Things To Do In Beacon, NY 📅 12/06/2025

A Little Beacon Blog’s First Toy Drive Gift Guide! Each year, we get asked: “Where are the Toy Drives? Where can I give a gift?” In response, we have started the Toy Drive Guide to answer you that question. Two opportunities here: 🎁 Submit your Toy Drive and ALBB will include it in this list. 🎁🎁 Sponsor ALBB’s Toy Drive Guide with your logo to help us get the word out.  Click here to sponsor > BOOK YOUR EVENT PROMOTION Single purchases of Event Promotions are available. Membership for discounted recurring events are available. EVENTS St. Joachim / St. John Annual Christmas Fair Day: Saturday December 6th, 2025 Time: 9am-3pm Day: Sunday, December 7, 2025 Time: 8:30am-2pm Location: St. Joachim's School Gym, Leonard Street, Beacon, NY Information > Die Nutcracker Harder A Co-Production from Savage Wonder and Exit12 Dance Company Days/Times: Saturday, December 6 – 4:30 PM Sunday, December 7 – 3:30 PM Sunday, December 14 – 3:30 PM & 8:30 PM Saturday, December 20 – 7:00 PM Sunday, December 21 – 3:30 PM Location: 139 Main Street, Beacon NY Information > *** SAVE THE DATES *** Adam's Junk Removal Toy Drive - Party + Give Opportunities A multi-site Toy Collection opportunity: Wreck Room Hudson Valley  Beacon Police Department Twins Barbershop  Berkshire Hathaway Home Services  The Following Beacon City Schools: South Avenue Elementary Sargent Elementary J. V. Forrestal Elementary School Glenham Elementary Rombout Middle School Beacon High School Days/Times: Donate until December 12th Toy Giveaway: December 13th at Slater Chemical Fire Co., 76 Old Glenham Road, Glenham, NY Information > Congressman Pat Ryan’s C.A.R.E.S. Van Comes To Beacon’s Howland Public Library Day: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 Time: 2-4pm Location: 313 Main Street, Beacon, NY One-on-one assistance from my office with federal programs and benefits including: Social Security, Medicare, VA Benefits, federal grant funding, passports, immigration services, the IRS and more. For more information or if you need assistance, but can't make the event, contact his office: (845) 443-2930C.A.R.E. stands for: Constituent Advocacy Resources Empowerment Services Information > Collage Club Crafting with Laura Delarato at Witch Hazel Day: Sunday, December 14, 2025 Time: 1-3pm Price: $20 Join us in the Witch Hazel studio for two hours of open studio time and collage crafting, led by artist Laura Delarato. All supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own ephemera, stickers, zines etc! All skill levels are welcome. Information > City of Beacon SNAP Grocery Card Gift Card Day: Weekdays Time: Business Hours Location: Beacon Recreation Center, 23 West Center Street, Beacon, NY During the SNAP crisis, Mayor Kyriacou proposed, and the City Council approved, the purchase and distribution of emergency grocery gift cards to one of the following food sources: Key Food, Beacon Natural, and the Beacon Farmer's Market. The City of Beacon has a list of Beacon residents who receive SNAP, and those people may come to pick up their grocery gift card if they haven't yet. Information > Features from our Sponsors. Is your business on the menu? JOIN ALBB'S BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP FOR FEATURES HUDSON VALLEY FOOD HALL 288 Main Street, Beacon NY Burgers and Boards, from Honorable Ink Have you seen the skateboard tattoo art exhibit inside of Hudson Valley Food Hall? The collection is in conjunction with Honorable Ink, a tattoo shop on Main Street in Beacon. The intricate designs are amazing. Grab a cup of coffee from Old Dhaka or a beverage from The Roosevelt Bar, and street food from any of the vendors inside to warm up any afternoon or evening. Follow HV Food Hall's Chefs: Nami Yum Yum Roosevelt Bar Tara Fusion Cuisine Old Dhaka Coffee House Five Pennies Creamery Palmetto Burger Co. Oui Oui HV Taco Al Dente Hudson Valley Food Hall is a Sponsor! BAGEL-ISH 226 Main Street, Beacon NY Bagel-ish owner Beth was left to her own devices and made a peppermint chocolate cream cheese. Tasting it is quite an experience. It is like an aroma in your mouth that packs a flavorful punch on a salt bagel. Try it also on a rosemary bagel for a double-hit. Instagram > Bagel-ish is a Sponsor!   CARTER'S RESTAURANT Main Street, Beacon NY Hot Chocolate? Or 🎄 ANGRY ELF 🎄 This is a cup of a decadent mix of tequila, Kahlúa, bourbon cream, Ancho Reyes & hot chocolate — sweet meets heat in the most festive way. Ho-ho-hold on… this one bites! Available now at Carter’s. Open until 11pm Friday/Saturday (9pm every other night and Sunday 8pm) Catering and Private Parties available. Call them for details. 845-743-6527 🍁 Instagram > Carter's is a Sponsor! JOIN ALBB'S BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP FOR FEATURES Eggbert’s Free Range Farm Pick up your full dinner at the Cold Spring Farmers Market with Eggbert's every Saturday, and Beacon Farmer's Market every Sunday. Get a whole chicken from Eggbert’s, and produce from their vendor friends to make for soup later. Ask about which chicken pieces they have today, like bone-in or bone-out chicken breast. FARMERS MARKETS: Wednesdays: Cornwall Farmer's Market: 11am-3pm 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 Blushery 528 Main Street, Beacon NY We love a good brow re-shape. Just look at those lines. The Blushery are perfectionists. Book Now through the their website or link in their Instagram Bio. Book Online > Mountain Stream Budo 340 Main Street, Beacon NY (door is on Eliza Street, near Citizens Bank) It is time to channel your energy into the sai, which is a kobudo weapon that you can train in how to use at Mountain Stream Budo on Eliza Street across from the Mobile Gas Station. In this photo, owner and martial arts Instructor Noah Mitchell is training with a teenagd student, where they are practicing bo vs. sai application during kobudo class. Kyoshi Noah Mitchell is a 7th dan Kyoshi in karate; 6th dan Renshi in kobudo, 6th dan Renshi in jujitsu, and 5th dan in iaido, making him a well-rounded and highly respected instructor. First class is free! Class Schedule & Signup > JOIN ALBB'S BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP FOR FEATURES Mountain Stream Budo 340 Main Street, Beacon NY Catch them if you can: a disappearing foot from the Lil’ Dragon Karate classes for kids aged 4-6 Mountain Stream Budo on Main Street and Eliza Street. This class is a “karate readiness” program in which basic martial arts skills are taught, as well as manners, respect, discipline, teamwork, memory, self-control, and cognition. Gross motor skills, including balance, strength; coordination, and flexibility, are also addressed. Emphasis is placed on “doing your best,” not being “better” than other students. 🥇Trial Class Is Free!! Class Schedule & Signup > 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. DENTAL Beacon Dental HEALTH AND WELLNESS > MASSAGE CareFull, MD (Urgent Care or Walk-In Doctor) Kristen Verge, LCSW River Therapeutic Massage  HOME IMPROVEMENT > APPLIANCE REPAIR Shelter Air HISPANIC OWNED BUSINESS See them here > MUSIC Miss Vickie's Music REAL ESTATE Hudson Upstate Team at eXp Realty ADVERTISE IN ALBB'S BUSINESS DIRECTORY Free Breakfast Program Day: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays Time: 6:30am-8:30am Location: 12 Hanna Lane, Beacon, NY 12508 They have a Wish List of food items! If you're in the mood to donate, find the list here. Information > FRIDAYS: Fareground's Free Community Dinner Day/Time: Fridays, 5:30pm-7:30pm Location: First Presbyterian, 50 Liberty Street, Beacon, NY 12508 Information > Volunteer > Donate > ARTICLES SPONSOR

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