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North Adams Happenings: Oct. 24-30

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North Adams Happenings:
October 24 - 30
Brought to you by: MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center and the North Adams Office of Tourism & Community Events
 

Save the Date

 

November 3
North Adams History Harvest
North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 664-4700
10am - 3pm
Free!
for more information

Share your stories and treasures by adding them to a growing digital collection of North Adams history. Bring your diaries, photographs, letters, maps, business memorabilia, and other family/cultural heirlooms to be digitized by volunteers at the North Adams Public Library. Your items will be returned to you along with preservation materials to help you care for your pieces of North Adams history.

Stick around for an interview, where you can tell your story to a volunteer and for food from Tres Niños food truck!

This Fall - Parent Child Home Program

FREE Books and Toys for children 16 mo. to 3 years old this fall.  PCHP is a home visiting program. A trained Home Visitor will bring FREE books and toys for your child to keep.  They read, play, and do art activities with your child and you to help your child be ready to learn in school. We are accepting new children and doing intakes for the coming school year.  If you’d like more information, please call Karen at 413-663-6593 ex. 27, email: krowe@ccberkshire.org, or TEXT: (413)663-0234

 

Wednesday October 24th

 

Resume Writing for Parents
61 Main Street, Suite 208
1:00 – 2:00pm
Free!
call for more information

Is it time to spice up your resume? Are you beginning from scratch? This workshop is for you! This workshop will cover basic formatting of a resume, cover letter if appropriate and Q & A. Registration is required, call The Family Place at 413-663-7588.

General Dynamics
STEM Engineering Expo
MCLA, 375 Church St
(413) 662-5222
3:30 - 6pm
Free!
for more information

Held at the Center for Science and Innovation at MCLA, General Dynamics will host an onsite engineering expo to explore different forms of engineering allowing students to travel through interactive stations completing fun activities and learning about engineering along the way. Students will receive a “future engineer” certificate upon completion. Children of all school ages are welcome!

Guiding Good Choices Workshop
20 Brayton Hill Terr
(413) 663-7588, ext. 11
4 - 6pm
Free!
for more information

The Guiding Good Choices program is a science-based, proven-effective drug- and underage-drinking prevention program that gives parents of children ages 9-14 the skills they need to ensure the future well-being of their children. We've pared down this program to a two-hour workshop to help you quickly learn proven methods of improving communication and reducing your child’s risk for drug use as a teen! FREE! Light refreshments and child care and transportation provided upon request. To register call Stephanie at (413) 663-7588, ext. 11.

nbCC’s Teen Writing Workshop
5 - 7pm
nbCC Conference Room, 61 Main Street, North Adams
call for more information

An after school writing program for teens of all writing experiences. Teens will hone in on their skill with professional local writers and peers. For more information, call Tim at the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition at (413) 663-7588.

Triva Night
Ramuntos, 67 Main Street
8pm
Free!
for more information

Come Join us for Trivia tonight! Marissa will be starting at 8 pm and will have a few Ramuntos shirts for some lucky participants! See you there!
 
 

Thursday October 25th

 

Louison House's 2018 Annual Meeting
The Green, 85 Main St.
(413) 663-6323
7:30 - 8:45am
Free!
for more information

Join the board of directors and staff of Louison House for our 2018 Annual Meeting. Enjoy light morning refreshments while you hear about the past year and our future plans. Please RSVP to kkeeser@louisonhouse.org. There is no cost to this celebration. Donations to Louison House are always accepted.

After-School Program
UNO Community Center, 157 River Street
4 - 5pm
call or email for more information

Serving students in 4th Grade - 8th Grade. Healthy snack, homework assistance, tutoring, computer access and creative activities. Call or email Glenda at (413) 663-7588 ext. 20 or gmcarter@nbccoalition.org for more information.

Downtown Bike Around’s
2nd Annual Halloween Rid
Greylock School 100 Phelps Ave
413-663-7588 Ext. 16
5pm
Free!
call for more information

Downtown Bike Around is done with its weekly rides for the season and onto the monthly rides! Next ride will be the 2nd Annual Halloween Ride, we will be meeting at Greylock School (new location!) and ride around the West Neighborhood. Costumes are Welcome! Lights are a must!

2018 Vadnais Environmental
Issues Lecture: Galen Nelson
MCLA, 375 Church St
Murdock Hall, Sammer Dennis Room (218)
(413) 662-5224
7 - 9pm
Free!
for more information

This annual lecture series is named for Professor Lawrence H. Vadnais and is sponsored by the Vadnais Endowment.

Galen Nelson is the Senior Director of Innovation and Industry Support at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center where he leads a team focused on providing targeted, strategic, and timely resources to help clean energy companies and entrepreneurs develop technologies, while moving closer to commercialization and market traction in established and emerging markets. The team’s multi-disciplinary approach includes efforts to strengthen workforce resources, inform market growth policy, develop and manage competitive technology development, demonstration and commercialization acceleration grant programs, and support key components of the Massachusetts clean energy industry ecosystem. Galen’s individual work focuses primarily on microgrids, energy storage, and energy resilience. Prior to joining the MassCEC, Galen led clean energy business and green affordable housing policy development efforts at the City of Boston. Galen has over 10 years’ experience developing programs and policies at the City and State level often at the intersection of urban planning, economic development, and clean energy. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Colby College.

 

Friday October 19th

 

MCLA Theatre presents:
She Kills Monsters
Venable Theatre, 375 Church Street
(413) 662-5000
8 - 10:45pm
$15 GA, $12 alumni, $10 faculty/staff/non-MCLA high school/college student, $5 MCLA students
for more information

MCLA Theatre proudly presents:The play centers on the oh-so-average Agnes lying in the wake of her totally weird sister Tilly’s death. Agnes embarks on a quest to understand her sister by delving into the world of Tilly’s own design – a world complete with hostile fairies, aggressive monsters, awkward high schoolers, and huge swords. Her story unfolds as the line between reality and the new badass worlds’ blur and Agnes comes closer and closer to understanding her sister - if she can avoid the bugbears first!

 

Halloween Party With DJ KEO BEATZ
Mingo's Sports Bar & Grill, 41 Roberts Dr
(413) 346-4067
9pm - 12am
for more information

DANCING IN THE LOUNGE

 

Saturday October 27th

 

FBCNA Warm Clothing Drive
First Baptist Church North Adams, 131 Main St
(413) 663-3780
9am - 1pm
Free!
for more information

All in the community are welcome to come by and "shop" from our collection of warm fall and winter clothing for all ages. The week of the clothing drive, donations to the drive can be left at the church during daily business hours (8am-1pm M-F) and they will be sorted and put out for the drive on Saturday when items will be given away.

Sponsored by the First Baptist Church of North Adams Board of Missions

Hoosac Valley Fall Foliage Train Rides
Departs from/returns to the Train Depot in ADAMS, MA
10 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:30PM & 3:00 PM
$14/adults, $12/seniors & armed forces w/ID, $10/children 4-14
for more information

Welcome coach located at 98 Crowley Ave. Trains will depart North Adams Station at 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:00pm on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Ticket Fares: Adult $12.00/Senior (65+) $10.00/Child (4-12)$8.00. Tickets are available for reservation and pre-purchase at hoosacvalleytrainride.com page or walk-up at the station in Adams. Fall Foliage Train Rides run on weekends through Oct. 28th.

FBCNA Trunk or Treat
Carver Family Dentistry, 46 Church St
(413) 663-3780
11am - 1pm
Free!
for more information

This is an all-community event! Adults, decorate the trunk of your car in a Halloween theme (or other fun theme -- look up ideas on the internet for great inspiration) and give out candy! Children, join us in your costumes for trick or treating, face painting and more.

 

Decorated cars and donations of candy are needed for this event. If you are able to do either, please speak to Terri Braman or message the church through FB. Thank you!

Yoga + Beer at Bright Ideas Brewing
Bright Ideas Brewing, 111 Mass Moca Way
(413) 346-4460
11am - 12pm
for more information

It's back! A wicked fun and unique yoga class is coming back to Bright Ideas Brewing. Join Devin Kibbe, co-owner of North Adams Yoga, for an all levels yoga practice at Bright Ideas Brewing. Located on MASS MoCA's campus, this brewery pours the best pints of beer and root beer around (and kombucha if that's your thing). When you join us for this special yoga class, your first beer is on us at noon when the brewery opens! We'll even tip the bartender for you. Linger longer for more good beer, good conversation, and good company. Please bring your own yoga mat.

Howl-O-Ween
Bark N' Cat, 28 Holden St
(413) 664-7777
11am - 1pm
Free!
for more information

Family and Dog-Friendly Halloween Paw-ty

Photo Booth (human and dog costumes recommended!)

Doggie Treats

Donuts + Cider + Candy

Dog Food Raffle

Co-hosted by Bark N' Cat and Berkshire Hills Fresh Dog Food

UNO Halloween Party
UNO Community Center, 157 River Street
(413) 664-4612, or mshiebler@nbccoalition.org
2 - 4pm
FREE Community Event.
call for more information



Join the UNO Community Center for a spooky good time! Fun games, yummy treats, & ghoulish dancing! Come in Costume! For more information, contact Matt Shiebler at (413) 664-4612, or mshiebler@nbccoalition.org. Sponsored by nbCC and the UNO Community Center Steering Committee.

Open Studios at MASS MoCA
Assets for Artists, 1320 Mass Moca Way
(413) 664-4481
5 - 7pm
Free!
for more information

There's a fantastic new group of artists at the Studios this month and they're excited to meet our community and share what they've been working on! Join our next Open Studios on Saturday, Oct 27 to show them a warm welcome and see what they've been up to. Bring your friends or connect with some new ones! Our Open Studio events are always free, and the beer, wine and snacks are on the house.

Directions to the Studios: When you park in the main visitor lot at MASS MoCA, Building 13 is right in front of you. You’ll see Ferrin Contemporary and CYNTHIA-REEVES galleries on the first floor. Enter through the side door (on the end of the building farthest from Rt. 2) and take the stairs or elevator to the second floor.

Haunted Harvest Festival
ROOTS Teen Center, 43 Eagle St.
(413) 398-4088
6 - 9pm
for more information

The ROOTS Youth Board is hosting their 2nd Annual Haunted Harvest Festival to celebrate the 2 wonderful years that we've been opened, and it's going to be magical! We are excited to partner with the Pumpkin Walk this year too!

Does your business or organization want to have a table at the event? Do you want to sell your homemade crafts? Vendor fee is a $25 donation to ROOTS. Sign up here: https://airtable.com/shryI9Oz5DaKw2DcK

#SHOPLOCAL: The following businesses will donate 10% of their sales on the day of the event to ROOTS.

Birdsong Gallery

Empire Cafe

WHAT TO DO: FIRST! Stop by Home Base (ROOTS Teen Center) to buy your tickets to access all the fun activities or enter into our raffles! There will be a wand making and cape making station too!

$1 Ticket

$5 - 6 Tickets

$10 - 15 Tickets

THEN! Eat some delicious food at the mess hall at the Friendship Center Food Pantry!

AND DON'T FORGET! Enter the Costume Contest, Quidditch Tournament, or Tri Wizard Tournament to win cool prizes!

ACTIVITIES

Wand Making - 2 Tickets

Cape Making - 2 Tickets

Quidditch - 3 Tickets

Tri Wizard - 2 Tickets

Photobooth - 5 Tickets

Costume Contest - CASH PRIZE FOR THE WINNER

(1-13) - 3 Tickets

(14-22) - 5 Tickets

(23+) - 10 Tickets

Pumpkin Walk Returns!
Eagle Street
contactmillcity@gmail.com
6 - 9pm
Free!
for more information

Mill City Productions (MCP) announces the return of Pumpkin Walk! The event will take place on Eagle Street in North Adams, in collaboration with ROOTS: Northern Berkshire Teen Center’s annual Haunted Harvest Festival. The event will feature free hot cider and doughnuts that guests can enjoy as they browse jack-o-lantern displays.

Sounds great! How do I Pumpkin Walk?

One of two ways! First, come to the event! Free and open to the public!

Second, to make the event as grand as possible, Mill City Productions is seeking jack-o-lantern donations from individuals and organizations in the community. A pumpkin carving session, hosted by the UNO Community Center, will take place on Wednesday, October 24 from 5pm to 7pm. Members of the public are encouraged to bring pumpkins to carve and decorate. MCP will provide a limited number of free pumpkins for carving on a first-come, first-served basis. Donated pumpkins may also be dropped off at this time. To set up an alternate time to drop off a jack-o-lantern, please email Mill City Productions at contactmillcity@gmail.com.

MCLA Theater proudly presents:
She Kills Monsters
Venable Theatre, 375 Church Street
(413) 662-5000
8 - 10:45pm
$5 - $15
for more information

The play centers on the oh-so-average Agnes lying in the wake of her totally weird sister Tilly’s death. Agnes embarks on a quest to understand her sister by delving into the world of Tilly’s own design – a world complete with hostile fairies, aggressive monsters, awkward high schoolers, and huge swords. Her story unfolds as the line between reality and the new badass worlds’ blur and Agnes comes closer and closer to understanding her sister - if she can avoid the bugbears first!

SST Halloween Party
State Street Tavern, 167 State St
(413) 664-9151
7pm
Free!
for more information

Come for the boos....stay for the booze! Come see Chelsey and the rest of the State Street gang for a fun night out at SST! She’s cooked up some ghoulish Halloween drinks! Costumes are not a must, but would certainly make the night more spooky! 🎃 👻

I am a Seagull
MASS MoCA, 1040 MASS MoCA Way
413-662-2111
8 - 11pm
$12
for more information

Life imitates art. Immerse yourself in an eccentric community of actors and their frenzied and loving attempt to stage Chekhov’s play The Seagull in upstate NY. Playfully blending documentary and narrative, this film dissolves boundaries between audience and performer, representation and reality. A folksy set from musicians featured in the film starts off the evening.

Donny Sawyer at the VFW!
VFW Post 996 North Adams, 573 Mohawk Trl
(413) 664-9042
8pm - Midnight
for more information

Going out for Halloween and don't want to dress up?? No costumes required! See you there!

Masquerade
Greylock Works 508 State Rd
work@greylockworks.com
8PM - Midnight
$30
for more information

You asked, and the answer is YES — gWorks is having a Halloween Party!

Mark your calendars, tag your friends, and start planning to DANCE in disguise and compete for local prizes with creative, clever, and sexy costumes!

On Saturday 27. October, MASQUERADE will feature the very cool rhythms of DJ BFG @gabbyquail brought to another level with A/V immersion by McZawa LLC.

Pair your Halloween candy cravings with savory MIXOLOGY by Jesse Egan

 

Sunday October 21st

 

Hoosac Valley Fall Foliage Train Rides
Departs from/returns to the Train Depot in ADAMS, MA
10 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:30PM & 3:00 PM
$14/adults, $12/seniors & armed forces w/ID, $10/children 4-14
for more information

Welcome coach located at 98 Crowley Ave. Trains will depart North Adams Station at 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:00pm on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Ticket Fares: Adult $12.00/Senior (65+) $10.00/Child (4-12)$8.00. Tickets are available for reservation and pre-purchase at hoosacvalleytrainride.com page or walk-up at the station in Adams. Fall Foliage Train Rides run on weekends through Oct. 28th.

The Amazing Race
First Baptist Church North Adams, 131 Main St
(413) 663-3780
1 - 6p
for more information

The 5th annual Amazing Race is here! An Amazing Time will be had by all! Teams will head out and have a great time performing all sorts of wacky and fun tasks. Save the date for this once a year event!

MCLA Theater proudly presents:
She Kills Monsters
Venable Theatre, 375 Church Street
(413) 662-5000
2p
$5 - $15
for more information

The play centers on the oh-so-average Agnes lying in the wake of her totally weird sister Tilly’s death. Agnes embarks on a quest to understand her sister by delving into the world of Tilly’s own design – a world complete with hostile fairies, aggressive monsters, awkward high schoolers, and huge swords. Her story unfolds as the line between reality and the new badass worlds’ blur and Agnes comes closer and closer to understanding her sister - if she can avoid the bugbears first!

BSO: Free Community Chamber Concert

Church Street Center, 375 Church St
(413) 662-5000
2:30 - 4pm
Free!
for more information

Thomas Martin, clarinet

Tamara Smirnova, violin

Bracha Malkin, violin

Michael Zaretsky, viola

Mickey Katz, cello

Xak Bjerken, piano

SCHUMANN Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 132 (16)

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (31)

As part of the series' ongoing Artistic Exchange program, students from Kids 4 Harmony, a program of Berkshire Children and Families, will present a special pre-concert program at 2:30. Please join us for this special event!

BSO Community Chamber Concerts provide high-quality, relevant and engaging free chamber music concerts performed by BSO musicians in greater Boston area communities with limited access to the BSO. Community Chamber Concerts build personal connections to the BSO and concert music, allowing community members to become more deeply engaged with the BSO over time.

 

Monday October 29th

 

Preschool Storytime
North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
10:30 am
Free
for more information

Preschool storytime and craft at the North Adams Public Library in the Youth Services Department is held for ages 3 to 6 years old, siblings welcome. Several stories will be read and there is time to share ideas and thoughts as well as complete a craft.

 

Tuesday October 30th

 

Toddler Storytime
North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St
(413) 662-3133
10:30 am
Free!
call for more information

Toddler storytime and songs at the North Adams Public Library in Youth Services Department is held for ages birth to 3 years old, siblings welcome.  One to two stories are read with lots of songs and gross motor skill activities as well.

Every Child Ready to Read
The Family Center Playroom, 210 State Street
413-664-4821
2-3pm
Free!
call for more information

Four weeks of parent and child workshops on Tuesdays October 9, 16, 23, and 30 from 2:00-3:00 pm. Help your child get ready to read with fun hands on activities!  Each family who attends all 4 workshops will receive a reading tote filled with free books. This workshop is for any Northern Berkshire parents (& grandparents) with children ages 2 to 5 years old. Please call the Family Center at 413-664-4821 to register.

4-H Wacky STEAM Club
UNO Community Center, 157 River Street
4 - 5:30pm
Free
call for more information

A free club focusing on interesting and interactive science experiments, as well as great academic-based programming from the 4-H curriculum. Have fun learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. For youth 6 to 18 years old. Snacks provided. Contact Glenda at the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition to register at (413) 663-7588 ext. 20 or gmcarter@nbccoalition.org

Youth Leadership Program
nbCC Conference Room, 61 Main Street
413-663-7588
Free
call for more information

UNITY staff engage local teens in a wide variety of exercises related to leadership skills such as communication, problem-solving, teamwork, identifying community needs, and project/event planning. For more information, email Tim Shiebler at tshiebler@nbccoalition.org or call the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition at (413) 663-7588.

Annual Harvest Fest!
Colegrove Park Elementary, 24 Church Street
(413) 662-3250
6 - 7:30p
for more information

COLEGROVE FAMILIES! Join us for an amazing time! Crafts, games, SLIME, pumpkins, trick-or-treating...we have it all!! This is a family friendly event where costumes are optional, but happily welcomed!!

4AD Presents Tune-Yards + U.S. Girls
MASS MoCA, 1040 MASS MoCA Way
413-662-2111
8 - 11pm
$25 General Admission, $35 Day Of, $45 Preferred
for more information

This fall, 4AD will present the label’s first-ever tour featuring labelmates Tune-Yards and U.S. Girls who embark on a cross-country U.S. tour in support of their standout 2018 LPs. Tune-Yards’ highly acclaimed new album I can feel you creep onto my private life was released earlier this year. Entertainment Weekly called the album “politically urgent,” The New York Times praised it as “a sleek, radical evolution” and NPR Music said it’s “Tune-Yards’ most sophisticated album to date.”

U.S. Girls (aka Meg Remy)’s new album, In A Poem Unlimited, is a dancing Trojan horse for introspection. The New Yorker ran a multi-page critic’s essay on the themes of Remy’s work and Pitchfork gave it both Best New Music and Best New Track (for “Rosebud”) nods. GQ said it’s “a compulsively listenable tour de force that’s one of the best pop records of 2018 so far” and after the band, who perform as an 8-piece, sold out 3 shows in one night at NYC’s Baby’s All Right, Stereogum called their sets “a revelation.”

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Clarksburg Gets 3 Years of Free Cash Certified

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Town officials have heaved a sigh of relief with the state's certification of free cash for the first time in more than three years.
 
The town's parade of employees through its financial offices the past few years put it behind on closing out its fiscal years between 2021 and 2023. A new treasurer and two part-time accountants have been working the past year in closing the books and filing with the state.
 
The result is the town will have $571,000 in free cash on hand as it begins budget deliberations. However, town meeting last year voted that any free cash be used to replenish the stabilization account
 
Some $231,000 in stabilization was used last year to reduce the tax rate — draining the account. The town's had minimal reserves for the past nine months.
 
Chairman Robert Norcross said he didn't want residents to think the town was suddenly flush with cash. 
 
"We have to keep in mind that we have no money in the stabilization fund and we now have a free cash, so we have now got to replenish that account," he said. "So it's not like we have this money to spend ... most of it will go into the stabilization fund." 
 
The account's been hit several times over the past few fiscal years in place of free cash, which has normally been used for capital spending, to offset the budget and to refill stabilization. Free cash was last used in fiscal 2020.
 
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