Fine Woodwork Show and Silent Auction

08:24AM / Wednesday, August 27, 2025Print Story | Email Story

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Now in its 25th year, the show will feature designs by 32 woodworkers from the Berkshires and neighboring counties in New York and Connecticut.

The show takes place Aug. 30 and Aug. 31 from 9 am to 5 pm. It will be held at the Berkshire Botanical Garden.

There will be live woodworking demonstrations including Woodturning, Chinese Joinery and French Polishing. Great Cape Baking Co. will be onsite offering a full breakfast and lunch menu, coffee, drinks and their handmade donuts. At the Berkshire Botanical Garden.

The highlight of the show is the Silent Auction and 100 percent of the proceeds goes towards the educational scholarship fund which supports individuals aspiring to make woodworking their professional career.

Due to the success of the 2024 show, the Guild awarded $32,000 to nine recipients this year. Since founding the Guild in 1998, they have awarded $120,000 to fifty-four recipients.

General Admission is $5.00. Berkshire Botanical Members $3.00.

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Great Barrington Fire, Police Respond to Chimney Fire

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
02:48PM / Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Fire Chief Scott Turner called for mutual aid as soon as he saw flames.

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Firefighters made quick work of a chimney fire on Tuesday afternoon and two police officers aided the occupant in escaping the building.

Fire Chief Scott Turner said the blaze at 205 North St. was reported about 12:38 p.m.

"When I arrived on scene, we had a small amount of flames coming out of the eaves of the roof over by the chimney for the wood stove, and then we had light smoke conditions on the second floor," he said.

Police Officers Andres Huertas and Elias Casey were first on the scene and immediately entered the single-family home to find the occupant was on the second floor.

They helped her out of the building, Turner said, "they did a great job."

The chimney is a metal chimney and burn marks could been seen where it meets the eaves on the side of the building.

North Street is a narrow residential way and firetrucks from Alford, Egremont, Monterey, Richmond, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge were parked along nearby streets. Scene support was provided by police, Southern Berkshire Ambulance, and National Grid.

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