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.