What We Do

 

PABI’s recent work includes:

  • Produced a full series of summer entertainment events for 2021 including four concerts, two plays and hosting Baroque on Beaver performances;
  • Commissioned a series of murals that are to be installed in the Welcome Center that will tell the story of the island from pre-history  to modern times. The first panels have been installed. Work will continue in the summer of 2022;
  • Installing a state of the art assistive listening system in the BIC Center Theater that works with most hearing aids and includes loaner units with headphones;
  • Hosting events for BICS including the robotics team’s bIrobot Film Festival, presentations. past graduations and school social events;
  • Implementation of the Up North Dig[tal Network video sign system and making it available to all businesses that want to participate;
  • Hosting community meetings on the Master Plan, EMS Issues the Island Fellow Program and others;
  • Hosting events for community organizations including the churches, BIA, the Northern Lake Michigan Islands Collaborative; the Historical Society. the Great Lakes Islands Alliance and the Beaver Island Cultural Arts Association;
  • Presentation of recent release movies almost every weekend with shows for kids, teens and adults;
  • Hosting senior events including monthly COA Dinners and the Arthritis Exercise Program;
  • Organizing and hosting recreational activities that exercise the body and the mind including Pickleball and Games Galore;
  • Production assistance and broadcast of the Beaver Island Radio Players productions including episodes of The Bickersons, Father Knows Best and Lights Out;
  • Serving as the trail head of the Beaver Island Birding Trail, the Beaver Island Boating Trail and island hiking trails;
  • Adding a self-serve soda fountain to our concession stand; and
  • 24×7 operation of the WVBI — the Voice of Beaver Island — with locally produced news, a comprehensive on-air and on-line Community Calendar, Islander News from BICS, locally produced music shows, global news on the hour in the mornings and evening, and informative programing Saturday & Sunday mornings including the recent addition of the Peabody award winning show Radiolab from WNYC.

There’s always something going on at your Community Center.  It’s where island adventures begin.

 

 

 

Events at the BIC Center

BCC - 2022-06 Summer Schedule & MOKE
BCC - 2022-06 Summer Schedule & MOKE
BCC - 2022-08-11 1800 Secret Garden Gala
BCC - 2022-08-11 1800 Secret Garden Gala
BCC - 2022-08-20 1900 The RFD Boys (Poster)
BCC - 2022-08-20 1900 The RFD Boys (Poster)
BCC - 2022-09-03 1900 The Outlaws (Poster)
BCC - 2022-09-03 1900 The Outlaws (Poster)
BCC - 2022-08-24 1930 Ortwein Jazztet (Jazz Series Logo)
BCC - 2022-08-24 1930 Ortwein Jazztet (Jazz Series Logo)
BCC - 2022-09-08 Moxie Strings 16x9
BCC - 2022-09-08 Moxie Strings 16x9
BCC - 2022-09-04 1900 Aoife Scott Band (Poster)
BCC - 2022-09-04 1900 Aoife Scott Band (Poster)
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