COUNTY – Families are invited to attend the second annual Madera County ArtsFest on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. This free event will promote art in Madera County in a carnival-type atmosphere. Children will be able to participate in free hands-on art activities consisting of decorating flower pots, creating collages, painting rocks and necklaces and drawing chalk ...

AHWAHNEE – The nonprofit organization Helping One Woman (HOW) will meet on Wednesday, May 20, to honor and support area resident Kari Burton Smith. “On the morning of Apr. 11, Kari heard a knock at the door and was told the news no one ever hopes to hear,” say HOW organizers.

OAKHURST – Sierra Senior Center is honoring Armed Service Day on Saturday, May 16, by holding a special monthly dinner in honor of local military veterans and treating vets to a no-charge home-style meal.

BASS LAKE – Jennifer Moss is the speaker for this month’s meeting of mountain communities’ Women in Business (WIB). Jennifer is an author and web designer expected to expound on the subject, “Write that Book! The New Publishing Industry.” WIB is an offshoot of Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce, meeting monthly at different restaurants for about 90 minutes of networking, ...

OAKHURST – After months of planning, EMC Relay for Life returns to the track at Yosemite High School this weekend, rain or shine, starting Saturday, May 16 at 9 a.m. and running overnight through Sunday, May 17. This year’s theme as voted on by the local committee is “Give Cancer The Boot!” and that’s just what organizers are expecting to ...

Submitted by Julie Fullmer, Director of Sales & Operations, Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau MADERA COUNTY – Coming to Madera County, the E.L.K. (Everybody Loves Kids) Charity Challenge is truly a one-of-a-kind event that brings charity, motorsports, and history to life in an interactive entertainment series adventure; pitting philanthropic vehicle enthusiasts against one another in a seven-day journey. Their goal, to ...

BASS LAKE — The Bass Lake Chamber of Commerce has officially announced the opening of the 2015 Certified Farmer’s Market at the Pines Village in Bass Lake starting on Wednesday, May 13, from 4 to 7 p.m.. Organizers say this ongoing event has proven to be one of the most popular in the mountain area and has been eagerly awaited ...

AHWAHNEE – David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach will be the next artists to grace to stage at Coolwater Ranch, on Saturday May 23 at 8 p.m. David Jacobs-Strain is a fierce slide guitar player, and a song poet from Oregon. He’s known for both his virtuosity and spirit of emotional abandon; his live show moves from humorous, subversive blues, to ...

OAKHURST – With about 160 glammed-up givers in attendance on Saturday, May 2, the 30th Annual Elegant Auction to benefit the Oakhurst Community Park was deemed an absolute success by organizers and guests alike, with more than $46,000 in revenue received, and still counting. “The event was a huge success this year thanks to old wisdom and new blood,” says ...

OAKHURST – Scholarship honors were bestowed on grateful graduating students last night at Yosemite High School, and the outcome of this annual meeting between organizations and education was tremendous.