Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its way this April 9 ... and so are family events in the Berkshires. If you have one you want included on this list, just email us at info@iberkshires.com.
Saturday
Eggstravaganza Egg Scramble
The Common, Pittsfield
Families are encouraged to participate in an egg scramble this Saturday to celebrate Easter weekend. Children are required to bring their own baskets.
During this free event children will have a chance to have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny and find the lucky egg.
Schedule as follows:
Ages 9 to 11 search at 10:30,
Ages 7 and 8 search at 10:40,
Ages 5 and 6 search at 10:55,
Ages 4 search at 11:10, and
Ages 2 and 3 search at 11:25.
Easter Cookie Walk
Hinsdale Fire House, Hinsdale
This annual event will take place this Saturday from 9 until noon. Use the fire station's front door.
Easter Egg Scramble
Lilac Park, Lenox
The annual scramble will take place this Saturday starting at 11 a.m.
Easter Egg Hunt
Whitney's Farm Market & Garden Center, Cheshire
Visit the farm to celebrate Easter for a chance to win prizes. This Saturday there will be 2 hunt sections set up according to age.
Ages 2 to 5 will search at 11 a.m. and ages 3 to 6 p.m. will search at 3 p.m. More information here.
Easter Egg Hunt
Community Recreation Association, Dalton
Children can participate in an outdoor egg hunt on the Memorial Lawn starting at 10 a.m. The event is free but children need to bring their own basket.
The garden will be having a variety of activities to celebrate Easter this Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
The event includes pony rides, crafts, a story walk, games, egg hunts, and more. Take a photo with the easter bunny and shop at the gift shop for some last minute gifts.
The first of two egg hunts begins at 11 a.m. for children up to 4 years old, followed at 11:30 a.m. with a hunt for children of ages 5 through 12.
Admission is $10 per person for members, $12 for non-members. Free admission for all children under the age of 4. More information here.
Egg Hunt and Dance
Berkshire South Regional Community Center, Great Barrington
Enjoy live music, crafts, snacks, and Easter egg hunts this Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
The egg hunts will be broken up by age. Children 2 to 4. Tickets cost $10 per child.
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MCLA in Talks With Anonymous Donor for Art Museum, Art Lab
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Andre Lynch, the new vice provost for institutional equity and belonging, introduces himself to the trustees, some of whom were participating remotely.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts may be in line for up to a $10 million donation that will include a campus art museum.
President Jamie Birge told the board of trustees on Thursday that the college has been in discussions for the last couple years with a donor who wishes at this point to remain anonymous.
"It's a donor that has a history of working with public liberal arts institutions to advance the arts that those institutions," he said. "This donor would like to talk with us or has been talking with us about creating art museum and an art lab on campus."
The Fine and Performing Arts Department will have input, the president continued. "We want to make sure that it's a facility that supports that teaching and learning dynamic as well as responding to what's the interest of donor."
The college integrated into the local arts community back in 2005 with the opening of Gallery 51 on Main Street that later expanded with an art lab next door. The gallery under the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center had been the catalyst for the former Downstreet Art initiative; its participation has fallen off dramatically with changes in leadership and the pandemic.
This new initiative, should it come to pass, would create a facility on MCLA Foundation property adjacent to the campus. The donor and the foundation have already split the cost of a study.
"We conducted that study to look at what approximately a 6,500-square-foot facility would look like," said Birge. "How we would staff the gallery and lab, how can we use this lab space for fine and performing arts."
President Jamie Birge told the board of trustees on Thursday that the college has been in discussions for the last couple years with a donor who wishes at this point to remain anonymous.
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