The 20th annualCountry Fair will feature hot air balloon rides, chicken races, a hot sauce contest, a quilt show, demonstrations, artisanal crafts, a farmers' market, craft beer, BBQ, a farm animal exhibition, games for kids, live music by Whiskey Treaty Road Show and Singing School, and more in a magical setting.
Assets for Artistsis accepting applications for its Matched Savings Grant Program and fall/winter Professional Development Workshops.Artists/makers in Mass. are eligible for grants of up to $2,000, as well as two free workshops (a personal finance "boot camp" and a business planning workshop), and one-on-one financial and business coaching. Applications are due by October 9!
Celebrate Alan Franco's birthday as Berkshire Salsathrows a neon dance party! Wear fluorescent and bright colors and accessories to make this event even more fun. Beginners Salsa Lesson at 8:30 p.m., followed by an Intermediate Salsa Lesson at 9:15 p.m. and tunes by DJ Rolo from 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. If your birthday is between Sept. 10 and Sept. 23, bring your friends and you enter free when they pay their cover. $10/Students $8.
The Berkshire Athenaeum presents a Where The Wild Things Are Curiosity Day!Special guest reader State Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier will be there, along with a "Wild Thing" from the book by Maurice Sendak. Enjoy fun STEAM activities, make a craft, engineer a boat, dress up in the Imagination Forest, and meet the "wild" reptiles. Every child receives a FREE book! 10 a.m. - 12 Noon. FREE, no sign-up required.
Bike With Healers welcomes Dr.Stephen Alsdorf for a 1-2 hour long bike ride that includes an introduction and overview of the "healer's" specialities. The ride begins at 10 a.m.Meet in the gardens behind the historic Springside House at Hebert Arboretum.
Barrington Stage Company presents the Creative Place International/And Theatre Company's production - back by popular demand! Jeff McCarthy stars as the self-described "radical lawyer" and civil rights activist William Kunstler. The perpetually rumpled lawyer whose best-known clients include the Chicago Seven, inmates involved in the Attica prison riots and members of the American Indian Movement, makes a case for his often unconventional style in this wise and revealing play. St. Germain Stage.
Yummy Treasures presents a technical class perfect for beginners! Learn the basics of necklace and bracelet stranding, as well as how to complete your project with a crimp and a clasp, and how to integrate different materials into your designs.This will be a 2-hour class beginning at 10:30 a.m. A more advanced 1-hour class will follow. Sign up separately for each class. $20/$30.
Party on the Patiosupports the programs of Pittsfield's Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center. Spend an autumn evening enjoying world class wine and beer, delicious hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction, raffles and a great door prize. $30 per person, 5-7 p.m. A $75 VIP ticket includes a special reception at 4 p.m., VIP parking and a swag bag.
This Saturday, find out how you can win a $25 gift card to the market, purchase bulbs for fall planting from Berkshire Conservation District and support the great work they do in our community, and enjoy music from The Echoes from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
New Moon Gifts, located in the Allendale Shopping Center Underground, has a brand-new classroom space. The very first classes include Crystal Bowl Meditation on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. ($35) and Beginners Tarot on Thursday, also at 5:30 p.m. ($25).
For years, John and Amanda Leyden have become legends teaching Reading, 'Rithmetic, and Rock 'n' Roll to young pupils at Headfort School, an enchanting 18th century Hogwarts-like boarding school in Ireland. The pace is hectic and the mood infectious as the eccentric couple works their magic in hilarious fashion. But for pupil and teacher alike, there's poignancy in discovering that leaving is the hardest lesson to learn.
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 and more!
28 Renne Ave. | Open Wednesday - Saturday from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
In this exhibition, at least 25 poets and artists have collaborated to create works of art that incorporate a variety of printing methods - letter press/offset/silkscreen/inkjet - to achieve an unusual but beautiful marriage of word and image.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARKING METER PLAN
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.
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Pittsfield CPA Committee Funds Half of FY24 Requests
The projects not making the cut were in the historic preservation and open space and recreation categories and though they were seen as interesting and valuable projects, the urgency was not prevalent enough for this cycle.
"It's a tough year," Chair Danielle Steinmann said.
The panel made its recommendations on Monday after several meetings of presentations from applications. They will advance to the City Council for final approval.
Two cemetery projects were scored low by the committee and not funded: A $9,500 request from the city for fencing at the West Part Cemetery as outlined in a preservation plan created in 2021 and a $39,500 request from the St. Joseph Cemetery Commission for tombstone restorations.
"I feel personally that they could be pushed back a year," Elizabeth Herland said. "And I think they're both good projects but they don't have the urgency."
It was also decided that George B. Crane Memorial Center's $73,465 application for the creation of a recreational space would not be funded. Herland said the main reason she scored the project low was because it didn't appear to benefit the larger community as much as other projects do.
There was conversation about not funding The Christian Center's $34,100 request for heating system repairs but the committee ended up voting to give it $21,341 when monies were left over.
The total funding request was more than $1.6 million for FY24 and with a budget of $808,547, only about half could be funded. The panel allocated all of the available monies, breaking down into $107,206 for open space and recreation, $276,341 for historic preservation, and $425,000 for community housing.
The projects not making the cut were in the historic preservation and open space and recreation categories and though they were seen as interesting and valuable projects, the urgency was not prevalent enough for this cycle.
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The Licensing Board on Monday gave Pancho's Mexican Restaurant the OK to close one hour later — extending last call to 12:30 p.m. and closing at 1 a.m. There have been no reported incidents since a weeklong license suspension.
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The Berkshire County High School Girls Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday welcomed nine new members, including seven women who were lauded for their many successes on the hardwood. click for more