Free Summer Movies All Around the County

Summer is the time to kick back on the grass and watch an outdoor film. Series in Pittsfield and Williamstown start this weekend, and the annual Movies Under the Stars in Adams starts on July 22.

In Pittsfield, “Movies at the Park” will be offered Friday evenings, from July 8 through July 29, beginning at dusk at Clapp Park on West Housatonic Street opening with "Minions." The rest of the movies to be shown are "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" on July 15, "Inside Out: on July 22 and "Hotel Transylvania 2" on July 29.

Rain dates are Aug. 5 and 12 only if one of the previous movies is cancelled due to weather. “Movies at the Park” are family friendly events and no alcohol is allowed.

In Williamstown, Images Cinema and Spring Street Market & Café present films for all ages on Sundays from July 10 to Aug. 7 at sundown (around 8:15/8:30 p.m.) on Morgan Lawn at the top of Spring Street. Concessions will be available onsite. Bring your own chairs, blankets and bug spray.

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Honors Leaders, Volunteers

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
09:07AM / Sunday, May 24, 2026

Liana Toscanini presented the Founder's Choice Award to Smitty Pignatelli for his years of support as state representative. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires held its ninth annual nonprofit awards last week honoring the contributions of those who have helped the community in their own way.

 

The gathering at the Country Club in Pittsfield on Tuesday included the introduction of new nonprofit Executive Director Samantha Anderson, who steps in for retiring founder and director Liana Toscanini. State Reps. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, John Barrett III and Leigh Davis attended the event.

 

Toscanini, who created NPC in 2016, was honored at the conclusion of the evening to mark her decade leading the organization. 

 

"Founders don't just lead organizations, they are the organization in the deepest sense," said NPC Board President Emily Schiavoni. "Their relationships, their instincts, their fingerprints are on everything, and when someone has poured a decade of herself into building something from the ground up, the act of stepping back is not a simple handoff, it's an act of extraordinary trust and courage that brings me to what Leanna actually built." 

 

NPC became something of a chamber of commerce for nonprofits under Toscanini's guidance, creating a hub of support for leadership and networking for the small and large nonprofits that fuel much of the activity within the Berkshires. 

 

She developed more than two dozen programs, including Get on Board, which helps connect community members with nonprofit boards, and a giving-back guide, volunteer fairs, and a resource directory.

 

Schiavoni described Toscanini as a great mentor who has had a big impact in strengthening local nonprofits.