St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Chapters Bookstore welcomes Stacey DeKeyser and M.P. Barker for at Valentine's Day "KidsHeartAuthors Experience."
DeKeyser is the author of fiction and nonfiction for young adults and middle-graders. In her new book, "Jump the Cracks," a 15-year-old girl is accused of kidnapping when she finds an abandoned child on a train and then hides him from his abusive father.
Soon she's on a cross-country journey with the boy, as each "right" decision gets her deeper into trouble — and farther away from home. Victoria has vowed to protect the little boy no matter what. But can she keep that promise? The book has fast-paced suspense about a determined girl who becomes both rescuer and abductor of a child at risk.
Set in Western Massachusetts in 1839, "A Difficult Boy," by Barker, tells the story of two young indentured servants — one of them Irish — who must overcome their differences to outwit their abusive master and win their freedom. Writing the book allowed Barker to combine her childhood dreams of becoming a novelist and owning a horse with her grown-up jobs as an archivist and historian. Although she never did get that dream horse, she got to invent one in Ivy, the mare taken care of by her characters.
Both authors will be available for a meet and greet between 10 and noon on Saturday, Feb. 14. Light refreshments will be served.
