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North Adams Happenings: May 29-June 4

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North Adams Happenings May 29 - June 4, 2019

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 5TH - Concerts at Windsor Lake KICK-OFF with Common Folk Jam! - Mark your calendars! Join us for the first Concert at Windsor Lake of the season. Concerts run every Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. through the end of August. More information: 413-664-6180 | tourism@northadams-ma.gov

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5TH - SteepleCats Opening Season Game! Joe Wolfe Field, 310 State Street, 6:30 PM. Tickets are $3-7. Come root for the North Adams SteepleCats as they kick off the 2019 season against the Sanford Mainers. More information.

SATURDAY JUNE 8TH - Opening Day for the North Adams Farmers Market Outdoor Season! - Mark your calendars! Join us for the 1st OUTDOOR market of the 2019 season, as we return to our home in St. Anthony's Municipal Parking Lot, at the corner of Marshall Street and St. Anthony Drive! More information.

SATURDAY JUNE 8TH - Heirloom by Design at Greylock WORKS - 10:30 – 6pm.  $5 entry.  Kids under 12 free. The first wave of our amazing HEIRLOOM 2019 participants has been released — more to come next week! More information.
Wednesday 5/29
10:30 A.M. (FREE), KIDS, Preschool Story Time North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, (413) 662-3133 More information.   


2:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. (FREE), Sit and Knit The Spin-Off Yarn Shop, Norad Mill, Suite 302, (413)344-6257 More information.

5:00 P.M. (FREE), WORKSHOP, Reducing Waste at its Source: FREE Working on Well-being Workshop Series UNO Community Center, 157 River Street, (413) 663-7588, ext. 28 More information.

5:30 P.M. (FREE), WORKSHOP, Building Your Toolkit: Raising Healthy Youth Holiday Inn, 40 Main Street, (413) 663-7588, ext. 14 More information.

6:00 P.M. (FREE), Let's Write... UNO Community Center, 157 River Street, (413) 664-4612 More information.

8:00 P.M. (FREE), GAMES, Trivia Night! Ramunto's, 67 Main Street, (413) 398-5152 More information.

Thursday 5/30
4:00 P.M. (FREE), KIDS, Family Literacy Program The Family Center, 210 State Street, (413) 664-4821 More information.

6:30PM (FREE), KIDS, After-School Program UNO Community Center, 157 River Street, (413) 663-7588 More information.

7:30PM (FREE), GAMES, Musical Bingo at MIngo's Mingo's Sports Bar & Grill, 41 Roberts Drive, (413) 346-4067 More information.

8:00PM ($20), MUSIC, Califone Living Room Show Address given upon ticket purchase, 217-359-0622 More information.
Friday 5/31
5:00 P.M. (Free), FOOD/DRINK, Community Dinner Living Hope Community Church, 45 River Street, (413) 662-2260 More information.

6:00 P.M. ($1 and up), GAMES, BINGO! North Adams Elks 487 Lodge, 100 Eagle Street, (413) 664-9039 More information.

6:00 P.M. ($1 and up), FUNDRAISER, DIY Night- TD Bank Fundraiser for Special Olympics Bella Sky Gifts, 65 Main Street, (413) 664-1277 More information.

9:00 P.M. (FREE), MUSIC, Karaoke Friday! State Street Tavern, 167 State Street, (413) 664-9152 More information.
Saturday 6/1
9:00 A.M. (Free), Coffee and Conversation with Mayor Bernard Meets at Mohawk Theater, (413) 662-3000 More information.

10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. (Free), OPENING, NORAD Mill Grand Opening and Open House Norad Mill, 60 Roberts Drive, (413) 663-8677 More information.

10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. (Free, Donations encouraged), FUNDRAISER, Hoosac Harvest Annual Seedling Swap Sidewalk, 85 Main Street, (413) 346-4471 More information.

5:00 P.M. (Free), FILM, THE COLLECTOR: Uncovering the Beautiful World of Donald Dreifuss CYNTHIA-REEVES, 1315 MASS MoCA Way, (413) 398-5257 More information.

7:00 P.M. (Free), MUSIC, Songs, Snacks And the Skybar @ The Wigwam The Wigwam Western Summit, 2350 Mohawk Trail(413) 398-5257 More information.

8:00 P.M. ($20-30), FUNDRAISER, Annual Spaghetti Dinner & Auction for Shayley Estes Memorial Scholarship Fund American Legion Post 125, 91 American Legion Drive, (413) 664-9004 More information.
Sunday 6/2
 
Monday 6/3

11:00 A.M. (FREE), MUSEUM, Free on the 3s MASS MoCA, 1040 MASS MoCA Way, (413) 662-3000 More information.

Tuesday 6/4
10:30 A.M. (FREE), KIDS, Toddler Story Time North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, (413) 662-3133 For More Info.

3:30 P.M. (FREE), KIDS, Preschool STEM Group The Family Center, 210 State Street, 413-664-4821 For More Info.

3:30 P.M. (FREE), KIDS, Afterschool Storytime North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, (413) 662-3133 More information.

4:00 P.M. (FREE), KIDS, 4-H STEAMsters UNO Community Center, 157 River Street (413) 663-7588 More information.

6:00 P.M. ($5-10 Suggested Donation), MUSIC, Common Folk Presents: Open Mic Bright Ideas Brewing, 111 MASS MoCA Way, (413) 346-4460 More information.

6:30 P.M. (FREE), KIDS, After-School Program UNO Community Center, 157 River Street (413) 663-7588 More information.

 
FROM OUR NEIGHBORS
 
Saturday, June 1, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - ADAMS - Breadlines and Barricades: Rebellion vs. Authority in the Lawrence Textile Mill Strike of 1912

Saturday, June 1, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - LENOX - Mass Audubon Family Fun Day29-

 

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North Adams Hopes to Transform Y Into Community Recreation Center

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

Mayor Jennifer Macksey updates members of the former YMCA on the status of the roof project and plans for reopening. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city has plans to keep the former YMCA as a community center.
 
"The city of North Adams is very committed to having a recreation center not only for our youth but our young at heart," Mayor Jennifer Macksey said to the applause of some 50 or more YMCA members on Wednesday. "So we are really working hard and making sure we can have all those touch points."
 
The fate of the facility attached to Brayton School has been in limbo since the closure of the pool last year because of structural issues and the departure of the Berkshire Family YMCA in March.
 
The mayor said the city will run some programming over the summer until an operator can be found to take over the facility. It will also need a new name. 
 
"The YMCA, as you know, has departed from our facilities and will not return to our facility in the form that we had," she said to the crowd in Council Chambers. "And that's been mostly a decision on their part. The city of North Adams wanted to really keep our relationship with the Y, certainly, but they wanted to be a Y without borders, and we're going a different direction."
 
The pool was closed in March 2023 after the roof failed a structural inspection. Kyle Lamb, owner of Geary Builders, the contractor on the roof project, said the condition of the laminated beams was far worse than expected. 
 
"When we first went into the Y to do an inspection, we certainly found a lot more than we anticipated. The beams were actually rotted themselves on the bottom where they have to sit on the walls structurally," he said. "The beams actually, from the weight of snow and other things, actually crushed themselves eight to 11 inches. They were actually falling apart. ...
 
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