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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Press Release - "Singer and Songwriters Freddy Freeman (founder of Bearapalooza, Out Musician of the Year nominee) and Kendall (website) (LOGO video artist and 100% Beef model) are hitting the road to promote Freddy's album 'Break the Silence' and Kendall's new CD 'Truth Changes'.

Kendall has put together a mini-musical, short performance piece of the album, and they will be joined by guests in different locations like Marc Peurye, Elijah Black, Jeff Altergott, Steve Reeder, Toshio Mana, Jesse Kerrison and Tommy Johns. Many of the dates are sponsored by local bear clubs. They will be appearing in Albany, NY - Syracuse, NY - Rochester, NY, Chicago, IL - Detroit, MI - Indianapolis, IN - Columbus, OH - and Louisville, KY. Come out and see them in your area! Get dates, times and venue locations on the Bearapalooza site".

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

It's almost that time again ~ another Bear Pride which is hosted by the Great Lake Bears of Chicago, Illinois. The event takes place on Memorial Day Weekend, from May 22nd thru May 25th.

From their site: "Being located in the third largest city in the US, Bear Pride offers the most urban of settings for this premiere event. Bear Pride 15 is set to celebrate the unique and welcoming character of 'The Windy City'. This celebration of the Bear community is front and center over the Memorial Day weekend, with special emphasis put on the history of Chicago as a major destination for the GLBT community. Great Lakes Bears, the sponsor club of Bear Pride, began in 1989 and holds a place as one of the oldest Bear organizations in the country".

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

It's a well known fact that the Bear world and the Leather world are, if anything, kissing cousins. The Bear community party sprung from the leather community back in the 80s... and tell me you do not get hard anytime you see some hot Daddy Bear all leathered up...?

But did you know there was actually a Leather Archives and Museum? Since '91 in Chicago. From their site: "In August 1991, the LA&M was incorporated in the state of Illinois. From that date until May 1993, the Leather Archives was, in effect, an idea struggling to take form. In '93, '94 and 95, the LA&M existed as a growing collection and appeared in public only as exhibits at International Mr. Leather in Chicago (plus a couple of abortive attempts to appear on the road). In fact, most members of the Leather Communities of the world - even in North America - were still unaware of the LA&M. In '96, a storefront home for the LA&M was opened in Chicago. Much larger exhibits were mounted in this space, but the collection outgrew the space very rapidly.

In July '97, Joseph W. Bean arrived to take on the job of Executive Director of the LA&M. Within three months, he had started a series of changing exhibits and proposed to the Board of Directors a capital campaign to raise funds to buy a building. The capital campaign was announced in December of '97, and met with immediate success.

The LA&M moved into its permanent home in late '99. The 10,000 sq. foot building provided for exhibits and the effective storage of the ever-growing collection of leather history. In January of '02, Joseph Bean retired from the LA&M, and then volunteer Rick Storer was hired to continue the work started by Bean and the entire leather community. In August of '04, the leather community made a $225,000 balloon payment to pay off the mortgage of the LA&M. Also during '04, the exhibit space was expanded from one 2,000 sq. foot gallery to a full building tour of eight galleries".

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The Woodstock event might have taken place almost 40 years ago however all them skinny hippies are now big old stocky baby booming Bears and they are ready to do it all over again but this time it's gonna be at Woofstock, which is this year's theme for Bear Pride which takes place in Chicago, Illinois from May 21st thru the 26th, an annual event held by the Great Lake Bears. So make sure to put a few flowers in your beard as you get ready for one groovy Bear event. Five days of fun, fur & free love!

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Monday, August 6, 2007

From the Bears on the Run site: "Over the last few years, outlets like Bear Radio Network, Bearapalooza and Woobie Bear Music, along with a host of supportive Bear runs, bars and podcasts, have given Bear musicians, songwriters and performers a place to share their talents. This fall, 6 performers will head out in a van for the 1st ever Bear tour which will span 12 cities and 7 states including Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma.

The tour is called Bears on the Run and showcases the talents of Bobaloo (a comedian from Los Angeles, CA - TubeBear profile), Kendall (a songwriter and performance artist from Buffalo, NY), Matthew Temple (a folk singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN), Nakia (a Blues singer/songwriter from Austin, TX), Elijah Black (a rock singer and songwriter from Akron, OH) and Shannon Grady (a singer and songwriter from Minneapolis, MN). Along for the ride will be two videographers who will capture performances as well as life backstage and on the road to be edited into a documentary.

The tour's founder Shannon Grady (a singer and co-host of the popular podcast bTALK) hopes that the tour will grow and open up doors for other Bear artists and find new audiences for their work".

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
It is right around the corner - Bear Pride - an event hosted by the Great Lake Bears of Chicago, IL. How far around the corner...? As in this upcoming weekend, from May 24th thru the 28th. They have recently put up a message board up for those who are still looking for roommates and what not. Also, what's great about this weekend is that it coincides with International Mr. Leather ~ so it's guaranteed you are going to see some super husky hunky burly Bears in full tilt leather, puffin' away on stogies and looking like they just don't care as they stare you down thru their dark sunglasses, tipping their leather Daddy master caps, slapping a glove on their thick thighs, and moving their boots about like they need a shining. Oh boy... hope all those attending Bear Pride have a good time. Take a ton of pics. 

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Monday, April 30, 2007

It's new, it's free, it's BearParty Magazine. Here is a p-release sent in by David Green
from CyberBears.com:

San Francisco - "CyberBears, LLC is proud to announce the release of a new free Bear community publication, BearParty Magazine. BearParty editorial mix includes original articles, fiction, product reviews, comics, and photo galleries for Bears and Bear lovers. Although the contents of BearParty are definitely adult in nature, there is no explicit hardcore photography included. The format of the magazine is digest-size, full color, on glossy 70lb paper.

Over the past 5 years, CyberBears, LLC has built one of the largest Bear media businesses in the world by giving men just what they want through subscription websites, social networking sites, hosted live events, community outreach programs, streaming video, dozens of original DVD titles and now a print publication".

A Release Party for BearParty Magazine is scheduled for May 24th during Bear Pride Week in Chicago, Illinois at Touche. Bear Pride is hosted by the Great Lake Bears.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007
The other day while mentioning the Great Lake Bear's upcoming event Bear Pride, I also quickly pointed out the fact that IML - International Mr. Leather - runs along Bear Pride during the same weekend (Memorial Day Weekend - May 24th-28th). Well, IML has completely redesigned their site. From their page "We've redesigned from top to bottom... and at the moment we're still putting the photo galleries and past-year pages back together - so while those aren't available just now, we hope to have them for you very soon!". However, there is still a ton of info now, enough to make you decide whether or not you want to go.

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Friday, January 12, 2007

The Great Lake Bears of Chicago, IL are planning to deliver hard with their upcoming Bear Pride which takes place during Memorial Day Weekend - May 24th thru the 28th. From their site: "This year’s theme is 'We Deliver!', as that is precisely what we shall do for you! We are planning exciting events that are not to be missed, including our Boystown bar crawl and no-less-than three fun-as-hell dance parties. Let us show you Midwestern hospitality in a way that only Bears can".

A little side note - IML - International Mr. Leather - is a huge event that occurs at the same time as Bear Pride, so truly, you can get the best of both the Leather and the Bear world, all in one weekend.