MOSAIC Presents Community Arts and Culture Day

11:12AM / Wednesday, July 30, 2025Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College Of Liberal Arts' (MCLA) MOSAIC presents Community Arts and Culture Day, a family-friendly public arts-engagement event featuring sessions and performances by three regional arts and culture practitioners: storyteller Djeli Celestia, puppeteer Madison J. Cripps, and visual artist Melanie Mowinski.

The event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 2 from 10am to 1pm at MOSAIC EventSpace, 49 Main St.

The MOSAIC Community Arts and Culture Day provides an opportunity for community members to foster connection through a lineup of family-friendly sessions and performances led by regional artists. Spanning storytelling, puppetry, and visual art, community members of all ages are invited to experience and engage with a diverse array of artistic practices and mediums.

Schedule of events:

10am – ongoing: Art-making with Melanie Mowinski
10:15am – 10: 45am: Puppetry with Madison J. Cripps
11am – 11:30am: Storytelling with Djeli Celestia
11:45am – 12:15pm: Puppetry with Madison J. Cripps
12:30pm – 1pm: Storytelling with Djeli Celestia

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Berkshires Remember First Responders, Military Personnel Lost at 9/11 and Aftermath

By Jack Guerino & Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
02:30PM / Friday, September 11, 2026

North Adams Mayor Jennifer Macksey, with Fire Chief Brent Lefebvre speaks at Friday's memorial.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The county's two cities held memorials on Friday morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Great Barrington was scheduled to hold a dedication of piece of steel from the World Trade Center at 6 p.m.

North Adams held its ceremony in the fire station's side garden starting at exactly 8:46 a.m., the time Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower.

The small square of grass was packed with police officers, firefighters, wire and alarm personnel, dispatchers, and Northern Berkshire EMS employees, and city employees, officials and community members.

After the ceremonial tolling of the bell, an honor guard presented the colors.

Mayor Jennifer Macksey said it felt odd welcoming people to a very solemn event.

"What happened 25 years ago put a mark on emergency services. It put additional pressure on police, fire, EMS, and dispatchers," Macksey said. "While we remember those who lost their lives during 9/11, and those who ran to help as many as they could during 9/11, we have to pause and appreciate those who continue to serve despite that awful threat that occurred 25 years ago."

She said it was a direct attack on the United States and all of its people.

"It was a question of our freedoms and our ability to be safe in our communities," the mayor said. "I can say today that here in North Adams, it could happen to us, but I know with the professionalism of our Fire Department, Police Department, EMS, and our dispatch team, we are a better community; we are a safer community than we were 25 years ago."

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