Weekend Outlook: Celebrate the Weekend

Check out the events happening in Berkshire County this weekend including celebrations, fun, and free days at the museum.

Editor's Pick

First Sunday Free: Sprouting Seeds
The Clark, Williamstown
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.

Enjoy a free afternoon at the Clark Art Institute by immersing yourself in artist Aboubaker Fofana's outdoor sculpture exhibition. There will be a tour at 2 p.m. and an opportunity to decorate a flower pot or a mini sculpture. A great afternoon to bring the kids to experience what The Clark has to offer.

More information here.

Multiple Days

Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show
Feb. 20 to March 20

Join the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge at the Fitzpatrick Greenhouse from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to welcome the new season amongst hundreds of flowering bulbs.

The greenhouse is free and open to the public. More information here.

Friday

Free Bowling Night
K&M Bowling, Pittsfield
Time: 7 p.m.

Bring the family for a free night of bowling, sponsored by Gateway Fiber. You need to have a minimum of two players for a one hour time slot at 7 or 8. 

More information here.

Steeple City Social First Anniversary Party
Steeple City Social, North Adams
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.

Celebrate the Eagle Street lounge's one year since welcoming the community into its space. 

More information here.

DIY Birdhouse Event
46 West St., Pittsfield
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Build a birdhouse to welcome the arrival of birds this spring at Solarium Plant Shop. Raise money for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Enjoy light snacks and refreshments as well as botanical elements for your houses.

Tickets are $45. More information and tickets here.

Family Friendly Outdoor Adventures
Mount Greylock Visitor Center, Lanesborough
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.

Bring your family to enjoy a day of free fun. Have some hot chocolate by the fire. Also take a self-guided snowshoe walk and demo, a guided mindfulness hike, and more.

More information here.

Bring Your Own Vinyl with DJ PupDaddy
Hot Plate Brewing Co., Pittsfield
Time: 7 to 10 p.m.

Bring your friends and enjoy a turntable night at Hot Plate Brewing. Pick your favorite tunes while enjoying refreshments.

More information here.

Saturday

The Met Live in HD: 'Arabella'
Clark Art, Williamstown
Time: 1 p.m.

Watch a recorded broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's performance of Strauss' 19th-century Vienna romance. 

Tickets $25 ($22 members, $18 college students, $5 children age 17 and under)

More information here.

Contemplative Film Night
Sanctum Gallery, Pittsfield

Berkshire Singer Showcase Finale
Shire Tavern, Dalton
Time: 8 p.m. 

Sunday

Greylock Together Community Potluck
American Legion Drive, North Adams
Time: 4 to 6 p.m.

Bring the family and a dish to celebrate together. Enjoy live music and sing karaoke.

RSVP here; more information here.

Tea and Talk
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Lenox
Time: 3:30 p.m. 

MCLA Graduates Told to Make the World Worthy of Them

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
05:27PM / Saturday, May 16, 2026

Keynote speaker Michael Bobbitt was awarded an honorary doctor of fine arts. He told the graduates to make the world worthy of them. See more photos here.  

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Amsler Campus Center gym erupted in cheers on Saturday as 193 members of class of 2026 turned their tassels.

 

The graduates of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' 127th commencement were sent off with the charge of "don't stop now" to make the world a better place.  

 

You are Trailblazers, keynote speaker Michael Bobbitt reminded them, and a "trailblazer is not simply someone who walks a path. A trailblazer makes one, but blazing a trail does not happen alone. Every trailblazer is carrying tools made by somebody else. Every trailblazer is guided by stars they did not create. Every trailblazer stands on grounds shaped by ancestors, teachers, workers, neighbors, friends, and strangers."

 

Trailblazing takes communal courage, he said, and they needed to love people, build with people, argue with people, and find the people who make them braver and kinder at the same time.

 

"The future will not be saved by isolated geniuses, it will be saved by networks of people willing to practice courage together. The future belongs not to the loudest, not to the richest, not to the most certain, but to the most adaptive, the most creative, the most courageous, the most willing to learn."

 

Bobbitt was recently named CEO of Opera American after nearly five years leading the Massachusetts Cultural Council. He stressed the importance of art to the graduates, and noted that opera is not the only art form facing challenges in this world. 

 

"Every field is asking, who are we for now? What do we, what value do we create?" he said. "What do we stop pretending is fine. This is not just an arts question, that is a healthcare question, a climate question, a technology question, a community question, a higher education question, a democracy question, a life question. ...