Director Stephen Colburn has invited some new faces to perform during this year’s Music Festival. Horn player Mary Gingrich, flutist Madelene Campos, and pianist Teresa Drews are joining the Island’s … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2016
Island Theme Song
“Northern Lights” is a Julian Hagen song that has been unofficially adopted as Washington Island’s theme song. In the accompanying video he performs the song with Peter Nehlsen on bass and vocals, … [Read more...]
Lorna Bell Cornell
Lorna is one of Door County’s premiere artists. In the early 1960s she received her B.F.A. in painting from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. For the past 25 years Lorna has been artist in … [Read more...]
John Davies
John works in charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, acrylic, and oil. John’s work can be seen in homes, at the Washington Island Art & Nature Center, and at several museums and public buildings on the … [Read more...]
Judith T. Yamamoto
Judie Yamamoto teaches and lectures nationally, and writes about weaving and related topics. Notable for its use of color and blending, her woven work and polymer clay jewelry have appeared in … [Read more...]
Chester Thordarson & Rock Island
Thordarson had a great impact on the preservation of this unique destination. Wisconsin’s Rock Island State Park is unique. The entire island is a state park, and it is an unusual mixture of the … [Read more...]
Rock Island State Park
With its beautiful trails, white sand beach and lighthouse, it’s a remarkable treasure. • Abridged from the Wikipedia entry for Rock Island [Wisconsin] • Rock Island is a wooded island off the … [Read more...]