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 Selects Pennsylvania Educator as 13th President

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
06:47PM / Thursday, April 23, 2026

 Diana Rogers-Adkinson

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The board of trustees on Thursday voted 8-2 to offer the 13th presidency of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts to a Pennsylvania higher education executive.

Diana L. Rogers-Adkinson is senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs and chief academic officer for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, providing system-level leadership for 10 universities serving approximately 80,000 students.

 

"I thought she was really able to articulate the value of a liberal arts education and our mission to both society and, you know, to our students in their lives," said Trustees Buffy Lord before presenting the motion to offer her the post. "I think that she'll be a fantastic advocate for MCLA within Berkshire County, but also in Boston. You know, my sense is that she's going to be able to fight for us if it needs to happen."

 

Rogers-Adkinson accepted the post by phone immediately after the vote, pending negotiations and approval by the Board of Higher Education. 

 

She was one of four finalists for the post out of 102 completed applications. All four spent time on campus over the past month, speaking with students, faculty, trustees and community members. 

 

Trustees expounded on her experience, leadership and communication style. She was also one of two candidates, with preferred by the faculty, the college's unions and Higher Education Commissioner Noe Ortega.

 

The second candidate preferred, Michael J. Middleton, provost and vice president at Ramapo College of New Jersey, withdrew after consultation wiht his family, according to Lord.