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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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MOVIE NIGHT FOR ADULTS
Becket, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Movie Night for Adults – You choose!  @BecketAthenaeum

The movie with the most votes as of noon on October 5 will be shown

Popcorn, candy, & non-alcoholic beverages provided

You’re welcome to bring your beverage of choice (including alcohol)

Older children, 13+, may come with an adult at the discretion of their guardian   Masks optional. RSVP appreciated


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BIRD WATCHING AT PARSONS MARSH, LENOX | HOFFMANN BIRD CLUB
Lenox, 7:30am - 10:30am

Look for migrating fall birds, including waterfowl, along the .6-mile trail and boardwalk. The walk features a small meadow, woodlands, and an overlook at one of the largest marshes in the central Berkshires. ADA ACCESSIBLE

Meet at 170 Undermountain Road, Lenox (42.3644, -73.3049).

Learn more and register at hoffmannbirdclub.org/events/parsons-marsh-lenox/


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TAG SALE
Lenox, 9:00 am - 12 pm

Tag Sale at The United Methodist Church of Lenox (6 Holmes Road). October 10th, 5pm-7pm, October 11th &12th, 9am-12pm. Saturday Special: Fill your bag for $5! 

Donations (EXCEPT electronics, computers, furniture) can be dropped off at the above address on Mon 10/7 (12pm to 4pm), Tue 10/8 (3pm to 7pm), and Wed 10/9 (8am to 12pm). 


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LEADER’S CHOICE BIRD WATCHING (OCTOBER), WILLIAMSTOWN | HOFFMANN BIRD CLUB
Williamstown, 7:30am - 11am

Join us as we search for migrating fall birds, but we will especially focus on sparrows. The trip will consist of visiting 2-4 birdy spots with easy to moderate walking on grassy or gravel paths or along the roadsides. Walking is easy.   Learn more and register at https://hoffmannbirdclub.org/events/leaders-choice-williamstown/


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MEMOIR WORKSHOP: MAKING A PRESENT OF YOUR PAST
Lanesborough, 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Want to Preserve Your Memories? Lanesborough Public Library presents professional storyteller, Mary Jo Danckert Maichack, leading an engaging and fun four-part workshop in memoir writing for adults. Under a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant to the Lanesborough Public Library, professional storyteller, Mary Jo Danckert Maichack, will lead a four-part workshop in memoir writing in the Lanesborough Town Hall Community Room. Adults of any experience level may attend any number of the events. Writing prompts from literature will serve as models of strong memoir writing. Want to Preserve Your Memories? Come to this Engaging & Fun Workshop for Adults. Have you wanted to create your memoir and leave a record of your life, but haven’t found a way to get started? This workshop can help you! Using memoirs from writers past and present, professional storyteller Mary Jo Danckert Maichack gives you prompts for jogging important memories and events from your life so you can get into a writing flow. Interesting questions get your heart remembering and your hand writing. Easy, fun, totally non-judgmental, invaluable—as only you really know your life story. What a gift to leave for others!  Free & Open to the Public. No registration required, but please plan to attend all 4 sessions! Tuesday afternoons, 1 - 2:30 pm. Oct. 15, 22, 29 and Nov. 12th, 2024 Lanesborough Town Hall Community Room, 83 North Main St Lanesborough. The Community Room is on the lower level of Town Hall (driveway just north of the building) and fully accessible. Contact the Lanesborough Public Library with any questions. 413-442-0222. Special thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support in providing this program.


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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10 to 11 a.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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MEDITATION WORKSHOP
Adams, 6:30 p.m.

Meditation Workshop is a series of classes for silent meditation at Anahata Schoolhouse Yoga and Healing Arts Center 201 North Summer Street North Adams MA. The focus is help people enter into deeper states of peace in meditation and the active hours of life.

Meditation Workshop is an Interfaith gathering. People of all faith and philosophical traditions are welcome. After a brief introduction to meditation practice, there is a 30 minute silent meditation. Following the time of silence there is an informal conversation about ways to quiet the mind.

Emphasis is also on applying mindful awareness more consistently at work and home and in the context of all one's relationships and  conversations. Will Raymond is an experienced meditation teacher. he is able to tailor comments to beginners and those with  established meditation practice.


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GAME NIGHT
Becket, 6 - 8 p.m.

Join friends and neighbors for a fun evening of board and card games! If you have a favorite, please bring it along to share/teach to fellow gamers!

Games the Athenaeum owns include Monopoly, Code Names, The All American History Trivia Game, Sorry, Chess, Quiddler (word game), SET, and many more!

Refreshments will be served! You're welcome to bring your beverage of choice (including alcohol).
Masks optional. Ages 13+ are welcome. @BecketAthenaeum

RSVP appreciated.


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SIDEWAYS (2004)
Great Barrington, 7 p.m.

$8   ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT Card to Culture* 

Alexander Payne’s Sideways is a road trip comedy through California’s wine country. Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church play two friends on a final bachelor getaway before the latter’s wedding. (Rated R, 2h 7min.)

This event is part of the Mahaiwe’s 100 Years of Movies series — Join film director and educator Deborah Reinisch for a century of movies at the Mahaiwe, 1914 through 2014. Deborah will introduce a classic film from each decade, each dated 10 years apart, highlighting what was going on in Hollywood, the Berkshires and the world. 


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ALASDAIR FRASER & NATALIE HAAS
Dalton, 7:30 p.m.

The musical partnership between consummate performer Alasdair Fraser, "the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling," and brilliant Californian cellist, Natalie Haas, spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy. Over the last 16 years of creating a buzz at festivals and concert halls across the world, they have truly set the standard for fiddle and cello in traditional music. They continue to thrill audiences internationally with their virtuosic playing, their near-telepathic understanding, and the joyful spontaneity and sheer physical presence of their music.

SHOW 7:30P / DOORS 6:30 P

Full bar available


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MEDICARE READINESS SESSION
North Adams, Noon to 1 p.m.

Learn about Health New England's 2025 Medicare Advantage options from your local team. They will explain your options and what you need to know when choosing a Medicare plan.

Hotel Downstreet
40 Main St.
North Adams, MA

Register or find other community Medicare sessions at healthnewengland.org/medicare/sessions, email msupport@hne.com for a 1:1 meeting, or call (877) 443-3314 for more information.


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MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: JEANINE TESORI’S GROUNDED
Great Barrington, 1 p.m.

$25 / $10 ages 21 and under   ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT Card to Culture* 

Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, wrestling with often-overlooked issues created by 21st-century warmaking: the ethical conflicts created by the use of modern military technology and the psychological and emotional toll supposedly safe remote technology takes on our servicepersons. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars as the hot-shot fighter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. American tenor Ben Bliss costars as the Wyoming rancher Eric in a production by Michael Mayer that brings this story to life in a high-tech staging which presents a variety of perspectives on the action. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Tesori’s kaleidoscopic opera, which will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas on October 19. 


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BERKSHIRE PODCAST FESTIVAL
North Adams, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.

The Berkshire Podcast Festival is an independent event put on by North Adams podcast studio: Studio BOTH/AND. 

The goals of the event are to promote new and growing independent podcasts (across all genres), highlight the beauty of north Berkshire County, and raise funds for The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition and DNA Solves


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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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MSB FALL FEST & OPEN HOUSE
Windsor | Lenox, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Come visit The Montessori School of the Berkshires for their annual Fall Fest Open House! Enjoy arts and crafts in each classroom, meet the staff and explore the campus. The school serves children from 15 months old through 8th grade. All are welcome! 


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MINI SPELL JARS FOR TEENS
North Adams, 11:30 a.m.

Youth in grades 6-12 are invited to join Rebecca from Wild Soul River on Saturday, October 19th at 11:30am in the Community Room to create their own mini spell jars! The spell jars to create will be: Self-love/ Self Esteem Anti Bullying / Energy Protection Happiness Focus Vibe Reset And “Sweetening” Situations / Dynamics (smoothing out drama) Registration for this program is highly encouraged. To register call (413) 662-3133 ex. 14 or email hdix@northadams-ma.gov   North Adams Public Library with Wild Soul River


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DEADFALL 3 MUSIC & ARTS FEST
Dalton, 3 p.m.

A family friendly Music and Arts Festival featuring Dead Man’s Waltz, Mystic Dead, A Phone Connection, Just Garcia Band The Picky Bastards vendors & more!

3-11pm

Full bar & food available

www.stationery-factory.com


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DOWNTOWN PITTSFIELD… IT’S ALIVE! NIGHT CIRCUS
Pittsfield, 4 to 7 p.m.
Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. has announced the return of Downtown Pittsfield… It’s Alive! to celebrate the Halloween season. This year’s event will be on Saturday, October 19 and will feature 2 parts: a Kids’ Zone on the St. Joseph’s Church lawn from 12 to 3 pm; and a Night Circus from 4 to 7 pm on Dunham Mall, North Street, and School Street. The It’s Alive! Night Circus (4-7PM) will feature live music by the Housie Shakers, fire dancing with Opal Raven Cirque, belly dancing by Rosebud Red, a beer garden at Hot Plate Brewing Co., food vendors (Marie's North Street Eatery, Otto's Kitchen & Comfort, and Cravins Ice Cream), free Tarot and Rune readings, free Caricatures by Matt Bernson, free face-painting for adults, and select vendors including Always Love, Auntie Janet's Gifts, Fandom Forge, and Truffles by Tarah. Tarot is with A. Whim and Rune readings are by Damon.   The rain location for the Downtown Pittsfield… It’s Alive! Night Circus will be Hot Plate Brewing Co., 1 School Street. Downtown Pittsfield… It’s Alive! is presented by Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. thanks to support from Mill Town Foundation, MassDevelopment’s TDI (Transformative Development Initiative), The Feigenbaum Foundation, Pittsfield Cultural Council, and the City of Pittsfield. For more information on Downtown Pittsfield… It’s Alive!, visit downtownpittsfield.com or call Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. at 413-443-6501.
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15TH ANNUAL ZOMBIE PUB CRAWL
Pittsfield, 5 - Midnight
Mark your calendars for the 15th annual Zombie Pub Crawl in downtown Pittsfield, MA! Join us as we take over the streets in your most creative Zombie costumes for a spooktacular night of fun and festivities. Don't miss out on this thrilling event! Fundraising for Soldier On (Veterans) Special Guest: Witch Slapped - INFO TO COME If you can't make the event but you'd like to make a donation please send it to our Cashapp: $ZombiePubCrawl413 ----------------------------- CRAWL TIPS: • Please Bring Cash For Zombie Merch and Donations • Bring your ID/License • BE AWARE: We love Special FX Makeup, however, if you do not look like your ID, bartenders have the right to deny serving you. Please don’t get angry with them. They are doing their job. • BE SAFE! Plan to have a DD, Taxi, Uber/Lyft Driver, or Walk. Bird Scooters will be accessible, however, we ask that you DO NOT ride these intoxicated. ----------------------------- LOCATIONS: TBA First Stop: Hot Plate Brewing Co 5-6PM ----------------------------- *21+ FREE EVENT TO ATTEND
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CLARKSBURG ANNUAL HAUNTED HAYRIDE
Clarksburg, 6 - 9:30 p.m.

The annual haunted hayride will return to Clarksburg State Park, 1199 Middle Road, to delight families during the Halloween season. This year's event will be held on Saturday, October 19th from 6:00-9:00 pm with a rain date of Saturday, October 26th. Admission is $10 and $5 for children 5 and under. Families will enjoy riding on hay covered trailers down a pumpkin lined road into the "haunted" camping area, where you will be treated to spooky scenes and decorations. Make sure to visit the concession stand for yummy treats and drinks. The entire event is organized and staffed by volunteers from the Clarksburg School, the local community, and local businesses. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Clarksburg School 8th Graders. This is a cash only event.  


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RED CASE BAND AND CHRIS WILTSHIRE AT LENOX CONTRA DANCE
Windsor | Lenox, 7:15 - 10:30 p.m.

Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicap accessible) ballroom with a raised stage.

Admission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers - 2nd dance free!

Dances begin with a 15 minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.

Please do not come to a dance if you have any symptoms or recently tested positive for COVID-19 or were in close contact with someone who recently tested positive.


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LAKE EFFECT AND CHRIS WILTSHIRE AT LENOX CONTRA DANCE
W. Stockbridge | Alford | Becket | Dalton | Egremont | Great Barrington | Hancock | Lanesborough | Lee | Lenox | New Marlborough | North Adams | Pittsfield | Richmond | Sheffield | Stockbridge, 7:15 - 10:30 p.m.

Our next dance will be held, Saturday, October 19th, with music by Lake Effect - Chuck Abell (guitar and vocals), Matt Sloboda (fiddle, mandolin), and Catherine Sloboda (fiddle), with caller Chris Wiltshire.. Roles will be Larks and Robins.

Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicap accessible) ballroom with a raised stage.

Admission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers - 2nd dance free!

Dances begin with a 15 minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.

Please do not come to a dance if you have any symptoms or recently tested positive for COVID-19 or were in close contact with someone who recently tested positive.


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THE LAST NEW YORKER, WITH HARVEY WANG
Amherst, 2 p.m.

Lifelong friends and New Yorkers Lenny Sugarman (Dominic Chianese) and Ruben Liebner (Dick Latessa) barely recognize the city of their youth. When Lenny, a small-time investor who’s always managed by rolling the dice on Wall Street, can no longer keep up with the times, Ruben hatches a plan to get them both out of the city they know and love. But Lenny’s not going anywhere. He’s got two last rolls of the dice: one for the money, and one for the love of a beautiful mystery woman. 

The Last New Yorker is a tale of friendship, love, and the world’s greatest city.

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes; English

Following the film screening there will be a talkback with the director, Harvey Wang.


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WEST STOCKBRIDGE CHAMBER PLAYERS HARVEST CONCERT
W. Stockbridge, 4 p.m.

Don’t miss the all-Mozart West Stockbridge Chamber Players Harvest Concert on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 4 p.m. in the West Stockbridge Old Town Hall. Featuring Chamber Players’ artistic director Catherine Hudgins on Basset horn, William Hudgins on Basset horn, Andrew Sandwick on Basset horn, Sheila Fiekowsky on violin, Daniel Getz on viola, and Adam Esbensen on cello, the program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento No. 1 in B-flat major for 3 basset horns, KV 439b/I, his Divertimento “Don Giovanni” for 3 basset horns (arr. Schottstädt), and his Divertimento in E-flat major for string trio, K. 563. Old Town Hall, 9 Main Street, West Stockbridge. Tickets ($35 for members; $40 for nonmembers) can be reserved at weststockbridgehistory.org. Limited attendance — first come, first served.  


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MINI MAKER MARKET @ GREYLOCK WORKS
North Adams, 9:30am - 1:30pm

The mini maker market @ Greylock WORKS is an intimate, synergistic gathering of regional artisans. This uniquely curated Sunday market provides an opportunity for the community to connect + shop with these local creatives at our 150 year old, renovated mill building. 

The market spreads throughout the courtyard, alongside the on-site restaurant The Break Room, Berkshire Cider, The Distillery, Railroad St. Collective, 328North Farm Studio, and open artist studios - the perfect opportunity to make a day of it in the Berkshires!

The mini maker market will run on the following Sundays from 9:30am - 1:30pm: 7/21, 8/18, 9/29, and 10/20.  

Learn More.


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MEMOIR WORKSHOP: MAKING A PRESENT OF YOUR PAST
Lanesborough, 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Want to Preserve Your Memories? Lanesborough Public Library presents professional storyteller, Mary Jo Danckert Maichack, leading an engaging and fun four-part workshop in memoir writing for adults. Under a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant to the Lanesborough Public Library, professional storyteller, Mary Jo Danckert Maichack, will lead a four-part workshop in memoir writing in the Lanesborough Town Hall Community Room. Adults of any experience level may attend any number of the events. Writing prompts from literature will serve as models of strong memoir writing. Want to Preserve Your Memories? Come to this Engaging & Fun Workshop for Adults. Have you wanted to create your memoir and leave a record of your life, but haven’t found a way to get started? This workshop can help you! Using memoirs from writers past and present, professional storyteller Mary Jo Danckert Maichack gives you prompts for jogging important memories and events from your life so you can get into a writing flow. Interesting questions get your heart remembering and your hand writing. Easy, fun, totally non-judgmental, invaluable—as only you really know your life story. What a gift to leave for others!  Free & Open to the Public. No registration required, but please plan to attend all 4 sessions! Tuesday afternoons, 1 - 2:30 pm. Oct. 15, 22, 29 and Nov. 12th, 2024 Lanesborough Town Hall Community Room, 83 North Main St Lanesborough. The Community Room is on the lower level of Town Hall (driveway just north of the building) and fully accessible. Contact the Lanesborough Public Library with any questions. 413-442-0222.  Special thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support in providing this program.


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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10 to 11 a.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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MEDITATION WORKSHOP
Adams, 6:30 p.m.

Meditation Workshop is a series of classes for silent meditation at Anahata Schoolhouse Yoga and Healing Arts Center 201 North Summer Street North Adams MA. The focus is help people enter into deeper states of peace in meditation and the active hours of life.

Meditation Workshop is an Interfaith gathering. People of all faith and philosophical traditions are welcome. After a brief introduction to meditation practice, there is a 30 minute silent meditation. Following the time of silence there is an informal conversation about ways to quiet the mind.

Emphasis is also on applying mindful awareness more consistently at work and home and in the context of all one's relationships and  conversations. Will Raymond is an experienced meditation teacher. he is able to tailor comments to beginners and those with  established meditation practice.


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A HISTORY OF SHIPWRECKS WITH CAPTAIN GREG KETCHEN
Becket, 1 - 2 p.m.

Join us for this virtual program about historic shipwrecks that have occurred south and east of Massachusetts. The region has been called the Graveyard of the North Atlantic with over 3,000 wrecks there since European sailors first began exploring the shores of the western Atlantic. Because of the hazards experienced by ships sailing these waters, Massachusetts was the 18th century birthplace of the modern United States Coast Guard. This presentation will include an overview of shipwrecks, their causes, and the evolution of response resources and programs. RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program. Presented in partnership with Friends of the Ashfield Public Library and other libraries from across MA & NH. Register for this Zoom presentation.   @BecketAthenaeum


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