Hi!

Come out and support Beacon literature at these great upcoming poetry events in August!

CAPS Poetry Marathon:

A full 12 hours of readings by Hudson Valley Poets!

Sat. August 3 from 11AM to 11PM.

(I'll be reading at 1:00PM)

Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street, Beacon, Ny

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The Beacon Lions Club will be holding a Physic Fair on August 17. The event will run from 1pm-7pm at Southern Duchess Bowl on Rte 52 in Beacon. FMI call Donna at 845-831-5674

It took a few extra weeks to actually get started but I just finished cataloging the first day’s samples from May/June’s trip to the Eiffel Tower.

That would be roughly 828 raw samples yielding roughly 170 chosen sounds.

And that was from a short day; we had preliminary meetings with the Eiffel Tower administration on Day 1, and only started at around…

First came the cicadas, then came the cicada killers.

Hundreds of them at Long Dock. Fat 2 inch long wasps.

They are like the tarantula hawk of the desert southwest- they paralyze their prey, put them in a deep brood chamber, deposit a single egg on the still living prey, then its young hatch and eat the cicada alive.

Cicada killers love dry mounds of soft soil (easy digging) to build their brood chambers in, and Scenic Hudson has built the…

Anyone know where I can get this done?

Hey! I used to participate in Green Drinks in NYC, Baltimore, London, etc... wherever I was living. I saw a posting from 2009 and 2011 on Beacon Citizen, but nothing current. Anyone up for getting together and having drinks? Doesn't need to be Green, but I like the idea of it!

Last night players were: Robert Perrone, Smoking Monkeys, Charlie Adams, Don Caetano, Alan Paul, Jack and Friends(David, Steve and Roddy), 

Harley Fine, Vito Luizzi (Johnny Winter drummer 1999-2001), Jake Benedict, Mark Drums Pisanelli, Mary Stone, Harry Lawrence, Thom Joyce, Mitch Florian, Nick Mara, Anthony Ricevuto, Marry Poppins(Spoon Lady), and the best house band a guitarist singer could ask for St.george and Friends, Anthony F. DeMarco, Joseph Nott, Francisco…

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Sargent-Downing Gardens at 724 Wolcott Ave Beacon Ny  is pleased to offer the following classes and workshops in July.

      Stories and Masks of Western Africa - this is a 2 day workshop 7/7 and 7/14. 1-3pm. Taught by Alejandro Lopez.  Exploring how nature is presented in art and stories.



        Music in the Garden - Sundays 7/7 and 7/14  4-6pm. Come and play or listen to this music jam in the garden.  Bring a blanket for your self and a dish to share to this potluck.…

Come early, beat the heat!  Early bird gets the worm!  Grab iced coffee and breakfast morsels on Main St and take a stroll whilst perusing for treasures!

We are there setting up from 6am, and if we can stand the heat we will be there until 3pm.

S Chestnut and Henry, behind post office.

202 0094beaconfleamarket@gmail.com

http://www.beaconflea.blogspot.com

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Tuesday, July 23rd at 7pm at Fovea Exhibitions, 143 Main Street. 

Reserve your seat and join the D.C.-based Executive Director of Food and Water Watch, Wenonah Hauter, along with Glynwood President Kathleen Frith in an intimate discussion about Ms. Hauter's new book Foodopoly- The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America.

Attendees receive a signed copy of…

It's a related spirochete to Borrelia burgdorferi (primary Lyme disease causing bug).

But the key difference with this bacterium is you have Lyme symptoms, but no rash.

Wonderful.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/02/new-tick-borne-illness-could-be-worse-than-lyme-disease/