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North Adams Happenings: March 7-13

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North Adams Happenings:
March 7th - March 13th
Brought to you by: MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center and the North Adams Office of Tourism & Community Events
 

Save the Date

 
March 16-17
MASS MoCA's High Mud Comedy Festival 

MASS MoCA's Hunter Center
8pm
$20 Students; $55 General Admission
for more information
 

Mike Birbiglia headlines MASS MoCA’s High Mud Comedy Festival, the museum’s annual mud season yuk-fest, which returns to North Adams stacked with comedy-club kings and queens, funny film, uncommon workshops, half-brewed beer tastings, mocking museum tours (and whatever else we can think to poke fun at).


Storytelling funny man and This American Life regular Mike Birbiglia headlines the festival Saturday night, joined by comedic songstress Nellie McKaySaturday Night Live alum Sasheer Zamata kicks things off Friday night with Sasheer Zamata Party Time! featuring Maggie Crane, Comedy Central-favorite Matteo LaneJoyelle Johnson, and glamazon hip-hop icon Shasta Geaux Pop. Saturday afternoon Reductress helps you hone your comedy chops with a satire writing workshop. High Mud will deliver a thousand laughs a minute during two nights of stand-up in MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center. Come early for an afternoon of comedy adventures. This is mud season in the Berkshires — we celebrate!
 

Wednesday March 7th

 
Preschool Storytime
North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
10:30 am
Free!
for more information

Preschool storytime and craft at the North Adams Public Library in the Youth Services Department is held for ages 3 to 6 years old, siblings welcome. Several stories will be read and there is time to share ideas and thoughts as well as complete a craft.
Trivia Night!
Ramuntos, 67 Main Street
(413) 398-5152
8 PM
Free
https://www.facebook.com/ramuntosna/
 

Thursday March 8th

 
Grand Opening of Achieve TMS East
132 MASS MoCA Way
5 – 7 PM
For more information

We will start the night off with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:15 pm lead by North Adams Mayor Thomas W. Bernard. Guests will then have the opportunity to tour the facility, sit in on an informative presentation with a Q&A, as well as witness a hands-on demo with the TMS machine. Complimentary champagne and refreshments will be provided throughout the night, and all providers and the general public are encouraged to attend. Following this Grand Opening, Achieve TMS East plans to host open houses once a month in their North Adams office. 
MCLA Green Living Seminar: “Using Forest Models to Guide Sustainable Forestry Practices”
MCLA Campus CSI 121, 375 Church St.
413-662-5303
5:30 PM
Free
for more information

Innovating Open Source Technology for Small Scale Sustainable Agriculture,” presented by Dorn Cox, co-founder of FarmOS and Farm Hack, and farmer of Tuckaway Farm in Lee, N.H. Every semester, MCLA’s Green Living Seminar Series hosts lectures by local, regional, and national experts. The seminars are organized around a central theme related to the environment and sustainability. The 2018 series is a presentation of the MCLA Environmental Studies Department and MCLA’s Berkshire Environmental Resource Center.

For more information, go to www.mcla.edu/greenliving or contact Traister at (413) 662-5303.

Lego Group
North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
6 - 7 PM
Free
for more information

The Family Center will hold Lego Groups in North Adams and Adams beginning in September. Enjoy building Lego creations at the Library. Lego groups are for families with children ages 4-12 years old. Evening Lego Group at The North Adams Public Library, 75 Church Street third floor.  It will meet the second and fourth Thursday of each month.
Knitting Night
Makers’ Mill, 73 Main St.
(413) 749-2073
7 – 9 PM
Free
for more information

Bring your needles & yarn! Knitting night. 7-9 PM tonight. This a great chance to meet other knitters and get a project going— free & open to the public @northadamsmakersmill

The Fascination of Solar Eclipse 
North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
6:30  PM
Free
for more information

The Fascination of Solar Eclipse - The North Adams Public Library is pleased to host Williams’ College Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy for a presentation on solar eclipses, Thursday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m. including his findings from this summer’s very unusual total solar eclipse.  We will be using the 3rd floor community room for this hour-long presentation featuring new photos and a rare opportunity to hear from one of our country’s preeminent scientists.  Call 413-662-3133 for more information.
Musical Bingo
Mingo's Sports Bar & Grill , 41 Roberts Road
(413) 346-4067
7:30 – 9:30 PM
Free
for more information

If you love music, than you'll love Musical Bingo. Similar to Bingo but instead of numbers being called out DJ Bizz will play 45 seconds of a song and you need to cross it off your card...that's if you have it!!! And don't worry if you don't know the song, you can always ask your friend. Free to play and lots of great prizes to win.

Margaret Hart Concert Featuring SAMMUS
66 Main St.
$5/students, $15/General Admission
for more information

"She’s as likely to rap about phosphates and integers as she is to name-check Serena Williams or Emmitt Till. Her delivery is piercing, her perspective refreshing." - Pitchfork
Sammus(Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is an Ithaca-raised, Philadelphia-based rap artist, producer, and PhD student in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. Known as much for her rousing stage presence as she is for her prowess as a beatmaker and lyricist, Sammus has spent the past several years cultivating a strong following of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and self-identified nerds and geeks, among others.
PLUS: post-performance dance party.
Miss Margaret Hart (1911 - 2004) was the first student of color to graduate from North Adams State Teachers College, now the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), in 1935. She received a master’s degree at Columbia State Teachers College in New York and an honorary Doctor of Pedagogy from North Adams State Teachers College.
The Margaret Hart concert is annual production of MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center. Each year, box office proceeds are donated to the Margaret A. Hart Scholarship Fund.
 

Friday March 9th

 
2018 NBYHL Spring Fling
Peter W Foote Rink, 1267 Church St.
1 -10 PM
Free
for more information
Join Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey at the Peter W Foote Rink for the 2018 Spring Fling hockey tournament.  NBYHL will welcome teams from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Vermont to North Adams for two great weekends of youth hockey.   We will have a raffle table with great prizes and a concession stand selling yummy food.  Admission is free to all games.  Come down and cheer on all the participants of this great event.
March 9 -- 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm
March 10 -- 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
March 11 -- 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
March 16 -- 11:30 am to 8:30 pm
March 17 -- 7:00 am to 8:30 pm
March 18 -- 7:30 am to 3:30 pm
Karaoke Friday!
State Street Tavern, 167 State Street 413-664-9151
9 PM – 1 AM
Free
for more information


Karaoke! Every Friday night from 9pm – 1am.

 

 

Saturday March 10th

 
2018 NBYHL Spring Fling
Peter W Foote Rink, 1267 Church St.
1 -10 PM

Free
for more information
Join Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey at the Peter W Foote Rink for the 2018 Spring Fling hockey tournament.  NBYHL will welcome teams from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Vermont to North Adams for two great weekends of youth hockey.   We will have a raffle table with great prizes and a concession stand selling yummy food.  Admission is free to all games.  Come down and cheer on all the participants of this great event.
March 9 -- 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm
March 10 -- 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
March 11 -- 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
March 16 -- 11:30 am to 8:30 pm
March 17 -- 7:00 am to 8:30 pm
March 18 -- 7:30 am to 3:30 pm
Final Sign-ups! Marty’s Teeball
NA Elks Lodge, 100 Eagle St.
9 AM – Noon
registration fees apply
Final opportunity to sign your child up for the 2018 season!
Be the Change: An Evening of Hope
UNO Community Center, 157 River Street
5:30 PM
$15/person
for more information
Enjoy a delicious chicken dinner while you learn more about our infant maternal health programs.
 

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
MASS MoCA, 1040 Mass MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
8 PM
$26 Students + Advance / $33 Day of / $45 Preferred
for more information

Godspeed You! Black Emperor began in Montreal in the early 1990s, and during five years they swelled from a bedroom trio to an earth-rattling, wall-of-sound experience with as many as 14 live musicians. The band’s first batch of records before a nine-year hiatus included 2000’s Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, which is hailed as a modern post-rock classic. Their newest, Luciferian Towers, offers a transcendent, melodic maturity even as it rumbles through an apocalyptic contemporary landscape.
 

Sunday March 11th

 
2018 NBYHL Spring Fling
Peter W Foote Rink, 1267 Church St.
1 -10 PM
Free
for more information
Join Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey at the Peter W Foote Rink for the 2018 Spring Fling hockey tournament.  NBYHL will welcome teams from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Vermont to North Adams for two great weekends of youth hockey.   We will have a raffle table with great prizes and a concession stand selling yummy food.  Admission is free to all games.  Come down and cheer on all the participants of this great event.
March 9 -- 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm
March 10 -- 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
March 11 -- 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
March 16 -- 11:30 am to 8:30 pm
March 17 -- 7:00 am to 8:30 pm
March 18 -- 7:30 am to 3:30 pm
 

Monday March 12th

 
Figure Drawing Collective
Makers' Mill 73 Main Street
(413) 749-2073
7 pm – 9 pm
$5/members, $10/drop-in
for more information

Be part of a new figure drawing collective starting up at Makers’ Mill. Sessions will run every Monday and will focus on long poses, and include a warm up consisting of several short poses. We’ll be bringing in local models and a local, figure drawing instructor who will drop-in as available. Get in at the ground level to shape the direction this collective takes. Bring your own lap board, paper, pencils, and creative energy!

Daycare Provider Storytime
North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
10:00 am
Free
for more information

Daycare providers looking for an educational outing for their kiddos are welcome to this 1-2 times a month storytime.  Ages birth to 5 years old, siblings welcome.  1 - 2 stories read with lots of songs and gross motor skill activities as well.  Mondays, March 12th and 26th at 10:00 a.m.   Call the Youth Services Department at 413-662-3133, ext. 14 for more information.   
 

Tuesday March 13th

 
Toddler Storytime
North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
10:30 am
Free
for more information

Toddler storytime and songs at the North Adams Public Library in Youth Services Department is held for ages birth to 3 years old, siblings welcome.  One to two stories are read with lots of songs and gross motor skill activities as well.
After-School Program
UNO Community Center, 157 River St.
(413) 663-7588 Ext. 22
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Free
for more information

Serving students in 4th Grade - 8th Grade. Healthy Snack, Homework Assistance, Tutoring, Computer Access and Creative Activities.

nbCC’s Youth Leadership Project
nbCC Conference Room, 61 Main Street, North Adams
(413) 663-7588
5 - 7 pm
Free Offers teens a platform to design original service projects that will positively impact the community. Teens will craft their leadership skills and discuss the needs they see in their community. For more information, call Tim at the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition at (413) 663-7588.

 

From Our Neighbors

 

Thursday 3/8

SOULSTICE And $10 Night Skiing or Tubing

Bousquet, 101 Dan Fox Dr, Pittsfield

6:30 - 9:30 PM

$10

Join us for another night of great music on our $10 Night Owl Special. Bousquet

Sunday 3/12

Milham Planetarium Visit

North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
12:30  PM
Free
for more information

Milham Planetarium Visit - Transportation available - Monday, March 12th visit the Williams College Milham Planetarium for a virtual trip to the stars.  All ages welcome.  Pre-registration required, call the library at 413-662-3133 for more information and to register.  Meet at the library at 12:30 p.m. to take the van provided by Transport the People or use your own transportation and meet at the planetarium at 1:00 p.m.

Friday 3/10

HOORWA'S State of the River Conference

First Congo Church, Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown
413.458.2742
9 AM - Noon

"New Uses for an Old River". The Hoosic River Watershed Association invites you to a panel discussion with Eric Kerns on Tourists, Kristina Younger on the Thompson Mill site renovation, Bill Scully on Hoosic River Hydro development. Meet: Community Hall, First Congregational Church, Chapin Hall Drive at 9 am. Contact: Lauren Stevens; HooRWA office at 413-458-2742 or email office@hoorwa.org for more details.

Sunday 3/13

Ooey Gooey Night. FULL STEAM AHEAD.

The Williamstown Youth Center, 66 School St. Williamstown
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Free

Tuesday, March 13 at The Williamstown Youth Center, 
66 School Street, Williamstown. From 6:30-7:30 p.m. Fun messy art and science activities for young children ages 1 to 8 years and their families. Siblings always welcome!  FREE Drop-In Event!

 

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Clarksburg Sees Race for Select Board Seat

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town will see a three-way race for a seat on the Select Board in May. 
 
Colton Andrews, Seth Alexander and Bryana Malloy returned papers by Wednesday's deadline to run for the three-year term vacated by Jeffrey Levanos. 
 
Andrews ran unsuccessfully for School Committee and is former chairman of the North Adams Housing Authority, on which he was a union representative. He is also president of the Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council.
 
Malloy and Alexander are both newcomers to campaigning. Malloy is manager of industrial relations for the Berkshire Workforce Board and Alexander is a resident of Gates Avenue. 
 
Alexander also returned papers for several other offices, including School Committee, moderator, library trustee and the five-year seat on the Planning Board. He took out papers for War Memorial trustee and tree warden but did not return them and withdrew a run for Board of Health. 
 
He will face off in the three-year School Committee seat against incumbent Cynthia Brule, who is running for her third term, and fellow newcomer Bonnie Cunningham for library trustee. 
 
Incumbent Ronald Boucher took out papers for a one-year term as moderator but did not return them. He was appointed by affirmation in 2021 when no won ran and accepted the post again last year as a write-in.
 
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