PHOTOGRAPHY • JILL GREENBERG The photographer set up an outdoor studio in Calgary to capture bear images. An exhibition opens October 11th at Clamp Art.
PARK • BEAR MOUNTAIN If you head up to this state park, don't miss the view of the Hudson Valley from the top of the Perkins Memorial Tower.
BAND • GRIZZLY BEAR What started as a private project in a Greenpoint apartment has turned into this excellent indie, psych-folk band.
DIORAMA • POLAR BEAR The polar bears shown in the Museum of Natural History diorama are threatened with extinction. Help them here.
RANGERS FANS • BIG APPLE BEARS The Big Apple Bears watch their team, the Glasgow Rangers Football Club, via satellite feeds, at the Blue Room bar.
INVESTIGATION • BEAR STEARNS Two of the company's mortgage-related hedge funds, now closed, are under investigation by federal prosecutors. Details are here.
SWIMMING • POLAR BEAR CLUB Winter ocean bathing is the insane purpose of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, the oldest such organization in the country.