North Adams Happenings: Nov. 11-17| 10:46AM / Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | |
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Vote for Free Music in North Adams!
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November 25
Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
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Join us and hundreds of your neighbors as we celebrate the holiday season with our Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony! The tree lighting will take place at 6p.m transforming Main Street into a twinkling wonderland of thousands of lights illuminating the tree-lined street and decorating our two towering holiday trees at the ends of Main Street. We’d like to thank Norm & Ann Martin for donating the tree by the monument, in memory of Max Fiske, beloved neighbor. Also, thank you to Flynn & Dagnoli Funeral Homes for donating the tree by City Hall.
Once the lights go up be on the lookout for Santa and Mrs. Claus, who will make a special appearance to bring goody bags to the children! Stick around and see what holiday gifts are to be found in the downtown shops! |
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Free Blood Pressure Screening
First Baptist Church
Use Eagle Street entrance
9:30 – 11:30 AM
Free
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Get Cuffed Berkshires free blood pressure screening at the Friendship Food Pantry in North Adams every Wednesday in October. Ask about the Apple Crunch! You could win a $50 Guido's gift certificate! |
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MCLA Open House
375 Church Street
413-662-5000
9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Free
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Check-in begins at 9:30 am and the program runs until about 2:30 pm. Please join us for one of MCLA’s Fall Open Houses. It’s a great opportunity to explore all MCLA has to offer. From our beautiful campus to our small class sizes and supportive faculty, you will discover why MCLA was ranked as a top 10 public liberal arts college by U.S. News & World Report for four consecutive years.
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Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony
Begins at the American Legion
91 American Legion Dr.
413-664-9004
10:40 AM
FREE
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The parade will begin at the American Legion at approximately 10:40 a.m. and end at the Veterans Memorial Park with a ceremony honoring our veterans. Please join us downtown to honor all of our brave veterans and their service to our country. |
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Free (weekly) Screening of American Horror Story: Hotel
North Adams Movieplex
80 Main Street
413-663-6300
10 PM
Free
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Watch the latest episode with your friends on the big screen! |
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BYP Networking Social @ Scarafoni Associates
33 Main Street
413-499-4000
5:30 - 7:30 PM
FREE for BYP members │ $5 for non-BYP members
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Join us at Scarafoni Realty for a fall social. Attendees will enjoy good company, music, horsduerves, and a cash bar. There's also a door prize! Don't forget your business cards! We will be having two guest non profits, Hillcrest Educational who will be handing out Wish Tags for attendees to take to buy the kids presents for Christmas and MS Support Foundation who reach out to individuals with MS by building a multimedia - public resource center, offering educational programs, group and individual support, maintaining a list of volunteers, and hosting an up-to-date website.
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Evening LEGO Group
NA Public Library, 74 Church Street
413-664-4821
6 - 7 PM
Free
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Lego Group at the Library. Thursday, on the third floor of the North Adams Library. The Family Center and the North Adams Library are joining forces to bring a new Lego group to families with children ages 4 to 12 years old. We will provide Legos for you and your child to build and create! This is a ScienceTechonologyEngineeringMath group. The group is FREE and drop in! Call the Family Center at 664-4821 or the North Adams Library at 662-3133 for more information. |
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Knitting Night at Makers’ Mill
Makers' Mill 73 Main Street
(413) 749-2073
7-9PM
Donations welcome
For more information
It's Knitting Night! We have yarn and cookies! We are here 7-9!
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Ray Kurzweil - "Science, Technology, and Invention: Strategies to Create the Future"
MCLA Church Street Center
413.662.5224
7 PM
Free
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Ray Kurzweil is one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions. Called “the restless genius” by The Wall Street Journal and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes magazine, Kurzweil was selected as one of the top entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine, which described him as the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison.” PBS selected him as one of the “sixteen revolutionaries who made America.” |
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Kids’ Night Out
NB YMCA
22 Brickyard Court
413-663-5700/ 413-663-6529
5:30-8:30 PM
$5 (only for ages 8-14 years)
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The Northern Berkshire YMCA welcomes youth and teens ages 8-14 years for a night of fun, active play at Kids’ Night Out, held every Friday night until Dec. 18 at the YMCA on Brickyard Court. Parents can enjoy a night out while their youth and teens have fun in a safe, secure environment. Youth and teens enjoy an evening of fun and games, gym time and pool time (bring your bathing suits)! A movie with a snack will finish the evening. The cost is $5 for each night. For more information, contact Jeremy Levesque at 413-663-6529.
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Investigation Haunted Houghton Mansion
172 Church Street
7 PM - 2 AM
$35/person
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Investigate haunted Houghton Mansion with David Raby, paranormal investigator and author of The Shadows Within: Houghton Mansion. Have a chance to interact with the living history within the historic mansion and lodge. All proceeds of the investigation to benefit Houghton Mansion. $35 per person. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. No tickets necessary, please pay at the door at the time of the event. Please arrive by 7:00 p.m. It is highly recommended to bring a flashlight. Books are also available for sale for $15.
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Open Mic Fridays
The Parlor Café
303 Ashland St.
(413) 346-4279
7- 9 PM
Free
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Open mic night at the Parlor Café. Sign-up at the bar starts at 6:30PM. |
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Fall Bazaar
Masonics, 172 Church St.
9 AM - 1 PM
Free
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Naomi Chapter No. 17 is sponsoring a Fall Bazaar, Saturday 11-14-1015 from 9-1 at the Masonic Building, 172 Church St., North Adams, MA. Tables include: Craft, White Elephant, Chinese Auction, and Bake Table. Luncheon will also be served. |
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Blackinton Mansion Tours
North Adams Public Library
74 Church Street
413-662-3133 ext 13
2 PM
$5/person
The North Adams Public Library is now offering tours of the historic Blackinton Mansion! Space is limited so reservations are suggested. These tours will happen every Saturday at 2PM.
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Sundance Institute Theatre Lab 2015
Club B-10 @ MASS MoCA
1040 MASS MoCA Way
413-662-2111
8 PM
$5 Student - $22 Preferred
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Sundance Institute’s renowned Theatre Program has developed Broadway and Off Broadway hits by the bushel, and its annual lab at MASS MoCA gathers top-tier dramatic artists and includes a work-in-progress performance. The quality of the work, combined with the feeling of ink still wet, make for a riveting night of theater-in-the-making. This year’s Lab participants tackle themes from underbelly of American life, exploring race, love and politics, in three new musical theater projects.
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All You Can Eat Breakfast
Masonic Center(Houghton Mansion)
172 Church Street
413-822-0603
8 - 11:30 AM
$8/adult, $4/10 & under
call for more information
Naomi Chapter No. 17 is sponsoring an All U Can Eat Breakfast, Sunday, November 15, 2015, from 8-11:30 AM at the Masonic Building. Menu includes: Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Sausage,Home Fries, French Toast, Pancakes, Special Pancake of the Month-Pumpkin plus more. There will be no breakfast in December. Next breakfast January 17, 2016. |
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Teen Open Mic/Poetry Slam
MCLA Gallery 51
51 Main Street
3 PM
Free
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Poets age 13-19 are invited to share their work at the open mic or compete in the poetry slam. Sign up online to share your voice. Never shared before? Now's the time to start! We want to hear what YOU have to say.
Pre-registration is STRONGLY recommended -> http://wXw365.org/413 |
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Free (weekly) Screening of the Walking Dead
North Adams Movieplex
80 Main Street
413-663-6300
9 PM
Free
For more information
Watch the latest episode with your friends on the big screen! |
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Make and Take Budget Workshop
210 State Street
413-664-4821
1:30 PM
Free
For more information
Make and Take Budget Workshop. 210 State Street, North Adams. Come meet new friends and learn about ways to save during the holiday season. Share and learn about homemade holiday gift ideas and creative ways to wrap gifts. Group members will make an affordable holiday gift and enjoy snacks. Childcare and transportation available by request, call 664‐4821 to register. |
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Potluck with Farmers & Friends
All Saints Episcopal Church, 59 Summer St.
5:30 – 8 PM
Free (bring a dish to share)
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Calling all farmers, local food producers, and friends! Join Hoosac Harvest and Berkshire Grown for a pot luck!Your work as farmers and food producers is endless and we look forward to bringing as many of you together for a meal, to connect, catch up, and share some laughs.
Join us! |
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Dad and Me Playtime and Pizza
Haskins Gym, 210 State Street
413-664-4821
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Free
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Dad and Me Playtime and Pizza at The Family Center. Monday in the Haskins Gym, 210 State Street, North Adams from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Kids bring your Dad for a slice and some active playtime. Call 664-4821 to register.
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Figure Drawing Collective
Makers' Mill 73 Main Street
(413) 749-2073
7-9PM
$5/members, $10/drop-in
For more information
Be part of a new figure drawing collective starting up at Makers’ Mill. Sessions will run every Monday and will focus on long poses, and include a warm up consisting of several short poses. We’ll be bringing in local models and a local, figure drawing instructor who will drop-in as available. Get in as at the ground level to shape the direction this collective takes. Bring your own lap board, paper, pencils, and creative energy!
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Our Children, Ourselves
Johnson School
21 Williams St.
413-664-4821
10 – 11 AM
Free
call for more information
A group for parents with children who have special needs including: Special health care needs, Autism spectrum, developmental delays, mental health issues, communication delays or other identified special needs. Join other parents to share ideas, resources, challenges and joys. Snacks will be provided. Transportation and child care available upon request. This group is focused on parents with children ages birth to eight years.
Childcare and transportation available by request, call 664‐4821 to register |
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Trivia Tuesdays!
The Parlor Café
303 Ashland St.
(413) 346-4279
7- 9 PM
Free
For more information
Join us for an evening of trivia! You could win NACHOS and bragging rights!
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Sunday November 15
Noah's Run~Love Never Leaves
Adams Visitors Center, 3 Hoosac Street, Adams
9:30 AM
$10/person
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A 5K Run and Kids Fun Run to benefit the Noah Brown Scholarship Fund. Noah was taken from us suddenly this past year. His family invites you to share this event in his memory. Due to the out pouring of support for this event we have decided to add a 1 mile walk. The cost will be $10. Each walker will receive a Certificate of Participation. The route for the walk will be from the Visitors Center to Summer St.; Summer St. to Spring St (Corner Lunch) to Pleasant St to Depot St and back to Visitors Center. Please use the form online to pre-register for the Walk. Just write Walk on the form and mail in with the $10 fee. Thank you for your love and support of this event.
Love Never Leaves Registration at www.town.adams.ma.us under Events. Also www.exploreadams.com |
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Wednesday November 11
Social Change Film Series – The Wanted
Images Cinema, 50 Spring St,Williamstown
413-458-1039
7 PM
Free
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A film series that focuses on social change will kick off at Images Cinema with a showing of "The Wanted." The Social Change Film Series is being hosted by the Davis Center and will feature a different film each month. Faculty will hold a discussion after each film. Co-directed by Paul Cowan and Amer Shomali, "The Wanted" 18 is an animated documentary about the efforts of Palestinians in Beit Sahour to start a small local dairy industry during the First Intifada, when the dairy collective was deemed a threat to Israel’s national security.
Friday November 13
Mt. Greylock Presents "Macbeth"
115 Church St.,Williamstown
7 PM
Mt. Greylock Regional School drama presents their Fall Festival of Shakespeare performance of "Macbeth". Performance is at 7 pm at Williamstown Elementary School, 115 Church Street. Tickets available at the door.
Saturday November 14
Mt. Greylock Presents "Macbeth"
115 Church St.,Williamstown
7 PM
Mt. Greylock Regional School drama presents their Fall Festival of Shakespeare performance of "Macbeth". Performance is at 7 pm at Williamstown Elementary School, 115 Church Street. Tickets available at the door.
The Tempest: A Gyre
62 Center, 1000 Main St., Williamstown
7:30 PM
$3
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Nov 12-14, 7:30 PM Adams Memorial Theatre, 62 Center for Theatre and Dance $3 This new version of The Tempest features an innovative collaboration between Williams Theatre, CoDa (Contemporary Dance Ensemble), and WiPE (Williams Percussion Ensemble). Encompassing many dramatic themes: jealousy, betrayal, revenge, sexual desire, romantic love, power, forgiveness, The Tempest is often seen as conscious of its own existence as a play, provocatively examining theatrical illusion and the creation of “art.” DIRECTED BY JEAN-BERNARD BUCKY CHOREOGRAPHED BY ERICA DANKMEYER & JANINE PARKER MUSIC DIRECTED BY MATTHEW GOLD
Sunday November 15
Farmers and Artisans Harvest Market
Adams Memorial Middle School, 30 Columbia St., Adams
9 AM – 3 PM
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The Adams Farmers & Artisans Harvest Market connects local farmers and vendors with the community in order to increase the community’s accessibility to goods that are grown, raised, or produced locally. Live entertainment will be featured. Come see what the Harvest Market has to offer!
Tuesday November 17
A Thankful Storytime
Public Library, Town of Florida
413-664-4821
6:30 PM
Free
The Family Center invites you to join us for A Thankful Storytime at the Town of Florida Library on Tuesday November 17th at 6:30 pm. Snuggle up with your family and listen to some enjoyable children books with a theme of being Thankful. Fun children’s art activities too. Drop by and join us, Free for ALL Families. |
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MA Health Connector’s Open Enrollment begins November 1st and runs
through January 31st, 2016
Call Ecu-Health Care at 663-8711 if you:
- Need to update income, family size, address etc. for your current MA
Health Connector health insurance plan
- Do not have health insurance
- Have a Connector Care Plan or other health insurance through the MA
Health Connector and want to change to a different plan
- Have questions about the affordability of your employer’s health sponsored
insurance.
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