June's 3rd Thursday celebrates health and fitness with the running of the 10th annualGreen Mile Road Race to benefit the Pittsfield Parade Fund at 5:30 p.m.; drumming with Aimee Gelinas and Berkshire Rhythm Keepers at Persip Park; Micaela Taylor's TL Collective in front of St. Joseph's Church in the Jacob's Pillow Dance Zone; Berkshire Salsa on the Persip Park main stage; and free outdoor classes all evening with Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness at Palace Park.
Hancock Shaker Village presents the 2nd annual Northeast Fiddlers' Convention, a family-friendly, traditionally inspired, old-time and bluegrass music gathering. The weekend will feature workshops and demonstrations, instrument and band contests, farm-to-table food and drink, special exhibitions, and round-the-clock pickin' and singin' with a lineup of musicians including the Down Hill Strugglers with John Cohen.
Berkshire Museum presents a screening of Disney's Moana designed for families and children with sensory needs and those who have difficulty in a traditional movie screening setting.Projection brightness will be reduced and can be adjusted for audience comfort. The volume of the film will be turned down and dim house lights will be on during the performance so guests can see their surroundings and move around the theater. Closed captioning will be available upon request.11 a.m.
Join Lawrence Carroll, Aimee McLear and Pattie Loughlin at Zion Lutheran Church for men's restorative yoga and sound bath.Lawrence will lead the class through a handful of restorative poses that will assist in opening the body. Melt into postures while you enjoy the sounds and vibrations of crystal singing bowls, crystal pyramids and chimes. 7-8:15 p.m. $20 suggested donation. No one turned away. All who identify as male welcome.
Barrington Stage Company presents a world premiere by Stacey Rose. America v. 2.1: The Sad Demise & Eventual Extinction of The American Negro is a day in the life of a troupe of Black actors who are charged with re-enacting the revised history of the once-thriving American Negro. It quickly becomes a day of reckoning. This is a provocative, funny and dark look at Black Americans in post-apocalyptic America. At BSC's St. Germain Stage through June 30.
The 3rd annual Berkshire Pride festival at the First Street Common will be held from 12-5 p.m. There will be speakers, music, mom hugs, a gender-bending tent, local vendors and food, a resource fair, a quiet tent, and family fun! FREE, no tickets required!
Behind the Marketing is a free workshop that will help participants appreciate the difference between a marketing strategy and a sales process. Guests will leave with a draft strategy that incorporates seven key elements, allowing them to create marketing campaigns and a calendar for their businesses. Registration and networking will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by the workshop at 8 a.m. The workshop will be led by Keith Girouard, Regional Director and Senior Business Advisor at the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center.
In this little-known story of Van Gogh's art, we see just how important his study of Japan was. The film travels not only to France and the Netherlands but also to Japan to further explore the remarkable heritage that so affected Van Gogh and made him the artist we know of today.
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Tickets On Sale for Berkshire Flyer
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Amtrak, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), announced tickets are now on sale for the Berkshire Flyer.
The Berkshire Flyer is a seasonal summer passenger rail service that operates between New York City from Moynihan Train Hall and Pittsfield. The service, which began as a successful pilot in 2022, is scheduled to resume on Friday, June 21 through Monday, Sept. 2 for Labor Day weekend. Trains depart New York City Friday nights and return at the end of the weekend, leaving Pittsfield Sunday afternoon.
In addition, for the first time this year, the Berkshire Flyer service now includes a train from New York City to Pittsfield on Sunday mornings.
"We're thrilled to announce this season's Berkshire Flyer service," said Transportation Secretary and CEO Monica Tibbits-Nutt. "The Berkshire Flyer makes visiting Western Massachusetts on weekends convenient, relaxing, and easy. We are pleased to continue our successful partnership with Amtrak, the New York State Department of Transportation and CSX."
The Berkshire Flyer departs from Moynihan Train Hall at 3:16 p.m. on Fridays and arrives at Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center in Pittsfield at 7:27 p.m. The train will make all intermediate station stops as the scheduled Amtrak Empire Service train does in New York State on Fridays, which include Yonkers, Croton-Harmon, Poughkeepsie, Rhinecliff, Hudson, and Albany-Rensselaer Station.
The Sunday return trip, making all the same station stops, will depart Pittsfield at 3:35 p.m. and arrive in New York at 7:55 p.m. The new Sunday Berkshire Flyer train from New York City to Pittsfield will depart Moynihan Train Hall at 10:50 a.m. and arrive in Pittsfield at 3:15 p.m.
The Berkshire Flyer is building upon two successful seasons where some of the Pittsfield-bound trains were sold out well in advance. Based on that experience, passengers planning a trip are encouraged to purchase tickets early by visiting Amtrak.com, the Amtrak app or by calling 1-800-USA-RAIL.
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