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Weekend Outlook: Flower Power

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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Check out the events happening this weekend including First Fridays, musicals, and more.

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First Fridays

North Adams: Holden Street will be closed to car traffic to make room for a variety of activities, including live music, food trucks, and vendors. This month's theme is Flower Power. 

Businesses in downtown North Adams will have extended hours, and many will have galleries or will be hosting openings, closings, and other special events focused on starting fresh. 

More information here.

Pittsfield: Downtown Pittsfield will be alive with activities, including a maker's market, an arts walk, and a Family Fun Zone. 

There will also be live entertainment at Persip Park and throughout North Street.

More information here.

Multiple Days

'The Prom Musical'
Berkshire Community College
Showings Friday through Sunday

A small-town prom is getting too much attention when a student wants to bring her girlfriend as a date. A troupe of Broadway stars arrive in the conservative community out on a mission to help in this musical comedy.

More information and tickets here.

Baby Animals
Hancock Shaker Village
Time: 11 to 4, through May 10

A sure sign of spring is the arrival of baby animals at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield. See lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kids and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village, from daily talks about the farm and the Shakers to craft demonstrations to walks along the Farm & Forest Trail.

Admission is $8 to $20, free for children 12 and younger. More information here.

Friday

Drag Open Stage
Door Prize, North Adams
Time: 8 to 10 p.m.

Hosted by Jackie Legs and Vuronika Baked, spend the night watching or even performing on stage no matter what talent you want to show off.

Tickets $10 in advance, and $15 at the door.

More information and tickets here.

Karaoke Fridays at Methesulah
Methuselah Bar and Lounge, Pittsfield
Time: 9 p.m.

Sing your favorite songs.

More information here.

Halfway to Halloween
Lenox Library
Time: 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.

Bring your kids to get in the spooky spirit and dress up, enjoy snacks, play games, and more.

More information here.

Saturday 

City of the Dead 

Pittsfield Cemetery
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Interested in learning about the history of the 175-year-old Pittsfield Cemetery? Hear about the tragic and fascinating stories of some of those buried there and more.

Cost is $10; RSVP to info@berkshirehomehistory.com.

More information here.

 

Sheep to Shawl Festival
Sheep Hill, Williamstown
Time: 11 to 3

Williamstown Rural Lands invites the community to have fun with sheep and more at the biennial Sheep to Shawl Festival. Will include demonstrations of border collie sheep herding, shearing, spinning, weaving and dying. Vendors include pottery, maple syrup, crafts, food and raffles. Held rain or shine.
 
Suggested donation $5 and up. Parking is limited so carpooling or other transport is recommended. Daily updates on social media and the website. 
 
More information here.

Kentucky Derby Night
Steeple City Social, North Adams
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.

Dress up in your best derby attire and enjoy snacks and drinks. Bring your best derby hat to win the hat contest.

More information here.

Birds of Prey with Tom Ricardi


Milne Public Library
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.

Bring your kids to enjoy a live birds of prey presentation.

More information here.

 

Sunday

Central Berkshire Record Store
The Stationery Factory, Dalton
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Central Berkshire Record Show is returns for the fifth consecutive year. 

Hosted by Berkshirecat Productions, it will feature DJ sets, food, drinks, and 1000s of Records, CDs and more from 30 tables of vendors from New England.  A line up of DJs will spin music throughout the day.   

Tickets can be purchased for $4 at the door, with VIP entry available for $10. 

More information here.

May Day Races
Nessacus Regional Middle School
Time: 9 a.m.

The annual fundraiser is back. Make sure to grab your running shoes and race the day away.

More information and tickets here.

All Ten and John
PortaVia, Dalton
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.

Enjoy this Sunday's music series with All Ten and John.

More information here.


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Williamstown Elementary Principal Making Plans to Use New Math Position

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williamstown Elementary School's principal last week told the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee that the best use of an additional $120,000 in the fiscal year 2027 budget is to hire a math interventionist for the school.
 
Benjamin Torres on Wednesday gave the board an update on the school with a focus on the need to address instruction in mathematics.
 
Those concerns prompted a request from the WES School Council to include the full-time math interventionist position in the FY27 budget.
 
School councils are committees of staff and community members in each building of a regional school district that are charged with assessing and advocating for the needs of individual schools.
 
Although funding for the position was not included in what district administrators characterized as a "level services" budget that it sent to both member towns, some Williamstown parents took their case directly to town meeting, which voted to amend the town's assessment to the district, adding the additional $120,000 to cover salary and benefits for new position.
 
Torres last week reminded the School Committee of the arguments he made for an interventionist when he presented the School Council's report back in February.
 
"My goal is to highlight the amazing growth we've seen with our students and the amazing work being done by our teachers, but also highlight there's a small group of students who are not closing the gaps quickly enough to be prepared to be successful at the upcoming grade level," Torres said. "This is why the School Council has been advocating not just for an interventionist but for a more systematic approach when it comes to interventions."
 
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