NORTH FORK – With Princess and Brave contestant applications, a handful of fundraisers, an open house and more all leading up to Indian Fair Days and Pow Wow, there’s plenty going on at the Sierra Mono Museum. This year, the Pow Wow will be one day only, Saturday, Aug. 2, with a series of supportive events leading up to the ...

OAKHURST – “Yes, there will be a Sober Grad for seniors graduating this year!” So says the group of parents and teachers who have banded together to make certain that a Yosemite Unified School District tradition doesn’t strike out since the area lost its only bowling alley last year. New traditions are about to be established, and organizers are setting ...

COARSEGOLD – Desert Roots is an evening of ancient rhythms, joyful songs, drumming and dancing on Sunday, Apr. 27 at 7 p.m. Experience enchanting songs and rhythms from the Middle East and North Africa by internationally known charismatic percussionist, performer, educator and sound healer Dror Sinai. Dror is an international performer, educator, and guest artist, as well as the Founder ...

OAKHURST – Many fantasize about riding a motorcycle across the great North American Continent but few actually get to do it. Branches Books and Gifts invites the community to an appearance and book signing on Friday, Mar. 21 at 6 p.m., by author Bill Schoettler, who penned “Alaska and Back on a BMW 1600.” It’s the story of two unlikely ...

MADERA – Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1981, cordially invites the public to a fundraising dinner for the 2014 Central Valley Honor Flight on Thursday, Mar. 20, at 6:30 p.m. Central Valley Honor Flight raises money to fly veterans to Washington, D.C. to view the monuments erected in their honor.

NORTH FORK – The North Fork Boosters will host a Candidates Night on Tuesday, Apr. 8, at the North Fork Town Hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Candidates for three County offices will have the opportunity to share their views on local issues and respond to written questions submitted by citizens.

Submitted by Kathy Marks MADERA COUNTY – Sierra Art Trails is kicking off our 2014 activities with a Call to Artists for our first Spring Special Exhibit, “Valley View – Yosemite Trails, Currents, and Visions.” The exhibit is presented in association with the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Yosemite Grant, signed into law by Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and will ...

RAYMOND – District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler will be hosting another in his series of Town Hall meetings on Thursday, Mar. 20, this time in Raymond. Wheeler will be designating a portion of the meeting to a Raymond community discussion in order to learn more about the specific challenges and needs of this part of his district. Other meeting topics ...

OAKHURST/BASS LAKE – You’ll have multiple chances to do good while eating well in the coming days, and here are a few of your options. On Sunday, Mar. 16, the youth group at United Methodist Church is holding a potato bake, and Vision Academy of the Arts is hosting a corned beef and cabbage fundraiser, all in one place. On ...

OAKHURST – Sunday, March 23 at 2:30 p.m. marks the debut concert of the Sierra Foothill Composers’ Co-operative Concert Series in the Oakhurst Branch Library’s Community Room. The concert has been organized by four local composers, and will feature music by the four co-op members — Brad Hufft, John Kilburn, Susan Moore, and Barbara Ulman — as well as Bach, ...