Weekend Outlook: The Play's the Thing

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
11:31AM / Friday, November 21, 2025Print Story | Email Story

Check out all the events happening this weekend, including plays, pancakes and great music. Find all the craft fairs and bazaars happening here.

Editor's Pick

The 37th Fall Festival of Shakespeare
70 Kemple St., Lenox
Time: 6 to 9 p.m., Nov. 20 to 23

Join Shakespeare and Company's annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare. Bring your family and enjoy Tina Packer's Playhouse that comes to life on the stage.

More information and tickets here.

Multiple Days

Oldies but Goodies Show
Wahconah High School, Dalton
Time: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Enjoy music from then to now and participate in raffles all to benefit Unico of Pittsfield. Tickets are $20 at Wood Bros, Miller Supply, and Elm St. Hardware.

More information here.

Fall One-Act Plays
Hoosac Valley High, Cheshire
Time: Friday & Saturday, Nov. 21 and 22

Students will perform two one-act plays: "Roshambo," about a rock-paper-scissors championship with an unexpected twist, and "Wait Wait ... I Can Explain," about a family who was hired to impress a girl.

More information and tickets here.

Nightwood at The Mount
The Mount, Lenox
Nov. 21, 22, 26, 28, 29

The Mount has decked out its grounds for the annual Nightwood installation with lights and music to provide an immersive experience to its visitors.

More information here.

Friday

Discover Greylock Hikes
30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.

Explore Greylock with a park interpreter on a family-friendly hike. Learn about Mount Greylock's history and the plants that grow on it. Wear appropriate footwear and bring water and a snack.

Registration is recommended by calling 413-499-4262. More information here.

Game Night Fundraiser

426 Stockbridge Rd, Great Barrington

Time: 6 p.m.

Support Fairview Hospital Auxiliary with a game night hosted by Dave Isby. Test out your trivia knowledge or play family feud while enjoying food and drinks. The event will feature charcuterie, Roberto's Pizza, and dessert by Chocolate Springs.

Tickets are $40 per person. Register by emailing Tammy Risler at trisley@bhs1.org

More information here.

Musical Bingo

Bluebird & Co., Hancock

Time: 8 p.m.

DJ Pup Daddy will be spinning tunes for this musical bingo event featuring 75 popular classic rock songs from the late 60s and the 70s.

There is no fee to play with three chances to win Bluebird gift cards for Single, Double, and Blackout Spindles.

More information here.

Saturday

Berkshire Mini March for the Food Bank
Hot plate Brewing Co., Pittsfield
Time: Saturday, 9 to noon

March to end hunger with Hot Plate Brewing Co. and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. The food bank has a goal to raise $650,000; the 3-mile benefit walk will include local pantries like Berkshire Dream Center. After the walk, join Hot Plate Brewing Co. for snacks and drinks.

More information here.

The Refrigerators Performance

The Stationery Factory, Dalton

Time: 7:30 p.m.

The 10-piece horn-fueled party band New York's Capital Region, The Refrigerators, will be performing. Tickets range from $27.38 to $32.64. More information here.

Coldplay Candlelight Experience

First Congregational Church, Williamstown

Time: 8 to 9 p.m.

A string trio plays favorites from the band Coldplay by candlelight for a magical performance. The early seating is sold out; tickets still available here for the 8 p.m. seating.

More information here.

Festive Holiday Market
508 State Road, North Adams
Time: 10 a.m.

The 8th annual festive holiday market will be held in the Weave Shed at Greylock Works. Enjoy a lineup of local and regional crafters and catering by State Food and Drink and Casita.

More information here.

Contra Dancing

Dewey Hall, Sheffield

Time: 6:30 p.m.

There will be contra dancing lessons for all skill levels, including beginners. There will be lessons for beginners at 6:30 until 7 and the dance will commence at 7 p.m.

Tickets are sliding scale from free to children six and under to 35 for families. More information here.

Queer Crafting at Wander
Wander, Pittsfield
Time: 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Bring whatever type of material you like to craft with and enjoy the community around you. Hangout with friends and drink tea and chat with someone new.

More information here.

Harvest and Rust
The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Neil Young tribute band Harvest & Rust celebrate the artist's 80th birthday with a showcase of his most popular songs.

More information and tickets here.

Misty Blues Performance

Crissey Farm, Great Barrington

Time: 7 p.m.

Misty Blues will be performing its blend of blues, soul, funk, and gospel in the farm's Barrington Hall. Admission is $16.85, fees apply. More information here.

Sunday

Pancake Breakfast
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Every Sunday in November from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Holiday Brook Farm serves 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.

More information here.

Beaver Detectives

472 West Mountain Road, Lenox

Time: 1 p.m.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is inviting community members to explore the busy beavers that have left behind clues about where they've been working. This is a program designed for families with children. Each registration requires at least one adult and one child. More information here.

Messiah Sing-Along

St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamstown

Time: 4 p.m.

The annual sing-along at the Park Street Church will feature soloists Erin Casey, Arden Caldicott, Zachary Wadsworth , and Carl May and an orchestra of local professionals and students under the direction of Jimmy Bergin. Join in or just come to listen. Donations will be gratefully accepted to benefit the Berkshire Food Project based in North Adams.

More information here.

Gobblin' Good Story Time and Craft

Mount Greylock Visitor Center

Time: 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Hear turkey tales of Mount Greylock and enjoy a seasonal craft by the cozy hearth fire at the center at 50 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough. Free for all ages; children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. The Thanksgiving holiday craft will be optional after story time. Supplies may be limited. Complimentary hot cocoa will be provided.

Advance registration is recommended by calling 413-499-4262.

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Study Recommends 'Removal' for North Adams' Veterans Bridge

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
06:38AM / Saturday, December 13, 2025

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nearly a year of study and community input about the deteriorating Veterans Memorial Bridge has resulted in one recommendation: Take it down.

The results of the feasibility study by Stoss Landscape Urbanism weren't really a surprise. The options of "repair, replace and remove" kept pointing to the same conclusion as early as last April.

"I was the biggest skeptic on the team going into this project," said Commissioner of Public Services Timothy Lescarbeau. "And in our very last meeting, I got up and said, 'I think we should tear this damn bridge down.'"

Lescarbeau's statement was greeted with loud applause on Friday afternoon as dozens of residents and officials gathered at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art to hear the final recommendations of the study, funded through a $750,000 federal Reconnecting Communities grant.

The Central Artery Project had slashed through the heart of the city back in the 1960s, with the promise of an "urban renewal" that never came. It left North Adams with an aging four-lane highway that bisected the city and created a physical and psychological barrier.

How to connect Mass MoCA with the downtown has been an ongoing debate since its opening in 1999. Once thousands of Sprague Electric workers had spilled out of the mills toward Main Street; now it was a question of how to get day-trippers to walk through the parking lots and daunting traffic lanes.

The grant application was the joint effort of Mass MoCA and the city; Mayor Jennifer Macksey pointed to Carrie Burnett, the city's grants officer, and Jennifer Wright, now executive director of the North Adams Partnership, for shepherding the grant through.

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