Weekend Outlook: Cabin Fever

Check out the events happening in Berkshire County this weekend, including art, fun, maple sugar and more.

Editor's picks

North Adams First Friday
Downtown North Adams
Time: 5 to 9 p.m.

Music, art, and games will fill downtown North Adams for its First Friday event, themed "Cabin Fever." 

Participating businesses will have extended hours and many galleries will host openings, closings, and other special events.

More information here. 

Multiple Days

Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show
Feb. 20 to March 20

The Fitzpatrick Greenhouse at Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge is open 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.

Lee High Drama Presents 'The Addams Family'
300 Greylock St., Lee
Friday through Sunday

Lee Memorial High stages the musical comedy of the infamous Addams family in the auditorium. 

Tickets are $10 adults and $8 for students and seniors. 

More information and tickets here.

Maple Weekend
Various Sugarhouses
Saturday and Sunday

Local sugarhouses will be open for tours and selling products during Maple Weekend. Read our story here. More information here.

Friday

Disney After Dark Karaoke
Methuselah Bar, Pittsfield
Time: 9 p.m.

Enjoy drinks and belting out your favorite Disney tunes.

More information here.

'Glow Ocean': First Friday Opening Reception
Eagle Street, North Adams
Time: 6 to 10 p.m.

Future Gallery's opening reception makes it look like you're under water. The walls will be glowing with underwater creatures, coral, and more. The work was made by 75 locals.

Stay for the after-party dancing at 8.

More information here.

Saturday

Cosmic Bowling: Strike Out Glioblastoma
K&M Bowling, Pittsfield
Time: 6 to 10 p.m.

Enjoy music, black lights, party lights, and of course bowling for a good cause. There will also be raffles and T-shirt sales to help raise money for glioblastoma research.

More information here.

Dale Derby Cardboard Box Race
Bousquet Mountain, Pittsfield
Time: 11 a.m.

Get your friends and decorate a fun cardboard box using only that and duct tape. Bring it to Bousquet and race others in the snow for the snowbox derby.

More information here.

Cabin Fever Storytime: Artists and Authors of Mount Greylock
Mount Greylock Visitor Center, Lanesborough
Time: 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Enjoy a story near the fire from park interpreter Mike as he tells you about the artists and authors who helped to shape the image of Mount Greylock through their work. Participants are encouraged to share their own works from the county as well. 

More information here.

McCann Committee Gets First Look at $17M Renovation Progress

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Monday, October 12, 2026

The project is in the home stretch with roofing and some windows and doors still to be installed. Superintendent James Brosnan also pointed above to HVAC improvements in the Guidance Office. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The McCann School Committee got a first look at the final stretch of a $17 million overhaul aimed at making the 64-year-old vocational school safer, quieter and more energy-efficient.

After a brief School Committee meeting Thursday, Superintendent James Brosnan led the members through the school, highlighting some of the changes made in the 64-year-old building.

"Just seeing this gives you a magnitude of the amount of work that goes on," he said.

The upgrades are being funded through the Massachusetts School Building Authority's Accelerated Repair Program and the Northern Berkshire Vocational School District's member towns.

Work was supposed to be completed before the start of the school year, but weather and the removal of materials caused a delay.

The tour was all indoors, and Brosnan told a disappointed committee that he was hesitant to take them onto the roof at night, but said the new roof is near 80 percent down.

"We have another 10, and 10 percent of that missing 20 is in the AVB [air and vapor barrier] and removal phase," Brosnan said. "That particular area is across the front, down the post-secondary ... we are going to pick up from guidance. So we have that plan going through next week. Fingers crossed, within two weeks we will have that piece down."

He said the roof has been built up and insulated for more efficiency.