• Special Event - North Adams Public Library: Toddler Time, 9:30 A.M., North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, North Adams , 413 662-3133
• Clinic - The Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) bloodmobile, 9 am - 3 pm, Hill Engineers, Depot St., Dalton, 413-447-2114, ext. 3981, All units donated on the BHS Bloodmobile stay in Berkshire County and replenish the local blood supply.
• Lecture - Program in Teaching at Williams Announces its Spring Events, Noon, Williams College, Bronfman Hall, room 105, Williamstown, All the events are free and open to the public., Omo Moses, executive director and founder of the Young People's Project, will speak at the first luncheon 
• Meeting - VNA offers bereavement support, 1 to 2:30 p.m., VNA & Hospice, 535 Curran Highway, North Adams, 413-664-4536, This group is free and open to anyone in the northern Berkshire community who has experienced the loss of a loved one.
• Special Event - North Adams Public Library: Preschool Story Time, 10 A.M., North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, North Adams , 413 662-3133
• Clinic - The Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) bloodmobile, 9 am - 2 pm, MCLA, Library Parking Lot, North Adams, 413-447-2114, ext. 3981, All units donated on the BHS Bloodmobile stay in Berkshire County and replenish the local blood supply.
• Special Event - Eye health presentation, 3 p.m., EPOCH Assisted Living at Melbourne, 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, Dr. Orlando’s presentation is free and open to the public, 413-499-1992, Dr. Fred Orlando will present “Conditions of the Aging Eye”.
• Workshop - Nutritious and Delicious, 5:30 - 7 pm, Haskins Community Center, North Adams, Free, 413-664-4821, Presented by Kristin Civello, RD Would you like to learn about healthy, nutritional foods that your child will actually eat? This workshop will cover all of the elements of good nutrition for young children. You will receive information on ~Healthy and delicious snack alternatives ~Easy recipes that kids will eat and are easy to prepare ~Age appropriate portion sizes ~Understanding nutrition labels
~What to do about a picky eater?
• Clinic - NBH offers first aid and basic life support courses, 5 to 8 p.m., VNA/Hospice, community room, Curran Highway, North Adams, The cost for Heartsaver First Aid with CPR and AED is $65. Students may opt to take just the CPR portion of the class for $40., 413-664-5404, Heartsaver First Aid with CPR/AED - Heartsaver First Aid with CPR and AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) prepares a wide variety of people who want or need to learn CPR. Cardiac arrest can result from heart attack, drowning, electric shock, and other problems.
• Film - The Yes Men Fix the World, 8 PM, MASS MoCA, Club B-10, Marshall Street, North Adams, $8 for adults and $5 for students, 413-662-2111, The Yes Men are two guys who just won't take "no" for an answer as they hatch outrageous pranks that highlight they ways that corporate greed is destroying our planet.
• Business Networking - Business After Hours, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Mawaiwe Performing Arts Center, 244 Main Street, Great Barrington, 413-528-1510
• Lecture - Bartholomew’s Cobble Lecture Series: Warren Wilcox, 6 to 7.pm., Bartholomew’s Cobble Visitor Center, Sheffield, Free, 413-229-8600, Long-time Sheffield resident Warren Wilcox will share his extensive arrowhead and tool collection and his stories.
• Meeting - NBH stroke support group, Noon to 2 p.m., VNA & Hospice of Northern Berkshire’s Community Room, 413-664-4536, The group is open to those who are recovering from a stroke, family members, and caregivers of stroke patients.
• Business Networking - Business After Hours, 5 - 7:30 PM, The Store at Five Corners, South Williamstown, There will be a fee of $10 and pre-registration is required, 413-458-9077
• Clinic - The Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) bloodmobile, 9 am - 3 pm, Berkshire Hematology Oncology, Conte Drive, Pittsfield, 413-447-2114, ext. 3981, All units donated on the BHS Bloodmobile stay in Berkshire County and replenish the local blood supply.
• Lecture - Free Lunchtime Talk On Early Photographs And What They Reveal, 12:30 pm, The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, Free, 413-458-2303, The series continues on Thursday, March 11, when Sarah Lees, associate curator of European Art, examines Cliffs at Etretat by Claude Monet. All talks take place at 12:30 pm on the second Thursday of every month. Attendees may purchase food at the Clark or bring a bag lunch to enjoy before or after the gallery talk.
• Lecture - Next MCLA "Green Living" seminar to focus on campus sustainability, 5:30 p.m., MCLA, Sullivan Lounge, North Adams, The public is invited to attend this free series, 413-662-5303, "Campus Sustainability Initiatives at MCLA" will be given by Lauren Moffatt, Coordinator of the Berkshire Environmental Resource Center at MCLA.
• Music - Singing in the Sheaves -Rural Life in Song, 7-9 p.m., Sheep Hill, WRLF 671 Cold Spring Rd. Wmstn. MA 1267, Suggested donation $10 to support WRLF; no one will be turned away, 413-458-9443, “Singing in the Sheaves-Rural Life in Song” Come and harmonize with your neighbors at a weekly sing led by Deborah Burns. Meet your neighbors, learn some new songs, learn some old songs, learn some history about rural life in New England and around the world.
• Special Event - "Should Juvenile Offenders Be Sentenced to Life without Parole?", 8 p.m., Williams College, Griffin Hall, Room 3, Williamstown, The event is free and open to the public., Presiding over the moot court will be Hon. Peter W. Hall, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Jeffrey R. Howard, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton '83, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Hon. Stephen R. Reinhardt, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
• Lecture - Berkshire blogger/environmentalist to speak at Lenox Town Hall, 7:30, Lenox’s Town Hall, Her talk will share stories from the alternative conference that paralleled the UN talks, as well as thoughts on what’s next, given the lack of dramatic results by the UN meetings.
• Film - Film Club at The Clark to Survey "What In The World Is Going On?", 4 pm, The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, 413-458-2303, The theme of this series featuring a different country or region in each session will be "What in the World is Going On?" Enjoy films on the Clark's big screen with commentary and discussion led by Steve Satullo, film programmer for the Clark.
• Music - Berkshires Jazz Free Event, 7:30 pm, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 29 Renne Ave., Pittsfield, The concert, which is free and open to the public, 413-442-2665, The student group will be performing compositions from various jazz greats including Clifford Brown, Billy Taylor, Randy Newman and Ellis Marsalis.
• Special Event - Aquarium Adventures, 10 & 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171,
Each Friday through June 6, 2010 children ages 2-4 can enjoy meeting a different animal and watch them eat. Story time is included. Free with museum admission.
• Music - Musician Dave Mindell to perform, 3 p.m., EPOCH Assisted Living at Melbourne, 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, His performance is free and open to the public, 413-499-1992, “The Rockin’ Robin,” Dave Mindell, will perform. Mindell has entertained audiences across the northeast. His repertoire includes more than 100 songs, including many chart-toppers from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s.
• Theater - Romeo & Juliet, 8 pm, The Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street, Pittsfield, A: $45 B: $25, 413-448-8084 x12, The Acting Company, the most respected and praised touring repertory theater in America, and the renowned Guthrie Theater proudly present Romeo & Juliet. Young love has never been so delightful, or as dangerous, as in this stirring, full-length production.
• Special Event - A Colonial Tea Party & Sampler, 7:30 pm, Dewey Memorial Hall, Sheffield, Society meetings are free and open to the public., 413-229-2694, Gillian Hettinger, of Sheffield and New Jersey, literature teacher, scholar, and frequent Sheffield Times contributor, will host "A Colonial Tea Party & Sampler."
• Dance - 16th Annual Father and Daughter Dance, 6 to 9 p.m., St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Center, St. Anthony Drive and Holden Streets, North Adams, $10 per person/$12 at the door, 413-743-7532, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Center on St. Anthony Drive and Holden Streets in North Adams. This semi-formal event is for fathers or father figures and their daughters of all ages. People have attended previous events with their fathers, grandfathers, uncles, neighbors or friend's father.
• Meeting - North Adams River Group Meets, 9 a.m., City Hall, North Adams, 413-822-2376, The public is invited to attend the meeting in the second-floor conference room.
• Family Event - Free Day and Dance Party, 11 AM - 8 PM, MASS MoCA, Marshall Street, North Adams, Tickets for the dance party are $15 for adults in advance and $19 on the day of the show, 413-662-2111, In the evening, Afro Cuban Hip Hop drummer and band leader Pedrito Martinez, will keep the dance floor packed in the Hunter Center starting at 8 PM with a rocking dance party to cap off Community Free Day.
• Special Event - French Valentine Cabaret, 3 pm, Berkshire Music School, 2nd floor, Edgar B. Taft Building, 30 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, Donations are welcome at the door, 413-442-1411, Berkshire Music School will present “Toujours L’Amour: Les Melodies Francaise” a Valentine cabaret of classical and popular French songs.
• Sports - National Girls and Women in Sports Day, 8:30 a.m., MCLA Campus Center Gym, free, Dot Houston , 413-662-5437, Open to all girls in grades 3 through 8, and adult women. Free clinics for girls will be offered in basketball, volleyball and soccer. For adult women, sessions will include fitness, volleyball, and water aerobics. There will also be an essay contest, lunch with players and coaches, and
the opportunity to watch the MCLA women's basketball team play Framingham State College at 2 p.m. Pre-registration is required prior to Feb. 5.
• Special Event - Chow Time, 12:30 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Each Saturday through June 6, 2010 gather in the museum aquarium to watch as staff feed their aquarium friends. Free with museum admission.
• Special Event - Battle-Ready Cart, 1 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Every Saturday through June 6, 2010 the museum hosts Battle Ready! an interactive gallery demonstration from the common sling to the deadly crossbow. In Battle Ready! you can be transformed into a Roman legionnaire or a medieval knight while learning about some of the most revered and innovative weapons of all time. Free with museum admission.
• Special Event - Jae’s Spice will host the second Quite Queer event titled “Heart On”, 8 pm, Jae’s Spice, 297 North Street, Pittsfield, The event is $5 for ages 21+ and $8 for 18+ with a full cash bar for legal drinkers., 413-997-5237, The party has a high fashion theme and prizes will be given out to the top three most interesting and unique outfits.
• Family Event - Valentine’s Day At Ventfort Hall - A Family Celebration, Noon to 3pm, Ventfort Hall, 104 Walker St., Lenox, 413-637-3206, Valentine’s Day at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum will be a family affair on Sunday, February 14, with a variety of activities and events offered throughout the day.
• Music - A Concert for Loved Ones in Haiti, 7 p.m., The Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield, 413-997-4444, Performances by Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, The Mammals, Bobby Sweet, Vetiver, Tift Merritt, Meg Hutchinson, Kris Delmhorst, The Guthrie Family and special guests.
Tickets are $25 and $15 and can be purchased in person at the Colonial Ticket Office, 111 South St., Pittsfield, Monday through Friday 10-5, on performance Saturdays from 10 to 2, or at 413-997-4444 or www.TheColonialTheatre.org.
• Theater - Berkshire Theatre Festival Presents: Hansel and Gretel, 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, $15 adults ($7 members) and $8 children ages 3-18 ($5 members). Includes museum admission., 413-443-7171, Audiences will be treated to a celebration of storytelling in this classic interpretation of the children’s tale "Hansel and Gretel."
• Workshop - Movie Camp with Curtis Asch, 9 to 4, Feb. 15 through Feb 19, Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, $225 ($195 members), 413-443-7171, From plot to popcorn, campers, grades 3-6, write the script, make costumes, play the parts, and operate the cameras. From the start, you’ll be a part of the show! Friends and family are invited to the premiere of the finished film on the museum’s big screen. Campers also receive a copy of the movie on DVD.
• Special Event - Dueling Demonstration, 1, 2, and 3 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Enjoy live dueling demonstrations and learn the surprising rules and dueling customs. Discover who challenges who, what weapons were used, and how a winner was determined. The answer might surprise you. Free with museum admission.
• Special Event - North Adams Public Library: Toddler Time, 9:30 A.M., North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, North Adams , 413 662-3133
• Theater - Berkshire Theatre Festival Presents: Hansel and Gretel, 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, $15 adults ($7 members) and $8 children ages 3-18 ($5 members). Includes museum admission., 413-443-7171, Audiences will be treated to a celebration of storytelling in this classic interpretation of the children’s tale "Hansel and Gretel."
• Special Event - Dueling Demonstration, 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Enjoy live dueling demonstrations and learn the surprising rules and dueling customs. Discover who challenges who, what weapons were used, and how a winner was determined. The answer might surprise you. Free with museum admission.
• Meeting - Pittsfield Green Drinks, 5:15 p.m., Pittsfield Brew Works, 34 Depot St., Pittsfield, Jamie Cahillane, 413-445-4556, ext. 14, or Jane Winn at BEAT (jane@thebeatnews.org or 413-230-7321)., What are your environmental New Year's resolutions? If you are interested in any environmental issue, from the climate crisis to land preservation, or from wildlife habitat to recycling, please join the gathering every third Tuesday of the month. Green Drinks in Pittsfield is co- sponsored by the Center for Ecological Technology (CET) and the Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT).
• Meeting - VNA offers bereavement support, 1 to 2:30 p.m., VNA & Hospice, 535 Curran Highway, North Adams, 413-664-4536, This group is free and open to anyone in the northern Berkshire community who has experienced the loss of a loved one.
• Music - MIDWEEKMUSIC, 12:15 p.m., Williams College, Chapin Hall, Williamstown, This free event is open to the public., All are invited to bring a lunch and listen to wonderful performances of classical, jazz and world music.
• Special Event - North Adams Public Library: Preschool Story Time, 10 A.M., North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, North Adams , 413 662-3133
• Theater - Berkshire Theatre Festival Presents: Hansel and Gretel, 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, $15 adults ($7 members) and $8 children ages 3-18 ($5 members). Includes museum admission., 413-443-7171, Audiences will be treated to a celebration of storytelling in this classic interpretation of the children’s tale "Hansel and Gretel."
• Special Event - Dueling Demonstration, 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Enjoy live dueling demonstrations and learn the surprising rules and dueling customs. Discover who challenges who, what weapons were used, and how a winner was determined. The answer might surprise you. Free with museum admission.
• Special Event - Natural-Born Predators, 1 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-4443-7171, In the first half of this special hour-long program, the Wolf Conservation Center will guide guests through the history of wolves in North America, their biology and the mythology that surrounds them. The second part of the program belongs to Atka, a male Arctic Wolf, who will greet our visitors under the supervision of one of WCC's expert wolf handlers. Free with museum admission.
• Clinic - The Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) bloodmobile, 9 am - 2 pm, Adams Co-Operative Bank, Adams Branch, 413-447-2114, ext. 3981, All units donated on the BHS Bloodmobile stay in Berkshire County and replenish the local blood supply.
• Meeting - Alzheimer's Support Group, 7 to 8:30 p.m., EPOCH Assisted Living at Melbourne, 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, 413-499-1992, This group meets the third Wednesday of each month and is open to families, friends and caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s and other memory-related issues. The group is facilitated by social worker Rachel Durlock.
• Meeting - Alzheimer's Support Group, 7 to 8:30 p.m., EPOCH Assisted Living at Melbourne, 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, 413-499-1992, This group meets the third Wednesday of each month and is open to families, friends and caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s and other memory-related issues. The group is facilitated by social worker Rachel Durlock. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
• Clinic - H1N1 vaccine clinics, 3 to 6 p.m., VNA & Hospice of Northern Berkshires, 535 Curran Memorial Highway, North Adams, Individuals who attend the public clinics on Feb. 17 and 24 are asked to park near the back of the VNA parking lot and enter the door by the community room. There will be signs and Medical Reserve Corps volunteers to assist with directions.
• Special Event - HIV testing offered at NARH, 1 p.m., North Adams Regional Hospital, Suite 210 of the Ambulatory Care Center , 413-447-2654, Testing is confidential and can be anonymous. Testing is available at no cost, although donations are appreciated. Clients must return in person to receive the results of testing, as they cannot be given over the phone or by mail.
• Theater - Berkshire Theatre Festival Presents: Hansel and Gretel, 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, $15 adults ($7 members) and $8 children ages 3-18 ($5 members). Includes museum admission., 413-443-7171, Audiences will be treated to a celebration of storytelling in this classic interpretation of the children’s tale "Hansel and Gretel."
• Special Event - Dueling Demonstration, 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Enjoy live dueling demonstrations and learn the surprising rules and dueling customs. Discover who challenges who, what weapons were used, and how a winner was determined. The answer might surprise you. Free with museum admission.
• Special Event - Art of the Samurai, 1 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Japanese swords and samurai are among the most highly respected and admired throughout the world. Experience first-hand the extensive combat ritual and discipline of Edo period Samurai, discover what made these warriors so efficient on the battlefield.
• Music - The Williams Chamber Players to Perform “New Yorker Connections”, 8 p.m., Williams College, Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Williamstown, This free event is open to the public, 413-597-3146, The program includes Russell Platt: Sonata for Violin and Piano; Brahms: C Major Piano Trio; and Allen Shawn: Dreamscape for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon.
• Special Event - Aquarium Adventures, 10 & 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield
, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Each Friday through June 6, 2010 children ages 2-4 can enjoy meeting a different animal and watch them eat. Story time is included. Free with museum admission.
• Theater - Berkshire Theatre Festival Presents: Hansel and Gretel, 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, $15 adults ($7 members) and $8 children ages 3-18 ($5 members). Includes museum admission., 413-443-7171, Audiences will be treated to a celebration of storytelling in this classic interpretation of the children’s tale "Hansel and Gretel."
• Theater - Love Me Tender: The Ultimate Elvis Valentine Bash, 8 pm, The Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street, Pittsfield, A: $45 B: $25, 413-448-8084 x12, Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the ultimate Elvis tribute show starring two of the world’s finest Elvis impressionists. Mike Albert is second to none in bringing to life the Elvis of the '70s, while Scot Bruce looks like, sounds like—and swings his hips like—Elvis in his younger days.
• Special Event - Sasha’s 2nd Annual Memorial Ski Race, registration 5 pm race starts at 7 pm, Bousquet Ski Area, Dan Fox Drive, Pittsfield, $25, 413-442-8316 Ext 27, Race Organizer and Bousquet Ski School Director, Cindy Bartlett says, “The race will be 1 Run GS on Grand Slalom top to Bottom.” “The race is open to skiers and riders of ages and disciplines,” she added. Prizes will be awarded and all entrants are eligible for Door Prizes.
• Special Event - Chow Time, 12:30 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Each Saturday through June 6, 2010 gather in the museum aquarium to watch as staff feed their aquarium friends. Free with museum admission.
• Special Event - Battle-Ready Cart, 1 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Every Saturday through June 6, 2010 the museum hosts Battle Ready! an interactive gallery demonstration from the common sling to the deadly crossbow. In Battle Ready! you can be transformed into a Roman legionnaire or a medieval knight while learning about some of the most revered and innovative weapons of all time. Free with museum admission.
• Theater - Berkshire Theatre Festival Presents: Hansel and Gretel, 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, $15 adults ($7 members) and $8 children ages 3-18 ($5 members). Includes museum admission., 413-443-7171, Audiences will be treated to a celebration of storytelling in this classic interpretation of the children’s tale "Hansel and Gretel."
• Meeting - North Adams Democratic City Committee caucus, North Adams Housing Authority Community Room at 150 Ashland St. at 11 a.m. to elect delegates and alternates to the 2010 Massachusetts Democratic Convention.
• Film - Animated Short Films, 10 a.m., Images Cinema, 50 Spring St., Williamstown, Suggested donation: $5, $7 per family, 413-458-5612, Independent, animated short films for the whole family.
• Benefit - Summer Program will present a benefit basketball game, 7 pm, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Campus Center Gym, North Adams, Tickets are Adults are $10.00 advance and $12.00 at the door, Students/Seniors are $8 advance and $10.00 at the door., 413-664-4944, All proceeds will help provide a FREE summer camp to Northern Berkshire County children.
• Music - The Williams Symphonic Winds and Opus Zero Band to Perform “Icons”, 8 p.m., Williams College, Chapin Hall, Williamstown, This free event is open to the public., 413-597-3146, In "Icons," the Symphonic Winds and Opus Zero Band explore various manifestations of musical iconography, or how music can be thought to express referential (and non-referential) meanings.
• Special Event - Renowned violinist will perform at Lenox Library, 4 pm, Lenox Library, 18 Main Street, Lenox, All programs in this series are free and open to the public, 413-637-2630, Mr. Drucker will play the final two movements of J.S. Bach’s Partita in D Minor for solo violin, including the magnificent Chaconne which piece is also featured in Drucker’s 2007 novel, The Savior. He will read from this critically-acclaimed story about a violinist in Nazi Germany.
• Workshop - How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, 5:30-7 pm, Haskins Community Center, North Adams, Free, 413-664-4821, A Free Four Week Parent Education Series Offered by the Family Resource Center How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk”. This series for parents of young children will be based on the book of the same title Learn simple effective communication techniques that really work!
• Clinic - The Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) bloodmobile, 9 am - 2 pm, Fairview Hospital, 413-447-2114, ext. 3981, All units donated on the BHS Bloodmobile stay in Berkshire County and replenish the local blood supply.
• Special Event - North Adams Public Library: Toddler Time, 9:30 A.M., North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, North Adams , 413 662-3133
• Clinic - The Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) bloodmobile, 9 am - 2 pm, BMC Hillcrest Campus, 413-447-2114, ext. 3981, All units donated on the BHS Bloodmobile stay in Berkshire County and replenish the local blood supply.
• Lecture - Class of 1960 Lecture with Yale University Professor, 4:15 p.m., Williams College, Bernhard Music Center Room 30, Williamstown, Free and open to the public., Professor Markus Rathey of Yale University will give a lecture entitled “Defeminizing Virtue – Johann Sebastian Bach’s Hercules-Cantata and the Christmas Oratorio”
• Theater - Merge, 7 PM, The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, Free, 1-413-597-2425, by Cassandra Cleghorn and Erik Lawrence
Merge is a poetry and music ensemble founded in 2006 by poet Cassandra Cleghorn and saxophonist Erik Lawrence who identify Laurie Anderson as a key influence.
• Meeting - VNA offers bereavement support, 1 to 2:30 p.m., VNA & Hospice, 535 Curran Highway, North Adams, 413-664-4536, This group is free and open to anyone in the northern Berkshire community who has experienced the loss of a loved one.
• Special Event - North Adams Public Library: Preschool Story Time, 10 A.M., North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, North Adams , 413 662-3133
• Clinic - The Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) bloodmobile, 9 am - 2 pm, North Adams Regional Hospital, 413-447-2114, ext. 3981, All units donated on the BHS Bloodmobile stay in Berkshire County and replenish the local blood supply.
• Clinic - H1N1 vaccine clinics, 3 to 6 p.m., VNA & Hospice of Northern Berkshires, 535 Curran Memorial Highway, North Adams, Individuals who attend the public clinics on Feb. 17 and 24 are asked to park near the back of the VNA parking lot and enter the door by the community room. There will be signs and Medical Reserve Corps volunteers to assist with directions.
• Special Event - BMC Cancer Program Presents Program on Spiritual Healing Process, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, BMC, Radiation Oncology Waiting Room, Pittsfield, 413-395-7965, The program will be presented by the Reverend Arthur Kaufman, and is part of the Living With Cancer series.
• Film - Screening: Hidden Inside Mountains by Laurie Anderson, 7 PM, Images Cinema, Williamstown, Free, Introduced by Associate Professor of Art Liza Johnson. Post screening reception with Laurie Anderson.
• Clinic - The Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) bloodmobile, 9 am - 2 pm, Mass Dept. of Transportation, Lenox, 413-447-2114, ext. 3981, All units donated on the BHS Bloodmobile stay in Berkshire County and replenish the local blood supply.
• Theater - '62 Center presents a new solo opera by Laurie Anderson, 8 PM, The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Center MainStage, 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, Tickets are $3 with valid student ID & $10 for all others., 413-597-2425, The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance will present the acclaimed multimedia artist Laurie Anderson in a new work. Conceived as a series of short mystery plays, Delusion combines violin, electronic puppetry, music, and images to jump-cut between the everyday and the mythic.
• Theater - Delusion, 8 PM, The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, $10/$3 Students, 1-413-597-2425, A new solo opera by Laurie Anderson
Conceived as a series of short mystery plays, Delusion jump cuts between the everyday and the mythic. Combining violin, electronic puppetry, music and visuals, Delusion is full of nuns, elves, golems, rotting forests, ghost ships, archaeologists, dead relatives and unmanned tankers told in the colorful, poetic and imagistic language that has become Anderson’s trademark.
• Special Event - Aquarium Adventures, 10 & 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Each Friday through June 6, 2010 children ages 2-4 can enjoy meeting a different animal and watch them eat. Story time is included. Free with museum admission.
• Theater - '62 Center presents a new solo opera by Laurie Anderson, 8 PM, The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Center MainStage, 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, Tickets are $3 with valid student ID & $10 for all others., 413-597-2425, The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance will present the acclaimed multimedia artist Laurie Anderson in a new work. Conceived as a series of short mystery plays, Delusion combines violin, electronic puppetry, music, and images to jump-cut between the everyday and the mythic.
• Theater - Delusion, 8 PM, The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, $10/$3 Students, 1-413-597-2425, A new solo opera by Laurie Anderson
Conceived as a series of short mystery plays, Delusion jump cuts between the everyday and the mythic. Combining violin, electronic puppetry, music and visuals, Delusion is full of nuns, elves, golems, rotting forests, ghost ships, archaeologists, dead relatives and unmanned tankers told in the colorful, poetic and imagistic language that has become Anderson’s trademark.
• Music - Concert: Bridges Visiting Artist: Shahzad Ismaily, 9 pm, McConnell Theater, Daniel Arts center, Bard College at Simon, Free, Alumnus Shahzad Ismaily '88 will be joined by music faculty member, John Myers, in the first event of this year's Bridges Visiting Artists Signature program.
• Special Event - Chow Time, 12:30 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Each Saturday through June 6, 2010 gather in the museum aquarium to watch as staff feed their aquarium friends. Free with museum admission.
• - Battle-Ready Cart, 1 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Every Saturday through June 6, 2010 the museum hosts Battle Ready! an interactive gallery demonstration from the common sling to the deadly crossbow. In Battle Ready! you can be transformed into a Roman legionnaire or a medieval knight while learning about some of the most revered and innovative weapons of all time. Free with museum admission.
• Theater - Corbian The Dinosaur: A Glow In The Dark Adventure, 3 pm, The Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street, Pittsfield, All seats: $15, 413-448-8084 x12, Truly unique and visually dazzling, Corbian is an innovative theatrical experience that sparks imagination and inspires creativity. Audiences will be awed as electroluminescent crayon-like creatures and characters light up the stage in this heart-rending tale of a dinosaur that discovers the true meaning of love.
• Benefit - Fundraiser for Soldier On, 2 PM, Polish Community Club, 55 Linden Street, Pittsfield, MA, Free Admission, 413-884-4754, This is a Tastefully Simple Gourmet Foods "mystery host" Bingo to benefit our local veterans here in Berkshire County. Proceeds will be donated to Soldier On in Pittsfield and the winners of several mystery host drawings could win hundreds of dollars of Tastefully Simple Gourmet Foods. Please join us for a very fun afternoon of bingo and enjoy Tastefully Simple Gourmet Foods while you play and support our local veterans. RSVP IS REQUIRED ~
• Dance - Master Class: Black Grace, 4PM, The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, 1-413-597-2425
• School Event - Shadow Days @ BArT, 8:30 - 11 AM, 1 Commercial Street, Adams, MA, FREE, 413-743-7311, The Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School invites you to be a BArT student for a day. In March, BArT will be hosting “Shadow Days” for students going into grades 6 through 9 this coming fall.
• Theater - ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance presents Black Grace, 8 PM, ’62 Center MainStage, 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, Tickets are $3 with valid student ID & $10 for all others., 413-597-2425, Choreographer Neil Ieremia embues Black Grace with an explosive mix of rhythm, spirit and energy. The New York Times says, “[Neil Ieremia] has spread his artistic roots in several rich pasts and grown up and out into a sunlight of his own making.”
• School Event - Shadow Days @ BArT, 8:30 - 11 AM, 1 Commercial Street, Adams, MA, FREE, 413-743-7311, The Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School invites you to be a BArT student for a day. In March, BArT will be hosting “Shadow Days” for students going into grades 6 through 9 this coming fall.
• School Event - Shadow Days @ BArT, 8:30 - 11 AM, 1 Commercial Street, Adams, MA, FREE, 413-743-7311, The Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School invites you to be a BArT student for a day. In March, BArT will be hosting “Shadow Days” for students going into grades 6 through 9 this coming fall.
• Lecture - Eye to Ear Lecture, 7 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, 413-443-7171, Grier Horner spent much of his life as a news journalist, but gave up his journalism career 12 years ago to become a full-time artist. His works are in many private collections and he has presented numerous shows at galleries throughout Berkshire County. This event is free and is sponsored by the Pittsfield Cultural Council.
• Lecture - New Parents Gallery Talk series at the Clark, 10:15 am, The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, Admission is free., 413-458-2303, The talks, most appropriate for parents with pre-toddlers. The series gives new parents, along with their babies, an opportunity to meet other new parents and enjoy a Clark curator-led gallery talk geared toward adults. The talks explore a variety of art objects in the Clark's collection.
• School Event - Shadow Days @ BArT, 8:30 - 11 AM, 1 Commercial Street, Adams, MA, FREE, 413-743-7311, The Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School invites you to be a BArT student for a day. In March, BArT will be hosting “Shadow Days” for students going into grades 6 through 9 this coming fall.
• Special Event - Aquarium Adventures, 10 & 11 a.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Each Friday through June 6, 2010 children ages 2-4 can enjoy meeting a different animal and watch them eat. Story time is included. Free with museum admission.
• Special Event - Chow Time, 12:30 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield
, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Each Saturday through June 6, 2010 gather in the museum aquarium to watch as staff feed their aquarium friends. Free with museum admission.
• Special Event - Battle-Ready Cart, 1 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children ages 3-18. Free to members and children under 3., 413-443-7171, Every Saturday through June 6, 2010 the museum hosts Battle Ready! an interactive gallery demonstration from the common sling to the deadly crossbow. In Battle Ready! you can be transformed into a Roman legionnaire or a medieval knight while learning about some of the most revered and innovative weapons of all time. Free with museum admission.
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