After our busy July full of successful events -- the Summer Social, Children's Day, and the 2007 Annual Meeting being just a few of those -- we are now ready to gear up for an equally busy August! We have many interesting and new events planned that you won't want to miss!
Saturday, August 11
Free Museums Day and Church Tours
11:00 am - 4:00 pm: Museums Open
10:00 am - 5:00 pm: Church Tours
In conjunction with the Hardy Gallery's "Festival of the Arts" on Saturday, August 11, the Ephraim Historical Foundation is offering a Free Museums Day in which all five of the Ephraim Village Museums will be open to the public free of charge. In addition, staff and volunteers from the Foundation will also be giving free tours of both the
"The Hardy's annual Festival of the Arts event is wonderful -- it's very well-organized and well-attended every year. It brings many people to Ephraim and it seemed like the perfect springboard for the Foundation to inform residents and visitors alike about the many historic structures in Ephraim, especially the two churches," says Sally Jacobson, EHF Executive Director and Curator.
A special
Please let your family and friends know about Free Museum Day!
Tuesday, August 14
Volunteer Appreciation Event
10:00 am, Hands On Art Studio
The Foundation's annual Volunteer Recognition Event will be held this year at Hands On Art Studio -- we encourage all who couldn't come last year to join in the fun this year! Please RSVP to the Foundation office at (920) 854-9688 when you receive your invitation postcard -- we want to thank you for all the wonderful work you've done for us this season!
Wednesday, August 15
Ellen Farrell Baker Book Reading & Signing
7:00 pm, Anderson Barn History Center
Hosted by Passtimes Books
Former Door County resident Ellen Farrell Baker will be at the Anderson Barn History Center on Wednesday, August 15 at 7:00 pm to discuss her recently published novel, entitled "Keeping the House." Passtimes Books of Sister Bay, the host of the event, will also have copies of Baker's book available for purchase.
Some Foundation members may remember that Baker worked at the Ephraim Historical Foundation for three summers as well as a full year in 2000 - 2001. She explains that the first seeds of Keeping the House were actually planted while working at the Foundation. She began to write a novel about the story of a family called the Mickelsons who had lost a son in World War I. The novel she was working on at the time never did get published, but many of the characters she developed for that first novel did make their way into "Keeping the House."
"Keeping the House" is a novel rich in period atmosphere and 1950s detail - an unforgettable novel about small town life and big matters of the heart. When Dolly Magnuson moves to Pine Rapids, WI, in 1950, she discovers all too soon that making marriage work is harder than it looks in the pages of the Ladies Home Journal. Dolly tries to adapt to her new life - keeping the house, supporting her husband's career, fretting about dinner menus. She gives up her dream of flying an airplane, and instead tries to fit in at the stuffy Ladies' Aid quilting circle. Soon, her loneliness and restless imagination are seized by the vacant house on the hill.
As Dolly's own life and marriage become increasingly difficult, she begins to lose herself in the piecing together the shocking story of three generations of Mickelson men and women: Wilma Mickelson, who came to Pine Rapids as a new bride in 1896 and fell in love with a man who was not her husband; her oldest son, Jack, who fought as a Marine in the trenches of the First World War; and Jack's son, JJ, a troubled veteran of World War II, who returns home to discover Dolly in his grandparent's house.
Authors and critics alike are raving about Baker's first novel. Fannie Flagg, author of Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, says "Ellen Baker's first novel is a wonder! I couldn't have liked it more!" Buffalo News says "Do yourself a major favor at the bookstore this summer: pick up Ellen Baker's Keeping the House and start reading. Don't be surprised if you can't put it down."
For every book sold, Passtimes Books will donate 10% of the proceeds to the Ephraim Historical Foundation -- so please join us in welcoming Ellen back to
Friday, August 17
7:30 pm, Ephraim Village Hall
In celebration of
We hope you can join us for these great August programs, and we hope that everyone is having a great Ephraim summer!
For more information on any of our August events please call:
Ephraim Historical Foundation
PO Box 165
3060 Anderson Lane
(920) 854-9688
info@ephraim.org
Friday, August 3, 2007
Ephraim Historical Foundation August Events!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
From the Archives
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Connecting Ephraim's Past With The Present!
The Ephraim Historical Foundation is fully immersing ourselves in the world of technology -- we now have our own blog!
For those of you who aren't quite sure what a blog is, a blog is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. They provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, travel, or in our case, our little village of Ephraim. A typical blog combines text, images, links to other blogs, and other forms of media that are relevant to the topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is perhaps the most important part of many blogs.
In case you wonder about the popularity of blogs, the blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 71 million of them as of May 2007. The use of blogs has become very mainstream as political candidates and news services began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming.
The Ephraim Historical Foundation has many uses for a blog, both as a way to share some of Ephraim's history with interested parties as well as being a voice for some of the present happenings in the village (which, of course, will be history someday!). In the next few months, look for our blog to expand with Ephraim news, stories, photos, and other forms of media. Craving some news about who was the 43rd annual Fyr Bal Chieftain? Wondering about the new Bethany Lutheran Church exhibit at the Anderson Barn History Center? Have a hankering to see a perfect Ephraim sunset? We hope to have all that for you and much more.
If you have a comment to share about anything we've posted, we'll make it very easy for you to post that comment. Actually, it is the idea of sharing that prompted the creation of a blog in the first place -- it is the Foundation's hope that we won't be the only ones sharing stories and ancedotes about Ephraim!
As I'm writing this entry, it's a beautiful day in Ephraim. The Ephraim Village Museums are now open for the season, and we had a busy past weekend with Fyr Bal -- many people for the walking tours on both Friday and Saturday, and things are shaping up well for the week as well! The Bethany Lutheran Church 125th Anniversary Exhibit Reception was this past Friday, June 15th, and was very well attended by members of the Bethany Congregation and other visitors alike.
I encourage all of our members as well as Door County locals and vacationers to check out this blog frequently! We hope to have much more for you in the weeks to come.
Sincerely,
Melissa J. Ripp
Business & Marketing Director
Ephraim Historical Foundation
For those of you who aren't quite sure what a blog is, a blog is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. They provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, travel, or in our case, our little village of Ephraim. A typical blog combines text, images, links to other blogs, and other forms of media that are relevant to the topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is perhaps the most important part of many blogs.
In case you wonder about the popularity of blogs, the blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 71 million of them as of May 2007. The use of blogs has become very mainstream as political candidates and news services began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming.
The Ephraim Historical Foundation has many uses for a blog, both as a way to share some of Ephraim's history with interested parties as well as being a voice for some of the present happenings in the village (which, of course, will be history someday!). In the next few months, look for our blog to expand with Ephraim news, stories, photos, and other forms of media. Craving some news about who was the 43rd annual Fyr Bal Chieftain? Wondering about the new Bethany Lutheran Church exhibit at the Anderson Barn History Center? Have a hankering to see a perfect Ephraim sunset? We hope to have all that for you and much more.
If you have a comment to share about anything we've posted, we'll make it very easy for you to post that comment. Actually, it is the idea of sharing that prompted the creation of a blog in the first place -- it is the Foundation's hope that we won't be the only ones sharing stories and ancedotes about Ephraim!
As I'm writing this entry, it's a beautiful day in Ephraim. The Ephraim Village Museums are now open for the season, and we had a busy past weekend with Fyr Bal -- many people for the walking tours on both Friday and Saturday, and things are shaping up well for the week as well! The Bethany Lutheran Church 125th Anniversary Exhibit Reception was this past Friday, June 15th, and was very well attended by members of the Bethany Congregation and other visitors alike.
I encourage all of our members as well as Door County locals and vacationers to check out this blog frequently! We hope to have much more for you in the weeks to come.
Sincerely,
Melissa J. Ripp
Business & Marketing Director
Ephraim Historical Foundation
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