Thursday, July 28
DownStreet Art - Meet Your Neighbors! 
Main Street
5 PM - 8 PM 
Free! 
for more information 

DownStreet Art is back again for our second event of the season!
Join us as we celebrate the 9th Annual DownStreet Art summer of Arts, Culture, & Community in Downtown North Adams.
Meet Your Neighbors is the theme of DownStreet Art 2016 and we're all about keeping it local - highlighting Artists of all stripes living and working within 20 miles of our little city.
This month's DownStreet Art will feature performances by Dysfunkcrew, the Holden Street Night Market, gallery openings and more! You won't want to miss out!

Concerts at Windsor Lake
The Spurs USA   
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: The Spurs USA bring traditional Country & Western music to the pavilion. NEXT WEEK: Rebel Alliance

A Teddy Bear Picnic
The Family Center | 210 State St
(413) 664-4821
10 -11 AM
Free!
for more information

You and your bear are invited to a Teddy Bear Picnic! We will meet at the grassy area behind the Hskins building by Noel Fiend. Please bring your favorite teddy bear or stuffed animal. We will have teddy bear races, teddy bear care, teddy bear songs and story time, a “beary” fun parachute game and a special teddy bear snack.

Ken Thomson & Friends
MASS MoCA | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
4:30 PM 
Free with gallery admission
for more information

Featuring recently-composed music performed by Ken Thomson and colleagues, and classics by Steve Reich and Louis Andriessen; special guests include master percussionist Doug Perkins.

Studios at MASS MoCA - Open Studios 
The Studios | Buidling 13 | 2nd Floor |1040 MASS MoCA Way
studios@massmoca.org
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 
Free 
for more information

We’re opening our doors on July 13 from 5:30 – 7:30pm to show off our new artists-in-residence. Snacks, drinks, great art, and good conversation provided. RSVP to Emily Edwards at studios@massmoca.org The Studios, Building 13, 2nd Floor on MASS MoCA’s Campus. When you park in the main visitor lot at MASS MoCA, Building 13 is right in front of you. You’ll see Ferrin

Contemporary / Cynthia Reeves gallery on the first floor. Enter through the side door (on the end of the building farthest from Rt. 2) and take the stairs or elevator to the second floor.

Steeple Cats Home Game
Joe Wolfe Field | 310 State St
steeplecats@gmail.com
6:30 PM 
5yo & Younger - Free | 6-12 - $1 | Students & Seniors - $5 | Teens & Adults - $8 
for more information

COME ONE, COME ALL! Show up to cheer on your very own home team as they bat their way to victory against the Upper Valley Nighthawks this Baseball season. Show them a home-field welcome and bring the whole family! Additional ticketing information and combo discounts here

Water Play Days - Sprinkler & Pool Time
The Family Center | 210 State St
(413) 664-4821
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Free! 
for more information
 

Splash and cool off in the sprinkler and the kiddie pool! Thursday, July 14, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Monday, July 18, 5:30- 6:30p.m. On the child care playground at The Family Center, 210 State St., North Adams.

The Chalet featuring Long Journey 
The Chalet | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
5:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Free!
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 Long Journey starts at 7pm: The Chalet is always free. Bring cash for the bar!

Mark Stewart and Friends
MASS MoCA | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
4:30 PM
Free with admission
for more information
 

Multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart and friends — including the audience — perform a selection of popular, semi-popular, and unpopular music using instruments you didn’t even know existed.

"At the Maple Grove" Film Screening
Commonfolk | 33 Main St
Wearecommonfolk@gmail.com
6-9 PM
$5 Suggested Donation
for more information

Light refreshments will be served. "At The Maple Grove" written and directed by Christopher Zatta Feature film, running time 110 minutes, completed in 2014. Driven by a desire to live forever through cinema, aspiring filmmaker Nathaniel Heaton fuses his life into the narrative of a movie in this film-within-a-film. As a dreamer and romantic, Heaton escapes his estranged relationships, professional failures, and concerns of mortality by retreating more and more into the world of the movie that exists

in his imagination. . . a world where gangsters close in and a struggling old nightclub prepares for what may be its final show. Christopher Zatta is a writer/director, originally from New Jersey and currently living in Los Angeles. He formed the company King Fish Productions with his sister as a platform to write and direct independent material, beginning with the short film "Ambition Of Love," a neo-noir which was selected by director Werner Herzog for exhibition in his Rogue Film School Seminar. Christopher followed this up with his first feature length project, "At The Maple Grove," a film-within-a-film based on personal experiences and desires, and inspired by John Cassavetes, Bob Fosse and the French New Wave. -- "At The Maple Grove" Teaser Trailer: Vimeo or Youtube

Orpheus in the Berkshires
GreylockWORKS | 508 State Rd
community@wtfestival.org
7:30 PM
Free!
for more information

Come see friendly faces team up with seasoned performers from the Williamstown Theatre Festival to bring this new take on the Orpheus myth to life! The world premiere production of Orpheus in the Berkshires comes to North Adams for one weekend only, July 14-17. This brand new play has been developed by and for the Berkshires through a variety of local workshops and readings over the past year. The production is a collaboration between professional Festival artists and local residents/partner organizations, including local bands, dancers, and rappers. It will involve over 100 people in total! Arrive early for best seating. There’ll be room to set up a blanket on the ground and watch, just like our former Free Theatre events at Poker Flats. So bring a picnic! To learn more, check out our webpage at this here. 
If you have questions, feel free to post here or email community@wtfestival.org. We hope you’ll join us, and we hope you’ll bring friends! We’re excited to share this project with as many of our neighbors as possible.

Party in the Park: License to Groove
Noel Field | 310 State Street 
(413) 449-3333
6 PM - 8 PM
Free!
for more information

WUPE FM/WNAW present this weekly series in the Noel Field Athletic Complex. Come for the free live music and stay for the classic cars, friends, and food! 2016 Line-up: 7/21 - Hair Ballz, 7/28 - Whiskey City, 8/4 - Bandit , 8/11 – Dolly Dagger, 8/24 – Brave Brothers, 8/31 - Shyne.

West African Drumming with Nani Agbeli 
MASS MoCA | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
1:30 PM
Free
for more information

Nani Agbeli, from Ghana, and special guest Faith Conant perform with festival fellows outdoors in the MASS MoCA courtyard.
Following the 1:30pm performance, audience members are welcome to bring their own drums and participate in a drumming workshop with Nani and Faith.

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.

Orpheus in the Berkshires
GreylockWORKS | 508 State Rd
community@wtfestival.org
7:30 PM
Free!
for more information

Come see friendly faces team up with seasoned performers from the Williamstown Theatre Festival to bring this new take on the Orpheus myth to life! The world premiere production of Orpheus in the Berkshires comes to North Adams for one weekend only, July 14-17. This brand new play has been developed by and for the Berkshires through a variety of local workshops and readings over the past year. The production is a collaboration between professional Festival artists and local residents/partner organizations, including local bands, dancers, and rappers. It will involve over 100 people in total! Arrive early for best seating. There’ll be room to set up a blanket on the ground and watch, just like our former Free Theatre events at Poker Flats. So bring a picnic! To learn more, check out our webpage at this here. 
If you have questions, feel free to post here or email community@wtfestival.org. We hope you’ll join us, and we hope you’ll bring friends! We’re excited to share this project with as many of our neighbors as possible.

Steeple Cats Home Game
Joe Wolfe Field | 310 State St
steeplecats@gmail.com
6:30 PM 
5yo & Younger - Free | 6-12 - $1 | Students & Seniors - $5 | Teens & Adults - $8 
for more information

COME ONE, COME ALL! Show up to cheer on your very own home team as they bat their way to victory against the Valley Bluehawks this Baseball season. Show them a home-field welcome and bring the whole family! Additional ticketing information and combo discounts here

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.

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.

Music in the Galleries
MASS MoCA | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
4:30 PM
Free with gallery admission
for more information

Festival fellows perform Scott Wollschleger‘s Meditation on Dust with piano soloist Karl Larson, and Larry Polansky‘s v’ya’al for ensemble. The recital also features Sooyeon Lyuh, performing solo works for the Haegum, a two-stringed Korean fiddle.

Orpheus in the Berkshires
GreylockWORKS | 508 State Rd
community@wtfestival.org
7:30 PM
Free!
for more information

Come see friendly faces team up with seasoned performers from the Williamstown Theatre Festival to bring this new take on the Orpheus myth to life! The world premiere production of Orpheus in the Berkshires comes to North Adams for one weekend only, July 14-17. This brand new play has been developed by and for the Berkshires through a variety of local workshops and readings over the past year. The production is a collaboration between professional Festival artists and local residents/partner organizations, including local bands, dancers, and rappers. It will involve over 100 people in total! Arrive early for best seating. There’ll be room to set up a blanket on the ground and watch, just like our former Free Theatre events at Poker Flats. So bring a picnic! To learn more, check out our webpage at this here. 
If you have questions, feel free to post here or email community@wtfestival.org. We hope you’ll join us, and we hope you’ll bring friends! We’re excited to share this project with as many of our neighbors as possible.

Creative Writing with Millie Calesky 
North Adams Public Library | 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
10 AM – 12 PM 
Free!
for more information

Writing coach Millie Calesky is bringing her popular writing class back to the North Adams Public Library on Saturday, July 16 from 10 until noon. The class follows a method used by Pat Schneider, author of ‘Writing Alone and With Others’ used by the Amherst Writers and Artists group. The approach posits that all of us are born with some measure of creative genius. Millie will help you tap that source. In a course description available at pre-registration, Calesky will divide the session into two main parts; the first part being introductions and a brief writing exercise, the second part being a longer writing session followed by feedback. Participants are encouraged to share. Confidentiality and support are always part of the writing experience in Calesky’s workshops.

Kids Can, Too! 
Club B-10 | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
11:30 AM 
$5/members, $8/not-yet-members
for more information

Kids Can Too! invites the whole family to play along with Bang on a Can faculty and fellows. This musical exploration performance-presentation is hands-on and gets wilder and wilder each year.

Orpheus in the Berkshires
GreylockWORKS | 508 State Rd
community@wtfestival.org
7:30 PM
Free!
for more information

Come see friendly faces team up with seasoned performers from the Williamstown Theatre Festival to bring this new take on the Orpheus myth to life! The world premiere production of Orpheus in the Berkshires comes to North Adams for one weekend only, July 14-17. This brand new play has been developed by and for the Berkshires through a variety of local workshops and readings over the past year. The production is a collaboration between professional Festival artists and local residents/partner organizations, including local bands, dancers, and rappers. It will involve over 100 people in total! Arrive early for best seating. There’ll be room to set up a blanket on the ground and watch, just like our former Free Theatre events at Poker Flats. So bring a picnic! To learn more, check out our webpage at this here. 
If you have questions, feel free to post here or email community@wtfestival.org. We hope you’ll join us, and we hope you’ll bring friends! We’re excited to share this project with as many of our neighbors as possible.

Water Play Days - Sprinkler & Pool Time
The Family Center | 210 State St
(413) 664-4821
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Free! 
for more information
 

Splash and cool off in the sprinkler and the kiddie pool! Thursday, July 14, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Monday, July 18, 5:30- 6:30p.m. On the child care playground at The Family Center, 210 State St., North Adams.

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.

Wednesday 7/13

Workshop for Nonprofits: "Creating your Narritive" 
Berkshire Community College | 343 Main St | Great Barrington
(413) 645-3151 
9 AM - 12 PM 
$25/members, $35/non-members
for more information

Learn compelling storytelling from a pro! Anastasia Stanmeyer is a journalist and editor of “Berkshire Magazine.” Come to this hands-on workshop to pick up tips on crafting your nonprofit narrative. Appropriate for any level writer and any staff or volunteer writing about your organization including development and marketing directors, executive directors, and board members. $25 members; $35 non-members.

Sunday 7/17

Images: Family Flicks Under the Stars - Inside Out
Morgan Lawn on Spring Street | Williamstown  
(413) 458-5612   
Free
for more information

Images Cinema and the The The Spring Street Market & Cafe present FAMILY FLICKS UNDER THE STARS, a series of free, outdoor screenings, Sundays in July. This Academy Award-winning animated film is an entertaining and emotional journey for people of all ages. The film shows the inner workings of a young girl’s mind — through the five personified emotions of Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust — as she navigates moving from Minnesota to San Francisco. Family Flicks Under the Stars is sponsored by The Spring Street Market & Cafe, Williamstown Chamber of Commerce, Gramercy Bistro, The Purple Pub, West Wine & Spirits, Empire Cutz, and The Red Herring.

Tuesday July 19

Free Concert Series: HBH&T featuring Wanda Houstin 
Clark Art Institute | 225 South St, Williamstown
6 - 8 PM
for more information

HBH&T Band, featuring vocalist Wanda Houston, is a jazz quartet performing standards, blues, R&B, and top 40. It is the music you know, the music you love, and the music you love to sing and dance to. Led by the soulful stylings of vocalist Wanda Houston, with horns Charlie Tokarz, bass/keys Scott Heth, and drums Jay Bradley, the band gives new meaning to the phrase: "Forget your troubles come on get happy!"