The Festival continues until Sunday, Feb. 26 and features music, art, theater, dance, comedy, film, and more. There is something for the entire family, from Barrington Stage's 10x10 New Play Festival to 10 Days of Play at the Berkshire Museum to a fireworks extravaganza at the Pittsfield Common to a Dance Ten performance showcasing ten Berkshire dance companies.
The fireworks may be postponed due to weather. Please stay tuned to the 10x10 Facebook page and website for weather updates.
Following the 10x10 Festival fireworks on the First Street Common, enjoy some verbal fireworks! Poets from Albany, Amherst, Worcester and the Berkshires will compete. Melissa Quirk Cairns hosts and featured poets include Amani Olugbala, Olivia McKee, Elizag, Mariah Barber, Grace Rossman, Natalia Whalen, Ashley Wonder, and A.T. Halaby. Whitney Center for the Arts. 7 p.m.
Ten Days of Play is expanding throughout the entire Museum due to popular demand! The Crane Room will be transformed into a child-directed play zone. New experiences include an early childhood center in LAB 102, dramatic forest play in Berkshire Backyard, and a Tinker Lab in the Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation. Included with regular Museum admission.
Join Anthony and Britney in a combination duo every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Berkshire Yoga, Dance & Fitness for a full-body hatha, vinyasa yoga class for all levels. Drop-ins welcome. Class is $10 cash or check, payable to the instructors.
As part of the 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival, Barrington Stage Company again presents its 10x10 New Play Festival at the St. Germaine stage, located at 36 Linden St. Until March 5, enjoy ten 10-minute comedies and dramas starring six professional actors. Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., as well as matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m.
The Progressive Palette invites you to gather a group of friends and come to The Tavern at The A to paint "All You Need Is Love." All painting materials and instruction included. cash bar. $25. 6-8 p.m.
Links for Literacy: The Berkshire Gas Mini Golf Classic is a 10-hole mini golf course that uses all three floors of the library! 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for kids under 12. All funds raised will benefit Literacy Volunteers.
Yummy Treasures Bead Shop will hold a Lava Bead Bracelet Class to benefit Moments House. The cost is only $10, plus materials, and the entire fee of $10 will be donated to Moments House. This bracelet is a great beginner project! A representative from DoTerra Essential Oils will be on hand to discuss how essential oils can be used with lava beads. No registration needed. 2 - 4 p.m.
For the 12th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-nominated short films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! Don't miss this year's selection!
Five things to remember about the new downtown parking system:
1. Always enter your license plate number - even for the FREE first 30 minutes.
2. On-street parking is $1 per hour; lot parking is 50 cents per hour. There are also nearly 400 free parking spaces on the city's side streets.
3. You can pay by coin, credit card, or by downloading the Passport parking app.
4. You do not need to display the parking receipt on your dashboard.
5. Parking is FREE on evenings and weekends!
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. | Hours Wed-Sat 11am-4pm
10 Spot: Photography will feature 10 artists displaying 10 photographs as part of the 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
Artists include Bob Avakian, Zachary Burns, Ken Dreyfack, Susan Evans Grove, Roberto Falck, Ralph Mercer, Rebecca Moseman, Astrid Reischwitz, Carl Rubino and Denise Tarantino.
This is a collaborative exhibition with the Sohn Fine Art Gallery in Lenox.
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Central Berkshire School Officials OK $35M Budget
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School Committee approved a $35 million budget for fiscal 2025 during its meeting on Thursday.
Much of the proposed spending plan is similar to what was predicted in the initial and tentative budget presentations, however, the district did work with the Finance subcommittee to further offset the assessments to the towns, Superintendent Leslie Blake-Davis said.
"What you're going see in this budget is a lower average assessment to the towns than what you saw in the other in the tentative budget that was approved," she said.
The fiscal 2025 budget is $35,428,892, a 5.56 percent or $1,867,649, over this year's $33,561,243.
"This is using our operating funds, revolving revenue or grant revenue. So what made up the budget for the tentative budget is pretty much the same," Director of Finance and Operations Gregory Boino said.
"We're just moving around funds … so, we're using more of the FY25 rural aid funds instead of operating funds next year."
Increases the district has in the FY25 operating budget are from active employee health insurance, retiree health insurance, special education out-of-district tuition, temporary bond principal and interest payment, pupil transportation, Berkshire County Retirement contributions, and the federal payroll tax.
The students have also been able to build friendships and experience new things, such as dancing for community events, taking a trip to Ireland and participating in competitions.
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Because of this, traffic will be reduced to one lane of travel on First Street (U.S. Route 7) and North Street between Burbank Street and Abbott Street from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday through at least May 6.
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Independent Connections officially unveiled its Massachusetts branch on Thursdsay with a ribbon cutting. The IT solutions company's specializations include consulting, cloud computing, and cybersecurity.
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Taylor Garabedian scored a team-high 22 points and grabbed five rebounds, and Abby Scialabba scored 16 points for the ‘Canes, who got 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists from Ashlyn Lesure. click for more