Check out the events happening in Berkshire County this weekend including plays, festivals, and more.
Editor's Pick
BCC Community Fest
Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield
Time: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Celebrate 65 years of the state's first community college. Admission is free, but registration is recommended. More than 60 activities are planned, ranging from live music and food trucks to workshops, exhibits, athletic tournaments and family-friendly events.
Berkshire Theatre Group stages Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," a classic whodunit set in a remote guesthouse where strangers are snowbound, a murder occurs, and there's a race to identify the culprit. Each guest has their secrets, heightening the tension as suspicion grows.
Enjoy an afternoon with family or friends tasting local and regional brews, food from local eateries and live music. Take time to relax on the lawn as well and play some lawn games with those around you.
Tickets range from $30 to $45. More information and tickets here.
Ice Cream Train Ride
3 Hoosac St., Adams
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 3 to 4 p.m.
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.
An evening to enjoy food, drinks and dancing with family or fellow jazz lovers while listening to Rob Putnam and his Good Vibes Organ Trio, Michael Benedict and Bopitude, Svetlana and the New York Collective and the Peggy Stern Quartet.
Tickets are $18 for youth and $35 for adults. More information and tickets here.
Northern Berkshire Story Slam
Adams Theater, Park Street
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Features a cast of nine telling their stories of triumphs and losses, the comedic and the outrageous. Produced in collaboration with Life Jacket Theatre Company and hosted by writer and comic Diana Yanez.
Tickets are $20 to $35; more information and tickets here.
Sunday
Mat and Mimosas: Pilates on the Lawn
Gateways Inn, Lenox
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
An hourlong pilates session at the Walker Stree inn on Sunday morning followed by a mimosa or orange juice afterwards. Hosted by Bousquet Sports each Sunday morning. Cost is $25.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's Courtyard D hosts a pop-up skate park with clinics by Skate Haven, trick contests, and giveaways. Seasoned skaters to beginners are welcome. Tickets are $10.
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.
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.
Sheffield Farmers Market 125 Main St. Fridays, 3 to 6 p.m.
The market features healthy food and products from a variety of local vendors, aiming to nourish the community by supporting "local small farms, land, bees, and economy."
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North Adams City Council Hears Housing Authority Grievances
By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Unhealthy odors, drugs, mold, peeling paint, unsecured doors, lack of security and frightened residents.
That was the list of grievances that current and former tenants of the North Adams Housing Authority's high rise on Ashland Street laid before the City Council on Tuesday.
"I've stayed quiet long enough. I've been professional long enough. Somebody needs to do something. Damn it! It's getting too bad over there. It's worse than it's ever been. There's more drug people there. There's more dealers there. There's drunks rolling around in there, drinking out front, doing drugs out front," said Tenants Association President Cory Fortin.
"Everybody's pointing fingers at everybody. Let's all get together and do this damn thing. Get it done. I'm sick of it."
Tenants have been speaking out at council meetings about security issues and Councilor Lillian Zavatsky, liaison to the authority, requested time for Fortin to speak. The authority has been in some upheaval lately with the loss of commissioner and the abrupt resignation of the executive director last week.
The association had called for a formal grievance hearing against Jennifer Hohn after she locked their offices. Hohn has not publicly spoken about her resignation. The Housing Authority is meeting on Thursday for "acknowledgement" of the vacancy.
"My paperwork that I put in for my maintenance request, ah, disappeared. We have nothing on record. There's a lot of things that this board, this council, the mayor, everybody needs to look at the big picture," Fortin said, adding that some tenants were worried about attending the meeting because of fears of retaliation. "All I'm asking for is the right support and for this this council, this mayor, and everybody to do what's right."
That was the list of grievances that current and former tenants of the North Adams Housing Authority's high rise laid before the City Council on Tuesday.
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