Weekend Outlook: Maple Sugaring Season, Live Music, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
11:32AM / Thursday, March 07, 2024 | |
 There are a variety of events this weekend in the Berkshires including a sugaring season celebration, International Women's Day community celebration dinner, live music, and more. Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton Time: Sunday, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Berkshire Natural Resources Council and Berkshire Family Hikes will be celebrating maple sugaring season at Holiday Brook Farm. The family-friendly event will include a short hike on the farm, activities, and an opportunity to visit the farm’s animals, including emus. At the end of the event families will bring home a maple sugar treat. The farm will also offer tours of the boiling room and a >> Read More |
North Adams Pride Hosts Second Annual Northern Lights Ball| 10:49AM / Friday, February 23, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Pride will hold its second annual Northern Lights Ball on Saturday, March 9 for members of the regional LGBTQIA+ community and their allies. The Ball will again be hosted at the North Adams Elks Lodge (100 Eagle Street); doors will open at 8:00 pm and festivities will conclude at midnight. Tickets for the Northern Lights Ball can be purchased online via Eventbrite at https://northernlightsball2024.eventbrite.com, by using the QR code on posters throughout the region, or in person at the event. This event is open to all members of the public 21 years of age and older; a current ID will be required for entry. For more information about >> Read More |
Waterfall, Boreal Forest Snowshoe at Tamarack Hollow| 04:22PM / Wednesday, February 21, 2024 | |
 WINDSOR, Mass. — Snowshoe or hike in the Boreal forests of Windsor at the Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center. The walk takes place on Sunday, Feb. 25 from 10 am to 12:30 pm Join Director and Naturalist Aimee Gelinas M.Ed on a trek featuring our newly conserved land, a brand new trail and a cascading waterfall along with winter Boreal/Northern forest tree ID, wildlife tracking and forest ecology. The walk is supported through the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Berkshire Environmental Endowment Fund. Registration required. Email: full_circle_o@yahoo.com. Program fee $20 per person and a $5 snowshoe rental fee >> Read More |
BAAMS Presents Live at Studio 9| 11:58AM / Monday, February 19, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Feb. 24 is the second in a series of monthly live music concerts at Studio 9 from Richard Boulger and the BAAMS' Faculty Band. Doors open: 6:30pm. The actual show will run from 7 to 9 pm. Studio 9 is located at the Porches Inn located at 231 River St. All proceeds will help support music education at BAAMS, which provides after-school and Saturday music study, as well as a summer jazz-band day camp for students ages 10-18, of all experience levels. The performance will feature: Richard Boulger, trumpet and flugelhorn, with Alex Blake, bass, Dario Boente, piano and keyboards, and Tony Lewis, drums and percussion, along with >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Festivals, Cardboard Box Races, and More By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:38PM / Thursday, February 15, 2024 | |
 There are a variety of events this weekend in the Berkshires including festivals, Valentine's Day themed events, and more. Pittsfield Time: various Berkshire County business and organizations join forces with Pittsfield's Office of Cultural Development for the annual 10x10 Festival, a week of events to celebrate the winter season beginning Thursday. This weekend's festivities include the inaugural Clapp Park Winter Festival, Hancock Shaker Village's The Big Chill, art exhibits, live music, and more. More information here. Various venues, North Adams Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Celebrate the winter season >> Read More |
MCLA Announces Music, Gallery and Theater Performances for Winter, Spring Semester| 08:00AM / Monday, February 12, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Department of Fine and Performing Arts at MCLA announced the Winter/Spring 2024 programming including cultural events, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and musical experiences. According to a press release: The first exhibition of 2024 will examine the entangled histories of ecology and migration. "Unfortunately It Was Paradise" features three artists, Lorena Molina, Larissa Rogers, and Jumana Manna, who address how ecology surfaces in our memory, imagination, and present that are shaped by the legacies of slavery, war, and settler colonialism. The show is on view through March 29. To close the semester, the gallery will feature work from a
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Weekend Outlook: Festivals, Caberets and Toy ShowsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
11:53AM / Friday, February 09, 2024 | |
 There are a variety of events this weekend in or near the Berkshires including an old toy show, a Queering Perspective Festival, Valentine's Day themed events, and more. '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Williamstown Dates: Feb. 9, 10, 22-24 Williams College's theater and dance center is hosting the festival to promote dialogue on sexualities, genders, bodies, races, ethnicities, abilities, and desires. It will interrogate conventional, culturally normative performance. The goal is to establish a platform dedicated to supporting individuals who are often marginalized or "othered," providing a space for experimental and subversive >> Read More |
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