January Schedule of Events

(note: more detailed information about these events can be found by following this link and clicking on the event name)

• January 7, 14, 21, 28, 9am-12pm: “Living, Breathing & Acting ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’” The Clearing, Ellison Bay (854 4088 to register)
• January 7, 9:30-11:30am: “Costume Design: Research, Rendering & Realization,” The Clearing, Ellison Bay (854 4088 to register)
• January 7, 6:30-8:30pm: Door County Big Read Kickoff, featuring Lt Gov Barbara Lawton, Scott Wakefield, Norb Blei, Door County Auditorium, Fish Creek
• January 8, 11am-12:30pm: Book Discussion, Red Cup Coffee Shop, Washington Island
• January 9, 2-3:30pm: Book Discussion, Gibraltar Board Meeting Room Community Center, Fish Creek
• January 11, 7-9pm: “Adapting the Great American Novel into the Great American Opera,” featuring Ricky Ian Gordon, Michael Korie, Eric Simonson, Björklunden, Baileys Harbor
• January 16, 10:30am-12pm: Book Discussion, The Bridge, Egg Harbor
• January 16, 11am-12:30pm: Book Discussion, Village Green Lodge, Ephraim
• January 16, 6:30-8:30pm: “‘The Grapes of Wrath’: A Visual Story,” Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay (exhibition runs through March 1)
• January 18, 1-3:30pm: “The Grapes of Wrath” film screening, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library
• January 22, 1-3:30pm: “The Grapes of Wrath” film screening, Sturgeon Bay Library Jane Greene Room
• January 23, 6-7:30pm: Book Discussion, Novel Ideas Bookstore, Baileys Harbor
• January 24, 7:00pm: Book Discussion of Religious Themes, Sturgeon Bay United Methodist Church, Sturgeon Bay
• January 25, 11:30am-1pm: Book Discussion, Base Camp Coffee Shop, Sister Bay
• January 25, 7-8:30pm: Scott Wakefield sings Woody Guthrie, Ephraim Village Hall
• January 26, 2-4:30pm & 7-9:30pm: “The Grapes of Wrath” film screening, Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay
• January 27, 2-3:30pm: “Dust in the Wind,” Crossroads at Big Creek, featuring Coggin Heeringa and Rik Warch,Sturgeon Bay
• January 30, 1:30-3pm: Book Discussion, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library
• January 30, 4-5:30pm, Book Discussion for Teens, Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay
• January 30, 5:30-7pm: Book Discussion, Forestville Branch Library
• January 30, 6:30-9:30: Play Reading of "The Grapes of Wrath" and Closing Celebration, Ephraim Village Hall, Ephraim - Yes we are indeed going on with this despite the weather! Jumper cables will be available!
• January 31, 1-2:30pm: Book Discussion, Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay

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