Downtown Pittsfield Stories: Berkshire Museum The Berkshire Museum reopened to the public on August 1 as part of Phase 3 in Massachusetts’ Reopening. The Museum is carefully rolling out their own phased reopening, allowing only Museum members to visit the aquarium in the Museum’s phase 1 from August 1-15. During the Museum’s phase 2 (August…
Steven Valenti and his store, Steven Valenti’s Clothing, have been downtown Pittsfield institutions for 37 years. Steve hasn’t slowed down in that time, working 6 days a week in his beloved store at 157 North Street, until the Coronavirus forced him to temporarily close his storefront. Steve misses his customers terribly, but he has found…
First Fridays Artswalk is a free, public, monthly program of the Downtown Pittsfield Cultural Association in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts. First Fridays Artswalk connects businesses, galleries, artists, and the community to create an “Artswalk” on the first Friday of every month from 5 to 8 pm February – December. First Fridays Artswalk was created in May…
Hancock Shaker Village is the only cultural institution in the Berkshires that can say it is both a museum and a working farm, and Jennifer Trainer Thompson, President and CEO, is probably the only museum director who can say “I have a lamb eating my coat” in the middle of an interview. The Village is…
“The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) Network’s Berkshire Regional Office provides free and confidential one-to-one business assistance to prospective and existing small businesses. Services are available to Massachusetts start-ups and existing businesses located in Berkshire County. Areas of assistance include business plan development, pre-venture feasibility, conventional and non-conventional financing, cash flow analysis, organizational and personnel issues and marketing.”…
Tell us about The Marketplace Cafe: “The Marketplace is a community builder,” says Robbie Robles, General Manager of the Marketplace Café. “We have this amazing food that speaks for itself. David Renner and Kevin Schmitz who started the Marketplace (with their specialty prepared foods at first) are both chefs with amazing skills. We have an…
Berkshires Jazz will be bringing two terrific events to downtown Pittsfield this fall beginning with the Berkshire Jazz Showcase on September 28 and culminating with the Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, October 11-20. Established in 2009, Berkshires Jazz, a 501c3 organization, has made it its mission to preserve Jazz, America’s indigenous art form, and nurture its growth…
The Fourth of July is just around the corner and yes, there will be a Pittsfield Fourth of July Parade. After an announcement by the Pittsfield Parade Committee earlier this year stating the annual Pittsfield Fourth of July Parade was in jeopardy, a rallying of efforts by the community have secured the parade for 2019…
Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. is proud to host an exhibition of blue or mostly blue artworks in honor of Autism Awareness Month. Blue Art Show will be held at the Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. offices at 33 Dunham Mall in April. There will be an opening reception for Blue Art Show on Friday, April 5, 2019 from…
Berkshire Environmental Action Team, also known as BEAT, is the Berkshire’s very own environmental activism, stewardship and education organization. Since 2003, BEAT has made it their mission to inform residents about environmental issues affecting western Massachusetts. BEAT also hosts a wide array of programming such as Green Drinks, wildlife tracking, and invasive kiwi pulls (more…