North Adams Events: Feb. 3-7

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MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center

and North Adams Office of Tourism
North Adams Events

Wednesday, February 1 - Tuesday, February 7

SAVE THE DATE	TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14
	Minerva Arts Center Fundraiser Polish National Alliance 13 Victory Street Adams, MA (413)743-9753 6pm-11pm $15 singles, $25 couples Click here for more info. Valentine's Day (Dinner, Dessert, and Dance) featuring love songs by talented local singers and a DJ for after dinner and dessert. Tickets will be for sale at the PNA in Adams, at The Minerva Tag Sale in Williamstown, and online at MinervaArtsCenter. com
NOW ON VIEW	THROUGH MARCH 2012
EXHIBIT	Ed Carson and Sharon Carson Porches Inn at MASS MoCA 231 River Street (413)664-0400 FREE Click here for more info. Ed and Sharon Carson have each been painting for more than twenty years. For several years they owned and operated the Carson Studio & Gallery on Broadway in downtown Rockport, MA. In 2004 they closed their Rockport studio and moved to North Adams, in the heart of the Berkshires. Here, in a historic mill building converted to artist live/work space they run their studio. They are both active as painters, teachers, demonstrators, and jurors.
FRIDAY, FEB 3
PERFORMANCE	Zammuto in Concert Hunter Center MASS MoCA 1040 MASS MoCA Way (413)662-2111 8pm $20 advance, $24 day of show, $10 students Click here for more info. Nick Zammuto, local favorite of The Books, unveils his hotly anticipated new band Zammuto. The four-piece band’s concert debut will focus on cuts from Zammuto, also featuring classic and never-before-performed tracks from The Books. The concert begins with a screening of the 35-minute film Achantè, for which Zammuto wrote the score. The film is a portrait of Haitian Vodou, featuring four communities in the south of Haiti and paralleling the Vodou creation story with the historical creation of the free nation of Haiti.
PERFORMANCE	7th Annual Blues and Funk Festival: Misty Blues Public Eat and Drink 34 Holden Street (413)664-4444 9pm $10 general admission, $8 MCLA alumni, $5 non-MCLA students, free for MCLA Students Click here for more info. Get the party started Friday night with local favorite Misty Blues. Paying homage to the great female jazz singers and players of yesteryears, Misty Blues takes us down memory lane with the great women of the blues. Special pricing for both nights: $15 (Friday and Saturday) Special dinner seating 8pm. Call Public to reserve the best seats in the house.
SATURDAY, FEB 4
EVENT	Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium Starseed Healing Sanctuary 672 Chapel Road Savoy, MA 10am-4pm FREE to public, suggested donation $15-25 Click here for more info. A world of justice, fulfillment, and sustainability is not a fantasy for the distant future. It is a reality into which millions of people around the world are waking up and taking action. Awakening the Dreamer workshops enable participants to trade old dreams rooted in consumption, competiotion and inequality for a new vision of the human family, founded on the desire we all share for justice and peace.
EVENT	Jeremiah Ward: How to Start a Cooperative Business MCLA Campus Center Room 324B 374 Church Street 4:30pm-7:00pm FREE Click here for more info. Jeremiah Ward serves as the Housing Program Organizer under CDI's NEROC program and is also CDI's newest Cooperative Development Specialist. He has worked for a number of cooperatives in different sectors in the United States and has conducted extensive research on agricultural and worker cooperatives in Mexico. Jeremiah also has expertise in the field of urban development.
PERFORMANCE	7th Annul Blues and Funk Festival: Blitz the Ambassador MCLA Venable Gym MCLA Campus 7:30pm $10 general, $8 alumni, $5 non-MCLA students, free for MCLA students Click here for more info. Blues and Funk festival's celebration continues with Ghanian-born, New York-based MC, composer, and producer Blitz The Ambassador. Calling upon the flow of old school hip-hop and the unique shifting between English, West African, and Ethiopian jazz, Blitz The Ambassador never stumbles over his words and messages. Special pricing for both nights: $15.00 (Friday and Saturday)
PERFORMANCE	Wrba-Weiss Quartet Public Eat and Drink 34 Holden Street (413)664-4444 9pm Click here for more info. Enjoy this high energy jazz quartet, while enjoying a pint of craft beer! Don't forget about the late night menu!
SUNDAY, FEB 5
MOVIE	The Descendents North Adams MoviePlex 8 86 Rear Main Street (413)663-6300 Click here for showtimes. From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki.
MONDAY, FEB 6
CLASS	Berkshire County Line Dancing Eagles Hall Curran Highway 6:30pm-8:30pm For more info contact Mary Ellen Dean: (413)663-9718 Berkshire County Line dancers offer beginner lessons. Come on down and try something new! All are welcome.
EVENT	Trivia Night Public Eat and Drink 34 Holden Street (413)664-4444 8pm No Cover Click here for more info. Test your skills and knowledge against others while enjoying a pint from Public's fine beer selection. Winning team takes home a $25 Gift Certificate.
TUESDAY, FEB 7
EVENT	Toddler Story Time North Adams Public Library 74 Church Street (413)662-3133 10:30am FREE Click here for more info. Join the North Adams Public Library team for exciting children activites. Bring your little one, it's story time! Story Time is suitable for ages 1- 3!
SEMINAR	Tricks of the Trade: Integration of Art and Community MCLA G51 51 Main Street FREE, pre-registration is required Contact Valeria Federici: valeria.federici@mcla.edu or call (413)663-5253 Click here for more info. In this open-forum workshop participants will discuss how to establish the connection between artist and community. Facilitating this relationship requires us to discuss identity, history, and the audiences we're engaging with. Panelists include: -Richard J. Alcombright, Mayor of North Adams -Nancy Bullet, North Adams City Councilor -Alan Marden, North Adams City Councilor -Veronica Bosley, Director of North Adams Office of Tourism -Christine Dobbert, Florida Town Administrator Tricks of the Trade continues on Wedensday, Feb 8 at Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield and Thursday, Feb 9 at IS 183 in Stockbridge.
OPPORTUNITIES
CALL FOR ARTIST	WIN A STUDIO VISIT - WinterFest Ice Sculpting Contest Downtown North Adams February 25, 2012 To Apply: send an email to valeria.federici@mcla.edu by February 4, 2012. Include your name, last name, phone number and studio address. Ice blocks will be assigned on a first come first serve basis. MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center in collaboration with the City of North Adams' Office of Tourism & Community Events is pleased to announce a call for artists for the 2012 Winterfest Ice Sculpting Contest on February 25, 2012. Ice blocks will be available in downtown North Adams for you to sculpt the morning of the event. Tools are not provided, but access to power is available upon request. The competition will be judged by Denise Markonish, Curator at MASS MoCA who will visit the studio of the winning artist. This is a great opportunity to be involved with a community event that brings thousands to downtown North Adams and to have your work displayed in front of professional eyes!
CALL FOR ARTIST	Exhibit Space for Local Artists Central Radio 1 Roberts Drive (413)664-9685 Contact centralradiodalton@nycap.rr.com Central Radio is a locally owned locally operated company offering appliances, bedding, and furniture. They are trying to help out local artists by displaying their work throughout their store on Roberts drive. They have 3 floors that would be able to supply wall space for paintings and the top 2 floors would be able to put other art throughout. Contact them directly if interested. Their Dalton store can be used as well.

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Letter: Let's Celebrate Diversity in the Northern Berkshires

Letter to the Editor07:00PM / Friday, January 09, 2026

To the Editor:

With the Jan. 1 swearing in of our city of North Adams mayor and City Council, we have an opportunity to celebrate diversity. For the first time in North Adams history, we have a woman for mayor, a woman majority council, and a council which is at least one-third LGBTQIA-plus. I believe this is something which should be celebrated, openly.

Despite a worrying national conversation which advocates that diversity equates weakness, the opposite is true, and has been proven time and time again. McKinsey & Co., a global consulting firm, has conducted a series of studies, which have made a strong business case for diversity, showing it is a competitive advantage for organizations, linked to innovation, financial success, and social benefits. It is indicated that it's especially beneficial to have diverse leadership teams.

I think North Adams is well-positioned to leverage fresh ideas and innovate. Our diversity will help set us up for a more successful future.

Like many of you, I have noticed negative reactions to the news of the diversification of our city's leadership in social media posts, and in overtly homophobic and transphobic comments. I wish for the Northern Berkshires to maintain a culture which is respectful, accepting and uplifting of people of all backgrounds, and I suspect the majority of our residents share this goal.

If you are reading this and feel similarly to me, please join me in helping to uplift people, and celebrate diversity. Let's share success stories, hopes for the future, and accept people of different backgrounds.

Andrew J Fitch
North Adams, Mass.

Andrew Fitch is vice president of the North Adams City Council.

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