There are a variety of events this weekend in the Berkshires including a sugaring season celebration, International Women's Day community celebration dinner, live music, and more.
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Maple Sugaring Season Celebration
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Time: Sunday, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Berkshire Natural Resources Council and Berkshire Family Hikes will be celebrating maple sugaring season at Holiday Brook Farm.
The family-friendly event will include a short hike on the farm, activities, and an opportunity to visit the farm’s animals, including emus. At the end of the event families will bring home a maple sugar treat.
The farm will also offer tours of the boiling room and a pancake breakfast until 1:00 p.m. for visitors to purchase.
Award-winning Irish band Breaking Trad will be performing. They attempt to add a modern twist to Irish music. Tickets are $25.
Band members will also be leading a fiddle, Celtic tuning guitar techniques, and button accordion polkas and slides workshops. Tickets for the workshop are $25.
Attendance for both the workshop and the concert is $40. More information here.
Psychic Comedian
Bennington (Vt.) Theater, 331 Main St.
Time: 9:30 p.m.
Peter Antoniou, who had headlined in Las Vegas and appeared on "America's Got Talent," performs an evening of mentalist entertainment including mind reading, fortune telling and comedy. This follows his sold-out show at 7:30.
Tickets are $25 Thursday, $30 on Friday; more information here.
Creative Movement & Storytime
Becket Athenaeum
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Laurel Lenski will lead a free movement and storytime class designed to exercise children's imagination, strengthen their fine and gross motor skills, and support their development of social and emotional skills. Lenski has an associates degree in dance and a bachelor's degree in expressive art therapy.
The Zonta Club of Berkshire County will be having an International Women's Day community celebration dinner to honor six Berkshire County women who have worked to build a better world for women and girls.
Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased here.
Saturday
Northern Lights Ball
North Adams Elks Lodge
Time: 8 p.m.
North Adams Pride will hold its second annual Northern Lights Ball for members of the regional LGBTQIA-plus community and allies.
This event is open to all members of the public 21 and older; a current ID will be required for entry.
Tickets can be purchased online or or in person at the event. More information here.
Indoor Pittsfield Farmers Market
Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield
Time: 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The region's first teen-run market, Roots Rising, will be having an indoor farmers market this Saturday featuring live music, chef demos, workshops, children's activities and more.
North Berkshire Community Dance hosts a pay-as-you-go ($12-$20 suggested) contra dance in the parish hall with caller Maggie McRae and music by the Vintons. Masks optional but appreciated.
Sing your heart out for a chance to win $30 at the end of the night. The rules for the prize are participants must sing at least one solo song and stay until the end of the night. Previous winners will not be entered into the drawing.
There will be a guided hike around the grounds of Arrowhead where attendees can be introduced to the site by the Berkshire County Historical Society, learn about Herman Melville’s sleigh rides, and see how Mount Greylock looks in the winter.
This is an easy pace hike with little elevation. More information here.
Tom Petty Tribute Band Performance
The Stationery Factory, Dalton
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Tom Petty tribute band, The Broken-Hearted, will perform some of the American singer-songwriter and guitarist's classic hits.
Animal Support Projects: St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Themed
Benson's Pet Center, Pittsfield
Time: noon to 3 p.m.
Benson's Pet Center will be providing people a photo op with their furry babies.
For a $10 donation, pet parents can bring home a 4-by-6 inch framed keepsake. This month's participants can choose between a St. Patrick's Day or Easter theme. More information here.
Taproom Music: J.P. Murphy Band
Bright Ideas Brewing, North Adams
Time: 4 p.m.
The J.P. Murphy Band will be performing traditional Irish music including ballads, battle songs, and drinking songs. More information here.
Cabin Fever Story Time
Mount Greylock State Reservation Visitor Center, Lanesborough
Time: 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Relax by a hearth fire for an hour as Mount Greylock Park Interpreter and folklore fan Mike tells some Mount Greylock tales including The Wild Man of the Hills, The Mysterious Spirit Woman of Pratt Hill, the Wayward Moose Named Bill, and the legendary ghost of Old Coot.
The free event will include complementary hot chocolate. More information here.
Barre & Brews
Hot Plate Brewing Co., Pittsfield
Time:
On Pointe Barre and Fitness Studio and Hot Plate Brewing Co. have collaborated to bring an hour long barre class followed by a pint of beer.
The class is $30 and registration is required. Participants must bring a mat and ID.
Purchase a variety of old and new things at this Auxiliary Craft fair and flea market. Information here.
Sweet Shoppe Opening
Lanesborough Local Country Store
Time: 11 to 2 p.m.
Lanesborough Local Country Store is opening its new sundae bar and bakery featuring pastries, desserts and ice cream. Stop in on Sunday for ice cream and to enter their giveaway.
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MCLA in Talks With Anonymous Donor for Art Museum, Art Lab
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Andre Lynch, the new vice provost for institutional equity and belonging, introduces himself to the trustees, some of whom were participating remotely.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts may be in line for up to a $10 million donation that will include a campus art museum.
President Jamie Birge told the board of trustees on Thursday that the college has been in discussions for the last couple years with a donor who wishes at this point to remain anonymous.
"It's a donor that has a history of working with public liberal arts institutions to advance the arts that those institutions," he said. "This donor would like to talk with us or has been talking with us about creating art museum and an art lab on campus."
The Fine and Performing Arts Department will have input, the president continued. "We want to make sure that it's a facility that supports that teaching and learning dynamic as well as responding to what's the interest of donor."
The college integrated into the local arts community back in 2005 with the opening of Gallery 51 on Main Street that later expanded with an art lab next door. The gallery under the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center had been the catalyst for the former Downstreet Art initiative; its participation has fallen off dramatically with changes in leadership and the pandemic.
This new initiative, should it come to pass, would create a facility on MCLA Foundation property adjacent to the campus. The donor and the foundation have already split the cost of a study.
"We conducted that study to look at what approximately a 6,500-square-foot facility would look like," said Birge. "How we would staff the gallery and lab, how can we use this lab space for fine and performing arts."
President Jamie Birge told the board of trustees on Thursday that the college has been in discussions for the last couple years with a donor who wishes at this point to remain anonymous.
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