A grid with 8 pictures of past Beaver Queens with the words "Happy International Beaver Day from Beaver Lodge Local 1504" in the middle box.

Celebrating how inspiring beavers are.

A beaver is holding a piece of wood about the size of a cell phone. The headline is "I'm coming to the meadow." This is a reference to the "I'm coming to the cottage" scene in Heated Rivalry. The bottom right corner has the event date (June 6).

We hope that you've Shaved the Date: Heated Rivalry (the 22nd Beaver Queen Pageant) will be on June 6 starting at 4 PM at the Duke Park Meadow.

The title is Poutine for Beavers. We see a beaver getting ready to eat a plateful of sticks covered with gravy and flowers. White text indicates that the flower are tree curds.

Getting ready for Beaver Rivalry (the 2026 Beaver Queen Pageant) involves getting into the Canadian mindset.

Our 2016 theme, Beaver Rivalry, is meant to evoke all things Canadian. Part respect, part escapism. Join us at Duke Park on June 6 starting at 4 PM. Shave the date.

Get ready for the hottest rivalry in NC: Beaver Rivalry! That's right, the Beaver Queen Pageant is back on June 6, 2026. Who will be competing? Why not you? Our contestant interest form is now open at bit.ly/BQPcontestan...

It was a great pageant this year, and we can't wait to do it all again in 2026. Thanks to your votes and bribes, we were able to raise $9,000 for Keep Durham Beautiful.

Man, that's a really well-edited No Kings Day video.

From www.nokings.org

Poster for the 2025 Beaver Queen Pageant Saturday, June 7 at Duke park with pre-show 4 pm and pageant 5 pm. The name of the theme, which is Free to Beave, is written out in colorful letters with little animal characters on each letter. The animals are mostly beavers but there's also a penguin, a bull, a platypus, and a bee.

The big day is tomorrow! Join us on Saturday, June 7 starting at 4 PM at Duke Park for the 21st Beaver Queen Pageant.

Who is in the running to be this year's Beaver Queen? Check out beaverqueen.org

2025 Beaver Queen Pageant • Shave The Date! Sat. June 7! YouTube video by BeaverLodge

Our pageant promo video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-yc...

Help us get things started! Be a Stick Starter sponsor of the pageant at givebutter.com/beaverqueen

Shave the Date: Saturday June 7, Free to Beave. Beaver Queen Pageant at Duke Park in Durham, NC. Preshow at 4, Pageant at 5.

Shave the Date for the 2025 Beaver Queen Pageant!

One for all of our bluegrass beavers!

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June 7 at Duke Park in Durham, starting at 4: The 21st Beaver Queen Pageant. Shave the date!

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Creek Week is coming March 15-23!! 💦

Join us for a full week of:

🚮Cleanups
🚣‍♀️ Paddle Tours
📖 Story-time
❓ Trivia
🐸 Critter Observations
🔎 Citizen Science
☔ Stormwater Talks
🌳 Tree ID Walks

See the full lineup of events at www.durhamcreekweek.org!

2025 Pageant theme: Free to Beave. This covers many forms of freedom, including freedom to protest.

Why joy is a serious way to take action While doom and gloom may wake people up, joy keeps them in the fight, says drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia. With humor, creativity and a dress made of thrifted shower curtains and upcycle...

If you don't know Pattiegonia, now you know

www.ted.com/talks/pattie...

Activist, musician, drag queen, and 2024 #Out100 honoree #PattieGonia made history by presenting an in-drag #TEDTalk on the event's main stage. 👏🏽🌱
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I know it's amusing to call Elon "Musk Rat" but I kind of hate it. Muskrats are our rodent cousins and they don't deserve to be insulted in this way.

A poster with the words: Protecting wetlands for our common future." Includes a graphic of a heart made up of waves, animals, hands, and plant life.

It's World Wetlands Day! Be sure to give extra care to the wetlands that are near and dear to you.

How to stay sane You can remain informed without succumbing to every social media meme. Plus, a whale of a podcast, some spoken-word poetry, and how to find me on Bluesky.

My latest newsletter came out today. It's called How to Stay Sane. You can be informed without succumbing to every social media meme, I write—and you must not let the news suck joy from your life. Plus, my favorite recent journalism and a shoutout to @karenho.bsky.social's doomscrolling reminders.

Fun event! (Look at those bunny slippers!) Beavers--tuck in your tail and pretend to be a groundhog for the day!

A red star with a beaver hand print over it, and the words "Beaver La Resistance." This was one of the beavers in the 2017 pageant.

Reminds me of this beaver.

A beaver is holding its paw out in a "talk to the hand" sort of way. The words "Do gnawt obey in advance" are handwritten in red.

Interesting! Haven't been to that one, but I have been to bettybeavers.com

A blonde beaver wearing an American flag bikini and a magnolia flower.

Beverly Woody in front of Duke Park bathhouse with various beaver decorations.

Decorations from the early days of the pageant. (Yes, that's our first queen, Beverly Woody in a pic from 2006.)

Peace, love, beaver