Weekend Outlook: Hoedown, Free Museum Admission and More

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
12:39PM / Thursday, July 10, 2025Print Story | Email Story

Check out some of the events happening in the Berkshires this weekend, including dancing, celebrations, and volunteer work.

Editor's Pick

Cheshire Hoedown
Cheshire Community House, 191 Church St.
Time: 4 to 8 p.m.

Enjoy a day of activities like cow plop bingo, pony rides, face painting, and more. Listen to live music by Whiskey City and dance your heart out.

More information here.

Friday

90s/2000s DJ Dance Party
Shire Tavern, Dalton
Time: 9 to midnight

Come dance your heart out at the newly rebranded Shire Tavern with DJ Justin. After dinner service ends at 8:30 p.m. the tables will be moved for people to dance. Reservations are recommended and there's a $5 cover. It will be 21-plus at 9 p.m.

More information here.

Chili and Chowder Fest
Camp Russell, Richmond
Time: 6 to 10 p.m.

Enjoy some unlimited chili and chowder samples from many different restaurants. As well as burgers, hotdogs, and sausage. You can also enjoy live music while taking in the views. This is 21-plus and tickets are $30 per person.

More information and tickets here.

Saturday

No Paws Left Behind One Year Celebration
No Paws Left Behind, North Adams
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.

Celebrate the shelter's one year anniversary. Enjoy some refreshments and a food truck from Berkshire Blends. Dogs will also be out and walking so that you can potentially meet your next best friend.

More information here.

Meet the Minis at Balderdash
Balderdash Cellars, Richmond
Time: 12 to 4 p.m.

Enjoy time at Balderdash Cellars with a drink and meet some minis from Rising Starr Horse Rescue. The whole family is welcome for this event.

More information here.

Laurel Lake Water Chestnut Pull
Laurel Lake, Lee/Lenox
Time: 1 to 5 p.m.

Joining the Laurel Lake Weeders to help protect the lake from water chestnuts. Volunteers are needed to help. You can enjoy a day on the lake with your family while helping to keep the lake safe.

Email laurellakeweeders@gmail.com to RSVP. More information here.

Open Farm Day
Second Chance Stables & Draft Rescue Inc, Savoy
Time: noon to 2

Stop by and learn about Second Chance Stable and what it does. This is free for the family to stop by and visit some fun animals. There will be complimentary snacks and the farm stand will be open.

More information here.

Ice Cream Train Ride
3 Hoosac Street, Adams
Time:1:30 to 2:30pm, 3:00 to 4pm

Enjoy some ice cream on a train. It's $24 for adults and $18 for kids 3-13. $5 for a toddler or free if they won't have ice cream.

More information and tickets here.

Paranormal Investigation with David Raby
Ventfort Hall, Lenox
Time: 7 to 11:45 p.m.

Enjoy a paranormal investigation at the historic Ventfort Hall Mansion. Learn about the history of the mansion and some compelling evidence of its hauntings.

Tickets are $45 per person with a reduced rate of $25 for ages 12-18 and 19-23 with student ID. Reservations are recommended for entry. You can call (413) 637-3206 to reserve your spot.

More information here.

Rusted Chains at Shire Tavern
Shire Tavern, Dalton
Time: 7 to 10 p.m.

Berkshire County’s Rusted Chains will be performing a tribute to the 90s and the MTV Unplugged era. Sing along and dance your night away.

More information here.

Comedy on Tap

Bright Ideas Brewing, North Adams

Time: 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Stand-up comedy headliner Liam Dalton, feature act Juan Pantaleon, and host Charlie Nadler will be Bright Ideas Brewing on the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art campus.

More information and tickets here.

Contra Dance

59 Summer St., North Adams

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Liz Nelson will be calling this dance at All Saints Episcopal Church (enter by the post office). A workshop will be held at 3 p.m. to get you tuned up.

Suggested donation is $5 to $15; more information here.

Sunday

Community Day: Art in Action
The Clark, Williamstown
Time: 11 am to 4 p.m.

Enjoy a day at The Clark looking at new exhibitions. Enjoy free admission to the permanent collection and special exhibitions all day, as well as special activities, art-making, artist demonstrations, and entertainment inspired by these special exhibitions.

More information here.

Hinsdale Dayz 2025 Splash Party
Hinsdale Fire Department
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.

Cool off at the Hinsdale Volunteer Fire Department.

More information here.

Walking with WordxWord
2 Plunkett Street, Lenox
Time: 5 p.m.

Explore The Mount’s grounds and work in the Sculpture At The Mount exhibition. Listen to poets for free.

More information here.

Movie Night at Joe Wolfe

Joe Wolfe Field, North Adams

Time: 8:30 p.m.

Watch the Steeplecats take on the North Shore Navigators at 4 p.m. and stay for a showing of the "The Sandlot." Sponsored by Northern Berkshire ROPES.

Tickets are $5 at the gate.

Multiple Days

Trinity Irish Dance Company
Jacob's Pillow, Becket
July 10 thru 13

Enjoy watching the Trinity Irish Dance Company bring Irish tradition and flare to Jacob's Pillow.

More information here.

Farmers Markets

Great Barrington Farmers Market

18 Church St.

Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The market is open every Saturday. Every week, locally grown food, flowers, and plants will be available, along with other local vendors. The market accepts and offers doubling SNAP, HIP, WIC, and Senior market coupons. More information is here.

Lee Farmers Market

The Town Park

Saturday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The market offers locally grown produce, prepared foods, locally created arts and crafts, and herbal products. YogaLee offers free community yoga from 9:30 to 10:30 on the first Saturday of each month.

The market accepts SNAP, HIP, Senior Coupons, and WIC Coupons and also offers Market Match. More information here.

Lenox Farmers Market

St. Ann's Church

Friday: 11 to 3.

This market is open every Friday through Sept. 12 and features fresh produce, pastries, cheeses, and more.

More information here.

New Marlborough Farmers Market

Village Green

Sunday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The market has local vendors that offer a variety of goods from produce, eggs, baked goods, jams, hand-knit items, maple syrup, and more. More information here.

North Adams Farmers Market

Main Street

Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The south side of Main Street from American Legion Drive will be closed to make room for the city's weekly farmers market, which will kick off this Saturday. Explore downtown North Adams and discover local businesses and fresh produce from local farms. More information here.

Pittsfield Farmers Market

Pittsfield Common

Saturday, 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Roots Rising, the region's first teen-run market, will hold an indoor farmers market this Saturday. The event will feature live music, chef demos, workshops, children's activities, and more. More information here

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Main & Mill: A Vibrant New Restaurant on Main Street

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
12:10PM / Thursday, August 06, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — You can now enjoy another eatery on Main Street by well-known restaurant siblings Colleen and Sean Taylor.

Their restaurant Main & Mill opened for the first time Tuesday, bringing their vision of creating something vibrant and new to downtown North Adams.

"We have created Main & Mill to be part of our day. It's very seasonal ingredients, thoughtful cooking, beauty, beautiful presentation and dishes. And we really wanted to be part of the community, the downtown area, and start a vibrant area on this end, which has been shuttered for a while," said Colleen.

The building is owned by Ginko on Main Street LLC, which has granted 20 years exclusive possession of the property to Latent Builds as the developer. Jack and Suzy Wadsworth, behind Ginko, are development partners with Karla Rothstein and Salvatore Perry of Latent.

The bank closed in early 2021 and was purchased by Ginko late that year. Plans for the property unveiled three years ago envisioned a restaurant, retail, a park and rooftop bar.

Colleen saw potential and said she initially wanted the building when it first went up for sale. Being good friends with Rothstein and Perry, she helped them design the kitchen and the bar before learning in March that she could lease it as a restaurant space, something she told them would be a great idea.

She said one of the most important things about the restaurant was the collaboration between Rothstein, Perry, and the Wadsworths, who put a lot of time and energy into the building.

"If Sean and I had done it, we would not be able to do what the collaboration supported. The collaboration of the three of us being able to really have that kind of money to put in down here. The design that the architecture firm that Carla and Sal own is stunning," she said. "The time and effort, everyone came together to do this in a really trusting manner."

The two wanted the restaurant to be an all-day venture, so people could eat at any point throughout the day, all week long.

"We wanted it to be open for coffee and socialization in the morning where people can meet, have their cup of coffee, have a quiche, a vegetarian quiche, or croissant or yogurt. Something intentional with their coffee," she said. "Then move into a lunchtime for the downtown business or anybody, and then go into supper, dinner, with drinks later into the evening. So have it really be open all day long, so that there wasn't a void on any particular day."

They also wanted to do something different than the other restaurants they owned.

"We didn't want to mimic any other restaurant in town. We wanted to bring something that was inspiring, something that had some familiar things that people would see, and other things that we would bring to them for them to experience," she said.

As a woman business owner, Colleen said she wanted to bring a female chef into the kitchen.

Colleen brought on Chef Anna DeRose, who she said puts twists on a lot of her dishes.

"So we have a creme brulee, but our creme brulee is topped with marshmallow," she said. "Our creme brulee is like almost two desserts in one. It's a s'mores creme brulee. So you could have a s'mores, and you could have a creme brulee - but when you put both of them together, fireworks go off."

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