Check out the events in the county this weekend including movies, First Friday festivities, and Veterans Day inspired events. Check out our list of harvest festivals and craft fairs here.
Editor's Pick
Free Eagles Band Annual Concert
The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
Time: Friday, 7 p.m.
Celebrate Veterans Day will a free Eagles Community Band concert featuring a lineup of military inspired pieces and a video showing our communities Veterans day events. Even though the concert is free you must reserve a ticket for a seat.
Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 7 until Nov. 29
Carlos Caicedo and Ann Scott will be showing their artwork, which will accompany the gallery's new works by permanent gallery artists Marilyn Cavallari, Sean McCusker, Barbara Patton, Stephen Dankner, and Carol Shumans.
There will be an opening reception on Friday from 5 to 7, which the artists will attend. More information here.
'The Polar Express' Screening
Beacon Cinema, Pittsfield
From Nov. 7 to 13
Celebrate the holidays with Beacon Cinema with a $1 showing of "The Polar Express." Bring the family to enjoy this classic.
The Wandering Dance Festival returns to downtown Pittsfield for a weeklong celebration of movement.
The festival invites people of all ages and backgrounds to connect through dance with free workshops, pop-up performances and interactive sessions led by local and national choreographers.
Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum will be selling audio books, books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl, puzzles and games.
Open as follows: Friday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 8, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More information here.
Friday
First Friday November
Downtown North Adams
Friday: 5 to 9 p.m.
This month's First Friday carries the theme of "Gather." Bring your family and enjoy a free photo with the "Hatchlings" in the Eagle Street Parklet and enjoy a performance under the Mohawk marquee. There will be live music, food, craft night, and more.
Delaware Art Museum Curator of American Art Heather Campbell Coylewill will explore concepts from "Jazz Age Illustration," the first exhibition to survey the art of American illustration in the 1920s and '30s.
During the event, she will examine how jazz music invented by African American musicians and appropriated by white musicians became the soundtrack and metaphor of a vibrant era marked by dramatic cultural change and the expansion of the popular press.
Tickets are $10 plus admission and free for members. More information here.
Berkshire Natural History Conference
'62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Williamstown
Time: 8 to 4
Learn about native birds, turtles, caves and more at Berkshire Community College's 9th annual conference. Includes knowledgeable speakers, exhibits with local environmental groups, book and natural history sales items, and the annual Natural History Quiz.
Say goodbye to Halloween by smashing your leftover pumpkins at Whitney's Farm. The pumpkins must not have any chemicals or paint on them. Partnering with Second Chance Composting the pumpkins will be composted. Whitney's will also have its Haunted Corn Maze and giant slide.
The festival will feature music by Dead Man's Waltz, Marks Brothers, Creamery Station, The Wheel, Krishna Guthrie, craft vendors, food and more.
Tickets range from $32.64 to $43.14. More information and line-up here.
Dog Park Fall Cleanup
Burbank Park, Pittsfield
Time: 9 to 11 a.m.
Volunteer to help clean up the dog park before winter with the city's parks department. Bring gloves, and rakes to help keep your dog's favorite spot clean. More information here.
'Street Fighter 2' Champion Edition Tournament
Tyler Street Arcade, Pittsfield
Time: 12 p.m.
Bring your friends and family to take part in the "Street Fighter 2" tournament with double elimination with prizes for first, second, and third winners. Registration is $10 per player. More information here.
Contra Community Dance
906 Main St., Williamstown
Time 7:30 p.m.
Northern Berkshire Community Dance hosts a contra dance at First Congregational Church. Caller Ben Sachs-Hamilton will teach every dance. Dance to live fiddle music by the California-based band Raven and Goose.
Admission is pay-as-you-can. However, there is $12 to $20 suggested donation. More information here.
Strange Magic NY Performance
The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
Time: 7:30 p.m.
The Electric Light Orchestra tribute band will recreate the iconic ELO sound by incorporating actual string instruments, vintage keyboards, and intricate vocal harmonies.
Laugh over a drink at Bright Ideas on the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts campus. The stand-up event will be hosted by Charlie Nadler and feature performances by Nick Viagas, Sarah Adelman, and Eion Falance. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here.
Sunday
Soldier On 5K
Dalton American Legion
Time: 9 a.m.
Soldier On, in partnership with the Berkshire Running Foundation, is hosting its annual 5K benefitting at-risk veterans. There will be prizes for placed winners.
Registration is $30 and students run for free. More information here.
Pancake Breakfast
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Every Sunday in November from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Join Holiday Brook Farm for its annual Sunday pancake breakfasts featuring pancakes, sausage, hash browns, and more. It's $17.95 for adults and kids 2 to 12 pay their age.
Pittsfield
Zion Lutheran Church
Second Saturday of the month through April, from 9 to 1.
Locally grown food, flowers, plants and products will be available. The market accepts and offers doubling SNAP, HIP, WIC, and Senior market coupons. More information is here.
North Adams
Hotel Downstreet, Main Street.
First Saturdays through May 2, 9 to 1.
Local produce and vendors; SNAP dollars doubled up to $30 and HIP, WIC, and Senior Coupons accepted. Local musicans and craft areas for kids. More information here.
Sheffield
Dewey Hall
Third Saturday, 9 to 1, in November and December.
The market features a diverse range of local food and artisan vendors, along with local services and live music. More information here.
Berkshire Grown Winter Markets
GreylockWorks, North Adams: 10 to 1 on Sunday, Nov. 23 & Dec. 21
Housatonic Community Center, Great Barrington: 10 to 1 on Nov. 22, Dec. 20, Jan. 17, Feb. 21, March 21 & April 18
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Companion Corner Grey Boy at No Paws Left Behind
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — There's a cat No Paws Left Behind still waiting for his forever home.
iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home. He was previously highlighted but he now has new information.
Grey Boy is 10 years old and is a gray and white domestic shorthair and was previously highlighted on Companion Corner.
The shelter's Executive Director Noelle Howland introduced us to him and his long journey to be ready for adoption.
"He's been here a couple months. He was a transfer from a rescue in Bennington. They were out of space, so we had taken him in with a few other cats. So he's been here a couple months. He came in with what we believed was a respiratory infection," she said. "So it took us a little bit to get him ready, and then he also needed a dental. So he has nice, clean teeth. He had some teeth removed, and then he has to go back in and have one more dental. So he'll be all ready to go."
It was previously thought that he has feline herpes but he was recently diagnosed with a palette fracture because of how bad his dental disease was, which is what is causing his sneezing. He can now go home with cats, a cat-savvy dog and children.
"He has had two dentals since being with us. Due to the palate fracture he will be sneezy for the rest of his life, not contagious sneezing, but that doesn’t stop him from living a perfectly happy life. He should be on wet food with chunks due to this and since he has had many teeth removed," Howland said.
Grey Boy loves to play with toys and enjoy treats. He would also love to have a window to lounge or bird-watch in.
"He is not afraid of anything. He's very curious, so I'm sure he'd love if you have windows for him to look out of. He still plays, even though he's 10 it does not stop him. So any home would be a good fit for him."
Now that he is ready to be adopted, he is excited. When you walk into the room with him he will rub up against your leg introducing himself and asking to be pet.
"Usually, I would say, when you're walking, he'll bonk into you so he might catch you off guard a little bit. He constantly is rubbing against you," Howland said. "He really, I would say he's lazy when you want him to be, and he's active when you want him to be. He'll play with toys. He's usually lounging away. And then when he comes out he'll play. He loves it. So, very friendly, easy going cat."
He is now perfectly healthy with his dentals all done and veterinary care up to date and is ready to find his forever family.
"I would say the friendliest, easiest cat you could have. He's just, he's just gonna be a little sneezy sometimes, but that doesn't stop him from doing anything," she said.
Grey Boy's adoption fee is sponsored by Rooted in Balance Counseling LLC.
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