Minerva Arts Center Fundraiser
Polish National Alliance
13 Victory Street
Adams, MA
(413)743-9753
6pm-11pm
$15 singles, $25 couples  

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Valentine's Day (Dinner, Dessert, and Dance) featuring love songs by talented local singers and a DJ for after dinner and dessert. Tickets will be for sale at the PNA in Adams, at The Minerva Tag Sale in Williamstown, and online at MinervaArtsCenter. com 

EXHIBIT 

Ed Carson and Sharon Carson   
Porches Inn at MASS MoCA
231 River Street 
(413)664-0400
FREE  

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Ed and Sharon Carson have each been painting for more than twenty years. For several years they owned and operated the Carson Studio & Gallery on Broadway in downtown Rockport, MA. In 2004 they closed their Rockport studio and moved to North Adams, in the heart of the Berkshires. Here, in a historic mill building converted to artist live/work space they run their studio. They are both active as painters, teachers, demonstrators, and jurors. 

PERFORMANCE

Zammuto in Concert
Hunter Center MASS MoCA
1040 MASS MoCA Way  
(413)662-2111
8pm 
$20 advance, $24 day of show, $10 students 

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Nick Zammuto, local favorite of The Books, unveils his hotly anticipated new band Zammuto. The four-piece band’s concert debut will focus on cuts from Zammuto, also featuring classic and never-before-performed tracks from The Books. The concert begins with a screening of the 35-minute film Achantè, for which Zammuto wrote the score. The film is a portrait of Haitian Vodou, featuring four communities in the south of Haiti and paralleling the Vodou creation story with the historical creation of the free nation of Haiti. 

PERFORMANCE

7th Annual Blues and Funk Festival: Misty Blues
Public Eat and Drink
34 Holden Street  
(413)664-4444
9pm
$10 general admission, $8 MCLA alumni, $5 non-MCLA students, free for MCLA Students

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Get the party started Friday night with local favorite Misty Blues. Paying homage to the great female jazz singers and players of yesteryears, Misty Blues takes us down memory lane with the great women of the blues. Special pricing for both nights: $15 (Friday and Saturday) Special dinner seating 8pm. Call Public to reserve the best seats in the house.  

EVENT

Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium 
Starseed Healing Sanctuary
672 Chapel Road 
Savoy, MA
10am-4pm
FREE to public, suggested donation $15-25

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A world of justice, fulfillment, and sustainability is not a fantasy for the distant future. It is a reality into which millions of people around the world are waking up and taking action.  Awakening the Dreamer workshops enable participants to trade old dreams rooted in consumption, competiotion and inequality for a new vision of the human family, founded on the desire we all share for justice and peace.  

EVENT

Jeremiah Ward: How to Start a Cooperative Business 
MCLA Campus Center Room 324B
374 Church Street
4:30pm-7:00pm 
FREE
 
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Jeremiah Ward serves as the Housing Program Organizer under CDI's NEROC program and is also CDI's newest Cooperative Development Specialist. He has worked for a number of cooperatives in different sectors in the United States and has conducted extensive research on agricultural and worker cooperatives in Mexico. Jeremiah also has expertise in the field of urban development. 

PERFORMANCE

7th Annul Blues and Funk Festival: Blitz the Ambassador 
MCLA Venable Gym
MCLA Campus
7:30pm
$10 general, $8 alumni, $5 non-MCLA students, free for MCLA students

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Blues and Funk festival's celebration continues with Ghanian-born, New York-based MC, composer, and producer Blitz The Ambassador. Calling upon the flow of old school hip-hop and the unique shifting between English, West African, and Ethiopian jazz, Blitz The Ambassador never stumbles over his words and messages. Special pricing for both nights: $15.00 (Friday and Saturday)

PERFORMANCE

Wrba-Weiss Quartet 
Public Eat and Drink 
34 Holden Street
(413)664-4444
9pm

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 Enjoy this high energy jazz quartet, while enjoying a pint of craft beer! Don't forget about the late night menu!

MOVIE

The Descendents
North Adams MoviePlex 8 
86 Rear Main Street
(413)663-6300

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From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki.

CLASS

Berkshire County Line Dancing  
Eagles Hall
Curran Highway 
6:30pm-8:30pm 
For more info contact Mary Ellen Dean: (413)663-9718

Berkshire County Line dancers offer beginner lessons. Come on down and try something new!  All are welcome. 

EVENT

Trivia Night  
Public Eat and Drink
34 Holden Street 
(413)664-4444
8pm 
No Cover

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Test your skills and knowledge against others while enjoying a pint from Public's fine beer selection. Winning team takes home a $25 Gift Certificate. 

EVENT

Toddler Story Time 
North Adams Public Library 
74 Church Street 
(413)662-3133
10:30am
FREE
 
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Join the North Adams Public Library team for exciting children activites. Bring your little one, it's story time! Story Time is suitable for ages 1- 3!  

SEMINAR

Tricks of the Trade: Integration of Art and Community 
MCLA G51
51 Main Street
FREE, pre-registration is required
Contact Valeria Federici: valeria.federici@mcla.edu or call (413)663-5253
 
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In this open-forum workshop participants will discuss how to establish the connection between artist and community. Facilitating this relationship requires us to discuss identity, history, and the audiences we're engaging with.
Panelists include:
-Richard J. Alcombright, Mayor of North Adams
-Nancy Bullet, North Adams City Councilor
-Alan Marden, North Adams City Councilor
-Veronica Bosley, Director of North Adams Office of Tourism
-Christine Dobbert, Florida Town Administrator 

Tricks of the Trade continues on Wedensday, Feb 8 at Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield and Thursday, Feb 9 at IS 183 in Stockbridge.

OPPORTUNITIES

CALL FOR ARTIST 

WIN A STUDIO VISIT - WinterFest Ice Sculpting Contest
Downtown North Adams
February 25, 2012
To Apply: send an email to valeria.federici@mcla.edu by February 4, 2012.
Include your name, last name, phone number and studio address. Ice blocks will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.

MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center in collaboration with the City of North Adams' Office of Tourism & Community Events is pleased to announce a call for artists for the 2012 Winterfest Ice Sculpting Contest on February 25, 2012. Ice blocks will be available in downtown North Adams for you to sculpt the morning of the event. Tools are not provided, but access to power is available upon request. The competition will be judged by Denise Markonish, Curator at MASS MoCA who will visit the studio of the winning artist. This is a great opportunity to be involved with a community event that brings thousands to downtown North Adams and to have your work displayed in front of professional eyes!

CALL FOR ARTIST

Exhibit Space for Local Artists  
Central Radio 
1 Roberts Drive
(413)664-9685
Contact centralradiodalton@nycap.rr.com  

Central Radio is a locally owned locally operated company offering appliances, bedding, and furniture. They are trying to help out local artists by displaying their work throughout their store on Roberts drive. They have 3 floors that would be able to supply wall space for paintings and the top 2 floors would be able to put other art throughout. Contact them directly if interested. Their Dalton store can be used as well.