Weekend Outlook: Picnics & Beach Parties

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
01:10PM / Thursday, July 17, 2025Print Story | Email Story

Check out some of the events happening in the Berkshires this weekend, including live music, dance parties, train rides, and more. Farmers' markets are open for the season and can be found here.

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Eagle Street Beach Party

Eagle Street, North Adams

Time: Saturday, 3 to 6 p.m.

Want to play in the sand? Enjoy a day with your family with more than 250,000 pounds of sand filling Eagle Street. Bring a pail and shovel and have some fun.

More information here.

W.E.B Du Bois Statue Unveiling

Mason Public Library, Great Barrington

Time: Saturday, 2 p.m.

A life-size sculpture of Great Barrington native son W.E.B Du Bois will be unveiled on Saturday as part of the annual Du Bois Forum. Speakers will include former Gov. Deval Patrick, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Levering Lewis, and Imari Paris Jeffries of Embrace Boston.

Other public activities being held include a tour of historic sites prior to the unveiling and forums and panels during the weekend.

More information here.

Friday

Depot After Dark: Come As You Are Dance Party with DJ BFG
34 Depot St., Pittsfield
Time: 8 to 11 p.m.

Have a great time this Friday night with a DJ-led dance party in the alleyway between Titos and Wander, and Crawford Square.

Drinks will be available for purchase at Toto’s, as well as non-alcoholic drinks from Wander. If you come, you are encouraged to bring your own food or order takeout from Tito’s. Everyone of all ages is welcome and there's a $10 cover.

More information here.

Rev Tor and Friends
The Stationery Factory, Dalton
Time: 8 p.m.

Enjoy the Rev Tor and Friends Friday night. It is $12 in advance or $15 at the door. COme and enjoy a night of music.

More information here.

Saturday

Volunteer: West Branch Housatonic River Cleanup
Wahconah Park, Pittsfield
Time: 9 a.m. to noon

Volunteer to get trash out of the river with Berkshire Environmental Action Team and Housatonic Valley Association. Volunteers will be provided a free lunch from a local restaurant. RSVP required to reserve a lunch.

More information here.

Green River Clean Up
340 New Ashford Road, Williamstown
Time: 1 p.m.

Join the Hoosic River Watershed Association and help clean up the river with your friends and neighbors.

More information here.

Ground/work 2025 Opening
Clark Art, Williamstown
Time: 2 to 4:45 p.m.

Clark Art Institute exhibition curator Glenn Adamson leads a public walking tour of the Ground/work 2025 exhibition on the museum's campus. Several artists will be on hand to speak on their works during the tour. Meet at Schow Pond; will be held indoors if inclement weather Adamson will also offer a free lecture on the works at 11 a.m.

More information here.

Ice Cream Ride & Trainyard Tour
3 Hoosac Street, Adams
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 3 to 4 p.m.

Enjoy some ice cream on a train at 1:30. 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.

Or take ride on the North Adams Ash Track at 3 p.m. and get a tour of the working rail yard to see how they keep the rails going. Tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for children.

More information here.

Foundation and Futures
Durant Park, Pittsfield
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.

Habitat for Humanity is celebrating its homeowners who have bought a house in 2024 and 2025, and their homeowners who have paid off their mortgage with a mortgage burning ceremony Everyone is invited to join in and celebrate enjoying BBQ with others. You are encouraged to RSVP.

More information here.

Midsummer Bash
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Time: 6:30 p.m.

Enjoy a dinner at Holiday Brook Farm inspired by the season with grilled kebobs (beef, chicken, vegetable) and a spread of garden inspired salads and sides. Sit out under the stars and listen to music by Jack Waldheim. You can then enjoy a wagon ride around the farm. Tickets range from $5 to $38.

More information here.

Fannie Pack at the Apple Tree Inn
Apple Tree Inn, Lenox
Time 7 p.m.

Enjoy listening to the Fannie Pack band bringing you tunes you know and love.

More information here.

Thoreau Hike
Notch Road, North Adams
Time: 10 a.m.

Mount Greylock State Reservation is hosting a hike up to the summit along the Bellows Pipe Trail following naturalist Henry David Thoreau's ascent. Options are 5.5 miles one way or 11 mile loop back to the Notch Road gate. Hike is rated "difficult" and recommended for those ages 12 and older.

Advance registration requested. More information here.

Sunday

St. Joseph's Polish Picnic
St. Joseph's Church, Pittsfield
Time: noon to 5 p.m

Enjoy a range of food from pierogies, kielbasa, and more. Bring your family and enjoy some great food with live music from the The Eddie Foreman Orchestra. It's free admission.

More information here.

Free Sampling Event
30 Burt St., Adams
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.

Enjoy some free samples of a soon-to-open business, The Wildflour Cottage. If you like sourdough, bagels, scones, cinnamon rolls, and more, bring yourself and some others to meet the baker and try some of their goods before they open.

More information here.

The Sirens / Sundays in the Park
32 Main Street, Lee
Time: 12:30 p.m.

Enjoy a nice day in the park with free performances. This Sunday enjoy The Sirens and bring you family and make a picnic or enjoy any of the local food favorites.

More information here.

Railway Concerts: Tracy Grammer
Porches Inn, North Adams
Time: 4 p.m.

Contemporary folk musician Tracy Grammer performs at Studio 9 at Porches Inn. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the show.

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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