20 Years, 20 Benefits
All the benefits below are part of our 20 Years, 20 Benefits series. We're delighted to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the bookstore with twenty benefits for island nonprofits. Thanks for your support over the years!
June
6/10 - A Death in Door County Author Signing
- Annelise Ryan, the USA Today Bestselling Author of A Death In Door County, signs her mystery novel at the shop from 2-2:30PM.
6/11 - Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands.
6/17 - Jacobsens and Maritime Museum Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Jacobsens and Jackson Harbor Maritime Musems.
6/21 - Summer Solstice Forest Walk
- Our forest walk events have been almost as wildly popular as they are soothing to experience! This walk will be at the Ridges, at Jackson Harbor, from 1-3PM. Register at the shop by 6/19, tickets are $10. This year's companion book, The Well-Gardened Mind, is 20% off with a ticket for the walk.
6/24 - Washington Island Community Health Program Program Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Washington Island Community Health Program.
July
7/2 - Friends of Rock Island Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Friends of Rock Island.
7/8 - Red Barn Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Red Barn.
7/12 - First Summer Book Club! ft. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Our first summer book club meeting starts at 7PM, featuring conversation, refreshments, and this year's winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction: Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver. The book and anything else purchased the evening of the book discussion is 20% off if you buy the book from us, or 15% off without the book.
7/14 - Washington Island Art Association Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Washington Island Art Association.
7/22 - Art and Nature Center Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Art and Nature Center.
7/26 - Nature by the Book Discussion w/ Professor Elizabeth Sachs
- This year's "Nature by the Book" discussion with English Professor Elizabeth Sachs will feature the book "The Country of the Pointed Firs" by Sarah Orne Jewett. A classic set on the beautiful coast of Maine which shares some lovely qualities with our island. From 2-3:30PM outside the Art and Nature Center.
7/29 - Washington Island Literary Festival & WriteOn Door County Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Washington Island Literary Festival & WriteOn Door County.
August
8/5 - Washington Island Music Festival Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Washington Island Music Festival.
8/12 - Death's Door Barbecue Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit Death's Door Barbecue.
8/16 - Kathleen Ernst Signing for The Solace of Stars
- Bookstore favorite Kathleen Ernst is back again to sign the second book in her Hanneke Bauer series of historical mysteries, The Solace of Stars!1:30-3:00PM.
8/19 - Bookstore Romance Day & Valerie Clarizio Signing
- We're celebrating Bookstore Romance Day this year with author and Door County local Valerie Clarizio, whose Crime and Passion Stalk City Hall romantic suspense series is set on the peninsula! 1:30-3:00PM.
8/20 - Mosling Recreation Center Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Mosling Recreation Center.
8/26 - Washington Island Library Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Washington Island Library.
September
9/2 - Farm Museum Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Farm Museum.
9/9 - Gathering Ground Benefit & Terese Allen Farmer's Market Signing
- Local author Terese Allen will be signing her new book, The Dane County Farmers' Market Cookbook, at the island farmer's market. That day is also our benefit for Gathering Ground, who will get 20% of our profits all day - including from the farmer's market booth!
9/16 - Washington Island Archives Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Washington Island Archives.
9/24 - Trueblood Performing Arts Center Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Trueblood Performing Arts Center.
9/30 - Detroit Harbor Ladies Aid Benefit
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Detroit Harbor Ladies Aid Society.
October
10/7 - Guatemalan Medical Relief Partnership (GMRP) Benefit.
- 20% of all profits from open to close go to benefit the Guatemalan Medical Relief Partnership.
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Information about some of our old events is still visible here.
