Eric Lewis, a favorite bluegrass and blues artist in Door County, is again joining the Griffon String Quartet for concerts this weekend. Eric and the Griffon have been teaming up now for several years, and these concerts mark the release of their second joint recording, “Under the Harvest Moon.” There… [Read More]
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CARNEGIE HALL WORTHY
We’re back! All of a sudden, we have two weeks until Labor Day and three Midsummer’s Music programs on the board. We opened the first program, The Poetry of David Perry, Sunday (Aug. 23), which features David in the spectacular Poeme by Ernest Chausson. There are still three more performances… [Read More]
Boynton Festival Returns to Björklunden August 22 for a Celebration of Lifelong Learning
Jim Berkenstock to Receive Prestigious Winifred Boynton Creative Spirit Award Door County, WI — Lawrence University invites the community to the 2026 Boynton Festival on Saturday, August 22, at Björklunden vid Sjön in Baileys Harbor. The community-wide event celebrates lifelong learning and the people, programs and experiences that make Lawrence… [Read More]
COLOR ME SOME MUSIC
In our program that just closed, “Passionate Perspectives,”we explored the impulse to incorporate national musical elements as a reaction to the pervasiveness of stifling imperialism, especially in the case of the Hapsburg Regime in the 19th century. In our program that opens tonight (Thursday), we explore another kind of reaction,… [Read More]
THE SOUND OF HOME
Our most recent program featured the music of Mozart, Haydn, and Wranitzky – composers steeped in the late 18th century Viennese style. They lived and worked within the Hapsburg Empire, which was seated in Vienna but ruled vast areas and cultures for hundreds of years. At first known as the… [Read More]
