest Moon Celebration will take place outside the Ladder House bar and grill, 36 S. Third Ave. It will feature an evening of entertainment and dancing, with more food and beverages available.

Taking place simultaneously in Sturgeon Bay is the 10th annual Street Art Auction, where 19 eight-foot-

long sturgeons painted and artistically decorated by area artists go on the auction block at 6 p.m. the sturgeon have been on display at locations in down-town Sturgeon Bay throughout in summer. During

the day, visitors can check out the sturgeons and take part in “Chalk the Walk,” a community art event.

For more information, call 1-800-301-6695 or go to www.sturgeonbay.net.

• Also taking place Sept. 18 is Autumn Fest, Bai-leys Harbor’s traditional celebration of the season.

Autumn Fest offers an arts and crafts show, live mu-sic, a raffle, bratwurst and hot dogs (among other

concessions) and more in a smaller hometown type of festival. For more informa-tion, call 920-839-2366 or go to www.baileyshar-bor.com.

• Orchard Country Win-ery holds its Fall Harvest Fest from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25.

The family-fun festival of-fers tours of the winery and grounds, free wine and beer tastings, live music, horse-drawn wagon rides and activities for the chil-dren such as face painting, pumpkin painting, pump-kin bowling and inflatable games. Visitors can pick their own apples from the trees and shop for baked goods. Food will be avail-able.

Orchard Country is at 9197 State 42, Fish Creek.

For more information, call 1-866-946-3263 or go to www.orchardcountry.com.

See ‘FESTIVALS,’ Page 7

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• One of the largest festivals all year in Door Coun-ty is Egg Harbor Pumpkin Patch, taking place Satur-day and Sunday, Oct. 9-10.

Pumpkins are celebrated here, of course, but the festival offers much more, starting with a large arts and crafts fair from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. both days.

Live entertainment is provided by classic hits group Deja Vu from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, a Jimmy Buf-fett tribute band from 2:30-5:30 Saturday and two incarnations Sunday of popular R&B group Big Mouth: the Big Mouth Quartet plays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., then it’s joined by the Power Tool Horns for a set from 1:30-4:30.

Other live entertainment, this for the younger set, features storyteller Carol Johnson from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. both days and children’s musician Randy Peterson, performing from 11-1 Sunday. Youngsters also can get their faces painted from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. both days and jump around in the Badger Bouncer inflatable games from 9-5 both days.

The older kids at the event can challenge their skills in a Best Putt contest, held form 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and bid for items in a silent auction from 9-4:30 Saturday.

Restaurants in Egg Harbor will be open, and street vendors are offering brats, roasted sweet corn, caramel apple sun-daes, chili, turkey legs and more.

For more information, call 920-868-3717 or go to www.eggharbordoorcoun-ty.org.

• The Washington Island Farm Museum hosts its annual Fall Fun Fest and Cider Party Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-10.

Those making the trek to the Island can squeeze their own cider and make their own caramel apples, using the museum’s private caramel recipe.

Visitors also can tour the authentic Icelandic farm

home and buildings filled with original tools and equipment, including the blacksmith shop, where demonstrations will take place. Fire grilled bratwursts and bowls of chili are available.

Also taking place Oct. 9 on the Island is its fire department’s open house and raffle, with live fireman demonstrations, and the farm museum’s Fall Harvest Dinner.

The open house runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with the raffle at 3. The dinner, featuring turkey, is served by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, and reservations are required.

The farm museum is located at Air-port and Jackson Harbor roads, and the firehouse is at Airport and Town-

line roads. For more information, call 847-2179 or go to www.washingtonisland-wi.com. For schedules and information on ferry service to the Island, contact the Island Clipper at 854-2972 (passengers only) or Washington Island Ferry Line at 1-800-223-2094 or www.wisferry.com.

• Wrapping up the season of autumn and harvest festivities is the granddaddy of them all, Sister Bay’s Fall Fest, this year celebrating its 65th anniversary Friday through Sunday, Oct. 15-17.

What began as a celebration and reward for Door County tourist workers after a busy season has evolved into one of the largest weekend celebrations on the Peninsula.

As with many of the other fall festivals in Door County, Fall Fest features an arts and crafts fair, live entertainment, food and other concessions and chil-dren’s fun and games.

But two highlights make this festival stand out: a parade at 11 a.m. Saturday; and one of the fest’s oldest traditions — the famed pingpong ball launch, which takes place Sunday afternoon. Ten thousand pingpong balls are fired into the air for spectators to catch or retrieve, with one in 10 good for a prize from a participating Sister Bay business.

For more information, call 920-854-2812 or go to www.sisterbaytourism.com.

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THESE RED HATTERS get into the spirit of the parade (left) at last year’s Fall Fest parade in Sister Bay, while others wait for, and try to catch, thousands of white objects that aren’t snowflakes to fall from the sky at the Fall Fest pingpong ball launch (below left).

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Li ocally produced wines are nothing new on the Door Peninsula, which was home to two Door County wineries

by the 1980s. These businesses tapped into Cherryland fervor by producing Montmorency cherry wine, and the association between fruit wine and the Door remains powerful.

But it’s no longer the whole story. Five win-eries now operate in Door County, and they aren’t the cute mom-and-pop shops of our col-lective imagination. Today’s wineries employ talented, world-class winemakers who offer unique experiences in a distinct wine country.

A tour of Door Peninsula wineries begins in Sturgeon Bay at Red Oak Winery. Andy Wagener founded Red Oak Vineyard in 2002, bottled his first wines a year later and opened a tasting room in the city’s historic district.

Wagener said his goal is to produce pre-

mium wines using traditional processes.“We’ve finally developed our vineyard and

look forward to making an ice wine, a red wine from the Marquette grape and a new semisweet wine from the St. Pepin grape,” he said.

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Winemaker Paul Santoriello, a native of Palo Alto, Calif., worked in a dedicated wine lab and then went to world-famous E.&J. Gallo Winery in Modesto.

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Something to go with the cheeseIt’s not just cherry any more, as Door County vintners produce grape wines, blends and varietals — By Heather Steinberger, for Door County Magazine

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Santoriello came to Door County for one simple reason — it fascinated him.

“I wanted the chance to do something different — to grow grapes in Wiscon-sin, make a sustainable Wisconsin grape wine and make the best fruit wines on the market,” he said.

This year, Santoriello has crafted three new wines: Plum Loco, a plum-cherry blend; Sweet Survivor, with do-nations benefiting Door CANcer; and Chaos Red, a cherry, red grape and plum blend. The winery also is plant-ing new grape varieties each year from 2011 to 2015.

East of Carlsville in rural Egg Harbor is Simon Creek Winery. Founded by Tim Lawrie, Lance Nelson and Tom Payette in 2003, it features an 11,000-square-foot facility and 30-acre vine-yard, among the Midwest’s largest. Payette, Simon Creek’s winemaker, was named the 1999 Winemaker of the Year by Vineyard and Winery Man-agement magazine.

The winery produces a mix of tradi-tional grape wines, as well as semi-tra-ditional fruit wines such as Door County Cherry and Door County Apple, and it currently cultivates 25 acres.

“We have 22 different varieties of French/American hybrids,” Lawrie said, “and we’re producing wine from our own grapes for the second year.”

“We buy all our vines from a vineyard in upstate New York, and originally we

were told we couldn’t grow grapes due to the climate and soil,” he continued, laughing. “Well, there must be pineap-ples growing out there.”

Next, east of Egg Harbor, is Stone’s Throw Winery, started by owner and wine master Russell Turco in 1997.

The winery brings in fresh, premium grapes from high-end growers in Cali-fornia and crafts its wines using tradi-tional practices. Refrigerated trucks car-

ry the high-end varietals to Door County in 33 to 36 hours.

“We try to harvest only at night, when the grapes are coolest, and then we keep trucks at harvest temperature or cooler,” Turco said. “Freshness is our absolute top concern. Within 36 hours of harvest, the grapes are in the tanks.”

Stone’s Throw has made a commit-ment to winemaking’s old ways, includ-ing replacing its stainless-steel tanks with wooden tanks and barrels custom-built in France.

“My ongoing focus is Italian-styled varietals — wines the American pub-lic hasn’t seen much of,” Turco said. “That’s what makes winemaking fun.”

Just south of Fish Creek, Lauten-bach’s Orchard Country Winery and Market, which this year is cel-ebrating the 25th year since the 100-acre family farm was converted into a

winery. Bob Lautenbach owns and runs the business, with du-aghters Carrie and Erin taking care of day-to-day operations. Jim Bowers has served as wine-maker for 19 of those. Almost 100 percent of the winemaking is done on the premises, includng bottling and labeling.

This year, Orchard Country launched a new, semi-dry white grape estate wine, Lauren Eliza-beth, named after one of Bob Lautenbach’s grandchildren. It

has released grape estate wines since 2003. Orchard Country also offers wines with apple and cherry, including its well-known Cherry Blossom.

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PAUL SANTORIELLO, winemaker at Door Peninsula Winery, checks his work.

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FROM THE VINE TO THE WEBThe wineries of Door County are open year-round, although hours vary by season in some locations. To learn more about the Door Peninsula wineries, go to:

www.redoakvineyard.comwww.dcwine.comwww.simoncreekwines.comwww.stonesthrowwinery.com.www.orchardcountry.com

AS LONG AS YOU’RE HERE ...Kewaunee County, just to the south of the Peninsula, hosts two prize-win-

ning wineries.The venerable Von Stiehl Winery, Wisconsin’s oldest, is housed in the

1868 Ahnapee Brewing Company building in Algoma. Founder Dr. Charles Stiehl opened the doors in 1967 and produced the first Door County cherry wine. Today, two-thirds of Von Stiehl’s 25-plus varieties are grape wines, supporting 40 acres of vineyard in Washington, New York and Michigan. It is run by Brad and Aric Schmiling.

Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery was founded in 2005 in Ke-waunee by husband-and-wife team Steve Johnson and Maria Milano.

The winery brings in grape juice from California’s Napa Valley, Washing-ton State and upstate New York; it also grows 10 acres of its own French hybrids, ideally suited to the regional microclimate, as well as four rows of wild grapes.

For more information, go to www.vonstiehl.com or www.parallel44.com.

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Daily through Oct. 31 — CORN MAZE, Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy, Carls-ville. Check for times. Maze runners (and walkers) help find out who kid-napped Farmer Denny. Three optional games are inside, based on find-ing specific checkpoints. About two hours; wear appropriate clothing and footwear. $7.50 ages 13 and older, $5.50 ages 6-12. 920-743-9779 or www.dairyview.com.

Sept. 8-25 — KINGDOM SO DELI-CIOUS. Door County takes a three-

week culinary tour from Southern Door to Washington Island. Celebrate foods in this exploration of locally produced food prepared by regional chefs. Visi-tors can participate in multilevel culi-nary adventures. 1-800-527-3529.

Sept. 11 — JAZZ ON JEFFERSON, Sturgeon Bay. 1-8 p.m. Live jazz on Jef-ferson Street, featuring special events in the stores plus food and beverages. 1-800-301-6695.

Sept. 11 — TASTE OF THE DOOR/

PESTO FESTO, Peninsular Research Station, Sturgeon Bay. 1-4 p.m. Many samples will be available throughout the afternoon. The “Pesto Festo” con-

test allows visitors to taste pesto reci-pes, with entries being judged. 920-746-9026.

Sept. 11 — CORN FEST, Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy, Carlsville. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Events feature a walk through the 20-acre Corn Maze, children’s games, bakery items, food, raffle and silent auction, plus corn and pie eating contests. Proceeds benefit Sunshine House, Inc., a resource for people with disabilities in Door County. 920-743-7943, Ext 204.

Sept. 12 — BELGIAN KERMISS CELEBRATION, Southern Door Fam-ily Center, 1400 County DK, Brussels. 11a.m.-4 p.m. Old-time celebration of the harvest known as the Kermiss. Authentic Belgian food for sale: trippe, booyah and Belgian pies. Belgian his-tory display, card tournament, live mu-sic, and children’s activities. 920-825-1430.

SEPT. 18 — HARVEST FESTIVAL/HAR-

VEST MOON CELEBRATION, Sturgeon Bay. Citywide celebration of autumn’s bounty featuring an art and craft show, car show, food booths, music and enter-tainment plus children’s activities. The day concludes with a Harvest Moon celebration from 5-9 p.m.

The city also has an OLD WORLD CRAFT FAIR on Jefferson Street from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and the auction of its community street art project, artist-decorated sturgeons, that evening. 1-800-302-6695.

Sept. 18 — AUTUMN FEST, Baileys Harbor. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Arts and crafts, entertainment, food. 920-839-2366.

Sept. 24-26 — INSIDE/OUTSIDE

SALE, Fish Creek. Special treats and delights. 1-800-577-1880.

Oct. 9 — SPOOKTACULAR HIKE, Peninsula State Park, Fish Creek. 5-7:30 p.m. Self-guided hike on a one-mile candlelit trail for all ages. Re-freshments. State park vehicle sticker required to enter the park. 920-868-3258.

Oct. 9-10 — PUMPKIN PATCH FESTI-VAL, Egg Harbor. Arts and crafts, rides for the kids, scarecrow and pumpkin decorations, free concerts and more. 920-868-3717.

Oct. 10 — FALL FUN FEST AND CI-DER PRESSING PARTY, Washington Is-land Farm Museum. 920-847-2179 or www.washingtonislandchamber.com.

Oct. 15-17 — FALL FESTIVAL, Sis-

ter Bay. Parade, arts and crafts, food booths, live music, pingpong ball launch. Parade 11 a.m. Saturday. 920-854-2812 through October; 920-854-2127, November-May.

Oct. 30-Nov. 1 — JACK O’LANTERN JAMBOREE, Fish Creek. Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes throughout the village during Halloween weekend. Festivities will include trick-or-treating, a pet parade and costume contest. 920-868-2316.

Nov. 7 — SOUTHERN DOOR BOOSTER CLUB ARTS and CRAFTS FAIR. Southern Door Middle School, Brussels. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 30th annual version of Door County’s largest craft

See ‘EVENTS,’ Page 11

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Nov. 19-21 — CHRISTMAS BY THE BAY, Downtown Stur-geon Bay. Starts with tree lighting on Friday night. Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, fol-lowed by children’s ac-tivities, hay rides and trolley rides. Brunch with Santa Sunday morning. 1-800-301-6695.

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ANNUAL ART FAIR, Door County YMCA, State 42/57 and Michigan Street, Stur-geon Bay. 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Displays of fine art; bid on silent auc-tion items and enjoy baked goods,

soups, sandwiches and more, while supporting the Door County YMCA Youth in Government Program. 920-743-4949.

Nov. 25 — THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, Jack-

sonport. Noon. 920-823-2075.

Nov. 27 — CAPTURE THE SPIRIT, Sister Bay. Tree lighting at Waterfront Park, St. Nick, music, art fair in Village Hall. 920-8 5 4 - 2 8 1 2 through Oc-tober; 920-8 5 4 - 2 1 2 7 , N o v e m b e r -May.

Nov. 26-27 — EGG HAR-BOR HOLLY DAYS, Egg Harbor. Old-time caroling, breakfast with Santa, horse-

drawn wagon rides, Christmas tree lighting and elf hunt for the kids. 920-868-3717.

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REALLY, REALLY SCARYWith Halloween approaching faster than one might think

— just like a creepy ghost or a good scare — Door County has no shortage of ways to find out what’s chasing after you.

First is “Ghosts! Haunted Lighthouses of the Great Lakes” at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay.

This is the third major exhibit created in-house by the mu-seum. Its intention is to be educational and fun, not haunted house-like scary. For believers and skeptics alike, it features the stories of nine haunted Great Lakes lighthouses, including three (Chambers Island, Sherwood Point and Pottawatomie on Rock Island) from Door County and the science behind the paranormal.

Several displays have interactive features and special ef-fects, such as an “ESP test” and a costume area where chil-dren can dress up like a lighthouse keeper or a keeper’s wife or child, with period dresses, hats, aprons and uniforms.

The Door County Maritime Museum is at 120 N. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay. Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Admission

is $7.50 for adults, $4 ages 5-17. For more information, call 920-743-5958 or go to www.dcmm.org.

• Also, Door County Trolley offers three ways to learn about the frights of the Peninsula, all running through Oct. 31.

“Ghost Tours of Door County” is a two-hour ride aboard the “Trolley of the Doomed” at 7 p.m. nightly in September, 6 p.m. October, from Orchard Country Winery, 9197 State 42, Fish Creek.

The “Haunted Olde Sturgeon Bay” departs at 7 p.m. Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fridays in September, 6 p.m. Octo-ber, from Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N. First Ave.

Cost is $23 for adults, $17 ages 2-12 for each tour.Finally, for a different type of “spirits,” a Haunted Trolley Pub

Crawl visits four haunted pubs at 7 p.m. selected weekend nights from Carrington Pub and Grill at the Landmark Resort, Egg Harbor. Cost is $35 for ages 21 and older only.

Reservations are recommended. For more information, call 920-868-1100 or go to www.doorcountytrolley.com.


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Outside South 3rd Avenue in front of the Visitor CenterAfter Harvest Festival

5:30pm-11pmSturgeon Street Art Live Auction

starting at 6pmLive Music Cold Hard Cash from 8-11pm

Food • Beverages • Fun

Harvest Moon Celebration

Enjoy special events in the stores along Jefferson Street.

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