Friday, July 15 (rain date, July 22)
Eagle Street Beach Party!
Eagle Street | Between Main St & Center St 
(413) 664-6180
3:30 PM - 10 PM
Free!
for more information

We don't need an ocean to have a beach! Visit North Adams on a Friday in the middle of July as more than 250,000 pounds of sand, donated by Specialty Minerals and delivered by the City of North Adams, is spread - curb to curb - the entire length of Eagle Street. The family-friendly beach party runs from 3:30 – 6:30 and the adult-oriented fiesta, complete with margaritas served on the beach, takes place from 7-10pm. Lita Williams will be dj-ing from 3:30- 6:00 and performing live in the evening.

Saturday, July 16
Triplets of Belleville Cine-concert with Benoit Charest, composer
Courtyard C or Hunter Center | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
8:30 PM
$12 kids 6-12 | $16 students | $20 advanced | $26 day of | $32 preferred | Free for kids under 5
for more information

This unclassifiable Oscar-nominated (Best Animated Feature, Best Song) film — a fantastical caper involving the Tour de France and the French Mafia — becomes a spectacular live event featuring dancing, singing, foley sound effects, and the original hot swing score performed live by its composer Benoît Charest and his 9-piece Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville band. Beautiful, outrageous fun for the whole family.

What to Expect: One of the best events of the year! Smart, funny, beautiful film paired with its original, lively score — played live — by the film’s composer and his high-spirited orchestra. What to expect? Expect to be talking about this one long after the credits roll. Preferred tickets are general admission seats located in the first rows of the theater.

Concerts at Windsor Lake
Rev Tor Band   
Windsor Lake | 200 Windsor Lake Road
(413) 664-6180
6:30 PM
Free!
for more information

Join the community for the next free installment of the Windsor Lake summer concert series! Bring the family, beach chairs, blankets, and a positive vibe to this uplifting community-based concert! THIS WEEK: Rev Tor Trio are back to rock the pavilion with a selection of original songs and popular covers.  

Grooves and Spins: A Night of Vinyl and Board Games
Commonfolk | 33 Main Street
wearecommonfolk@gmail.com
8 PM - 10 PM 
Free! 
for more information 

Wednesday July 6th join Common Folk, DJ iamsam & Elixer as they bring a FREE night of fun for all ages at the NEW Common Folk Gallery at 33 Main Street! Enjoy board games of all kinds and groove along to hand selected tracks, played exclusivly on vinyl spanning the last century, curated by North Adams own DJ iamsam & Elixer! The fun lasts from 8-10PM, is ALL AGES and FREE, how could you go wrong on a Wednesday night? Feel free to bring a board game to share or a few records to enjoy, BUT don't worry if you can't, we have plenty to share! SO let's Groove & Spin our way to wonderful Wednesday at the NEW Common Folk Gallery!

Northern Berkshires Retirees Club
Greylock Community Club | 548 State Rd
(413) 743-9476
10 AM
Free! 

Northern Berkshire Retirees Club will meet at 10:00 A.M. Thursday July 7th 2016 at the Greylock Community Club. Coffee and doughnuts will be available. Any questions call 413-743-9476 or 413-663-9263.

The Chalet featuring Eliza Edens 
The Chalet | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
5:30 PM - 11:30 PM
for more information
 

Raise a glass with us every Thursday night this summer at The Chalet, artist Dean Baldwin’s riverside beer garden. Enjoy balmy Berkshire nights with lively music, captivating conversation, and deliciously refreshing brews. Live music with Eliza Edens starts at 7pm. The Chalet is always free. Bring cash for the bar!

Party in the Park: Shepard's Crossing
Noel Field | 310 State Street 
(413) 449-3333
6 PM - 8 PM
Free!
for more information

Shepard’s Crossing kicks-off this FREE weekly summer concert series in Noel Field presented by WUPE FM & WNAW.

Drop-In Family Time 
Haskins Community Center | 210 State St
(413) 664-4821
10 AM - 12 PM
Free
for more information

Drop in at The Family Center and play with your child and friends on Friday mornings.

The North Adams Farmers Market is a producer-only market. We accept CC, Debit, and EBT payments and proudly DOUBLE SNAP benefits thanks to generous funding of our SNAPx2 Program.

Live music from 10-12. Join us and visit our local farmers and food producers who will be bringing fresh greensand fruit, eggs, meat, preserves, food plants, flowers, breads, baked goods, pastries, granolas, honey, maple syrup and more!

The North Adams Farmers Market is generously supported by: Adams Community Bank, Berkshire Bank, Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, the Hardman Fund, Greylock Federal Credit Union, MountainOne Bank, The Porches Inn, and Moresi & Associates.

High Mud presents Joe Pera
MASS MoCA | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
8 PM
$16 Students/Advance | $22 Day of | $28 Preferred
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Our favorite High Mud funny-man, Dave Hill, calls Joe Pera, “a Dave-approved weirdo.” The Comic’s Comic calls this Buffalo-born, Brooklyn-based deadpan artist, “…More Twilight Zone than Moth. More Andy Kaufman than Chris Gethard.” Pera can be seen on Adam Devine’s House Party, and on the exceptionally hilarious web series, Pancake Breakfast and How to Make It in USA. See him right here on the Dré Pavilion this summer!

The Three Organists in Concert: A Taste of Summer
All Saints' Episcopal Church | 59 Summer Street 
(413) 664-9656
3 PM 
Free (Donations will benefit the Berkshire Food Project)
for more information

Offerings will be received to benefit the Berkshire Food Project and the music ministries of the three churches involved: St. John's Episcopal Church in Williamstown; All Saints' Episcopal Church in North Adams, and First Baptist Church in North Adams.

Art About the Town Main St Crosswalk Project
Main St 
phil@riverhillpottery.com
7 AM - 1 PM 
Free!
for more information

Painting Main Street Crosswalks Event
Art About Town will be repainting the 2 previously painted crosswalks, design and paint 2 additional crosswalks on Main St. At this time the process would involve the creation of 4 teams of 15 people. 
Sites: Eagle to Ashland - Team Captain Gail Sellers, 87 Main to TD Bank - Team Captain ?, Holden to Greylock Federal C.U. - Team Captain Dan Morgan, Wireless Zone to Legion Dr. - Team Captain Kathy Keeser
To sign up go to the link above, contact a team leader or leave us your name.
Paint Crew – minimum 10 recruited community members
Crosswalk Timeline:
Time: 7-1 PM 
Date: July 10, 2016
Prep Time: 7-8 AM
Paint Time: 8-12 AM
Cure time: 12-1 PM

CONNOISSEURSHIP: Buy, Sell, Give
Panel Discussion 
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA 
(413) 446-0614   
3 PM 
Free!
for more information

Please Register for this free discussion.

CLAY IS HOT! — CONNOISSEURSHIP: BUY, SELL, GIVE is a moderated panel discussion among art professionals and collectors presented in the Ferrin Contemporary gallery at 1315 MASS MoCA Way in North Adams, on Sunday, July 10, 2016, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Moderator Leslie Ferrin will lead panelists in a conversation-style discussion and exchange with the audience about issues surrounding changes taking place in and impacts on public and private collections. This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. 

THE PANELISTS

The panel will consist of Doug Anderson, art collector; Mark Leach, independent curator and author; Suzanne Ramljak, art historian, author, editor, and independent curator; and Emily Zilber, Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts, MFA Boston.

COME ONE, COME ALL! Join us as the Steeple Cats take on the Newport Gulls! Show up to cheer on your very own home team as they bat their way to victory this Baseball season. Show them a home-field welcome and bring the whole family!
Additional Ticketing Information & Discounts here

The Studios at MASS MoCA

The Studios at MASS MoCA, an initiative by MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program, offers residencies up to 8 weeks. Applications are currently accepted through July 8, 2016, for residency sessions between October 2016 and March 2017. To apply, visit our online application page (there’s no application fee!) 

Deadline: 11:59pm, July 8, 2016.
 

WANTED - Vendors and Crafters

Lenox, MA

We are seeking vendors and crafters who make handmade creations which they may wish to sell at The Holiday Craft Connection, November 19, 2016 from 9 am - 3 pm at The United Methodist Church of Lenox, 6 Holmes Road, Lenox, Massachusetts (located behind NBT Bank). Free admission. For more information please call 413-243-2640 ~ 413-464-2659 or email alliekatt0328@verizon.net. Registration and payment received by July 1, 2016 will be eligible for reduced fees.

Thursday – July 7 Rockin' Raffle Waffle Bar FUNdraiser
UNO Community Center |157 River Street
7 – 8:30 PM
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Rockin’ Raffle Waffle Bar FUNdraiser to benefit workforce Development in Northern Berkshires sponsored by the Community Outreach Training Program. Come out for an evening of live music and the chance to win great prizes from our hometown businesses, in support of the new workforce development program, Employ North Berkshire. This program will help build employable skills and provide a success coach to North County individuals who are in search of steady employment. Admission is free, and raffle tickets can be purchased with cash the night of. $1.00 per ticket or $5.00 per arm's-length The music and event starts at 7:00 pm and winners will be drawn at 8:30 pm. With great prizes from places such as: Berkshire Theatre Group,MASS MoCA, Oh Crepe, North Adams Movieplex, Sounds and Tones Records, Shear Madness Salon and more! Featuring live music from members of Flannel Dan and the Panhandle Band, Common Folk, and more! Parking is in the Sandford and Kid lot and at Bracewell Parking lot. Please do not park on the street in front of the UNO Center.

Friday 7/8

Science Night at Berkshire Museum  
39 South St | Pittsfield 
(413) 443-7171
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Free!
for more information

The Nutshell Playhouse will perform their show Pirates! at the Milne Public Library on Saturday, July 9th at 2 p.m. This swashbuckling adventure is appropriate for all ages, and is free. The library is located at 1095 Main Street in Williamstown. This event is part of the library’s Summer Reading Program, On Your Mark, Get Set, Read! The event is sponsored by the Fund for Williamstown and the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and the Friends of the Milne Public Library.

Sunday 7/10

Mount Greylock 2nd Annual Jazz Festival
Bascom Lodge | Mt Greylock Summit, Adams 
(413) 743-1591
12 PM - 5 PM
Free!
for more information

Featuring the Ben Kohn Trio, Lauren Lee’s “Space Jazz,” The Wes Brown Quartet with Jill Connelly, and The David Ullmann Quintet.

Tuesday July 12

Bike Trail Walk
Adams Visitors’ Center | 3 Hoosac Street
(413) 664-4821
11 AM
Free!
for more information

Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in Adams, Tuesday, July 12 at 11:00 a.m. Join us with bikes, trikes, wagons and strollers for a walk on the Bike Trail! We will meet outside of the Adams Visitors' Center at 3 Hoosac Street in Adams and decorate our bikes, wagons etc. and walk the Bike Trail to Russell Field Playground. A snack and drink will be provided. Please dress prepared for walking and weather. (No playgroup at the Adams Youth Center on this day

Wednesday 7/6

Big Elm Brewery at Bascom Lodge 
Bascom Lodge | Mt. Greylock Summit
(413) 743-1591 
6 PM 
Free! 
for more information

Join the brewers from Big Elm for a tasting of their tasty beverages!

6:00pm, free and open to the public.

(RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR DINNER) DINNER IS SERVED AT 7:OOPM AFTER EVERY EVENT CHECK MENU Page for the evenings offerings.

Friday 7/8

Green River Festival July 8-10
1 College Dr | Greenfield  
(413) 923-2800   
$30-150
for more information

Celebrating 30 years! Dozens of bands over 3 days. Camping passes available.

Saturday 7/9

Nutshell Playhouse presents Pirates! at the Milne Public Library  
Milne Public Library | 1095 Main St | Williamstown 
(413) 458-5369
2 PM
Free!
for more information

The Nutshell Playhouse will perform their show Pirates! at the Milne Public Library on Saturday, July 9th at 2 p.m. This swashbuckling adventure is appropriate for all ages, and is free. The library is located at 1095 Main Street in Williamstown. This event is part of the library’s Summer Reading Program, On Your Mark, Get Set, Read! The event is sponsored by the Fund for Williamstown and the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and the Friends of the Milne Public Library.

Sunday 7/10

Summer Sundays: Spanish Dance Showcase 
Clark Art Institute | Fernández Terrace | 225 South St, Williamstown
(413) 458-2303
1 PM - 4 PM
Free with admission
for more information

This week: Small Planet Dancers kick off Summer Sundays at the Clark with performances on the Fernández Terrace at 1:30 and 3 pm. Experience the beauty and passion of traditional Spanish dance, and be the first to visit our artmaking tents!

Each Sunday afternoon in July and August, families are invited to learn more about the Golden Age of the Spanish nobility and celebrate the human body, exploring the history and themes central to the Clark’s summer exhibition, Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado. Join in the fun this summer to enjoy these exciting outdoor performances. Leave your mark on a giant body tracing mural, take home a crown fit for a Spanish king, make your own wire sculpture of a work from the special exhibition and more. Free with admission. Certain activities are weather-dependent. July 10 – Spanish Dance Showcase July 17 – Toro! Toro! July 24 – Spanish Rhythms July 31 – Human Tower Expo August 7 – Body, Art, and Soul August 14 – Arts Alive August 21 – Bodies in Motion August 28 – The Golden Age This program is supported by funding from the officers and employees of Allen & Company, Inc.

Tuesday July 12

Free Concert Series: Across the Pond
Clark Art Institute | 225 South St, Williamstown
6 - 8 PM
for more information

Relive the magical music of the British Invasion with Across the Pond, a popular Beatles tribute band that strives to capture the exuberance of a Beatles live show, including later songs the Beatles recorded but never performed in concert.