ThunderFest Scheduled for March 22 in Adams

ADAMS, Mass. — ProAdams will present its ThunderFest event on Saturday, March 22, from noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Adams Visitor Center, located at 3 Hoosac Street. Admission to the event is free. (Rain date: Sunday, March 23)

ThunderFest will feature live music. Bacchus will perform from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and singer-songwriter Jack Waldheim will begin the entertainment at noon.

Food will be available for purchase from La Chalupa y la Enchilada, Pizza House, Adams Lions Club, and M&J’s Taste of Home. Local brewers and vintners scheduled to participate include Antimony, Sam Adams, Long Trail, Truly, and Balderdash Cellars.

The event will include vendors and exhibitors offering crafts, outdoor recreation gear, services, and information. Activities for children will be offered, and leashed pets are permitted on the grounds.

ThunderFest is supported by sponsors including Adams Community Bank, Berkshire Gas, Bounti-Fare, and SBM Insurance.

Additional information can be found at exploreadams.com/events/thunderfest/ and on the ThunderFest Facebook site.

Berkshire Museum Donates Cheshire Crown Glass to Town

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
07:15AM / Saturday, March 21, 2026

Historical Commission Chair Jennifer DeGrenier and Jason Vivori, Berkshire Museum collections manager, present the antique glass to the Select Board. 

CHESHIRE, Mass. — A piece of history has found its way back to the town with the donation of a well-preserved pane of bull's-eye glass made at Cheshire Crown Glass Works. 

 

Manufactured in 1814, the artifact was donated by the Berkshire Museum, where it had been since 1910. 

 

The glass will be on display at the town's new museum, located in the old Town Hall at the junction of Church and Depot Streets, alongside research and photographs gathered by the town's local historian Barry Emery.

 

Prior to being housed at the museum, the piece was at the Berkshire Athenaeum prior to the museum's founding, said Jason Vivori, the museum's collections manager. 

 

The glass was originally used in window making. Its distinctive bull's-eye center was formed when the molten glass was spun on a long rod to form large sheets, Vivori said. 

 

The bull's-eye rendered it unsuitable for windows today, but local historians admire the piece for its preservation, making it unique. 

 

There is another piece of Cheshire Glass in the old Reynolds store, Historical Commission Chair Jennifer DeGrenier said.