Western Mass Arts Summit Focuses on Economics, SustainabilityBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
06:36AM / Saturday, November 15, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — More than 100 stakeholders in the creative economy spent an afternoon sharing ideas, stories and strategies for sustaining the state's cultural identity. The Western Massachusetts Arts Economic Impact Summit brought creatives from the nonprofit, for-profit and governmental worlds together at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts to talk housing, energy, grants and funding, training and retaining, partnerships and sustaining. Belchertown Select Board member Jennifer Turner came to North Adams to hear what other communities are doing to sustain their creative development. Her town had built a strong foundation for arts and culture >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Country Fest, School Performances, And MoreBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
01:30PM / Thursday, November 13, 2025 | |
 Check out the events in the county this weekend including movies, First Friday festivities, and Veterans Day inspired events. Check out our list of harvest festivals and craft fairs here. The Stationary Factory, Dalton Time: Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Grab your dancing shoes and get gussied up for Dalton Lions Club's second annual Country Fest. The event returns this Saturday featuring live music by local favorites including the Hotshot Hillbillies, CJ Field, Kollin Kozlowski, and Tame The Rooster A country fest isn't a country fest without some square or line dancing, and this event is no different. There will be square dancing with Cliff Brodeur and >> Read More |
HooRWA to Host River-Themed Poetry Share in North Adams| 07:58AM / Thursday, November 13, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA) will host a public poetry share focused on the Hoosic River, its tributaries, and the local watershed. The event is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the Mass MoCA's Research & Development Store. The poetry share is free and open to the public. Participants are invited to read their original work, or works by others, related to the river and its ecosystem. Registration is requested to assist with planning. The evening will feature David Crews, a poet from HooRWA's 2023 Music and Poetry Along the River project, who will read excerpts from his published work, >> Read More |
DPAC To Perform 'Radium Girls'| 07:41AM / Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Drury Performing Arts in collaboration with the 21st Century Afterschool Program announced performance dates for its production of "Radium Girls" by D.W. Gregory. According to a press release: In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Veterans, Dancing, and MoreBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
12:00PM / Friday, November 07, 2025 | |
Check out the events in the county this weekend including movies, First Friday festivities, and Veterans Day inspired events. Check out our list of harvest festivals and craft fairs here. The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield Time: Friday, 7 p.m. Celebrate Veterans Day will a free Eagles Community Band concert featuring a lineup of military inspired pieces and a video showing our communities Veterans day events. Even though the concert is free you must reserve a ticket for a seat. More information and tickets here. 9 Eagle S.t, North Adams Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 7 until Nov. 29 Carlos Caicedo >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: HalloweekendBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
01:00PM / Thursday, October 30, 2025 | |
Check out all of the events happening this weekend including Halloween events for Halloweekend, celebrations, and more. With Halloween being Friday here is a list of Trick-or-Treat times we have compiled. MAAS MoCa, North Adams Time: Saturday at 4 p.m. Bring your friends and family to the museum for free admission to celebrate the Mexican holiday of remembrance. You’ll be able to see Vincent Valdez’s exhibition titled, "Just a Dream," and continue to the Kidspace to contribute your own offering. More information here. 455 Greylock Street, Lee Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 from 5 to 9 and Nov. 2 from 3 to >> Read More |
Cinema Ephemera: The Human Machine| 10:56AM / Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Porches' Studio 9 will show "The Human Machine," the first installment of a new film series presented by Cinema Ephemera. The screening will take place on Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Rich Remsberg and Shawn Rosenheim have curated an evening of ephemeral films: vintage classroom instruction, industrial animations, forgotten children's TV shows, declassified military training films, religious movies, scraps of stock footage, and a bunch of weird science stuff. "These are films that were not necessarily meant to last beyond their original showings," said Remsberg. "They >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Halloween & Fall EventsBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
12:15PM / Thursday, October 23, 2025 | |
 Check out the Halloween and fall events happening this weekend throughout Berkshire County. A list of trick-or-treat hours and events can also be found here. The Halloween week kicks of at 7 p.m. on Friday as Pittsfield hosts the "Haunted Hometown Spooktacular" parade. It will proceed down Tyler Street and across the Woodlawn Avenue Bridge and will include city departments, organizations and residents walking the parade and showing off costumes from parades past. More information here. Whitney's Farm & Market, Cheshire
Every Friday through Sunday until Halloween Join the festivities at Whitney's Farm on Route 8 with hay rides, games, glitter tattoos, and
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Weekend Outlook: A Haunting Time By Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:54PM / Thursday, October 16, 2025 | |
Check out the fun events happening this weekend in the Berkshire's including Halloween themed events and fall festivals. The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a night of dancing and live music at the Colonial Theatre. Featuring artists Bella's Bartok, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, and The Picky Bastards who will provide different types of music perfect for the fall season. Tickets are $30 each. Whitney's Farm & Market, Cheshire Every Friday through Sunday until Halloween Join the festivities at Whitney's Farm on Route 8 with hay rides, games, glitter tattoos, and more. Kids can venture off into the corn maze or make a new
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Local Art Professor Recognized for Her Sustainable WorkBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:27PM / Sunday, October 12, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An art professor at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts recently earned a reward for her work in book binding. Melanie Mowinski applied for the Guild of Bookworkers Mid-Career Award, a newly established award by the guild. The printmaker showcased her "Plunder Books," a sustainable artistic practice in which she takes trash and discarded items and recycles them into a story. She's also offered a course of the same name. She didn't believe she would get the award at first and had not planned to apply. But a friend of hers encouraged her to submit her work. "When I applied for it, I had a lot of imposter syndrome related
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