Weekend Outlook: Crafting, Concerts and More

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
12:31PM / Friday, January 30, 2026Print Story | Email Story

Check out the events happening this weekend, including shows, crafting, and more.

Editor's Pick

Murder on the Menu
197 East St., Lenox
Time: Saturday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Join the drama department at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School for a comedic, interactive murder mystery. Try to solve the mystery by interacting with the cast.

Tickets are $20 and include a dinner of pasta, salad, and dessert.

More information here.

Friday

Vivaldi & Mozart Candlelight Experience
Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield
Time: 6 to 7, 8 to 9 p.m.

Enjoy a candlelight concert of music by Mozart and Vivaldi. Tickets are $30 to $70.

More information and tickets here.

Common Craft Night
165 East Main St., North Adams
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.

Bring a craft you have been working on and join others to socialize.

More information here.

Guthrie Family Singers

Stationery Factory, Dalton

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Guthrie Family Singers are Sarah Lee, Serena, and Robin Guthrie, all granddaughters of Woody Guthrie. They offer a blend of folk, indie, country, gospel, and classic girl-group sounds. Suitable for all ages.

Tickets can be purchased here.

'The Little Shop of Horrors'

Bennington (Vt.) Theater

Time: 6 p.m.

The theater at 331 Main St. screens Roger Corman's classic 1960 horror-comedy, which spawned the Broadway musical and a 1986 film.

Tickets are $15. More information here.

Saturday

Crochet Coral Workshop
Lenox Library
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.

Crochet coral for the Berkshires Satellite Reef community art project. All levels welcome; learn to crochet. The project's goal is to raise awareness of the threats against coral reefs worldwide.

More information here.

Decluttering

Milne Public Library, Williamstown

Time: 10:30 to noon

Emily Kloeblen, of All That Matters Organizing, will share helpful tips and tricks for tackling the often daunting task of downsizing, moving and (or) resettling.

More information here.

Sunday

Clark Art Institute

225 South St., Williamstown

Time: 1 to 4 p.m.

The museum holds its first Sunday free event, focusing on the outdoor sculpture exhibition Ground/work 2025, specifically Milena Naef's marble "Three Times Spanning" on Stone Hill, with drop-in art making about the body. Later educator and dancer Molly Hess will held an all-ages movement workshop exploring shape, space, and sculpture, followed by a guided tour at 3 comparing Naef's sculpture to those in the Clark's permanent collection.

More information here.

Frosted Mug 5K
Olde Heritage Tavern, Lenox
Time: 10 a.m.

Generate some heat or cheer people on in this winter 5K. Proceeds benefit The Kindness Crew from the Lenox Middle and High School. The Kindness Crew aims to foster empathy and everyday kindness.

More information and registration here.

Berkshire East: Vertical Challenge
Charlemont
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Vertical Challenge is a series of free, casual ski and snowboard races held throughout the Northeast. Includes activities and prizes. Bring your skis or snowboards and join others with some fun free competition.

More information here.

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Berkshire Health Group Sets 8.75% Premium Rise for FY27

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Thursday, January 29, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The towns and school districts in Berkshire Health Group will see an 8.75 percent increase in health insurance premiums in the fiscal year that begins on July 1.

Ten of the 12 voting members on the BHG board decided Wednesday morning at McCann Technical School on a vote of 8-2 to set the health plan rates for municipal employees in the member towns and districts.

The hike is a little more than half of the 16 percent increase the joint purchase group enacted for the current fiscal year.

Wednesday's decision will come as welcome news to town managers and administrators and school superintendents who may have been fearing a repeat of FY26, but the 8.75 percent hike still likely will constrain the spending decisions that officials will be making over the next few months as they prepare to send budgets to town meetings across the county this spring.

The main decision point for the BHG board on Wednesday morning: how to cover Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists or GLP-1 medications, commonly marketed under trade names like Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus.

The board decided that the weight-loss drugs no longer will be covered for all employees covered under BHG plans and will be covered only for those people who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

Joseph Anderson of Gallagher Benefit Services told the Berkshire Health Group board members that demand for the GLP-1 medications has exploded in their member units in recent years.

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