The new South Family Trail, a spur of the Farm & Forest Trail, leads to the archaeological remains of four Shaker building foundations of the South Family. Interpretive signage will tell the history of the site, where from 1818-1849 “new believers” lived when they became Shakers. Visitors will be able to walk this southern trail…
Now through Sunday, August 1st (dawn to dusk) at The Boulders Reserve in Pittsfield. In "Animal Tracks and Traces" children will become animal detectives after learning how to read the animal signs left all around. For more info, click here!
Unleash your Creativity! Using mostly recycled materials and materials that would go in the trash, we'll make 2 and 3D collages! No experience necessary. All materials supplied. Pittsfield Farmers Market on the Common (First Street) Saturday, July 24 Saturday, August 21 9:30 am to 12:30 pm DROP IN anytime. This event is funded through the Mass…
Join Laura Teicher and Adam Rodrigues of FORGE as they share insight on development of local supply chains, what that can mean for your bottom line, and how you can begin to map out your own path to local sourcing. Click here to register!
Join the Berkshire County Historical Society at Arrowhead for the fifth annual Moby-Dick Read-A-Thon! “Call me Ishmael” and sign up to read part of Melville’s masterpiece on the site where it was written. Come on your own or bring a group to read with us until we finish the book. 10am-5pm on Thursday 7/29, Friday 7/30,…
The OLLI Distinguished Speakers Series presents Amherst College Professor Franklin Odo on Japanese Americans in World War II Wednesday, August 4, 5:30 pm Online via Zoom Click here to register safely and securely online, or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9am-4pm) to register by phone with a credit card. Three months after Pearl Harbor was bombed and the U.S. entered WWII,…
The Business Accelerator is a free, one-year program offered twice a year in EforAll communities. It provides immersive business training, mentorship and access to an extended professional network. Anyone with a dream to start or grow a business is encouraged to apply. Classes are held on Zoom on Tuesdays from 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm…
1 House. 21 Rooms. 5 Days. 10 Live Performances. A House of Healing, Resilience & Belonging, Celebrating the Lives of Women of Color. August 13-17, 2021 Whitney Center for the Arts, 42 Wendell Avenue. Pittsfield 2 performance blocks daily: 2 to 3:20 pm / 6 to 7:20 pm Tickets by donation on a sliding scale…
ReWritten is an immersive performance that explores the often-silenced intimate relationship between authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. Moving between their lives, work, and remaining letters, ReWritten reimagines an intergenerational queer love story that helped shape American literature. Through dance, live music, visual art, projection, and text this performance questions what happens when we say no to dreams…
ReWritten is an immersive performance that explores the often-silenced intimate relationship between authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. Moving between their lives, work, and remaining letters, ReWritten reimagines an intergenerational queer love story that helped shape American literature. Through dance, live music, visual art, projection, and text this performance questions what happens when we say no to dreams…