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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Tours,   6/6/2010 –6/12/2010 at Shore Rd, Peninsula State Park, Fish Creek.
When in Fish Creek as part of the Door County Maritime Museum’s Lighthouse Festival to tour Eagle Bluff Lighthouse add to your fun with any of the Fish Creek Heritage Days events, all week. On Saturday, June 12th, Fish Creek Heritage Days will offer FREE tours of Historic Noble House...double your tour; double your fun. Walking tours of Historical Fish Creek and its Historic Noble House Museum make a great historical context in combination. You can be easily access Eagle Bluff Lighthouse via the Fish Creek’s entrance to Peninsula State Park, during the June 6-12th, week of Heritage Days.
Established 1868,automated 1926,historic Eagle Bluff Lighthouse restoration began in 1960 by the Door County Historical Society. Eagle Bluff Lighthouse has been open for tours since 1964. Welcome: Tours are $4 for adults, $1 for students(6-17), children 5 and under are free. Tour hours: Memorial Day -June 8 (10am-4pm) tours depart every hour. June 8-Labor Day (10am-4pm) tours depart every 30 minutes, last tour departs 4pm. Information: (920) 839-2377 or online at www.EagleBluffLighthouse.org. Maintained and operated by the Door County Historical Society.

Heritage Foods.   6/6/2010 –6/12/2010 at Fish Creek restaurants and purveyors of food.
Over all of Heritage week, June 6th-12th, enjoy your choice of traditional favorite Heritage Foods at any of the local purveyors and country markets that offer local grown products such as fruit juices, wines, cheeses, seasonal fruits, candies and the many fruit-based desserts including custards, icecreams and, for sure, the famous Door County tart cherry pie which is never far away from any dining table. Our fine restaurants offer full traditional meals, including the famous “fish boils”, fish fries and other ’#147;fisherman’s” delights from the past.

Resident Artists - Demonstrations   6/6/2010 –6/12/2010 at in the Fish Creek Area, see Event description.
“Local Resident Artists” will be demonstrating their talents all week, June 6th -12th, by making themselves available for over the shoulder peeks at their artistically selected scenes around Fish Creek. See them creating and capturing the spring-time happenings around Fish Creek; find them near blue and white baloons at their locations. Artists will capture “Today” , the present day, as expressed by local merchants, local entertainers, local scenery, local buildings, local happenings, etc. as a way of preserving today for our “Tomorrows.”
On Saturday,June 12th, located at the Noble Square, the Settlement Shops and the Top of The Hill Shops...visit three BLUE & WHITE STRIPPED Tented Galleries to view the week’s works & meet the artists. Each piece will be digitally preserved at GHA who will develop an annual portfolio for preservation. The original works will be available for purchase at the Door County Art League Gallery at the Top of the Hill Shops, following.

Self-guided Tours of Fish Creek.   6/6/2010 –6/12/2010 at Start at Noble House.
A Self-guided Tour of Historical Fish Creek booklets with historical building references are available for FREE all day at the Noble House and the Fish Creek Information Office. Take a self-guided tour at your own time and pace.

Guided tours hosted by Fish Creek-born and raised Barbara (Kinsey) McKesson are available in the evenings of June 11th and 12th, 7:00PM. Please meet at the Noble house. A special treat will be the culmination of the guided tours at Sunset Beach where touring folks will be treated to a sunset serenade of music performed by Mr. Dale Graf. He will bring back sounds from the days when accordian music was always within listening distance in Fish Creek. Once at the beach historical literature with shorline themes will be provided and highlighted. What a wonderful way to close out the day, a Sunset Seranade at Sunset Beach. Join us for a memory making evening. These are FREE events; free will donations accepted to help the Gibraltar Historical Association offer future programs.

Noble House Museum Tours   6/6/2010 –6/12/2010 at Noble House, Noble Square, Fish Creek.
Noble House Tours and historical “movies” featuring historical themes will be available at the Noble House Museum and Noble House History Center building.

Walking Tours of Historical Fish Creek.   6/6/2010 –6/12/2010 at Historical Fish Creek.
Patrons can obtain a self-guiding booklet of Fish Creek’s historical buildings and walk the town at one’s own pace and time. Booklets are available at the Fish Creek Civic Association Information Office and Noble House Museum and History Center building during open hours of the day. Noble House Tours and historical “movies” featuring historical themes will be available through Noble House also. Self-guided tours are FREE, donations accepted to benefit the Gibraltar Historical Association’s future programs.

Heritage Days, 2010 Preview Dinner.   6/6/2010 at Gibraltar Grill, Fish Creek.
Apple blossoms off the patio, music for the social hour, “hors d’oeuvres” extrodinaire, three choices of entres and an entertaining, personalized “sneak preview” of the special events planned for the June 6 through June 12th week for this year’s Heritage Days...all blending to create a memorable evening. A bonfire will follow the dinner. Gathering starts at 6:00 PM, dinner and program at 7:00 PM, the springtime bonfire and socializing will continue into the evening, all making a fun start to the 2010, summer season for Fish Creek.
Tickets are available through mailings that will be sent out in early May or call 920-868-3373 for information and ticket availability.

“Garments of Our Foundation, Pioneer Women - Talk   6/7/2010 at Olde Town Hall, Fish Creek.
On 6/7/2010, 7:30PM, at Olde Town Hall, Fish Creek, Karin Kopischke, an award-winning theatrical and opera costume designer, will discuss the historical contributions of these notable women and the resulting artworks. This showing is supported by grants from the Wisconsin Arts Board and Peninsula Art Association and collaborative support from the Gibraltar Historical Association. During the 2010-11 school year this collection of renderings will be presented to Gibraltar students and displayed at the Gibraltar Schools and the Link Gallery, Door County Auditorium later this summer. For a personal and entertaining presentation, and musical interludes, please join us for this informative and enjoyable evening. This is a FREE event; free will donations always accepted to benefit the Gibraltar Historical Association.

Garments of Our Foundation-Pioneer Women -Display   6/7/2010 at Olde Town Hall, Fish Creek.
1:00 - 4:00PM, at Olde Town Hall, Fish Creek. Karin Kopischke, an award-winning theatrical and opera costume designer will provide an afternoon, advance display of renderings depicting historical fashions worn by Pioneering Women of Fish Creek. Karin’s techniques have been honed over more than 20 years designing costumes for the finest theatres and opera companies around the county including Fish Creek’s Peninsula Players. In consultation with the Gibraltar Historical Association Board, Karin selected and researched notable women from Fish Creek and Township history. This showing is supported by grants from the Wisconsin Arts Board and Peninsula Art Association and collaborative support from the Gibraltar Historical Association. This is a FREE event; free will donations always accepted to benefit the Gibraltar Historical Association.

“Fish Creek’s Island Utopia.”   6/8/2010 at Gibraltar Town Center Bldg. Main St., Fish Creek
Joel and Mary Anne Blahnik, lighthouse keepers and historians for Chambers Island will provide the historical context and fitting stories surrounding the proposed development for Chambers Island just preceeding the events of 1929. The original marketing materials used to secure authorizations to proceed have recently been donated to the Gibraltar Historicla Association by Mr. Robert Clark, decendent of the developer. Please join us for this entertaining and informative evening which will include the “inside stories” behind the development, its evolution and dreams. We can anticipate some time-appropriate music for the evening also, knowing the Blahniks.
The evening will also be an opportunity to see a demoonstration of the “Picture Show” scanning and archiving technical capacities that make this and future preservations available. Help us think through the life Fish Creek would have had if the “Sylvan Chambers Island” complex had come to fruition. A FREE event, donations accepted to benefit the Gibraltar Historical Association.

Hometown Antiques Road Show,   6/10/2010 at Olde Town Hall, Fish Creek.
Antique experts, hobbyists, enthusiasts and non-experts alike are encouraged to bring items to the Olde Town Hall beginning at 6:30PM. At 7:30 items in place will be examined, evaluated and explained to the audience. So, bring your cherished “vintage” antique treasures in for a look. Fortunes could be realized. But,for sure, FUN will be had.
This a FREE event, donations accepted, to assist the Gibraltar Historical Association with future programs.

Guided Tours of Historical Fish Creek.   6/11/2010 –6/12/2010 at Fish Creek Village.
On Friday June 11th and Saturday June 12th start at 7:00PM; meet at the Noble House Museum. Guided tours are hosted by Fish Creek-born and raised Barbara (Kinsey) McKesson. A special treat will be the culmination of the guided tours when arriving at Sunset Beach where touring folks will be treated to a sunset serenade. Mr. Dale Graf, our musician, will bring back the sounds of the past when accordion music was always within listening distance in Fish Creek. During interludes, Historical literature, with shoreline story themes will be provided and highlighted. What a wonderful way to close out the day, a Sunset Serenade at Sunset Beach. Join us for a memory making evening. These are FREE events; free will donations accepted to help the Gibraltar Historical Association offer future programs.

Carriage Rides, at Whistling Swan.   6/11/2010 –6/12/2010 at Whistling Swan hotel and restaurant.
A special feeling and appreciation for what we miss today compared to the days when horses would have carriaged us around the village. The slow pace, allows one to see the remnants of days past featured in the buildings, light and shadows of the village. Relax and imagine life back then; your guide will help with the history and stories of times past (and present.) A great way to create and take home a lasting memory of Fish Creek as Spring begins.

Sunset Serenades at Sunset Beach   6/11/2010 –6/12/2010 at Sunset Beach Park, west of White Gull.
Music starts 1/2 half hour prior to sunset and contunues into the sunset and the beautiful “afterglow.” Mr. Dale Graf, well known accordianist, will bring back the olde days of music we heard all about the village. This is an excellent way to mellow into the spring nightfall after enjoying the Lighthouse Festival events. Memories are to be made here; please join us. FREE event, donations accepted to benefit Gibraltar Historical Association.

“Roaring Fire House Dance”   6/12/2010 at Gibraltar Fire House, Fish Creek, Hwy F.
Saturday June 12th, 7:30PM, at Gibraltar Fire House, Fish Creek, Hwy F.
If you’re an old time barn dance veteran or curious onlooker or just like community fun, please join us Saturday evening, June 12th. Dancing starts at 7:30PM, equipment and historical displays start at 6:30PM at the Gibraltar Fire House Station (2.5 miles east of Hwy 42 and Hwy F.) The fire trucks will be pulled out to provide the best dance floor in Fish Creek. Mr. Dale Graf and his well seasoned musicians will be there to entertain with “toe-tapping” tunes for folks of all ages. Kids are welcome; special fun activities for kids are planned, too. Ask your favorite Fireman to dance /or/ your neighbor or your girlfriend or hoped-for girlfriend. Good laughs, good entertainment, community spirit and supportive celebration in appreciation of the protections provided by our local Fire Department and Rescue Squad personnel. The evening will offer Historical displays of Fish Creek, Town of Gibraltar and our fire and rescue history.
FREE to the Public; free will donations accepted, all to benefit the Fire Department’s equipment needs.

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