North Adams Happenings: May 29 - June 4

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North Adams Happenings

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MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center and The North Adams Office of Tourism

Wednesday, May 29 - Tuesday, June 4

SAVE THE DATE	JUNE 21-23
EVENT	Solid Sound Festival MASS MoCA 87 Marshall Street (413)662-2111 All weekend 3-day passes: $149 / Single Day Passes (Friday or Sunday only) $65 Click here for more information. The Solid Sound Festival is a three-day celebration of community, art and music that perfectly captures the essence of North Adams. Hosted at MASS MoCA, this weekend is headlined by the indie rock band, Wilco. The festival is complete with a comedy cabaret programmed by John Hodgman and additional Wilco-related bands performing on four additional stages.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29
EVENT	Pre-School Story Time (Ages 3-6) North Adams Public Library 74 Church Street, 2nd Floor (413)662-3133 ext. 14 10:30am FREE Click here for more information. Bring your children for some storytelling and singing! Event is suitable for children ages 3-6. For more information, contact Kim Di Lego at naplib@yahoo.com.
EVENT	North Berkshire Chess Club Lickety Split @ MASS MoCA 87 Marshall Street (413)458-8271 6-9:30pm FREE Click here for more information. Come to play or come to watch! The North Berkshire Chess Club is open to all interested chess players from novice to expert. Instructions are available with sets and boards. The only thing you need to bring is a chess clock if you wish to use one.
THURSDAY, MAY 30
PERFORMANCE	Florist MCLA Gallery 51 51 Main St. (413)664-8718 6pm FREE Click here for Facebook event. Come see Upstate NY natives Florist featuring Emily Sprague, Rick Spataro & Jonnie Baker perform live at Gallery 51!
TRIVIA	Trivia Pitchers Mound Pub 218 Ashland Street (413)663-8390 8pm FREE Click here for the Facebook page. Let Andy "The Machine" Racine twist your brain and call you names! Prizes awarded! Stick around for the trivia night after party featuring DJ Jon.
FRIDAY, MAY 31
EVENT	Blues, Brews, 'n BBQ Bounti Fare Restaurant 200 Howland Avenue, Adams, MA (413)743-0193 6pm $30 Click here for the Facebook event. Kick off of the summer season! Tickets at $30 per person will entitle attendees to sample local beers from Berkshire Brewing from 6-8pm and a fabulous Southern style barbeque all-you-can-eat buffet beginning at 7pm. The chefs at the Bounti-Fare are preparing a feast including St. Louis style ribs, BBQ chicken, shredded pork sliders, along with all the fixings including corn bread, BBQ baked beans, collard greens, corn on the cob, strawberry shortcake and more. Blues provided by the Arthur Holmes Blues Band starting at 8. Rakish Paddy will be playing some Irish tunes from 6 to 8! Tickets available at Bounti Fare and Smith Brothers McAndrews.
EVENT	Open Mic Parlor Cafe 303 Ashland Street (413)346-4279 8pm FREE Click here for more information. Grab a coffee or tea and try your hand at performing at a weekly open mic in North Adams. All types of performers welcome. Come to perform or just listen.
PERFORMANCE	Live Music: Greg Caproni Freight Yard Pub 1 Furnace Street, Building #3 (Heritage State Park) (413)663-6547 8pm FREE Click here for more information. Enjoy dinner by the fire and listen to the original music of Greg Caproni!
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
EVENT	Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra MASS MoCA 87 Marshall Street (413)662-2111 8pm $12 advance / $16 day of / $10 students Click here for more information. This hard-hitting eleven-piece band will make you think about salsa in a whole new way. The Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra trades in the standard repertoire for dynamic salsa-fied arrangements of the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, TV on the Radio, LCD Soundsystem, The Black Keys, Spoon, and other indie favorites—delivering red-hot Latin grooves that are two parts SXSW and one part Ricky Ricardo.
EVENT	Dirty Reggae Dance Party Parlor Cafe 303 Ashland Street (413)346-4279 8-11:30pm FREE Click here for more information. It's time to bring that dirty reggae and floor-shaking soul back to Ashland street. Join Rebel Beat Sound System for a great night of dancing, music, and fun times!
EVENT	Live Music: CJ Field Freight Yard Pub 1 Furnace Street, Building #3 (Heritage State Park) (413)663-6547 8pm FREE Click here for more information. Grab a pint and enjoy originals and covers from CJ Field, a hometown favorite and a rising country music star on the Nashville Scene.
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
EVENT	Dublin Porter Bascom Lodge at the summit of Mt. Greylock Access from Reservoir Rd. (917)680-0079 6pm FREE Click here for more information. Head to the highest point in Massachusetts for a night of Irish music. Dublin Porter is a Berkshire trio that plays traditional Irish music. The majority of their repertoire is the dance music and airs of Ireland.
MONDAY, JUNE 3
TRIVIA	Eat + Think Trivia PUBLIC: Eat+Drink 34 Holden Street (413)664-4444 9pm FREE Click here for more information. Test your skills and knowledge against others while enjoying a pint from PUBLIC's fine beer selection. Winning team take home a $25 Gift Certificate!
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
MOVIES	$5 Tuesdays! North Adams Movieplex 86 Main Street (413)663-6300 All Day $5 non-3D movies/$6.50 3D movies Click here for more information. $5 Tuesdays are back! Come down to the North Adams Movieplex with the family for cheap movies!
DSA ON THE ROAD
EXHIBIT	The Study featuring Neener (Christina Stott) Albany Center Gallery 39 Columbia Street Albany, NY (518)462-4775 May 14 to June 29 Artist Reception June 7 6-9pm Click here for the Facebook event. Albany Center Gallery presents its latest exhibition, "The Study,” featuring the work of local artists MammalSoap, Emily Dorr, Neener, and Patrick Picou Harrington. "The Study” as a whole engages the mind to explore the natural world from the comfort of the home environment. Each artist participating in "The Study" has scoured for materials from books to the Earth itself for the inspiration and creation of their pieces which beg the viewer to examine the intricacy and meaning behind each individual creation. In their own exploration of their media, each artist breathes life into materials and images that have lost their own through age, oppression, frailty, and the unknown.
EXHIBIT	River Paintings by Henry Ekman Klein Berkshire Museum 39 South Street (Route 7) Pittsfield, MA 01201 $13 adult; $6 child (under 18) Museum members/children 3 and under FREE Click here for more information. Berkshire-based artist Henry Ekman Klein is on display now through June 30, 2013, at Berkshire Museum. The paintings focus on nature and the evolving landscape, expressed in exuberant brushstrokes and a rich, saturated palette. The exhibit is located in the Ellen Crane Memorial Room.
EXHIBIT	Sean Riley Artworks on Display at Allium 42/44 Railroad Street Great Barrington, MA 01230 413.528.2118 FREE Click here for more information. New works from Berkshire-based artist Sean Riley – including paintings on panel and dyed-paper collages – are now on display at Allium Restaurant in Great Barrington. Riley's colorful works evoke certain qualities of fabric and use patterns that fold in upon themselves in origami-like fashions that give rise to a tension between flat and three-dimensional space. In his collage work, Riley soaks his paper in numerous baths of colored water, allowing the color to sink into the paper, adding a rich and tactile quality to the works. Using tape as a "resist” he is able to create patterns on the paper in much the same way that is done with traditional fabrics.
OPPORTUNITIES
OPEN CALL	Crafters, Farmers, Artists, and Artisans Wanted! Main Street Market June 23, 2013 Main St. (413)664-6180 9am-2pm Application Deadline: June 10 $25 Click here for vendor application. The North Adams Office of Tourism & Community Events, along with the North Adams Chamber of Commerce present the Main Street Market! The Main Street Market, a combination of craft fair, art fair, and farmers market, will take place during Solid Sound weekend. This event hopes to not only draw in visitors to the city's downtown, but also the locals looking for something different to do during this exciting weekend. The purpose of this market is to showcase art, goods, foods and produce that are unique to the Berkshires, and to compliment - not compete with - the existing downtown shops. This juried event is currently looking for vendors to participate. Vendors applying to sell crafts and arts such as jewelry, pottery, clothing and fine art must create the goods they intend to sell. Farm/meat/dairy vendor applicants must produce the goods they are selling and have appropriate state seals or licenses to apply. Vendors looking to sell baked goods must have/obtain food safe certification, allergen awareness certification, and have either a commercial kitchen license or home kitchen license to apply.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS	Volunteers Wanted: Talk to a Townie Program The North Adams Office of Tourism and the North Adams Chamber of Commerce are joining forces to create a new volunteer program that focuses on bringing information about the city to visitors who are in North Adams attending festivals and events. The Talk to a Townie program will enlist the help of local volunteers to attend events around the city and act as mobile information centers by having conversations with visitors and passing out information about area attractions and local businesses. The kick-off for this program is the Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA, happening June 21-23. The Talk to a Townie program is currently seeking volunteers who are passionate and knowledgeable about North Adams. Anyone interested in lending a hand should contact Veronica Bosley at:tourism@northadams-ma.gov or (413) 664-6180.
INTERNSHIP	Are you looking for a summer internship in arts administration? Have you always wanted to work at MASS MoCA? Check out this opportunity with Assets for Artists: Click here for more information. Assets for Artists is an innovative and fast-growing program that offers free financial training, business planning resources, and working capital grants for artists to invest in their creative micro-enterprises. The program now serves over 100 artists (in all disciplines) throughout the northeast. Working at MASS MoCA (the lead partner behind Assets for Artists) as a key member of a small team, the Assets for Artists intern will be involved in all aspects of program administration and development, including artist outreach, data management, grantwriting and stewardship, content development for social media, and researching and promoting artist opportunities to our network. The intern will receive a stipend of $100/week, plus access to MASS MoCA's fabulous summer programming. Send resume and cover letter to Briana Halpin.
CALL FOR ENTRIES	Want to Post an Event? MCLA's BCRC and North Adams Office of Tourism If you wish to post on this newsletter, please use the following criteria and start promoting your event! Send name of event/location/exact address/telephone number and price of event to vbosley@northadams-ma.gov. Add a picture 200x200pixels/72dpi. Pictures that don't meet the requirements will be cropped and adapted to.

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McCann Recognizes Superintendent Award Recipient

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:32PM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Landon LeClair and Superintendent James Brosnan with Landon's parents Eric and Susan LeClair, who is a teacher at McCann.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Superintendent's Award has been presented to Landon LeClair, a senior in McCann Technical School's advanced manufacturing course.

The presentation was made last Thursday by Superintendent Jame Brosnan after Principal Justin Kratz read from teachers' letters extolling LeClair's school work, leadership and dedication.

"He's become somewhat legendary at the Fall State Leadership Conference for trying to be a leader at his dinner table, getting an entire plate of cookies for him and all his friends," read Kratz to chuckles from the School Committee. "Landon was always a dedicated student and a quiet leader who cared about mastering the content."

LeClair was also recognized for his participation on the school's golf team and for mentoring younger teammates.

"Landon jumped in tutoring the student so thoroughly that the freshman was able to demonstrate proficiency on an assessment despite the missed class time for golf matches," read Kratz.

The principal noted that the school also received feedback from LeClair's co-op employer, who rated him with all fours.

"This week, we sent Landon to our other machine shop to help load and run parts in the CNC mill," his employer wrote to the school. LeClair was so competent the supervisor advised the central shop might not get him back.

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