Check out the events happening in Berkshire County this weekend including plays, festivals, and more.
Editor's Pick
BCC Community Fest
Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield
Time: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Celebrate 65 years of the state's first community college. Admission is free, but registration is recommended. More than 60 activities are planned, ranging from live music and food trucks to workshops, exhibits, athletic tournaments and family-friendly events.
Berkshire Theatre Group stages Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," a classic whodunit set in a remote guesthouse where strangers are snowbound, a murder occurs, and there's a race to identify the culprit. Each guest has their secrets, heightening the tension as suspicion grows.
Enjoy an afternoon with family or friends tasting local and regional brews, food from local eateries and live music. Take time to relax on the lawn as well and play some lawn games with those around you.
Tickets range from $30 to $45. More information and tickets here.
Ice Cream Train Ride
3 Hoosac St., Adams
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 3 to 4 p.m.
Enjoy some ice cream on a train. It's $24 for adults and $18 for kids 3-13, $5 for a toddler or free if they won't have ice cream.
An evening to enjoy food, drinks and dancing with family or fellow jazz lovers while listening to Rob Putnam and his Good Vibes Organ Trio, Michael Benedict and Bopitude, Svetlana and the New York Collective and the Peggy Stern Quartet.
Tickets are $18 for youth and $35 for adults. More information and tickets here.
Northern Berkshire Story Slam
Adams Theater, Park Street
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Features a cast of nine telling their stories of triumphs and losses, the comedic and the outrageous. Produced in collaboration with Life Jacket Theatre Company and hosted by writer and comic Diana Yanez.
Tickets are $20 to $35; more information and tickets here.
Sunday
Mat and Mimosas: Pilates on the Lawn
Gateways Inn, Lenox
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
An hourlong pilates session at the Walker Stree inn on Sunday morning followed by a mimosa or orange juice afterwards. Hosted by Bousquet Sports each Sunday morning. Cost is $25.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's Courtyard D hosts a pop-up skate park with clinics by Skate Haven, trick contests, and giveaways. Seasoned skaters to beginners are welcome. Tickets are $10.
Great Barrington Farmers Market 18 Church St. Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The market is open every Saturday. Every week, locally grown food, flowers, and plants will be available, along with other local vendors. The market accepts and offers doubling SNAP, HIP, WIC, and Senior market coupons. More information is here.
Lee Farmers Market The Town Park Saturday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The market offers locally grown produce, prepared foods, locally created arts and crafts, and herbal products. YogaLee offers free community yoga from 9:30 to 10:30 on the first Saturday of each month.
The market accepts SNAP, HIP, Senior Coupons, and WIC Coupons and also offers Market Match. More information here.
Lenox Farmers Market St. Ann's Church Friday: 11 to 3.
This market is open every Friday through Sept. 12 and features fresh produce, pastries, cheeses, and more.
New Marlborough Farmers Market Village Green Sunday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The market has local vendors that offer a variety of goods from produce, eggs, baked goods, jams, hand-knit items, maple syrup, and more. More information here.
North Adams Farmers Market Main Street Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The south side of Main Street from American Legion Drive will be closed to make room for the city's weekly farmers market, which will kick off this Saturday. Explore downtown North Adams and discover local businesses and fresh produce from local farms. More information here.
Pittsfield Farmers Market Pittsfield Common Saturday, 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Roots Rising, the region's first teen-run market, will hold an indoor farmers market this Saturday. The event will feature live music, chef demos, workshops, children's activities, and more. More information here.
Sheffield Farmers Market 125 Main St. Fridays, 3 to 6 p.m.
The market features healthy food and products from a variety of local vendors, aiming to nourish the community by supporting "local small farms, land, bees, and economy."
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North Adams School Committee Filling Two Seats
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee is in need of new members to fill two unexpired terms until Jan. 1, 2028.
The candidates will be voted on by a joint convention of the School Committee and City Council on Oct. 5.
In the two months since the last School Committee meeting, members Emily Daunis and Cody Chamberlain have resigned.
The committee was expected to review the process at its Tuesday meeting but did not. A timeline provided by Mayor Jennifer Macksey, chair of the committee, states the calls for statements of interest will occur on Monday, Aug. 31, along with a pre-convention meeting notice.
Statements of interest and nominations will be accepted via email to btassone@napsk12.org until 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24; these will be disseminated to committee and City Council members four days later.
Any resident of the city of North Adams who is eligible to vote is eligible to be elected to serve on the School Committee.
Daunis was elected in this way to the School Committee in 2020 to fill the unexpired term and elected to a four-year term in her own right the following year and again in 2025.
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