Weekend Outlook: Suffragettes, Sumo and ... oooh! Blueberries!
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| Adams' weeklong Anthony celebrations would surely bring a smile to Susan's face. We think. |
The 33rd annual Susan B. Anthony Days celebration in Adams promises to be as lively as ever. The weeklong event marks the town's famed native daughter.
Friday night is still "Movies Under the Stars" night at Town Hall with "Bee Movie" playing at dusk. Saturday come out early for "Art on the Green," also on the Town Hall lawn, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to see a display of local art, trinkets and jewelry.
Come back to Park Street on Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. for Cruz Night to see a display of classic automobiles put on by the Berkshire County Night CruZers and to see a showing of the movie "Grease" at dusk at Town Hall.
Sunday is the annual Pedal and Plod. Created by the late Ceil C. Magnifico, the combination bike and running race has been a staple of the week's events for many years. Registration for the race begins at 6:30 a.m. at the Town Common and the race starts at 8:30 a.m. The running race starts at River Street and takes runners on a 4-mile trek through the streets of Adams, ending on Center Street. The bike race is a 22-mile run from Center Street to the Berkshire Mall and back. This year, the Pedal and Plod is organized by the Western Mass. Athletic Club and the Adams Events Committee.
The Park Street Fair (often called Hi-Jinx Night) is from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday (the street will be closed off beginning at 4 p.m.). "Vendors from all over the area came out and filled all 80 spaces we offered so that upwards of 50 to 60 booths will be offering food, craft, trinkets, toys and more," said Haley Meczwor of the Adams Event Committee.The Adams Fire Department will have fire engine out and there will be dance performances put on by the Berkshire Dance Theater, Karen's School of Dance and Dancecapades. A rain date for the street fair is scheduled for Tuesday of that week.
On Thursday night, the Adams Historical Society will hold an informative tour of Summer Street, highlighting homes and historical events.
Dukes vs. the 'Cats
The Pittsfield Dukes will take on their Berkshire County rivals, the North Adams SteepleCats, in the battle of the Berkshires at home on Saturday. It is fan appreciation night at Wahconah Park and Dukes Happy Hour will start at 5 p.m. with the band Quick Fox playing. The Dukes will also have a picnic for all of their sponsors at the park as well. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
Feeling Blue? Austerlitz Offers a Berry Good Time
The ninth annual Blueberry Festival sponsored by the Austerlitz (N.Y.) Historical Society is taking place Sunday from 9 to 4 on the grounds of Old Austerlitz, its village museum on State Route 22. Admission is $6 for adults and free for children younger than 12. For more information, call 518-392-0062.Zen Out at the Clark
It's Family Day this Sunday, from 11 to 4, at the Clark Art Institute on South Street in Williamstown. This free event with a Japanese flair is inspired by the opening of the Tadao Ando-designed Stone Hill Center at the Clark. Admission to the galleries on this day is also free.
Events include a demonstration of sumo wrestling by former professionals in the sport at 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Young audience members may be selected to face off with the wrestlers. The Maine Thunder Spirits Taiko Ensemble and Kung Fu Review will perform a breathtaking combination of traditional Chinese Lion and Dragon dances, kung fu and Japanese taiko drumming on the steps of the Clark's marble building at noon and 2.
Storyteller Motoko Dworkin will captivate audiences at 12:30 and 3; Japanese anime short films for children will be shown at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the auditorium. Daylong events include ikebana and bonsai demonstrations, music played on a koto (Japanese stringed instrument), haiku workshops and several workshops in origami.
Refreshments will be available for purchase or bring a picnic.
Fun Times at the Egremont Parade
Egremont is having its annual parade and events this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at French Park in North Egremont. Highlights include a petting zoo and pony rides, tennis basics for kids, tug of war, volleyball, face painting and foods from Egremont restaurants. All proceeds benefit the Fire Department and the French Park Fund. For more information, call 413-528-5637.
Swashbuckling Fun
Nutshell Playhouse and BCC Players are celebrating "Pirates!" with music, mime, mask and puppets at the Main Street Stage at 57 Main St. in North Adams. There's still time to take this adventure in; the final performance is Saturday at 11. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for children.
Movie Magic
"Nanny McPhee" screens on the Pittsfield Common on First Street on Friday night at dusk. Bring the family, chairs and blanket, and pick up some popcorn at the Lion's Club Popcorn Cart, and watch the free family-friendly movie.
99 Balloons (Well, Maybe Not That Many)
The Berkshire Historical Society celebrates the region's history of ballooning on Saturday with an ice cream social at Herman Melville's home, Arrowhead, on Holmes Road in Pittsfield from 2 to 9 on Saturday.Along with ice cream, provided by SoCo Creamery, the Eagles Band will perform and there will be antique croquet games, a book signing by Carole Owens, author of "Pittsfield: Gem City in the Gilded Age," and tethered hot-air balloon rides and a hot-air balloon glow at dusk (weather permitting), by Worthington Ballooning.
Entrance to the social is free; there may be a fee for activities and refreshments.
Do You Believe in Santa?
Barrington Stage Company presents the story of astronomer Howard Bonnard, who is having a peculiar midlife crisis. It's Christmas and his precocious 9-year-old son has decided he no longer believes in Santa Claus. Howard, disenchanted with organized religion, decides that Santa is the one being who's really worth believing in.
The free readings will take place in the VFW Hall on Linden Street in Pittsfield on Sunday at 3 and 7:30.Puppet and More Puppets
Mettawee River Theatre Company returns to Pittsfield's Springside Park for a free and family-friendly performance Sunday evening at 8. In case of rain, the award-winning traveling theater troupe will perform at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on East Street.
