I knew this wasn't true. It was two years ago in August that Mars came as close to earth as it's going to in the next few hundred years.
But Serge, if you're a sky-watcher like I am, here are a couple of sites I check out often:
Northern Lights Predictor
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html
Eclipse Chasers
http://www.eclipse-chasers.com/
Sky Chasers (nice pics here)
http://www.skychasers.net/