OAKHURST – The Children’s Museum of the Sierra will be helping families welcome the traditional spring time holiday with an Easter Egg Hunt and BBQ on Saturday, Mar. 30 at the Oakhurst Community Park. “We heard that there wasn’t going to be a hunt this year and heard from some parents that they were disappointed,” said Steve Montalto, director of ...

OAKHURST – Friday is the big grand opening at the Met Cinemas, and everyone is invited to come out to walk the red carpet and have their picture taken. The theater reopened with much fanfare and excitement last Friday, and this is the celebration of everything that went into the reinvention and revitalization of an important part of the mountain ...

MARIPOSA – All veterans are invited to a Veterans’ Stand Down on Saturday, Mar. 9, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., outdoors at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds. The Mariposa Veterans’ Stand-Down encourages all area vets to visit for an array of free services and amenities, throughout an upbeat day complete with food, refreshments and music.

NORTH FORK – If you love backgammon or want to learn to play, you are in luck. North Fork is having a backgammon tournament through Slim’s Koffee Shak. Backgammon is considered one of the world’s oldest board games, perhaps 5,000 years! Wikipedia

NORTH FORK – There’ll be green salad, green pizza and green beer at the St. Patrick’s Day Mixer at the North Fork Pizza Factory, sponsored by the North Fork Chamber of Commerce. Music will be provided by Sierra DJ, and the North Fork Dance Club will do a bit of Irish Step Dancing, under the direction of owner Christina DeGarcia.

MADERA COUNTY – The Madera Arts Council will commemorate 30 years of promoting art and artists in Madera County with a community celebration Mar. 23. at the Hatfield Hall, Madera District Fair Grounds, from 6 to 9 p.m. The evening is set to be a fun celebration of all that the Council and the county’s artists have accomplished over the ...

OAKHURST – In the constant effort to maintain, operate and improve Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park and its Historical Research Library, Sierra Historic Sites Association relies largely on memberships and donations. Everyone is cordially invited to join Sierra Historic Sites Association (SHSA) to help support Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park this New Year by becoming a member.

OAKHURST – Reports out of Europe last fall say that traditional German garb like lederhosen for men and dirndl dresses for women are making a fast fashion comeback. That’s good news for the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce, who recently announced they’re planning the first annual celebration of German Fest for Saturday, Mar. 2 at 6 p.m., at the Oakhurst ...

BASS LAKE – Preparations are under way for the third annual Bass Lake Classic Triathlon, set for Saturday, June 1, and registrations are now being accepted. Bass Lake, located in the Sierra National Forest about 20 minutes south of Yosemite National Park, has a long history in the sport of triathlon.

OAKHURST – History tells us ancient comic playwright Aristophanes said, “You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.” While that may still be so, nothing can stop hoards of hungry mountain folk from walking straight over to the Oakhurst Sierra Rotary’s 27th Annual Crab Feed, on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m.