Check out the events in the county this weekend including movies, First Friday festivities, and Veterans Day inspired events. Check out our list of harvest festivals and craft fairs here.
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Dalton Country Fest
The Stationary Factory, Dalton
Time: Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
Grab your dancing shoes and get gussied up for Dalton Lions Club's second annual Country Fest. The event returns this Saturday featuring live music by local favorites including the Hotshot Hillbillies, CJ Field, Kollin Kozlowski, and Tame The Rooster
A country fest isn't a country fest without some square or line dancing, and this event is no different. There will be square dancing with Cliff Brodeur and Terry Hall and line dancing with Tina Mole.
Recharge with food from Berkshire Flavourful Bites, craft vendors, and raffles.
All funds generated during the event will benefit the Dalton Lions Club, which undertakes several initiatives to support its community, including donating bikes to the Dalton Bike Rodeo, providing scholarships to Wahconah High graduating seniors, and more.
Tickets range from $32 to $37. More information and tickets here.
Multiple Days
Taconic Theatre Presents … 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'
Taconic High School Pittsfield
Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m.
Students will be performing the popular musical comedy "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." The musical is based on Charles Schulz's comic strip "Peanuts" with a musical twist by Clark Gesner.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for students. More information and tickets here.
'Hamlet' Performance by Pittsfield High School
Pittsfield High School
Nov. 14 at 7:30, Nov. 15 at 2:30
Pittsfield High School's Proteus, in collaboration with Shakespeare & Company, will perform William Shakespeare's tragedy, "Hamlet" in the school's auditorium this Friday and Saturday.
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. More information here.
Drury High to Perform 'Radium Girls'
Drury High School, North Adams
Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 15, at 2 and 7 p.m.
The play is inspired by a true story set in 1926, focusing on Grace Fryer, a dial painter who becomes ill after working with radium, as she seeks justice in court against her former employer.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. Tickets will be sold at the door.
Gallery North November Exhibit
9 Eagle St., North Adams
Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 7 until Nov. 29
Carlos Caicedo and Ann Scott will be showing their artwork, which will accompany the gallery's new works by permanent gallery artists Marilyn Cavallari, Sean McCusker, Barbara Patton, Stephen Dankner, and Carol Shumans.
Wandering Dance Festival
Various venues in Pittsfield
Nov. 9 through 15
The Wandering Dance Festival will conclude its weeklong celebration of movement this weekend.
The festival invites people of all ages and backgrounds to connect through dance with free workshops, pop-up performances and interactive sessions led by local and national choreographers.
The National Theatre's performance of "Life of Pi" filmed live in London's West End will be screened in HD. Tickets are $17 and $10 for 21 and under. More information and tickets here.
Paint and Sip
The Locker Room Sports Pub, Lee
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Bring a friend and paint a wooden snowman sign. All of the necessary materials will be included along with a complimentary drink.
Tickets are $65.87 per person, no refunds unless event is cancelled. More information and tickets here.
Terrarium Making Plant and Sip
The Plant Connector, North Adams
Time: 6:30 p.m.
End your Friday working with plants by making your own terrarium while enjoying some nice drinks. Tickets are $40 and come with the materials you need.
Get ready to share your passion and connect with your community at Becket Arts Center's annual Talent/No Talent Showcase. This is an open invitation for everyone to participate, regardless of experience or skill level.
The stage is open to a diverse range of acts, including music, poetry, monologues, short scenes, or demonstrations of any skill or hobby.
Enjoy music and bingo to support the Studio North Dance Arts Dance Team. Tickets are $25 per person. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and exciting prizes.
Cuddle up in the barn and listen to award-winning singer-storyteller Mary Jo Maichack for tales that stir the heart, spark the imagination, and celebrate our connection to the natural world. There will also be an opportunity to visit the gentle donkeys on the historic farm.
Tickets are $10 per family. More information here.
Author Eric Wilson Lecture
North Adams Public Library
Time: 11 a.m.
North Adams author and activist Eric Wilson will discuss his autobiography: "Nothing Happens Overnight" in the library's front parlor. The memoirs of a man who's spent a lifetime advocating for people with disabilities.
History of War Dogs
Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield
Time: 2 p.m.
During this free lecture Ron Gabriel shares the history of dogs who served with American troops, beginning with WWI.
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is inviting community members to explore the busy beavers that have left behind clues about where they've been working.
During the event, you will practice your nature sleuthing skills as you venture along the trails with your family in search of places where the beavers have chopped down trees, maintained their dams, added to their lodges, and more.
This is a program designed for families with children. Each registration requires at least one adult and one child. More information here.
Intro to Tarot Card Reading Workshop
Ventfort Hall, Lenox
Time: 11 to 2.
The workshops will include a brief history, the Ryder-Waite-Smith system, structural basics, and the beginning etiquette of reading tarot.
This is a mostly lecture-style workshop with tea and light snacks as well as independent and collaborative practice time with the instructor present. Bring to the event a notebook, pen or pencil, and a basic Ryder-Waite system tarot deck. These items also can be purchased in the Ventfort Hall Gift Shop.
Tickets for the workshop are $45. More information here.
Pancake Breakfast
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Every Sunday in November from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Join Holiday Brook Farm for its annual Sunday pancake breakfasts featuring pancakes, sausage, hash browns, and more. It's $17.95 for adults and kids 2 to 12 pay their age.
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Wixsom Leads Force 12U Softball Team in Tourney Opener
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Emma Wixsom struck out eight of the nine batters she faced in Friday’s opener of the Berkshire Fall Frenzy as the host Force 12-and-under travel softball team beat the Greylock Thunder, 14-0, in three innings.
Wixsom was credited with a perfect game in the contest, which was ended by the tournament’s run rule.
McKinley Bushika led the Force’s offense, going 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Charlotte Kotski tripled, and Lilly Tuohy doubled in a nine-hit attack.
In its second game in the six-team tournament on Friday evening, the Force beat the East Greenbush, N.Y., Xpress Crushers, 5-3.
Peyton Demary went 3 and two-thirds innings in the circle before giving the ball to Wixsom. Demary struck out eight while allowing two earned runs.
Kotski was a difference maker at the plate, going 2-for-3 with an RBI in a six-hit attack for the Force.
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