Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Messy Mornings

Recommended by KARLIE MARTENS, Bookseller, Novel Bay Booksellers

February is the time to celebrate love in all forms, but we are o en le daydreaming of the fairy-tale-person-in-shiningarmor type of love story. In her latest novel, Ryan throws out the fairy tale for the real world, yet she still leaves us daydreaming for a love story like this.

Yasmen and Josiah are a dynamic power couple who are building a family, restaurant and love story all at the same time. Their love is powerful (and spicy!), and it can be felt immediately from page one.

The twist? They’re divorced. Their love story is full of heartbreak, trauma and a lifetime of hard moments, and Ryan takes the time to share and tackle di cult experiences and topics.

Save Trees

Decorate

Nature with Green

Saturday evening the excitement continues during the followed by the online silent auction starting now! Log on and bid away at events.handbid.com. The online silent auction features over 60 amazing packages from businesses around Door County. The auction will close on Saturday, February 18 at 10:00 pm. show. Bid

From enhancing beauty and creating shade for your home to increasing your property value, trees matter. Our ultimate goal is to do our best to save your trees and keep your landscape green. Proper tree care can lead to substantial returns on your home or business investment. Trees are a valuable asset on any property. Let us protect and care for your investments with our technical expertise, true professionalism, and focus on safety.

When quality makes a diﬀerence, trust in us. Help keep your trees healthy and prevent possible diseases and insect infestations by scheduling a consultation with Door County’s respected ISA Certiﬁed Arborist, Todd Burke Preserve your trees before removal is your last option.

Sierra Ferrell Coming To Dca July 10

Sierra Ferrell, who opened for the Squirrel Nut Zippers at Door Community Auditorium (DCA) in Fish Creek in 2019, will be DCA’s July 10 mainstage performer.

After growing up in small-town West Virginia, Ferrell left home in her early 20s to travel with a troupe of nomadic musicians, playing in truck stops, alleyways, freight-train boxcars speeding down the tracks and other unlikely places. After years of living in her van and busking on the streets of New Orleans and Seattle, she landed a record deal in Nashville. Ferrell pulls from honky-tonk, country, folk, jazz, blues and tango to create an energetic live show.

Tickets go on sale Feb. 17 at dcauditorium.org.

Happenings submissions are due by noon on Friday the week prior. Send them to pr@ppulse.com.

Fri

2/17

LIVE MUSIC

KOEPKE & LAFORCE Stone Harbor Restaurant & Pub, 107 N 1st St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700.

6:30-10pm. Acoustic duo.

Performance

GRIFFON STRING QUARTET Sunshine House, 55 W Yew St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.854.7088. 12:45pm. Violin, viola & cello.

GALLERIES

OPEN STUDIO

M3, 142 S. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0707. 9:30am-4pm. Self-directed group studio time. Bring your own project. $15/ drop-in fee. Monthly memberships also available.

INDOOR

FITNESS AT THE ADRC Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 10am. DVD ﬁtness program. 11am. Zumba.

DROP-IN CRAFT TABLE Forestville Library, 123 Hwy 42, Forestville. 920.856.6886.

DON’T MISS A BEAT. Scan for the digital calendar.

9:30-11am. Make seasonal crafts. POKER AT THE ADRC Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon

Comedy Club

Thursday, March 9 $49 per person | $30 show only

Buffet 6:30 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.

Featured Dinner

Braised corned beef brisket | Irish lamb stew | Colcannon & mashed potatoes with kale and cabbage | Rosemary honey-glazed carrots | Irish porter cake with Jameson cream

Bay. 920.746.2372. 10am. Play poker with friends. DOOR COUNTY SHORT FILM FEST Northern Sky Creative Center & Gould Theater, 9058 County Rd A, Fish Creek. 920.854.3230. 6pm. Films, Q&As, refreshments & more. Buy tickets at doorcountytickets.com. $25/weekend pass.

LITERATURE

TODDLER STORYTIME Algoma Public Library, 406 Fremont St, Algoma. 920.487.2295. 10am. For ages 3-5.

Johnsmith And Sebranek At White Gull

Wisconsin singer-songwriters Johnsmith and Dan Sebranek are the next featured performers at the White Gull Inn on Feb. 22, 8 pm.

For more than 35 years, singer-songwriter

Johnsmith has been performing around this country and abroad. In addition to being a Kerrville New Folk winner, he has released nine solo albums, leads musical tours to Ireland, teaches songwriting and has worked in Nashville as a sta songwriter.

Sebranek, who appeared with Johnsmith at their last White Gull concert in 2019, is a renowned singer, songwriter and musician with roots in bluegrass and rock. He performs each year in Ireland and regularly tours Wisconsin, Florida and Colorado as a solo performer.

An optional, pre-concert, ﬁxed-price dinner of coq au vin, Yukon Gold potatoes, seasonal salad and Door County apple cake will be served at 6 pm.

Purchase concert tickets ($30) and make reservations for the optional dinner by calling 920.868.3517. If available, concert tickets can be purchased at the door, 4225 Main St. in Fish Creek.

GRIER & THE TROUBLEMAKERS RELEASE LIMITED-EDITION VINYL

Cathy Grier & The Troublemakers released their 2020 blues album, I’m All Burn, as a limited-edition double-vinyl set that’s available at cathygrier.com or Bay Vinyl Records, 325 Kentucky St. in Sturgeon Bay. Grier will perform Feb. 25, 7 pm, as part of Door Community Auditorium’s co eehouse series, sharing the bill with multi-instrumentalist Paul Taylor.

Fundraiser Concert For Door Cancer

Dorothy Scott & The Peacekeepers are putting on a fundraiser for DOOR CANcer on Feb. 24, 7 pm, at the Door County Fire Company. Scott has shared the stage with eminent performers including Carole King, Joan Osborne, Je Buckley, Sinéad O’Connor and others. The Peacekeepers feature Tony Besson on electric guitar and vocals, Paul Sowinski on bass and Adam Cain on drums.

The performance will take place in the upstairs music room of the Door County Fire Company, 38 S. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay. An elevator is available. Tickets are $15 at the door, or call 920.493.5979 in advance to reserve a seat. Audience members are invited to dine downstairs before the show.

DANCE AWAY THE WINTER BLUES

The next Door County Folk Alliance barn dance is set for Feb. 25, 7-9 pm, at the Kress Pavilion. No partner or experience is required because caller Mike Grimm will lead participants through all the circle and long-line dances. All levels of dancers are welcome, but children should be at least 8 years old and able to follow the instructions on their own. The Sugar on the Floor Barn Dance Orchestra will provide live music. The dance at the Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St. in Egg Harbor, is free, but donations are appreciated. Get updates and learn more at facebook.com/ DCFolkAlliance.

Winter Hours

Serving Dinner

Friday-Sunday 4pm

Friday Night Fish Fry

All You Can Eat!

Choose from: Perch, Walleye, Cod, Catﬁsh, Whiteﬁsh, Bluegill Served with Soup or Salad, Choice of potato and warm bread.

Nightly Features

Beef Wellington Chicken Wellington Salmon Wellington

Pistachio Encrusted Halibut

Seafood Platter Reservations Always Recommended

Overheard

Are there tidbits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud?

“I don’t think I can master trying to be salt and light and a people pleaser …”

“The butthole is not ready yet.”

“I’m not a horse lady. That was in my youth.”

“Look out – he’s coming on your head!”

“Memo to self: Don’t get divorced again.”

Musings

Shout-outs, pet peeves, thought-provoking questions and whatever else you were thinking about in the shower this morning.

I don’t like the way I’m dictated to in the last step of the instructions for preparing my Lean Cuisine meal. The last step is “Enjoy!” I really think it’s up to me whether I enjoy it. Maybe I won’t. And stop telling me what to do.

Whenever I get money out of an ATM, the bills come out in all possible orientations. Isn’t there a machine behind the machine that arranges them in an orderly way? Apparently not.

I’m very disappointed about spending money on food, only to ﬁnd that it’s gross. I’m talking dips, sauces, etc.

Friday continued from page 1

OUTDOOR

GUIDED HIKE

Ridges Sanctuary –Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802.

1:30pm. Registration required. $7/members, $10/ public, free/16 & younger. Snowshoes used if conditions allow ($5/rental pair.)

LUMINARY HIKE

Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895.

5-7pm. With hot chocolate & bonﬁres.

SAT 2/18

LIVE MUSIC BEN LARSEN Harbor Ridge Winery, 4690 Rainbow Ridge Rd, Egg Harbor. 920.868.4321.

12-3pm. Acoustic Americana in the upstairs loft. WHITE BLANK PAGE von Stiehl Winery, 115 Navarino St, Algoma. 920.487.5208.

12-3pm. Americana, folk & Irish tunes.

AUSTIN SKALECKI

Door County Brewing Co. and Music Hall, 8099 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.1515.

2-4:30pm. A blend of blues, rock & folk.

TIME MACHINE

Stone Harbor Restaurant & Pub, 107 N 1st St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700.

6:30-10pm. Performing through the span of three decades.

“LEGENDS OF COUNTRY MUSIC” Lodge at Leathem Smith, 1640 Memorial Drive, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.5555.

6:45pm. The music of Willie Nelson, Patti Loveless, The Judds & more. $40/person.

GLAS HAMR Kitty O’Reillys Irish Pub, 59 E Oak St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.7441.

2pm. Live rock during the Fire & Ice party.

THEATER

INDOOR WINTER MARKET Third Avenue PlayWorks, 239 N 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.1760.

10am-2pm. Knitwear, jewelry, treats & more.

GALLERIES

DROP-IN FAMILY ART PROJECT Peninsula School of Art, 3900 Cty F, Fish Creek. 920.868.3455. 9am-12pm. Make art inspired by family stories.

GLASS-BLOWING DEMOS

Popelka Tenchard Gallery, 64 S. 2nd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.7287.

11am-3pm. Watch artists work with glass.

FOOD & DRINK

“SICK OF WINTER” Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Co ee House, 1756 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.7750.

11am-1pm. Sample soup, bread & cider. $5/adults, $2/ kids under 10. Funds support mental health programs.

INDOOR

DOOR COUNTY SHORT FILM FEST

Northern Sky Creative Center & Gould Theater, 9058 County Rd A, Fish Creek. 920.854.3230.

12:30-7pm. Films, Q&As, refreshments & more. Buy tickets at doorcountytickets. com. $25/weekend pass.

“THE QUANTUM

REVOLUTION”

Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895.

1-4pm. Lecture series on the theoretical and experimental development of quantum physics.

NOT A VALENTINE’S

DAY PROGRAM Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578.

2pm. Eat chocolate & watch a movie with romance, swordplay & a 6-ﬁngered man.

LITERATURE

“WRITING THE NATURAL MOMENT”

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Juddville. 920.868.1457.

10am-12pm. Learn how writing & mindfulness promote well-being. $40/person. BOOK SIGNING OtherWorlds Book & More, 41 N 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.600.1692.

10am-4pm. Featuring Joseph M. Lopez & other local authors.

MEET THE SHEETS Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Juddville. 920.868.1457. 1:30-3pm. Poetry reading.

OUTDOOR

NIGHT SKY VIEWING

Crossroads at Big Creek –Astronomy Campus, 2200 Utah Street, Sturgeon Bay. Begins at sunset. If weather is poor, meet in the planetarium for electronic tours.

WINTER TRAILS DAY Potawatomi State Park, 3740 Cty PD, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2890. Refreshments & a bonﬁre.

GUIDED HIKES

Ridges Sanctuary –Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802. 10:30am & 1:30pm. Registration required. $7/ members, $10/public, free/16 & younger. Snowshoes used if conditions allow ($5/rental pair.)

FIRE & ICE FESTIVAL Downtown Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6246. Watch artists carve ice, take a free trolley ride, do “snowga” and more. Full schedule of events at sturgeonbay.net.

BIRD SANCTUARY OPEN DAY Open Door Bird Sanctuary, 4114 County Rd I, Jacksonport. 920.724.1399. 11am-4pm. See the birds and snowshoe, ski or hike the trails. $10/adults, $7/ kids 5-12, free/under 5. ICE HARVEST DEMO Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895. 1:30-3:30pm. See how ice was harvested historically.

SUN 2/19

PERFORMANCE

FEBRUARY FEST

Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St., Egg Harbor. 920.854.4060. 2pm. Jonathan Bass, piano. $75/series subscription, $30/ single, $10/students & children.

FOOD & DRINK

ICE FISHING DERBY LUNCHEON Nelson’s Hall Bitters Pub, 1202 Main Rd., Washington Island. 920.847.2496. 11am-1pm. Prizes, food & bingo.

INDOOR

WINTER YOGA Door County Brewing Co. and Music Hall, 8099 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2366.

All levels. Bring a mat. Free lesson with a free beer at the end.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE Hope United Church of Christ, 141 S 12th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.2701. 9am. A Sturgeon Bay resident discusses Black history & his family’s experiences.