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Pick up “Art to Go” packages provided by the Catalina Island Museum every Thursday starting at 10 a.m. The kits are geared towards children 6-12 and include a specific project paired with an art lesson. For more information, reach out to the museum at info@catalinamuseum.org.
Summer Beach Bingo: June 21 – Aug. 25
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“Art to Go” from Catalina Museum for Art & History
Movies on the Beach: July 13, July 27, and August 10 The City of Avalon will host Movies on the Beach on South Beach every other Wednesday from June 29 to August 10. Films begin at 7 p.m., and snacks and refreshments are available for purchase. Visitors are encouraged to bring their chairs or blankets. The full movie lineup can be found below: July 13: The Mitchells vs. The Machines July 27: Ratatouille Aug. 10: Luca
Summer Beach Bingo returns every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7 p.m. on
Historical
The Highwayman Show (August 20) – A tribute to the timeless music of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson.
Xceptional Tribute to ABBA (September 3) – A fan-favorite performance highlighting the best of ABBA.
Catalina Island Concert Series: Aug. 20 and Sept. 3 The island’s summer concert series kicked off on June 25, featuring Venice with the Pine Mountain Logs, an Americana pop group that draws influence from The Beach Boys, Eagles, and CSN. The series will continue on Aug. 20 and Sept. 3. The series is in partnership with Xceptional Music Company and
PHOTO Courtesy of Catalina Museum for Art & History
CATALINA ISLAND— Summer is in full swing, and Catalina has regular events throughout the summer months to occupy locals and visitors on the island.
South Beach, right next to the Lifeguard Stand. So, bring your blankets and chairs and play a game of bingo on the sand for a chance to win fun local prizes. Bingo cards are $1 each.
Descanso Beach Club will host a “Margaritaville” style event on Jun 16 from 5-8 p.m. The event has a cocktail reception and dinner, followed by a beach party, all supporting the Catalina Island Medical Center Foundation and its support of the Catalina Island Medical Center and healthcare on Catalina Island. In addition, the event will have a live auction, raffle prizes, live music, and dancing on the sand. For more information or to purchase tickets, see https://www.cimcfoundation. org/catalinaville/.
is held at Wrigley Stage from 8-10 p.m. For concert goers over 21, a beer, wine, and spirits garden will be located adjacent to the stage featuring a raffle and prize opportunities throughout the evening. The next two shows will feature:
The Chicago Cubs on Catalina Island By: KATHERINE M. CLEMENTS
AVALON— In the early part of the 20th
century, the transition into spring in Avalon became official once some very special guests arrived on the island.
From 1921-1941 and then 1946-1951, The Chicago Cubs spent spring training in Avalon. In 1919, 103 years ago, William Wrigley, Jr. and his wife Ada purchased Catalina Island. Wrigley, a visionary entrepreneur, quickly grew to love the island and began investing in infrastructure, hotels, restaurants, and attractions. Wrigley saw the protentional in turning the island into a seaside retreat to attract visitors from around the world. By the middle of the 20s, Wrigley built a spring training field that matched the dimensions of Chicago’s
Wrigley Field. By the end of that decade, he had also constructed a clubhouse that would eventually become the Catalina Island Country Club. The team arrived each February to great fanfare, with parades, speeches, and live music. The team was always accompanied by the sports press, showcasing the players’ exploits. One radio sportscaster, Ronald “Dutch” Reagan, who covered the Chicago Cubs on Catalina Island, would go on to earn acclaim in a different field. The Cubs presence was a helpful marketing tool for the island. As the team was photographed throughout their years on the island, those images made their way to newspapers across the United States. Wrigley used the Cub’s presence on the island in advertisements using ‘The Cubs Are Here, You Should Come Too,” as a popular tagline. The entire country mobilized to fight
The full team on the island and a proud owner, William Wrigley Jr. when the war was declared in 1941, including Catalina Island, which became training grounds and a lookout station for the military. Throughout the years of the war, the Cubs stayed closer to home, but as soon as the war was over, spring A game on the regulation size Wrigley Field on the island training returned to circa 1926. Catalina Island. The team continued to train on the Island as the team’s new training ground. until 1952, when Mesa, AZ, was chosen
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By: JORDAN B. DARLING
Catalinaville 2022 Fundraiser: July 16
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Summer on Catalina
