Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its way this April 9 ... and so are family events in the Berkshires. If you have one you want included on this list, just email us at info@iberkshires.com.
Saturday
Eggstravaganza Egg Scramble
The Common, Pittsfield
Families are encouraged to participate in an egg scramble this Saturday to celebrate Easter weekend. Children are required to bring their own baskets.
During this free event children will have a chance to have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny and find the lucky egg.
Schedule as follows:
Ages 9 to 11 search at 10:30,
Ages 7 and 8 search at 10:40,
Ages 5 and 6 search at 10:55,
Ages 4 search at 11:10, and
Ages 2 and 3 search at 11:25.
Easter Cookie Walk
Hinsdale Fire House, Hinsdale
This annual event will take place this Saturday from 9 until noon. Use the fire station's front door.
Easter Egg Scramble
Lilac Park, Lenox
The annual scramble will take place this Saturday starting at 11 a.m.
Easter Egg Hunt
Whitney's Farm Market & Garden Center, Cheshire
Visit the farm to celebrate Easter for a chance to win prizes. This Saturday there will be 2 hunt sections set up according to age.
Ages 2 to 5 will search at 11 a.m. and ages 3 to 6 p.m. will search at 3 p.m. More information here.
Easter Egg Hunt
Community Recreation Association, Dalton
Children can participate in an outdoor egg hunt on the Memorial Lawn starting at 10 a.m. The event is free but children need to bring their own basket.
The garden will be having a variety of activities to celebrate Easter this Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
The event includes pony rides, crafts, a story walk, games, egg hunts, and more. Take a photo with the easter bunny and shop at the gift shop for some last minute gifts.
The first of two egg hunts begins at 11 a.m. for children up to 4 years old, followed at 11:30 a.m. with a hunt for children of ages 5 through 12.
Admission is $10 per person for members, $12 for non-members. Free admission for all children under the age of 4. More information here.
Egg Hunt and Dance
Berkshire South Regional Community Center, Great Barrington
Enjoy live music, crafts, snacks, and Easter egg hunts this Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
The egg hunts will be broken up by age. Children 2 to 4. Tickets cost $10 per child.
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North Adams Hopes to Transform Y Into Community Recreation Center
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Mayor Jennifer Macksey updates members of the former YMCA on the status of the roof project and plans for reopening.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city has plans to keep the former YMCA as a community center.
"The city of North Adams is very committed to having a recreation center not only for our youth but our young at heart," Mayor Jennifer Macksey said to the applause of some 50 or more YMCA members on Wednesday. "So we are really working hard and making sure we can have all those touch points."
The mayor said the city will run some programming over the summer until an operator can be found to take over the facility. It will also need a new name.
"The YMCA, as you know, has departed from our facilities and will not return to our facility in the form that we had," she said to the crowd in Council Chambers. "And that's been mostly a decision on their part. The city of North Adams wanted to really keep our relationship with the Y, certainly, but they wanted to be a Y without borders, and we're going a different direction."
The pool was closed in March 2023 after the roof failed a structural inspection. Kyle Lamb, owner of Geary Builders, the contractor on the roof project, said the condition of the laminated beams was far worse than expected.
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