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Country Club Jazz Nights
Tuesday, June 30, 2009- Browse more articles by: Catalina Country Club
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - Jazz Nights are back at the Country Club. Musicians perform in the Mediterranean-style courtyard of Avalon's top-rated restaurant. Thursday night jazz at the Country Club is very popular and reservations are recommended.
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Wet Spot Rentals adds new kayak adventures
Monday, June 15, 2009- Browse more articles by: Catalina Kayak Adventures & Wet Spot Rentals
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - Catalina Kayak Adventures & Wet Spot Rentals has been helping visitors explore Catalins Island's shoreline since 1991. This year they are adding two new exciting tours, glass bottom kayak tours and an outback tour complete with a beach picnic.
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Museum opens a special exhibition "Hollywood's Magic Isle"
Thursday, July 02, 2009- Browse more articles by: Catalina Island Museum
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - This weekend the Catalina Island Museum opens a special exhibition "Hollywood's Magic Isle" to highlight the Island's illustrious history of moviemaking and celebrity visits.  Santa Catalina Island has served as the location for the filming of over 500 motion pictures, documentaries, television programs and commercials over the past 90 plus years.  Throughout this history, the Island has been transformed into the coast of North Africa, from Tahiti to the American frontier and back again.  It was home of that famous mechanical shark, Jaws and has been mistaken for the lost continent of Atlantis.
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Debris Barriers will protect camps at Swains Canyon and Gallaghers
Thursday, June 25, 2009- Browse more articles by: Catalina Island Conservancy
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - The Conservancy has just completed construction of unique 20-foot tall "ring nets" to protect the Catalina Island Marine Institute at Toyon Bay in Swains Canyon and Campus by the Sea at Gallaghers from the onslaught of mudslides in the event of a storm.
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Irish Folk Songs at El Galleon
Sunday, June 28, 2009- Browse more articles by: El Galleon Restaurant
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - El Galleon Restaurant presents Trevor Jones singing Irish Folk Songs very Sunday throughout summer. The dinner show is from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. El Galleon is located at 411 Crescent Ave on the bay in Avalon.
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July 4th Festivities on Catalina Island
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Sunday, June 21, 2009- Browse more articles by: Chamber of Commerce
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - Catalina Island is a fun-filled celebration this 4th of July! Join island residents, visitors and the USC Marching Band in the beautiful city of Avalon for the Annual Fourth of July Parade, Fireworks Display and Dinner, a great way for to honor our nation's independence while having loads of fun!
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USS Enterprise Lands on Catalina Island
Sunday, May 31, 2009- Browse more articles by: Assorted Sources
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - There was an outpouring of unconditional love May 9th at the Casino Theater as Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) and Mr. Sulu (George Takei) joined with Eugene (Rod) Roddenberry, son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, for a special screening of the latest reboot of the Star Trek franchise directed by J.J. Abrams.
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Avalon City Council Agenda June 16, 2009
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Sunday, June 14, 2009- Browse more articles by: Avalon City Council
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - AVALON CITY COUNCIL MEETING 
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009
7:00 P.M. - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
410 AVALON CANYON ROAD, AVALON
A G E N D A (Revised)
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Legendary Yachtsman, Hiker, Thad Jones Remembered on Trans-Catalina Trail
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Monday, April 13, 2009- Browse more articles by: Catalina Island Conservancy
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - On May 26, 1956, decades before the Trans-Catalina Trail was envisioned, three young men achieved the seemingly impossible. They hiked the entire length of the Island in 11 hours and 20 minutes.
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Construction of New Avalon Community Begins
Built exclusively for full-time residents.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009- Browse more articles by: eCatalina.com
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - For those who live and work on Catalina Island, affordable housing can present a serious challenge.  It's a difficult dilemma-you either have to squeeze your family into very small quarters, or pay a premium for a house that vastly exceeds your budget and needs.  On the island, it seems to be one extreme or the other.  There is little or no middle ground.  At least, that's the way it has been until now.
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