There are several events this weekend, including a weeklong dance festival, bazaar, live music, and more.
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Wandering Dance Festival
Downtown Pittsfield
Nov. 17 to 23
This weeklong community dance initiative celebrates movement and culture in an effort to foster community connections.
The festival features a variety of dance styles, free workshops, and opportunities for participants to showcase their dancing. It will culminate in a showcase performance at the Colonial Theatre with both professional and local artists.
The parish’s annual two-day bazaar will feature white elephant, craft tables to get Christmas shopping done, raffles, food, and homemade desserts. More information here.
Pinecone Nature Crafts
Mount Greylock Visitor Center, Lanesborough
Time: Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Create a turkey using ingredients found in nature along with art supplies. More information here.
Clue: On Stage Performance
Taconic High School, Pittsfield
Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m.
The school’s theater department will be performing the “farce-meets-murder mystery,” Clue: On Stage.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students. More information here.
Friday
Standup Comedy
Bounti-Fare, Adams
Time: 8 p.m.
There will be a stand-up performance hosted by Charlie Nadler, featuring headliner Jason Choi and an act by Quentin Davis.
There will be an unveiling of the "Shapes of Togetherness" tile mural created by Pittsfield High School students.
The Pittsfield Let It Shine! Public Art Partnership, led by artist in residence Huck Elling, collaborated with Pittsfield High students for this initiative.
The celebration kicks off with students walking to the mural at 2:35 p.m. and a ribbon-cutting at Burbank Place at 3 p.m.
Play musical bingo to help fundraise for Northern Berkshire United Way. Tickets cost $25 a person, and they include two bingo cards. Additional cards are $5 each.
The Council on Aging is holding a pot luck in its community room. More information here.
Adult Craft Night
Lenox Library
Time: 4 p.m.
There will be an evening of crafting to create a centerpiece using retired library books. More information here.
Rusted Chains Performance
220 W Housatonic St, Pittsfield
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Local band Rusted Chains will perform a tribute to '90s grunge and alt-rock. The band focuses on acoustic renditions of groups like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots, with some electric vibes. More information here.
Music Bingo
Berkshire Hills Country Club, Pittsfield
Time: 7 p.m.
Bingo fundraiser for the Berkshire Running Foundation. Tickets are $25 per person, which gets participants four cards and an entry for the door prize.
A 10-piece horn-fueled party band New York's Capital Region will be performing. Tickets are $27.38. More information here.
The Polar Express Showing
The Beacon Cinema, Pittsfield
All Day
The classic Christmas tale is returning to theaters for one day only for $1 admission. Santa will also be making a visit. Advance tickets are recommended here.
Sunday
Domingo Brunch
Dottie's Coffee Lounge, Pittsfield
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Berkshire-based, acoustic Ameri-Grass-Y band, The Juckets, will be performing at the coffee shop. More information here.
Pancake Breakfast
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Time: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Every Sunday in November, the farm is hosting a pancake breakfast.
The all-you-can-eat buffet includes pancakes, eggs, hash browns, sausage, and more. Free kids' crafts and wagon rides are available, weather permitting.
Pricing is $16.95 for adults, and kids aged 2 to 12 pay their age. More information here.
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Car Fire Briefly Shuts Down Section of North Street
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
The street was briefly shut down.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Firefighters responded to a car fire on Eagle Street at about 4 p.m. Monday.
The 1986 Chevrolet Camaro was parked next to Persip Park when it "blew up," according to a passerby. Firefighters swiftly put out the engine fire but the northbound lane of North Street was briefly shut down and traffic redirected.
The blaze that started in the engine compartment was small but smokey, with smoke visible looking north from Fenn Street.
Fire Capt. Mitchell Keller said there were some flames, describing it as a "well involved car fire." He estimated it took about 10 minutes to put out.
"The initial response was Engine 6, right here, because Engine 3, the closest engine was was on another call because of the close proximity to headquarters," he said, referring to the Columbus Avenue station. "Our deputy car two and truck company responded to make sure that the car was unoccupied and that there was no people requiring aid. And then they waited for the engine to get here to for fire extinguishment.
He said the cause was undetermined but not suspicious. No one was injured in the fire and authorities were trying to track down the owner.
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