Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this weekend including First Friday festivities, comedy, live music, and more.

 

Editor's Pick 

 

First Friday 

Downtown North Adams

Time: 5 to 9 p.m. 

 

Downtown businesses will extend their hours and host art receptions, and other special events, focused on the theme "I love North Adams." Events include live music and mocktails, an opening for the "Glow Show," a First Friday After Party, and more. 

 

Lineup here. 

 

Friday

 

Dark and Light Installation Opening Reception

Hotel on North, Pittsfield

Time: 5 to 8 p.m. 

 

Meet Clock Tower Artist Mark Mellinger during an opening reception. Mellinger has an eclectic background that informs his work, including woodworking, biology research, electron microscopy and psychology. 

 

He is drawn to the physicality of the materials such as the "lusciousness of paint, the earthiness of rust, [and] the delicacy of tissue paper."

 

Mellinger also encourages visits at his studio in the Eagle Building.

 

More information here. 

 

Glow Show

Future Lab(s) Gallery, North Adams 

Time:

 

The gallery is opening its doors and waking up winter with this inaugural event. The idea started out as an "idea to make a glow in the dark art temple in the dead of winter. " 

 

During the free event, look at art by work that makes the gallery glow. It features work by local gay artists Eric Wallen and Ricky Darell Barton, and tunes by DJ Dub TC.

 

More information here. 

 

First Friday Dance Party

Bright Ideas Brewery, North Adams 

Time: 8 to 11 p.m. 

 

The brewery will be having a party as part of the city's First Friday Festivities. During this free event for all ages there will be tune by DJ's Dub TC, Elixer, and DJ iamsam 

 

More information here.  

 

Ray Gifford Band Performance 

VFW Post 996 North Adams

Time: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. 

 

The country and rock band will be performing. Information here. 

 

Saturday 

 

Q-MoB: Broadway Cabaret Goes to the Movies 

Dewey Hall, Sheffield

Time: 7 p.m. 

 

A group of Broadway performers who move to the area during the pandemic banded together to create the "Broadway Cabaret." They are celebrating their third year together with a show featuring selections from "Anything Goes," "Amelie," "An American In Paris," "West Side Story," "The Wizard of Oz," "A Chorus Line," and more. 

 

Tickets cost $30 and can be purchased at Christ Trinity Church. Register with Q-MoB and purchase your tickets here. 

 

Comedy on Tap

Bright Ideas Brewery, North Adams 

Time: 7:30 p.m. 

 

Laugh over a drink at Bright Ideas located on the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts campus. 

 

Headlining the event will be Sammy Anzer, known from Kevin Hart's LOL Network, Skankfest, and tours across the country. The night will also feature performances by New York City comedian Robyn Jaffe. 

 

Tickets are $15. More information here. 

 

 

Tame the Rooster Performance 

The Proprietor’s Lodge, Pittsfield 

Time: 8 to 11 p.m. 

 

New York's capital region seven-piece modern country band, Tame the Rooster will be performing. Tickets cost $10. More information here. 

 

Public Ice Skating 

Boys and Girls Club, Pittsfield 

Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m. 

 

The first 100 people through the door during the public skate at the Boys & Girls Club will receive free admission for skating as well as free skate rentals. More information here. 

 

Family Friendly Winter Walk 

Mount Greylock Visitor Center, Lanesborough

Time: 1 to 3 p.m. 

 

Take a mindful walk led by guide Sandy Wilson and experience the nature of the mountain. The free experience incorporates elements of forest bathing, mindful breathing, nature connection, and more. 

 

More information here. 

 

Rev Tor's 11th Annual Dead of Winter Jam

Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield

Time: 7:30 p.m.

 

Berkshire Theatre Group is hosting a mid-winter celebration to honor 59 years of Grateful Dead music. 

 

The event will be hosted by Rev Tor's Dead Man's Waltz and features performances by Mark Mercier (Max Creek), Michael Butler (Bearly Dead), Force (The Alchemystics), Wanda Houston (The Rejuvenators) and Mike Wood (Rebel Alliance).

 

Tickets for the jam are $25. More information here.

 

Sunday

 

First Sunday Free Clark 

The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

Time: 1 to 4 p.m. 

 

The Clark Art is offering free admission to the galleries, special exhibitions, and activities. 

 

Visitors will also be able to decorate their own teacup and create a delicious tea blend in a tea bag to take home. The event also includes tea tastings offered by local tea shop Hearts Pace and a 2 p.m. tour of the tea sets, spoons, and pots in the Clark's collection of decorative arts.

 

This event is free with museum admission. More information here. 

 

Mist Blue Trio Performance 

PortaVia, Dalton

Time: 1 to 4 p.m. 

 

Berkshire based blues band Misty Blues Trio will be performing. More information on the band here. Performance information here. 

 

Multiple Days

 

For the LOVE OF ART Exhibit

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield

Feb 2. to Feb 9 

 

The center will be opening its newest exhibit this Friday at 5 p.m. The exhibit features midway senior portfolios, drawings & paintings, photography, and ceramics works by high school artists. More information here.