Things To Do! 5/17/2025

BOOK YOUR EVENT PROMOTION Single purchases of Event Promotions are available. Membership for discounted recurring events are available. Shops, Restaurants, Beauty and Classes advertisers in ALBB's membership get events promoted as needed. Budget varies per number of listings. EMS Community Safety & Education Day 2025 From Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps Day: Saturday, May 17, 2025 Time: 12pm-4pm Price: Free Location: The Elks Lodge, 900 Wolcott Avenue, Beacon, NY Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps presents “EMS Community Safety & Education Day 2025.” This free event is designed to bring the community together for a day of learning, safety, and fun. Information > Death Is Not Real: A Conscious Exploration of What Lies Beyond the Veil @ The Yard Day: Sunday, May 18, 2025 Time: 12pm-4pm Price: $55 Advance, $65 At The Door Location: The Yard, 4 Hanna Lane, Beacon, NY This workshop explores ancient spiritual teachings, firsthand Near-Death Experience (NDE) accounts, and immersive practices such as guided meditations, sound journeys, and heart-brain coherence techniques. Participants will deepen their awareness and begin to cultivate an inner gnosis of what lies beyond. More than a discussion, this is an opportunity to transcend fear and glimpse the profound truth that death is not the end, but a doorway to deeper consciousness. Information > Nakba To Be Commemorated In Middletown As Community Organizations March Through Town Sunday May 18th Day: Sunday, May 18, 2025 Time: 1pm Location: Thrall Park in Middletown, NY The march remembers Palestinian victims of ethnic cleansing and calls for an end to the Genocide in Gaza. Local community organizations march through Middletown to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Nakba and call for an end to the genocide in Gaza. In 1948, Zionist militias killed 15,000 and ethnically cleansed 700,000 Palestinians from what is now Israel. Palestinians refer to this event as the Nakba, or catastrophe. Information > * * * SAVE THE DATES * * * What Matters? @ KUBE Day: Saturday, May 24, 2025 Time: 4-5:30p with reception to follow Price: $10 Donation Location: In the new Library and Archive of KuBe Art Center (the Old Beacon High School), 211 Fishkill Avenue, Beacon, NY. Join longtime public radio and print journalist Karen Michel and a group of panelists to experience what they feel their work does to effect dialogue and--perhaps-- joy. With Jerome Cohen, Gwen Laster, Deb Lucke, David Ross and Edwin Torres. There will be be Deep Thoughts, music, and audience participation. PRIDE 2025 Day: Sunday, June 1, 2025 Time: 10am-3pm Queer Liberation March - Main Street Beacon Day: Sunday, June 1, 2025 Time: 3pm-6pm Queer Joy - Main Street Beacon Day: Friday, June 13, 2025 Time: 6:30pm-10pm Queer Dance Party @ The Yard Day: Sunday, June 15, 2025 Time: 1pm-5pm Family Pride @ The Yard Information > Beacon Sloop Club Strawberry Festival Day: Sunday, June 8, 2025 Time: 12pm-5pm Location: Pete & Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park Fresh made strawberry shortcakes with Hudson Valley local strawberries and other strawberry delights. Along the perimeter of the picnic grounds dozens of craft vendors sell quality handmade goods, food vendors offer a variety of delicious food choices. Many free children’s activities. Two solar-powered music stages offer live music performances throughout the day. One solely dedicated to children's music. Bring a blanket and or chairs, listen to free local musicians perform, purchase a strawberry shortcake and enjoy the day surrounded by the beautiful Hudson River. A Little Beacon Blog will be there at their Face Painting table. Information > APPRECIATION: A Survivor’s Story of Hiroshima Day: Thursday, June 12, 2025 Time: 6-7pm Price: Free. Registration encouraged. Location: Howland Public Library, 313 Main Street, Beacon, NY Directed by Michael Dwyer and Chuck Gomez Information > * * * REGISTRATIONS * * * City of Beacon’s City-Wide Yard Sale Days: Saturday, June 14, 2025 Time: 9am-3pm Location: Beacon, NY 12508 Shop Beacon’s yards! If you want to be on the City’s map, you’ll need to register here and pay a fee. But you don’t need to register to have a yard sale on this day or any day. Information > Features from our Sponsors. Is your business on the menu? JOIN ALBB'S BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP FOR FEATURES ZIATUN 244 Main Street, Beacon, NY 🖤♥️🤍💚 TEACHABLE MOMENT: For your reference: Ziatun was closed on Thursday, to mark Nakba Day. “Nakba Day (aka ‘Memory of the Catastrophe’) is the day of commemoration for the Nakba, also known as the Palestinian Catastrophe, which comprised the destruction of Palestinian society and homeland in 1948, and the permanent displacement of a majority of the Palestinian people. It is generally commemorated on 15 May, the day after the Gregorian calendar date of the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948. For Palestinians, it is an annual day of commemoration of the displacement that preceded and followed Israel’s establishment,” as described in Wikipedia. You're getting this newsletter today, and Ziatun is open again! 🖤♥️🤍💚 Ziatun is Palestinian-Owned. Open everyday. Instagram > Ziatun is a Sponsor! BEACON BREAD COMPANY 193-195 Main Street, Beacon, NY THIS is Avocado Toast. Smashed avocado, toasted almonds, cilantro, chimichurri, crema, crispy chickpeas & baby arugula. Available at Beacon Bread every day of the week. Wholesale, special orders, and events/catering available. Instagram > Beacon Bread Company is a Sponsor! HUDSON VALLEY FOOD HALL 288 Main Street, Beacon, NY “Mama Want To Mambo” 💃🏽 song for the freshly made Mango Lassi drink at Tara Fusion Cuisine in the Hudson Valley Food Hall. A Mango Lassi is a smoothly blended drink made with ripe mangos with tangy yogurt. Trina sprinkles hers with flower petals. We are now entering the season of mangos. 🥭🥭🥭 Follow HV Food Hall's Chefs: Nami Yum Yum Roosevelt Bar Dulce Cielo Mexico Tara Fusion Cuisine Old Dhaka Coffee House Five Pennies Creamery Palmetto Burger Co. Hudson Valley Food Hall is a Sponsor! BAGEL-ISH 226 Main Street, Beacon, NY Did you hear about the bacon crisis that Bagel-ish experienced? Owner Beth sources her ingredients from very careful sources. She insists on no-nitrates for her bacon for her egg souffle sandwiches. But when/ her supplier's cooker broke for the pork bacon, she went on a journey. And that didn't even include the turkey bacon! Both are back now. But here's the story of what happened. Instagram > Bagel-ish is a Sponsor! CARTER'S RESTAURANT 424 Main St. SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, June 15th Big BBQ at Carters on Father’s Day. $40/person ~ All You Can Eat From 11am-4pm. Kids 8 years and under eat free! Dogs, Burgers, Steak, Pulled Pork, Corn on the Cob, Sausage and Peppers, Raw clams, Steamed Clams, Clams Oreganata, Clams Casino, Salads, BBQ Chicken. Catering and Private Parties available. Instagram > Carters is a Sponsor! Features from our Sponsors. Is your shop stocking your shelves? JOIN ALBB'S BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP FOR FEATURES Eggbert’s Free Range Farm Eggbert's Free Range Farm is entering back into their $8/dozen farm fresh eggs zone! Eggbert's said to their customers via IG: "Thank you so much for supporting us while we made investments into our flock to upgrade their coups for more protected shelter as our hens roam free in our grasses and fields. As always, here for you at markets and our online web shop for deliveries!" FARMERS MARKETS: Saturdays: Cold Spring Farmer's Market 10am-1pm Sundays: Beacon Farmer's Market 10am - 2pm SHOP ONLINE: Online ordering is available 24/7. DELIVERY: 🚚 Delivering to Cold Spring, Cornwall, New Windsor, Newburgh, Beacon, Fishkill, and Wappingers Falls. Website > Instagram > Eggbert's Free Range Farm is a Sponsor! THE STATION DISPENSARY 463 Main Street, Beacon So good, it's criminal. Products like Dogwalkers in The Station Dispensary right now. Plus the knowledge to back it to pair you with what you need to set your mood and comfort level when you're on that walk. Located in the old Beacon Police Station building on Main Street. Across from The Piggy Bank. 21+ Bring ID Open Daily from 11am-9pm. Instagram > The Station is a Sponsor, thank you! BINNACLE BOOKS 321 Main Street, Beacon Now in stock! The new novel from Ocean Vuong: The Emperor of Gladness. Instagram > The Station is a Sponsor, thank you! JOIN ALBB'S BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP FOR FEATURES R O C PILATES 124 Rombout Avenue, Beacon NY Group Classes at ROC on their new machines. The Reformer machines also convert into the Tower machine. Both totally different workouts. The Tower involves many small moves that quietly kick your a$$. You'll love the leg pulls from the springs strapped onto the Tower. Give it a try. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS: + Ready Plus+ 2 reformer classes and 2 tower classes $120 + Set Plus+ 4 reformer classes and 4 tower classes $230 + Go Plus+ 6 reformer classes and 6 tower classes $319 C L A S S E S Small Group or Private Lesson. Reformer Classes start at $35. Monday: 9am, 10am, 11am, 5pm Tuesday: 5:30pm Wednesday: 9am, 10am, 11am, 5pm Thursday: 5:30pm Friday: 9am Saturday: 9am, 10am Sunday: 9am Book Now > The Blushery 528 Main Street, Beacon NY Mirror Mirror on the Wall, who is the smoothest of them all? With consistent and calculated zaps from the laser hair removal machine at The Blushery, you will be. Book now, and this bed is yours. Located across from the Dummy Light near the Roundhouse. Book Online > BUSINESSES IN THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY ART > ANTIQUES Hudson Valley Auctioneers > AUTOMOTIVE > TRANSPORTATION SERVICES Luxury Taxi Service, AQ Services, Inc from Luther Lopez > BEAUTY The Luminous Bride >  Makeup By Jenny Magliano > BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES See them here > BRANDING  >  MARKETING & PR Tin Shingle Katie James, Inc. 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