Happening This Weekend 5/18/2018
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Color, Form, and Magic Workshop
Power Restoration Time from the City of Beacon
/This just in from Anthony J. Ruggiero, MPA, Beacon's City Administrator:
"Please be aware that Global Restoration for the City is 10 pm tonight, and any remainders will be 2 pm on Friday. Global means the majority of the city. "
Beacon Shops Begin To Open After Major Storm and Power Outages
/Beacon, you rock! Recognize these Open signs? Meyer's Olde Dutch and Artisan Wine Shop. Across the street from those two, Notions-N-Potions and Luxe Optique are welcoming customers too. More signs like this are popping up! Hard work continues to restore power and cable, and clear trees, etc. 🙏🏻 Thank you to everyone who continues to help bring us a safe community and modern conveniences! You are all beacons of light.
Kids Classes Guide Update: Beacon Recreation Building is Open and Useful!
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As if inspired by the mantra of Thomas the Train and Friends, whose goal is to always be useful, the Beacon Parks and Recreation Department has posted the following message to their Facebook page. This has been updated in A Little Beacon Blog's Kids Classes Guide:
SPRING STORM UPDATE:
From the Beacon Parks and Recreation Department:
Wednesday, May 16: "We are open, with running water, three bathrooms, power, wi-fi... and coffee! Community hours until 2 pm. Need to charge your phone? Need to get out of the house? The Rec Center at 23 West Center Street has power, wi-fi and big blue blocks/playground for the kids. We'll be open until 2 pm"
Adults, we've got your backs too! Specialty classes are listed in A Little Beacon Blog's Adult Classes Guide for both lifestyle, business and sports. So do check it out, and if you have a specialty class to submit to either Guide, you can do so on our Event Submission Page!
Beacon Youth Police Academy Recruiting for Summer Camp 2018
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From the Office of the City Administrator, Anthony Ruggiero
The Beacon Youth Police Academy is pleased to announce our 4th annual summer program, July 16 to 20, 2018. This free weeklong program, for students in the Beacon community entering grades 9-12, will provide an introduction to law enforcement, interactions with officers and field trips. A variety of locations will be used to host the program, including Beacon High School. Trips will include visits to local training centers, police academy, court and correctional facility. The goal of the academy is to help participating youth understand the role police officers play in the community, job duties performed and the requirements of becoming a police officer.
This program was organized by Joe and Christine Galbo in cooperation with the Beacon Police Department, Beacon Recreation Department, Beacon Mayor's Office, City of Beacon, Beacon PBA and Beacon School District. Our Youth Academy is funded solely by donations from the community. We greatly appreciate the generosity of our local businesses, community organizations and residents for their continued support.
An online application can be found here or by emailing beaconyouthpa@gmail.com.
Get Involved in the 2018 Beacon High School Career Fair!
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With the huge success of last year's Beacon High School Career Fair, the school is currently seeking presenters for the 2018 Career Fair. It is a great opportunity to network with other businesses and share your knowledge with the students. The event will be held on Friday, May 25, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Beacon High School gymnasium. Presenters are asked to set up at the high school at 9 am.
The fair will be set up in the gymnasium, where each presenter will have their own table to display information and items that represents the person’s career/profession that can serve as talking pieces with visitors. Students are invited to walk around and speak to the different presenters of their choice.
The career fair is seeking people who work in the following professions:
- Crime Scene Investigator
- Forensic Scientist
- Professional Athlete
- Professional Actor/Actress
- Fashion Designer/Model
- Sports Management
- Surgeon
- Music producer
- Nurse
- Professional Photographer
- Film Director
- TV/Film Camera man
- Interior Designer
- Stock Broker/Hedge fund
- Psychiatrist
- Social Worker
- Video Game Designer
- YouTuber
If you are interested in participating, feel free to contact Michele Polhamus, School Counselor, by email at polhamus.m@beaconk12.org or by phone at (845) 838-6900.
Mother’s Day on Main Street - Gift Ideas
/You know where to find ‘em... Mother’s Day cards, gifts and flowers on Main Street. There are so many options! The most unique, easy-to-get flowers, cards, jewelry, bras! Anything. Find ideas and pictures in A Little Beacon Blog’s Shopping Guide!
www.alittlebeaconblog.com/shopping-guide
Second Saturday! Art Gallery Openings for May 2018
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Happy Second Saturday, Beacon! From a fundraising music festival down by the river to a shop/gallery grand opening up on the mountain side of town, there's no shortage of exciting things to do in Beacon on this chilly, damp day. Warm up with an ambitious tour up, down, and beyond Main Street. We've got it all covered in Beacon's most comprehensive Art Guide.
Find a last-minute present for your motherly friends and family at Common Ground's plant sale or the Etsy pop-up, or consider gifting some art! By our count, there are about three dozen places around town to purchase art. Today, you'll see work by prolific Beacon artist Erica Hauser at three of those locations! Check our Art Guide for more on Erica and all the other artists you can see.
Happening This Weekend - 5/11/2018
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Updates Made to Brunch in Beacon Guide - Chocolate Pancakes Anyone?
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There's been a lot of movement on Main Street since we first started our Brunch and Breakfast Guide. We've captured the available French Toast options here in this latest update of this Brunch in Beacon, NY Guide. The Guide also includes spots you can find breakfast sandwiches, and cocktails to kick off your day on a festive note.
Favoritest Phlox in Beacon, 2018
/This is my most favoritest phlox in all of Beacon, requiring a walk down Cross Street to experience it. Cross Street is by Hudson Beach Glass. So stop in there for a little blown-glass marble or miniature animal collectible, and then walk by this ocean wave of phlox before it’s gone...
Main Street Closure Update After Sewer Collapse at Main Street and Tioronda Avenue
/Main Street One-Lane Update from the City of Beacon
The City Administrator for the City of Beacon, Anthony J. Ruggiero, M.P.A., has issued this update:
There has been a sewer collapse at the intersection of Main Street and Tioronda Avenue.
MAY 10: Starting Thursday, May 10, Main Street will be one lane of traffic from Tioronda Avenue (Howland Cultural Center) to Brothers Restaurant to allow the contractor to start the sewer bypass.
MAY 14 - 16 (approx.): Starting on Monday, May 14, Main Street will be closed to through traffic from Schenck Avenue (Ella's Bellas) to East Main Street (Dummy Light) for approximately three days, until Wednesday, May 16. The contractor will be working through the night to limit the disturbance on this section of Main Street. Parking in this area will be limited.
Sidewalks will remain open.
Notices have been distributed to the business and property owners and appropriate signage will be placed.
New Musical Production Holding Auditions May 21st and 22nd at Howland Cultural Center
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The Hudson Valley Theatre Initiative will be holding auditions at the Howland Cultural Center on Monday, May 21, and Tuesday, May 22, from 5 to 8 pm for their upcoming pop musical production, "#QueenE The Musical." They are seeking eight women and two men and encourage all actors, singers, and dancers to come out - no experience necessary.
Who Is The Hudson Valley Theatre Initiative?
The Hudson Valley Theatre Initiative's mission is to integrate professional theatre into the community experience of living in the Hudson Valley through music-focused, family-friendly theatre, by developing and presenting unique shows that push forward the art of live storytelling performance.
All Ages Welcome!
Whether you are 4 years old or 100, all experience levels are considered at these auditions, and non-traditional casting is encouraged. This is your chance to be a part of a musical production, if this is something you've always wanted to do but never had the chance.
Cupcake Festival in Beacon, NY 2018 - Reached the Cupcake Mecca
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Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth Martin
Streets were packed on Beacon's east end of town for the Cupcake Festival 2018.
Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth Martin
Did you reach the mecca? The Cupcake Festival? The east end of town was thick with cupcake celebrators, but in our journey to walk all of Main Street from the train to the mountain, we got to duck into a few favorite local businesses...
Luxe Optique (where we helped a friend buy some glasses!), American Gypsy Vintage while waiting for a to-go chicken wrap from Ziatun to eat on the way, NFP Studio (got a personal demonstration of how to wear their architecture-inspired sweaters!), Utensil Kitchenware (bought some nesting containers at last!), Jeffrey Terreson Fine Art (always love seeing that guy and he had a stunning, ginormous print on the floor ready for shipping out the door). And at last, we decorated this cupcake from Tops, and indulged in a generous chocolate cupcake with a lot of vanilla frosting from The Chocolate Studio. Alas, we ate it before the camera could capture a picture.
We Shopped at American Gypsy Vintage on the way down to the Cupcake Festival, while waiting for a takeout chicken wrap from Ziatun.
Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth Martin
How many cupcakes should you bring if you're a cupcake vendor? A lot. This is just a fraction - 1/279th - of the cupcakes that were for sale.
Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth Martin
Finally Stopped into NFP Studio to experience the sweaters!
Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth Martin
During Last year's Cupcake Festival, no one ventured down to 1 East Main, which is literally Just down a grassy hill from the Happenin' Event. This year, Since Trax Coffee Roasters Has moved in, Cupcake Aficionados Were Happy to venture down the hill.
Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth Martin
Happening This Weekend 5/4/2018
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