http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm Cross-Pollinating the Grassroots! radical arts meets radical activism It's that time again! Dig out your most outlandish costume and put on your dancin' shoes - YOU are invited to attend the Third Annual Blackfly Ball- a dress up dance party for all! Beginning at 6pm on Saturday, August 16th, we will dance the night away at the Machias Valley Grange Hall, during the 33rd Annual Machias Wild Blueberry Festival.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/IYUBTp9CzHs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/IYUBTp9CzHs/blackflyball.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/blackflyball.htm We Bees are excited to announce a new poster to help inspire worldwide solidarity actions during the G8 counter summit in Hokkaido, Japan! It's for you to use and circulate from wherever you are!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/zr0AXAHjom4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/zr0AXAHjom4/g8.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/g8.htm It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the latest Beehive Collective graphics campaign! Since the end of March, workerbees have been travelling throughout Appalachia to inform our latest Beehive Collective graphics campaign. Through listening and dialogue with community members, activists, and organizations, we aim to create an intricate drawing illuminating the complexities associated with the extraction and usage of the single largest source of energy generation worldwide: COAL. Visit our site and new campaign blog for more information.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/KaihmoAlODs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/KaihmoAlODs/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm#coalposter While the bulk of restoration work on the Machias Valley Grange Hall is complete - we still want people to come and visit. Please check the website for more information about activities at the 'Hive during the month of August, 2008.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/955Q72Jzb4c" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/955Q72Jzb4c/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm#workparty2008 Tour locations for presentations in the Spring are now posted. Also, we are seeking dates in the Southern Appalachia region for March and April - get in touch!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/GQSe6hhJ0bM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/GQSe6hhJ0bM/tour.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/tour.htm#tourdates In the looking forward towards our most exciting and busy year to date, featuring the launch of two new graphics campaigns, our swarm of eleven is in need of five more workers. We are currently seeking a few passionate and committed organizers, educators, and artists to join us full-time in Maine, at satellite Hive locations, and on the road, beginning as soon as possible.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/YoWzL4PCSkI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/YoWzL4PCSkI/wbee_newroles.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/wbee_newroles.htm In eager anticipation of the new year, and with the Spring release of our long awaited graphic just around the corner, the Bees are gathering together a host of educators from the Philadelphia, DC, New York, and Baltimore area to brainstorm and strategize around maximizing the use of our materials as teaching tools... And YOU'RE invited!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/fViyXvsyIj8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/fViyXvsyIj8/educators_meeting.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/educators_meeting.htm Polinizaciones, a new blog featuring the travels of a workerbee through Colombia, is launched! Visit online to learn more and check out the interactions with Colombian communities and youth...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/YYsQnW6_asw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/YYsQnW6_asw/polinizaciones.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/polinizaciones.htm You're invited to the Second Annual Blackfly Ball during the 32nd Annual Machias Wild Blueberry Festival. Over 30 musicians in 3 bands will be playing, featuring the homegrown Orange River Jazz Band and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra from New York City. Hope to see you there!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/u019EIx0Jik" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/u019EIx0Jik/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm August is nearly upon us, and we bees are gearing up for the final push of restorations on the Machias Valley Grange Hall. Visit our site for more information about the work party and how to get in touch to let us know you're en route! Hope to see you this summer, and don't forget to save the date of August 18th for the 2nd Annual Blackfly Ball.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/SCp_kzs-YQQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/SCp_kzs-YQQ/wbee_ongoingactivities.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/wbee_ongoingactivities.htm We Bees are seeking someone to fill our AmeriCorps position as local community organizer and cultural events manager for the Machias Valley Grange Hall. More info available on our front page.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/u019EIx0Jik" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/u019EIx0Jik/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm Visit our For WannaBees section for some new updates. You can also download the latest incarnation of our volunteer booklet...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/dgYmCUXbDyA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/dgYmCUXbDyA/wbee_menu.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/wbee_menu.htm Calling all volunteers- we are putting in the final push to finish the Machias Valley Grange Hall's restorations during the month of August. You're invited!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/SCp_kzs-YQQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/SCp_kzs-YQQ/wbee_ongoingactivities.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/wbee_ongoingactivities.htm This just in! High resolution posters of the BioJustice 2007 poster are now available for download on the front page of our website. Download 'em, print 'em, post 'em<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/u019EIx0Jik" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/u019EIx0Jik/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm The Beehive Collective has finished a new poster design for BioJustice 2007. BioJustice 2007 is a week long celebration of sustainable food and alternatives to corporate healthcare. It is being developed by a wide coalition of public interest groups, activists, farmers, scientists, and concerned citizens, working together in response to the biotechnology industry's international convention scheduled for the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center during May 6-9, 2007.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/u019EIx0Jik" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/u019EIx0Jik/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm Tour dates posted the NW, Canada, and Great Lakes regions. Keep posted for bursts of more presentation dates as they are confirmed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/Jpg0ZCb1S4o" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/Jpg0ZCb1S4o/tour.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/tour.htm Tour dates posted for a collaborative week of presentations with the Council of Canadiens, as well as some upcoming dates for our cross-continental Spring tour. Keep posted for bursts of more presentation dates as they are confirmed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/Jpg0ZCb1S4o" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/Jpg0ZCb1S4o/tour.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/tour.htm Now the Beehive's news and tour pages are RSS syndicated. If you're seeing this, you've already discovered you can get the latest updates by clicking the RSS button in the web address bar.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/u019EIx0Jik" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/u019EIx0Jik/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm On the Northwestern U.S. leg of our upcoming Spring tour we will be collaborating with Rising Tide, an international Climate Justice group. The tour poster features the first of many forthcoming images we will be producing focused on climate change and environmental justice.We still have a few dates open if you're interested in booking...ALSO The Fourth Latin America Solidarity Conference will be held in Chicago this April. We've just completed the image for their outreach poster, one small exceprt from the mammoth Mesoamerica Resiste illustration that we are working at around the clock! Check it out, print 'em out, see you there!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/UYrGb27N8z8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/UYrGb27N8z8/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm#spring2007 Share your thoughts with the Bees, and enter your contact information to receive intermittent updates from the workerbees...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/Wvb1dEHrN4U" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/Wvb1dEHrN4U/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm#beeswax Hitting our doorstep on nearly the same day, we were overjoyed to receive the finished editions of two new publications. In the first book, Works of Heart, the Beehive Collective is featured in an entire chapter detailing both our local and international work. "This full-color celebration of citizen artists revitalizing their communities profiles ten exemplary grassroots arts projects. Stories range from children building a mud facade on their Oregon school to an annual blessing-procession and festival in North Philadelphia that brings to life dozens of the most derelict blocks in urban America." Read more and get a copy from New Village Press We are also extremely honored to have our Biotech Puppeteer image featured in entirey and as chapter headings in Sandor Katz's fantastic new work The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved "The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved takes on Big Food by profiling grassroots activists who challenge the way we think about food. From community-supported local farmers to raw milk producers forced to fly under the radar of Big Government, this book shows how ordinary people can find their way out of the corporate food maze and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition." Visit Sandor's site, Wild Fermentation, for more info!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/bF08_U1D6Jw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/bF08_U1D6Jw/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm#books Endless thanks to all who made the Blackfly Ball such an intense, amazing, and unforgettable experience! On August 19th, over 200 people dressed in chiffon, peacock feathers, wings, and more packed the Grange Hall during the Machias Blueberry Festival. The building was brought to life as the old, the young, locals, people from away, and everyone in-between came together and danced to jazz, bounding ukuleles, and uproariously enchanting klezmer music.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beehivecollective/~4/_fIn06ohOfw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beehivecollective/~3/_fIn06ohOfw/front.htm http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/front.htm#blackflyball