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Weekend Outlook: Winter Festivities

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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Check out the events happening this weekend like karaoke, bingo, snow tubing, and more.
 
Friday
 
Story Songs of the 70’s 
Stationary Factory, Dalton
Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
 
Enjoy a night of iconic songs from the 70’s performed by Tim Dimenna. All ages are welcome to enjoy a night jamming out to your favorites. There will be a full bar as well. Tickets $25 to $30 More information and tickets here
 
Musical Bingo
Bluebird & Co., Hancock 
Time: 8 p.m. 
 
DJ Pup Daddy will be spinning tunes for this musical bingo event featuring 75  billboard number-one hits from 1955 to 2025. 
 
There is no fee to play with three chances to win Bluebird gift cards for Single, Double, and Blackout Spindles. More information here
 
Discover Greylock Hike
Mount Greylock Visitor Center, Lanesborough
Time: 1 p.m. 
 
Celebrate the great outdoors with a walk in the woods to explore seasonal changes the signs of wildlife along an easy-moderate trail.
 
This family-friendly 2-mile hike follows the Bradley Farm Trail with a gradual 440-ft elevation gain. 
 
Hikes may include tree identification, local history and orienteering. Be aware that trail conditions may be snow-covered, icy or muddy.
 
More information here
 
Karaoke 
Dalton American Legion
Time: 6 p.m. 
 
Sing your heart out while supporting the local American Legion Post. More information here.
 
Saturday
 
Greylock Photography Group Meet-Up
Mount Greylock Gould Trailhead, Adams 
Time: 1 p.m. 
 
Mount Greylock State Reservation will be hosting a free photography group meetup during which attendees will walk a snowy trail to capture images of the birch tree groves and view up to the summit. 
 
More information here
 
CATA and Flo Present a Special Needs Art and Tea Party
428 Stockbridge Rd, Great Barrington
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
 
Enjoy a free and fun creative event to paint, color, and draw. Bring your kids and allow them to explore their creativity through art.
Registration required via email. More information here
 
 

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Opening Lecture: Shadow Visionaries
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Time: 11 a.m. 
 
The museum will be opening its newest exhibit "Celebration: Shadow Visionaries—French Artists Against the Current, 1840–70" with a lecture by the curator Anne Leonard. 
 
More information here
 
Community Sing-Along
67 East Street, Pittsfield
Time: 2 p.m.
 
Join the Berkshire Opera Festival for a free event to sing many opera choruses from Mozart, Verdi, and more. Ages 13 and up are welcome and must register beforehand.
 
More information here.
 
Ghost Tours
Ventfort Hall, Lenox
Time: 7 to 9 p.m. 
 
The Gilded Age mansion will host a tour with "Ghosts of the Berkshires" author Robert Oakes.
 
Oakes will lead guests through the rooms and halls of the estate, sharing tales of its hauntings.
 
"Stand in the places where the encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand accounts of those who experienced them, and maybe even experience something unusual yourself. This is not an active investigation," according to the press release.
 
Admission is $30 and the minimum age to attend is age 12. Reservations are required.
Purchase tickets here
 
Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League
The GOAT Sports Bar & Grill, North Adams 
Time: 6:30 p.m. 
 
Raise money for the Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League with a night of musical bingo. More information here.
 
Volunteer to Build Lee's Rink
Lee Athletic Field
Time: 10 a.m.
 
Volunteers are needed to help build Lee's skating rink. Email the Youth Commission to let them know you can make it. More information here.
 
Sunday
 
Snow Tubing for Tikkun Olam
Bousquet Mountain, Pittsfield
Time: 1:30 to 3 p.m.
 
Celebrate Tikkun Olam by tubing down the mountain at Bousquet. Tikkun Olam is the Jewish value of helping to repair the world. 
 
Please bring tubes of personal hygiene products like toothpaste, soap, deodorant, and more to help the children in the community that will be dispersed by state Department of Family Services.
 
More information and tickets here.
 
Cabin Fever Story Time
Mount Greylock State Reservation Visitor Center, Lanesborough
Time: 1 p.m. 
 
Relax by a hearth fire for an hour of "tales of the natural wonders and unusual people from Mount Greylock's past." The free event will include complementary hot chocolate will be provided. More information here
 
Paint and Sip
Antimony Brewing, Lenox
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
 
Unleash your inner artist and bring your friends along for fun afternoon of painting.
$45 per person and includes everything you need. More information and tickets here.
 
Steeple City Karaoke
Steeple City Social, North Adams
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
 
Celebrate the new year and belt out your favorite songs while wearing gold and silver. Bring your friends and enjoy the bar and light snacks. More information here.
 
Farmers Markets
 
Williamstown Farmers Market
Williamstown Elementary School
Time: 9 to 1
 
Indoor markets are held on the second Saturday from January through April. Twenty farmers and artisans will offer everything from meats and cheeses, to seafood, fiber arts, bakery items, honey, pottery, woodworking and more. And, as always, music will fill the air. 
 
As in the summer, SNAP recipients will receive a dollar-for-dollar match from the market up to $30.
 
For more information, contact Jeannie Alexander at info@williamstownfarmersmarket.org.

 


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Hoosac Valley Seeks to Prevent 'Volatile' Assessments

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass.— The "volatile" shifts in Hoosac Valley Regional School District's town assessments year to year is hard for smaller towns to absorb; however, a proposed change to the regional agreement would fix that. 
 
During the Select Board meeting last week, Superintendent Aaron Dean presented the proposed change to the regional agreement that would set assessments based on a five-year rolling average rather than the annual student enrollment.
 
"The long-term goal is to make the assessment process a little bit more viable for people from year-to-year," he said. 
 
An ad hoc committee was convened to review the district's agreement, during which concerns arose about the rapid fluctuations in assessments.
 
"I think you have to look short term, and you have to look long term. The goal is to kind of level it off and make planning easier and flatten that curve in terms of how it's going to impact both communities," Dean said. 
 
Every year, it is a little more difficult for one community because they are feeling disproportionately impacted compared to the other, he said. 
 
"The transient nature of this population right now is like nothing I've ever seen," Dean said. 
 
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