Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Oct. 14-20

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October 14 - October 20, 2016

SATURDAY Farmers Market & Harvest Festival

The Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market's outdoor season comes to a close with a full lineup of vendors, demos, activities and opportunities.

The American Cancer Society's Making Strides Walk takes place at The Common beginning at 10 a.m. Registration for this non-competitive event begins at 9 a.m.

From 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Dan Smith, chef-owner of John Andrews Farmhouse Restaurant in South Egremont, will be sharing some tips and tricks on how to cook seasonally, and offering up a warm and delicious sample of housemade ricotta gnocchi and butternut squash sage brown butter sauce made with High Lawn Farm milk and produce from the market

At the same time, Anna Gershenson, of PCTV's The Natural Cook, will demonstrate how to make a chicken salad with green sauce with produce from the market.

In lieu of an October 3rd Thursday, the Office of Cultural Development will host a Harvest Festival at the market from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. The festival will feature:

Greylock Federal Credit Union Halloween Costume Parade with giveaways
FREE rides with the Roaming Railroad
FREE bouncy house
Pumpkin painting
Dancing with tunes from a Harminy Entertainment DJ
Interactive hula hoop demos and performances from Pittsfield City Hoopla

State Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier and The Unclaimed Property Division from State Treasurer Deb Goldberg's office will be checking names of Massachusetts residents to see if they have any unclaimed property.

After an exceptionally busy visit in August, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's E-ZPass Van will return to distribute free E-ZPass transponders to market shoppers.

MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

FRI+ Pittsfield City Jazz Festival

The 12th annual Pittsfield City Jazz Festival continues with local and touring musicians and an exhibit by award-winning photojournalist Ken Franckling - Jazz In The Key Of Light - at The Whit.

This Friday, Scott Robinson performs at Flavours. Karrin Allyson and her trio take the stage at The Colonial Theatre on Saturday with America's Big Band, the U.S. Army's 19-piece Jazz Ambassadors, who have received worldwide acclaim performing America's original art form. The evening will also feature the Berkshires Jazz Youth Ensemble, in residence at Herberg Middle School.

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FAMILY FRIENDLY

SUN Autumn Family Painting Party at The A

The Raptor Project is an outstanding array of birds of prey - eagles, hawks, falcons and owls - displayed in a natural habitat. This exciting presentation and exhibit has won the attention and hearts of millions of people throughout the U.S. Showtimes at The Berkshire Carousel are at 1 & 3 p.m. Free.

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ONGOING The Berkshire Carousel

| SAT Imagination Playground at Berkshire Museum | SAT Flashlight Scavenger Hunt at Berkshire Museum | TUE WeeMuse: Littlest Learners at Berkshire Museum |

WELLNESS

SAT Harvest Run Benefit at BCC

The Berkshire Healthcare Harvest Run to benefit BCC's Nursing Program will take place at Paterson Field House, 1350 West St., from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Run the scenic cross-country trails at BCC in this free event. (See registration fees for runners online.) Races include Individual & Three-Person Team 5K Trail Run; Kid's 1-Mile Fun Run; and Individual & Three-Person Team 5K Trail Run. Enjoy free refreshments and get a taste of foods from around the world at the Harvest Run Cook-off.

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FRI Learn to Swing Dance at Berkshire Yoga, Dance & Fitness

GET CREATIVE

TUE Paint "Dirty Martini" at The Dirty Brush

Paint "Dirty Martini" at The Dirty Brush from 6-8:30 p.m. This canvas is good for couples, too. Paint a pair of martini glasses toasting! 141 North Street. Call (413) 442-9300 to reserve your spot!

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FRI Paint "Fall Whimsy Tree" at The Dirty Brush | SAT Open Studio at Berkshire Paint & Sip | SAT Paint "Sunshine Dragonflies" at Berkshire Paint & Sip | SAT "Autumn Train Tracks" Richmond Consolidated PTO Fundraiser at Berkshire Paint & Sip | MON Paint "Scarecrow Friends" at The Dirty Brush | TUE Craft on North at Hotel on North

PERFORMANCE

NOW Camping with Henry & Tom at Barrington Stage

Barrington Stage Company presents an exploration of friendship, politics and leadership - a comedic and dramatic clash of two great minds and one great heart of the 20th century inspired by an actual event. In 1921, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and President Warren G. Harding took a camping trip together into the Maryland woods to escape civilization; what they couldn't escape was each other. Now through Sunday at St. Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, 30 Union Street.

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FRI-SUN

Other Desert Cities at The Whit

COMMUNITY

FRI Berkshire Drum & Dance Fest at BCC

The 7th annual Berkshire Drum & Dance Fest will be held at Berkshire Community College's Boland Theatre on Friday from 7-9 p.m. This year's theme is "Honoring West African traditions: Djembe, Doun Doun and Balafon." This community event celebrates the spirit of drum and dance and supports the Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center, a non-profit conservation and education organization in Windsor, Mass.

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FRI

Ice Cream Celebration at Hotel on North |

SAT

Bizarre Bazaar at Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center |

SAT

Open House at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church | SAT Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market

LEARN

THU Knitting Workshop at Moments House

Moments House presents a workshop for those who want to learn to knit as well as experienced knitters. Bring a friend! Each participant will need to order a pattern for a pullover sweater, any size. Details on website. Also, please have your needles and yarn.

Knitting instructor Julie will meet anyone who would like assistance with purchasing needles and yarn at Joann Fabrics at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20. Workshop will begin at 12 p.m.

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ONGOING

West African & Caribbean Drumming Classes at The Lichtenstein |

SAT

Why Only Women Should Vote at Berkshire Athenaeum |

SAT

Writing Songs on Guitar at Wood Bros. Music |

SAT

Learn to Swing Dance at Berkshire Yoga, Dance & Fitness |

SAT-SUN

Workshop Weekend: Food for Thought at Hancock Shaker Village |

SAT

Finding Raven Gallery Talk at Berkshire Museum |

SUN

Finding Raven & Our Jewish Values at Berkshire Museum |

THU

Race Matters at Knesset Israel

FILM

Landfill Harmonic

at The Little Cinema

Music director Favio Chavez guides the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan group that plays instruments made entirely out of garbage.

Click here for more information.

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ONGOING

See What's New at The Beacon Cinema |

FRI-SAT

Ghostbusters at The Little Cinema

What's Showing at The Licht

Pittsfield's city-owned community arts center, the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, features nine working artist studios, a ceramics studio, a community room and an art gallery with changing exhibitions, classes, performances + more!

28 Renne Ave. | Wed-Sat, 11-4

The Visual Poetry of Suburban Pittsfield, oil on canvas paintings by artist Morris Bennett, will be on view now through October 29 at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.

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Dalton Resident Ranks Third in National Snocross Race

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
06:18PM / Sunday, December 21, 2025

Sal LeBeau on his machine with his sister, Kenna, in the black hat, and friend Brandon and his sister Alea.

DALTON, Mass. — At just 16 years old, Salvatore LaBeau is already making avalanches in the national snocross racing scene.

Last weekend, LaBeau raced in the Mount Zion Snocross National race in Ironwood, Mich., the first of eight races in the national circuit series.

Competitions take place across national circuits, attracting racers from various regions and even internationally.

Labeau rides for CT Motorsports, a team based in Upstate New York, on a 2025 Polaris 600R.

This is LaBeau's first time competing on the CT Motorsports team. Years prior, he raced for a team owned by Bruce Gaspardi, owner of South Side Sales and Service in North Adams.

Despite a bad first day on Friday when he fell off his snowmobile and didn't make the final, LaBeau carried on with confidence and on Saturday obtained his first national podium, placing in third for the Sport Lite class.

"I'm feeling good. I'm gonna start training more when I come home, and go to the gym more. And I am really excited, because I'm in 11th right now," the Wahconah High student said.

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