There’s a real big bear at the Big Bear Discovery Center, thanks to a donation from the Tschoop family of Sugarloaf. The Discovery Center’s new icon is a bear skin with a full-head open-mouth grizzly bear that is nine feet long and eight feet wide from claw to claw. Says the DC’s Director Denis Thomas, “This is a fantastic addition to the Discovery Center’s collection and we … [Read more...] about Big Bear Discovery Center Gets An Iconic Big Bear, A Gift from the Tschoops of Sugarloaf
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Big Bear Paddlefest Returns to Fawnskin This Weekend; Sunday’s Awards Ceremony to Include Team Big Bear and Reggae
The Big Bear Paddlefest returns to Fawnskin this weekend, for the second year of the event and the first as part of the Conquer the Bear challenge. Saturday’s activities, hosted by the North Shore Trading Company at Captain John’s Marina on the North Shore, include $20 paddlesport clinics starting at 10am (appropriate for both kayakers and canoers), as well as vendors and an … [Read more...] about Big Bear Paddlefest Returns to Fawnskin This Weekend; Sunday’s Awards Ceremony to Include Team Big Bear and Reggae
Foreigner’s Lou Gramm Rocks Swim Beach on the Fourth; More Lakeside Concerts to Benefit the Teen Center
Swim Beach was rockin’ on the Fourth of July, as Foreigner’s Lou Gramm played a lakeside concert to benefit the Teen Center just prior to the fireworks display and the surprise flyover of a C-17 from March Air Force Base (both of which were coordinated by the Rotary Club). Big Bear Valley Recreation and Park District’s Reese Troublefield, whose Eagles cover band Fastlane opened … [Read more...] about Foreigner’s Lou Gramm Rocks Swim Beach on the Fourth; More Lakeside Concerts to Benefit the Teen Center
60th Season of Old Miners’ Days Activities Start Next Weekend; Do You Want to Doo Dah?
The 60th annual Old Miners' Days season gets underway with a summer-full of local events, starting next weekend with the Chili Cook-Off. The first parade of the season rolls through downtown Fawnskin on Saturday the 18th, and entries are still being welcomed for this, the 33rd annual Doo Dah Parade, which is said to have once been in the Guinness Book of World Records for … [Read more...] about 60th Season of Old Miners’ Days Activities Start Next Weekend; Do You Want to Doo Dah?
Rock and Cajun and Patriotic, Oh My! Musical Performances Include “The Wizard of Oz” and Foreigner’s Lou Gramm on the Beach This Week
A number of musical offerings are available in the Big Bear Valley this week, including four performances of “The Wizard of Oz” at the Big Bear Lake Performing Arts Center through Sunday. The Community Arts Theater Society presents the popular musical starring local favorites with showings at 7:30pm today (July 1), tomorrow and Friday, and a 1:30 matinee on Sunday. On Friday … [Read more...] about Rock and Cajun and Patriotic, Oh My! Musical Performances Include “The Wizard of Oz” and Foreigner’s Lou Gramm on the Beach This Week