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
Recreation
Hummingbird Project Offers School Supplies and Summer Recreation Scholarships to Families in Need
Though Bear Valley Unified students do not return to school until August 4, the Hummingbird Project is already helping families to prepare—and enjoy some activities in the meantime. The non-profit Hummingbird Project is now taking applications from low-to-moderate income families, as school supplies will be distributed to those in need at the end of July. The Hummingbird … [Read more...] about Hummingbird Project Offers School Supplies and Summer Recreation Scholarships to Families in Need
Visitors to the San Bernardino National Forest Are Reminded to Be Fire-Safe; No Personal Fireworks Permitted on Forest or in Big Bear Valley
The Independence Day holiday marks one of the biggest recreation weekends of the year on the San Bernardino National Forest, and visitors are reminded to be fire-safe. Possession and use of fireworks on the national forest is prohibited, and campfires are only permitted at developed sites in designated fire rings in campgrounds, picnic grounds and at yellow post sites; outside … [Read more...] about Visitors to the San Bernardino National Forest Are Reminded to Be Fire-Safe; No Personal Fireworks Permitted on Forest or in Big Bear Valley
Russ Greek and Anne Heuerman Named Big Bear’s Volunteers of the Year
Big Bear’s Volunteers of the Year were honored during a Big Bear Chamber of Commerce luncheon held earlier this month. The Event Resource Office of Big Bear Valley had received many nominations for the Volunteer of the Year Award, and those honorees included Lori Gardiner for the North Shore Improvement Association, Robin Martin for the Big Bear Discovery Center, Reverend Jean … [Read more...] about Russ Greek and Anne Heuerman Named Big Bear’s Volunteers of the Year
Big Bear Amateur Radio Club to “Ham” It Up at Bear Mountain During Amateur Radio Week’s 24-Hour Field Day
Members of the Big Bear Amateur Radio Club will be “hamming” it up at Bear Mountain Resort this weekend, as part of the national Amateur Radio Relay League’s Field Day, which is the culmination of Amateur Radio Week. Ham radio operators, who were said to be instrumental in communicating efforts to save lives and property in instances such as Hurricane Katrina, provide free … [Read more...] about Big Bear Amateur Radio Club to “Ham” It Up at Bear Mountain During Amateur Radio Week’s 24-Hour Field Day