The Beetle Burns on January 18, 2020!
Mission
Bark Beetle Blues' mission is to create awareness of Custer community's response to the Pine Beetle infestation; by celebration and renewal.
The Bark Beetle Blues is an ad hoc group of people who want to talk about the massive landscape change currently occurring in the Black Hills by encouraging dialogue through the arts. A year of events, starting in January of 2013, have been planned by our committee. Signature events include the Variety Show, Torch March, Burning of the Beetle, Fireworks and Bug Crawl. Bark Beetle Blues wants people to have argued about, feasted over, created because of, observed and celebrated our place – the beautiful Black Hills, as it changes.
On January 18, 2014 we had our first Burning Beetle Celebration. We have continued this annual January tradition to this day!
Bark Beetle Blues' mission is to create awareness of Custer community's response to the Pine Beetle infestation; by celebration and renewal.
The Bark Beetle Blues is an ad hoc group of people who want to talk about the massive landscape change currently occurring in the Black Hills by encouraging dialogue through the arts. A year of events, starting in January of 2013, have been planned by our committee. Signature events include the Variety Show, Torch March, Burning of the Beetle, Fireworks and Bug Crawl. Bark Beetle Blues wants people to have argued about, feasted over, created because of, observed and celebrated our place – the beautiful Black Hills, as it changes.
On January 18, 2014 we had our first Burning Beetle Celebration. We have continued this annual January tradition to this day!
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Here's a video documenting A Year of Living with Beetles, 2013.
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Here's a video of the January 2014 Burning Beetle Celebration
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