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St. Norbert Distinguished Lecture Series Presents: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Health & Happiness

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Featured St. Norbert’s College Lecturer: Professor Lucy Arendt
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2018

Dr. Lucy Arendt, Professor of Business Administration at St. Norbert College, considers the many relationships among humor, health, and happiness. Can humor keep us from getting ill or reduce the extent of an illness? Can humor heal us or make us happy? Are happiness and health connected? In her lecture, Dr. Arendt will address these questions. She’ll also discuss why not all types of humor are created equal, and why the kind of humor matters when it comes to health and happiness. At St. Norbert College, Dr. Arendt teaches strategic management, organizational behavior, and leadership.

Movies at The Door: Encore Screening of June Falling Down

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Date: Friday, January 19, 2018

This feature film set in Door County tells the story of a young woman returning home for her best friend’s wedding, which happens to coincide with the one-year anniversary of her father’s death. Created by Rebecca Weaver and Chris Irwin of Silver Leaf Films, the film features Door County actors Nick Hoover, Claire Morkin, Joanna Becker, and Evan Board, as well as music from Eric Lewis and Katie Dahl. Released in 2016, “June Falling Down” has been warmly received on the film festival circuit, including an award for Best American Independent Feature at the Sonoma International Film Festival.

Fireside Coffeehouse Concert: Dead Horses

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Date: Saturday, January 13, 2018

Milwaukee-based folk band Dead Horses have cultivated a soulful roots sensibility based around the powerful literary and musical force of frontwoman/songwriter Sarah Vos. Raised on Bible hymns by her preacher father, Vos’ backstory sounds more like that of an old Mississippi bluesman than a young Wisconsin folksinger. Despite their youth, Vos and her collaborator, bassist Daniel Wolff, have crafted a timeless sound that’s informed as much by early American prose as it is by modern Americana music. Named a “Wisconsin Band To Watch” by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Dead Horses tour tirelessly, performing with bands like Trampled by Turtles, Mandolin Orange, and Elephant Revival. Dead Horses swept the 2017 WAMI Awards, taking home “Best Americana/Bluegrass Artist,” “Best Female Vocalist,” and “Best Album of the Year” for their September 2016 release “Cartoon Moon.”

Play it Forward for the Holidays

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Date: Thursday, December 28, 2017

An annual concert event now in its fifth year, Play It Forward brings together some of Door County’s best-loved musicians for an evening of seasonal music that is both festive and reflective. Inspired by the life and legacy of Bo Johnson, a young Sister Bay resident who died in 2012, “Play It Forward” does just what its name suggests: participating musicians donate their time, and proceeds from the evening go to benefit a worthy cause—this year, hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Play it Forward is an evening that celebrates the best of Door County: community, generosity, and good music.

Big Mouth and The Power Tool Horns Swing Into the Holidays with Special Guests Janet Planet and Steve March-Tormé

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Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017

Big Mouth, one of Door County’s most popular bands, is known throughout Wisconsin for playing an eclectic and dance-worthy mix of blues, jazz, and rock music. Almost forty years after the band was founded in Michigan by guitarist Jay Whitney, Big Mouth is still going strong, now featuring a horn section, The Power Tool Horns. At DCA, Big Mouth will present an evening of holiday music and other swinging tunes with two special guests: Janet Planet (whom Jazziz Magazine calls “the voice of the New Jazz Culture … amazingly powerful, with seemingly limitless expression”) and Steve March-Tormé (whose singing the L.A. Times calls “seductive and effortless”).

Major Sponsor:
Main Street Market

Blues & Roots Fest: Ruthie Foster and The Fairfield Four

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Date: Saturday, November 4, 2017

Ruthie Foster can command any stage with her fiery blend of soul, blues, rock, folk, and gospel. She returns to DCA fresh off the release of her critically acclaimed album “Joy Comes Back,” which Paste Magazine calls “further evidence of Foster’s prowess when it comes to breaking through boundaries.” Best known for their appearance in “O Brother Where Art Thou,” the Grammy Award-winning Fairfield Four perform their trademark a cappella music to enthusiastic crowds across the country. The quartet has been singularly important in revitalizing and preserving the oldest styles of traditional spiritual and gospel singing.

Presenting Sponsors
Door County Living, Peninsula Pulse
Major Sponsor
Al Johnson’s Restaurant & Butik, Lori & David Nicholas
Supporting Sponsors

Fun in Wisconsin, Wild Tomato, Wisconsin Public Radio

2017/2018 Passport Program – Cultural & Educational Opportunities for Door County Students & Families
Program Sponsors:

Friends of Gibraltar, Gibraltar Schools

Supporting Sponsors:

The Cordon Family Foundation, Settlement Courtyard Inn & Lavender Spa

Reduced Ticket Sponsor:

Grasse’s Grill