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Thursday, November 27, 2008

We have some good news surrounding the 'Bear Run ~ The Movie' (website - article): if you missed seeing it on TV, then you can always purchase the DVD... however... by clicking this secret link you will save $5. That's a present from director Dan Hunt to you.

With the DVD you will get a much longer version of the movie, including extra stories surrounding the main characters Louie, Mikhael, Mike and their friends. There's also some Bear history and insights about the Bear community from the experts. You also get to see Louie's wild home movies. And there's more hot footage of Bears and Cubs at IBR, Lazy Bear, Bear Week at P-Town and Bear Trek.

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Monday, August 4, 2008

If you didn't catch the premiere of Bear Run The Movie (article) on LOGO, you can still catch the reprise today (August 4th) and again on August 24th... or... even better... pick up your own DVD copy of this documentary that was directed by Dan Hunt.

This 'director's cut' DVD is now available from their site. What you receive is extra stories from their lovable characters Louie, Mikhael, Mike and their friends; a 'Bear History' and insights about our community from the experts; Louie's wild home movies; footage of Bears and Cubs at International Bear Rendezvous (website - articles), Lazy Bear Weekend (website - articles), Bear Week P-Town (website - articles), Bear Trek (website - articles) and other events around the country.

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The following is from Les Wright - editor of The Bear Book I and The Bear Book II: "Artists and writers who celebrate, investigate, chronicle, explore, or otherwise engage creatively with Bears - Bear identity, Bear community, Bear culture, Bear sensibility – are welcome to submit a proposal to participate in Ursology 2008, a two-hour salon, consisting of a reading and display of original works of art.

For the second year in a row, Ursology, the Bear literary and arts salon, will take place during IBR . That’s Saturday, February 16th at Holiday Inn on Van Ness Avenue, the host hotel in San Francisco.

Ursology 2008 is being organized by Les Wright, founder and curator of the original Bear History Project (Nashoba Institute) and of the Bear Icons and beyond art exhibitions (1999-2002). Proposals, samples of writing or artwork, all inquiries may be sent to the organizer via email (note: a 'placeholder' webpage can be found at BearHistory.com ).

Individuals interested in becoming involved in the development of future Ursology programs or the redevelopment of the Nashoba Institute and the Bear History Project are encouraged to contact Les, and to consider attending a planning meeting immediately following the 2008 salon".

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Back in 1995 a guy named Randy Stern founded the Gen-X Bears movement. What Gen-X was, to the best of my knowledge, was a concept that being a Bear didn't necessarily signify you had to be older; that younger men could be Bears as well. Also, when you are 18 years old and a little lost in the world, a Gen-X club was a way in meeting friends who are just like yourself so as to help these young men accept earlier on that it's ok to be a Bear.

The Gen-X had a busy mailing list for a few years and there were quite of few clubs that formed with activities such as bowling or non-alcoholic parties. However, the Gen-X concept just never really caught on, and like one remaining Gen-X webpage says:

"Bears of Generation X are all now legal drinking age. The Bear community has changed. The web is different - more universal, yet more scattered than ever before. Clubs have changed. Some Generation X Bear communities have survived. Some imploded. Some fizzled".

In any account, Gen-X made sense in the mid-90s because the net was new for most of us so young and old were all discovering the wonderful world of Bear. Randy Stern did his part in adding to the Bear culture, so check out his blog - The Journey.

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Ever wonder where things come from... like.. who invented the neck tie...? You probably don't, but there are always some fun tidbits here and there that make up your culture. One such article would be the Bear flag. Arguably it's been credited to Craig Byrnes who opened (and later sold) the Bear Manufacturing. Why did I say it's arguable? Well because there had been debates on a now defunct mailing list as to the flag's origins, but it's hard to argue with their point that "Bob (Craig's friend) bought a deluxe box of crayons for Craig's birthday, and Craig began his search of suitable colors for his flag". I'll take Craig's word that he did the flag, also because Craig is super cute. Yes, looks assist sometimes in this world, especially if you're this cute Bear who likes deluxe boxes of crayons.

Read more about the history of the Bear flag as well as the ghey rainbow flag, leather as well the bi. Semiotics can be fun sometimes.