Church Street Center
375 Church Street
(413)662-5391
7:30 PM
FREE
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Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, Founder of DefineAmerican.com, and Undocumented Immigrant. A journalist for over a decade writing for some of the most prestigious news organizations in the country, Jose Antonio Vargas’ personal journey contends with some of the most fascinating stories he’s covered, living a double life since he was 16 years old.

Youth Services Department, 2nd floor
74 Church Street
(413) 662-3133 ext. 14
10:30 AM
FREE
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Bring your preschooler (ages 3-6) to the second floor of the public library for story time! For more information, email naplib@yahoo.com.

SOMA (Eclipse Mill Artist Lofts, #407)
243 Union Street
(413) 626-2463
6-7 PM
$8-10 donation suggested

After a short warm-up we'll allow the fun, funky, enticing music move our bodies. Join us in a relaxed, judgment-free zone.  Experience the joy and exhilaration that comes from dancing freely. Absolutely no experience necessary.  Lights will be dimmed and no one will be watching. Dance floor is heated!
 

MASS MoCA, Club b-10
1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
7 PM
$12 advance / $18 day of / $22 preferred
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Whether you’re an aspiring screenwriter or a fan of movies in general, Williamstown Film Festival’s Project Screenplay invites you to take part in a live-action game show about the art of the pitch hosted by screenwriter Andrew Osborne. You decide who gets the green light when aspiring screen scribes pitch the audience and act out scenes while industry pros offer tips and advice for bringing a script from page to projector. 

MCLA Murdock Hall, Sammer Dennis Room (218)
375 Church Street
(413) 662-5391
7 PM
FREE
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Dean Cycon is the Founder and CEO of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company, a certified 100% organic, fair trade and kosher coffee roasting operation in Orange, Massachusetts, USA.  Dean has over thirty years of development work and activism in indigenous communities, including coffee villages, in Asia, Africa and Latin America.  Dean is a co-founder of Coffee Kids (a non-profit development group), and of Cooperative Coffees, the world's first fair trade roaster's cooperative.  Dean has been a Woods Hole Research Fellow, a Senior Fulbright Scholar, and a Yale Law School Visiting Fellow. He created Dean's Beans to prove that business can promote positive economic, social, and environmental change at the third world source, and be profitable at the same time.  Dean's Beans has grown steadily over the past nineteen years and has stayed on its mission.

The Pitcher’s Mound Pub
218 Ashland Street
(413) 663-8390
8:30 PM
FREE
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Do you enjoy a good game of trivia? How about a competitive crowd? If so be Mound bound on Thursday night as trivia returns! Eat great food and enjoy an ice cold beer as you test your knowledge of worldly facts. 

The Parlor Café
303 Ashland Street
(413) 346-4279
8 PM
$2
 
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November's first Thursday Poetry at the Parlor Cafe features a literary open mic which will be smushed in between two amazing poets; a first season return feature, GennaRose Nethercott, and nationally acclaimed poet Shira Erlichman!

Frog Lotus Yoga
189 Beaver Street, Suite #207
(413) 664-8686
4:30-5:45 PM
$5 suggested donation
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Come enjoy our beautiful studio space and connect with the kula - or local community – through yoga! These are open doors classes welcome to all levels and fitness abilities. Our Community Yoga classes will vary in response to the group. This is a fun upbeat class for everybody, every level, and every wallet.

Northern Berkshire YMCA
22 Brickyard Court
(413) 663-6529
6-8 PM
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YMCA opens its doors for any youth aged 8-14 for an evening of fun and games. Swimming, gym games, athletic tournaments, and many more activities will be available; come in and play!
 

Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Ice Rink
1267 Church Street
(413) 664-8185
7:30 PM
Adults $12.00 , Kids(10 and under) $9.00

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The Berkshire Battalion are home Friday, November 7 against the Danbury Whalers. These hockey games sure are exciting, so don’t miss out on experiencing one!

Heritage State Park, Building 4 North
115 State Street
8 PM
$10 Adults, $8 Students/Seniors
 
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Mill City Productions will perform "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley. The production is directed by Jackie DeGiorgis and features Lauren Andrews, Brad Botto, Michelle Jensen, Andrew Rosenburg, Sam Therrien and Liz Urban. Performances will be Nov. 7 and 14 at 8 p.m., Nov. 8 and 15 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 9 and 16 at 2 p.m. at the Mill City Theatre in Building 4N (next to the Visitor's Center) of the Western Gateway Heritage State Park in North Adams. Tickets are available at the door or can be purchased in advance by visiting.

MASS MoCA, Hunter Center
1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
8 PM
$8 students / $15 advance
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Join in on an evening titled Tony Gilroy: The Art of Suspense, presented by the Williamstown Film Festival and MASS MoCA, constant collaborators for 15 years of fantastic film events. Gilroy is best known as the keeps-you-at-the-edge-of-your-seat writer and director of thrillers such as the acclaimed Michael Clayton, starring George Clooney and Tilda Swinton, who won an Academy Award for best supporting actress. The film - Gilroy's directorial debut - captured six more Oscar nominations including best picture and best original screenplay for Gilroy. His other credits include screenplays for the four wildly popular Bourne films - The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, and The Bourne Legacy (which he also directed).

The Parlor Cafe
303 Ashland Street
(413) 346-4279       
8 PM
FREE/Donations accepted
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Interested in listening to some fantastic local talent? Head on over to The Parlor Café! Have a coffee, tea, or beer while you enjoy poetry, music, and so much more in the relaxing company of friends.

Freight Yard Pub
3 Furnace Street
(413) 663-6547
8 PM
FREE
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Head on over to the Freight Yard Pub for a tasty meal, beverage, and wonderful music performed by the Emmon Duo.
 

167 State Street
(413) 664-9151
9 PM-1 AM
FREE
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Boogie on over to State Street Tavern and sing some tunes! Serenade the crowd by yourself or pull a group together and give them a show they’ll never forget!

MASS MoCA, Club b-10
1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
2 PM
$5 members, $8 not-yet-members
 
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Indie pop siren Elska, who has purportedly discovered a newly formed volcanic island off the coast of Iceland, makes “crazy awesome electronic funderworld faerie tunes for the whole family,” says our friend, Mikael Jorgensen, of Wilco. She’s the Bjork of kids’ music!

Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Ice Rink
1267 Church Street
(413) 664-8185
7:30 PM
Adults $12.00 , Kids(10 and under) $9.00
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The Berkshire Battalion are home Saturday, November 8 against the Danville Dashers. These hockey games sure are exciting, so don’t miss out on experiencing one!

MCLA Church Street Center
(413) 663-5204
6:30 PM
FREE 
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Join Craig Harris,Don Glasgo (Director of the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble) & Williams College Music Professor Tendai Maparutsa for a special pre-show discussion about Sun Ra and his influence on Jazz and African American culture. 

MCLA Church Street Center
(413) 663-5204
7:30 PM
FREE for MCLA students & MCLA Presents! members 
$15 all others - all proceeds benefit the Hart '35 Scholarship Fund
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Don’t miss a very special concert with Craig Harris and the Dartmouth College Barbary Coast Jazz Band as they celebrate the music of Sun Ra. Sun Ra (1914-1993) was a musician, philosopher, poet, composer, keyboardist, arranger and catalyst. Craig Harris performed with the Sun Ra Arkestra for three years and has gone on to perform with some of progressive jazz' most important figures.

Freight Yard Pub
3 Furnace Street
(413) 663-6547
8 PM
FREE
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Head on over to the Freight Yard Pub for a tasty meal, beverage, and wonderful music performed by the JP Murphy Band.

Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Ice Rink
1267 Church Street
(413) 664-8185
4 PM
Adults $12.00 , Kids(10 and under) $9.00

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The Berkshire Battalion are home Sunday, November 9 against the Danville Dashers. These hockey games sure are exciting, so don’t miss out on experiencing one!

Frog Lotus Yoga
189 Beaver Street, Suite #207
(413) 664-8686
4:30-5:45 PM
$5 suggested donation
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Come enjoy our beautiful studio space and connect with the kula - or local community - through yoga! These are open doors classes welcome to all levels and fitness abilities. Our Community Yoga classes will vary in response to the group. This is a fun upbeat class for everybody, every level, and every wallet.

Heritage State Park, Building 4 North
115 State Street
12 PM
$10 Adults, $8 Students/Seniors
 
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Mill City Productions will perform "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley. The production is directed by Jackie DeGiorgis and features Lauren Andrews, Brad Botto, Michelle Jensen, Andrew Rosenburg, Sam Therrien and Liz Urban. Performances will be Nov. 7 and 14 at 8 p.m., Nov. 8 and 15 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 9 and 16 at 2 p.m. at the Mill City Theatre in Building 4N (next to the Visitor's Center) of the Western Gateway Heritage State Park in North Adams. Tickets are available at the door or can be purchased in advance by visiting.

NOEL Field
State Street
(413)212-2996 
1:30 PM
FREE
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Since 2008 the non-profit organization has been working with river restoration consultants to learn how best to revitalize the river and to maintain flood protection for North Adams.  With the advice and backing of the community and City Officials, the River Revival is now ready to move from conceptual drawing to preliminary engineering design of its pilot project, the South Branch of the Hoosic River. 
 

PUBLIC: Eat+Drink
34 Holden Street
(413) 664-4444
8:30 PM
FREE
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Test your skills and knowledge while enjoying a pint from PUBLIC’s fine beer selection. The winning team will take home a $25 Gift Certificate!

Youth Services Department, 2nd floor
74 Church Street
(413) 662-3133 ext. 14
10:30 AM
FREE
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Bring your toddler (ages 1-3) to the second floor of the library for playtime! For more information, email naplib@yahoo.com.

North Adams Movieplex
86 Main Street
(413) 663-6300
All Day
$5 non-3D movies/$6.50 3D movies
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Come down to the North Adams Movieplex with your family and friends for cheap movies!

North Adams Movieplex
140 Pleasant Street
(413) 663-5500
6:30PM
FREE
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Chiropractic: Beyond Neck and Back Pain: In this workshop we will review the role of chiropractic in dealing with acute and chronic pain and also how it can improve your overall health by removing interference to your nervous system. This is a free workshop and open to the public. Due to limited space please preregister by calling the number above.

  inside the Old Hopkins Observatory
(413) 597-2188
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Williams College invites you to experience the wonders of our universe! Astronomy students at the college will host free shows for the public on the following Friday evenings at 8 p.m.: Sept 12, 19, and 26; October 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31; November 7, 14, 21, and 28; and December 5.  Audiences will be treated to shows from the high-precision Zeiss Skymaster ZKP3/B opto-mechanical planetarium projector, installed in April 2005. For reservations (recommended) contact Michele Rech at (413) 597-2188 or email at mcr4@williams.edu. Others will be admitted as space permits. Large groups should call for special appointments. Shows will last about 50 minutes.

 

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Apply by November 7th

MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists project is now accepting applications for its 2014 cycle. Apply now and join a group of artists who have been growing their businesses with the help of A4A since 2008. Selected artists will have the opportunity to receive working capital funds, free professional development workshops, and one-on-one business & financial counseling. To qualify, you must be a creative entrepreneur in any discipline, live or do your creative work in Massachusetts, and meet certain financial eligibility guidelines. Interested? Find more information and download the application at the Assets for Artists website! Questions? Write the A4A team at assetsforartists@massmoca.org