You can celebrate the first week of Door County Reads with your neighbors and a meal Wednesday.
The Door County Historical Museum and United Way of Door County are teaming up to present a community potluck dinner at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Sturgeon Bay. In the spirit of this year’s Door County Reads selection, The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, the organizations are encouraging residents to bring dishes that reflect their culture or family traditions to help spark conversation.
United Way of Door County’s Molly Gary says the community potluck meal will also feature a presentation by the Door County Historical Museum curator Pete Lison on historic local recipes and the cooking methods that made them possible. She says the event supports the organizations’ goal of fostering belonging, trust and mutual support among neighbors.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the program beginning at 6:15 p.m.
The Briar Club is a historical fiction novel set in a 1950s Washington, D.C., boarding house that explores the roles of women during the Red Scare.
Door County Library branches, the Door County YMCA Sturgeon Bay Program Center and Birch Creek Music Performances are among the other locations hosting Door County Reads events through Feb. 26.
