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Holiday Hours: Indigenous Peoples Day / Columbus Day| 02:00PM / Thursday, October 09, 2025 | |
Dióscoro Teófilo Puebla Tolín's 'First landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World,' at San Salvador, W.I., Oct. 12, 1492, from 1862. Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day is being observed Monday, Oct. 13. As Columbus Day, it commemorates Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492. As Indigenous Peoples Day, it commemorates the harm to their cultures and communities that followed Columbus' arrival. Columbus' voyage had been celebrated on significant anniversaries but did not become an official holiday until it was recognized by Colorado in 1905. It was declared a federal holiday in 1937.
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Harvest Festivals and Craft Fairs 2025| 12:00PM / Thursday, October 09, 2025 | |
 The air is crisp, the leaves are falling, the holidays are approaching; artisans and craft enthusiasts know what that means. It's craft fair and bazaar season! This list will be updated as we get more information. Have an event to add? Email us at info@iberkshires.com. October Fall Fest Herman Melville's Arrowhead, Pittsfield The Berkshire Museum and the Berkshire County Historical Society is inviting the community to celebrate the Fall with a variety of crafts, games, and hands-on activities for children and adults. The free event features hayrides, lawn games, a cider pressing activity, and more. For guests over 21 there will be 0 Comments
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BFAIR Launch Coat and Boot Drive for Local Veterans| 10:46AM / Thursday, October 09, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Community Based Day Services (CBDS) team, in partnership with BFAIR, has launched a Coat and Boot Drive to provide essential winter wear to local veterans ahead of the cold season. This initiative supports the North Adams Veterans' Services Office, which identified warm outerwear and footwear as a critical need. Organizers are collecting new or gently used men's and women's coats and boots that are in good condition. Donation Drop-Off Locations (Now until Nov. 6, 2025): CBDS, 26 Roberts Drive, North Adams BFAIR Administrative Office, 771 South Church Street, North Adams BFAIR Pittsfield Office, 39 Willis 0 Comments
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Fall Foliage Leaf Hunt 2025| 04:25PM / Wednesday, October 08, 2025 | |
 There are still some Fall Foliage leaves to be found! Here's a second set of clues to help hunt them down. You only have a few days left to find them: Bring them to the North Adams Office of Tourism by Tuesday, Oct. 14, to claim a prize! 2. First clue: An (inter)stellar way to build those muscles! Second clue: You can't work out here 24/7 anymore, but the leaf can be found anytime day or night. 4. First clue: Hope rises here like the placement of the sun at the start of dawn. Second clue: This resource for youth and families would be uncomfortably cold in Fahrenheit, but pretty comfortable in 0 Comments
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MCLA Physics Department to Host U.S. Department of Energy Physicist| 03:59PM / Wednesday, October 08, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Physics Department will welcome Dr. Brian Beckford, a nuclear and particle physicist with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of High Energy Physics, for a free public lecture on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 5 p.m. in the Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation, Room 121. This talk is funded by the American Institute of Physics Foundation's TEAM-UP Together EXCEL grant. In his talk, "The Road Less Traveled and My Path in Physics," Beckford will share both his research and his personal journey in science, from his immigrant childhood in Miami to conducting experiments in 0 Comments
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North Adams Group Launches Nip Bottle Return Pilot ProgramStaff Reports ,
01:13PM / Wednesday, October 08, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A group of local partners launched an upcoming pilot program to help curb the amount of alcohol nip bottle litter in the City of North Adams and neighboring communities. At a City Council meeting in September, Mayor Jennifer Macksey and Police Chief Mark Bailey presented the need for North Adams to prohibit the sale of nip bottles. This conversation sparked an initiative led by City Councilor Keith Bona and Benjamin Lamb from the NAMAzing Initiative, in collaboration with BFAIR. They are launching a pilot program that will offer a 5-cent refund for each clean nip bottle returned to BFAIR's redemption center, starting Nov. 1, and continuing as long 0 Comments
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Wicked Strange New England With Jeff Belanger | 08:30AM / Wednesday, October 08, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Based on Jeff Belanger's latest book, "Wicked Strange: Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities, and Urban Legends from New England," this multimedia program explores the unexplained through a tour of haunts, monsters, ghosts, aliens, weird history, legend and folklore from our region. The presentation will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 6 pm. It will be held at the North Adams Armory, located at 206 Ashland Street, North Adams, MA. All ages are welcome, and no registration is necessary. Bring your own seat if possible. Books will be available for sale and 0 Comments
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MCLA's Environmental Lecture to Celebrate Center for Resourceful Living| 08:00AM / Wednesday, October 08, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MCLA's Fall 2025 Elizabeth and Lawrence Vadnais Environmental Issues Lecture will be held at 7 p.m., on Saturday, Oct. 11, in MCLA's Murdock Hall, Room 218. This year's event will celebrate the creation of The Center for Resourceful Living (CRL), started 50 years ago by MCLA Professor Emeritus Lawrence H. Vadnais. The evening will feature the debut screening of filmmaker Sharon Wyrrick's documentary, "Did You Put Milk in the Bucket?: A Tribute to The Center for Resourceful Living." The filmmaker will be in attendance at the screening. This event coincides with "Scenes from The Center for Resourceful Living," 0 Comments
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MCLA Alumni Foundation Recognizes Distinguished Alum By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:55PM / Tuesday, October 07, 2025 | |
Ed Sokolowsi speaks on receiving the Distinguished Alum Award. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two local educators were recognized on Saturday at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Alumni Awards. Gina Coleman and Annie Pecor earned their Master of Education degrees from MCLA in 2000 and 2009, respectively. Coleman, who earned her bachelor's degree from Williams College and doctoral degree in educational leadership and policy through the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, addressed the gathering in the Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation via video upon receiving the Outstanding Educator Emeritus Award. "MCLA served as the 0 Comments
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North Adams Lions Club Hosts Pantry and Personal Item Drive| 07:41AM / Tuesday, October 07, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams Lions Club announced a community-wide Pantry and Personal Item Drive in recognition of World Hunger Day. The drive will benefit the Al Nelson Friendship Center Pantry and runs through Oct. 17, 2025. Community members are encouraged to donate non-perishable, unexpired food items and essential personal care products to help support local families in need. Donation drop-off locations include: Scizzor Sisters, 22 Ashland St, North Adams Bright Ideas Brewing, 111 Mass Moca Way, North Adams Berkshire Emporium, 59 Main St, North Adams Plant Connector, 73 Main St, North Adams North Adams Police Station, 21 Holden 0 Comments
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North Adams Glamping Resort Switches to Wellness With Special PermitBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:41AM / Tuesday, October 07, 2025 | |
Ben Crespi points out elements of the plan; sites A and B for tenting can be seen toward the top of the plan. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — It took several attempts, but the Planning Board on Monday approved a new special permit for a camping resort on Notch Road. Benjamin Crespi has been before the Planning Board several times after taking on the glamping proposal first broached by the original developer back in 2019. The project's hit a number of roadblocks, not the least being the opposition by neighbors on the thinly settled road which resulted in litigation. Crespi, operating as 196 Marine LLC, said the last iteration of the resort had been scrapped and he was 0 Comments
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Dozens Compete in Fall Foliage 5KiBerkshires.com Sports,
08:48PM / Sunday, October 05, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Joshua Miller Sunday won the annual Fall Foliage 5K, covering the course in just more than 21 minutes. Miller hit the finish line in 21:05, setting a mile pace of 6:47, to win in a field of 35 finishers. Second place went to North Adams’ Liv Dalton, who was the fastest female finisher with a time of 22:41. Twenty men and 15 women competed in the race, part of the city’s Fall Foliage Festival. The race finished on Main Street just prior to the 69th Fall Foliage Parade. 0 Comments
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