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Weekend Outlook: Cabin Fever

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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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.

AYJ Musical Bingo
American Legion, North Adams
Time: 7 p.m.
 
Great prizes, raffles, and snacks, all supporting children with cancer. Hosted by AYJ Fund's volunteer and princess Rhaya Wright.
 
Tickets are $30; 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.

Nice & Easy Trail Hike
Greylock Glen, Adams
Time: 1 p.m.
 
These easy-paced, 1 to 3-mile guided hikes are geared for seniors, but open to all ages. A wonderful opportunity to join other hiking enthusiasts who share in the joy of the great outdoors. Hiking times may vary from 90 minutes to two hours. Be prepared for variable weather, wear appropriate clothing and sturdy boots.
 
For weather information and to register, call 413-499-4262. More information here. 
 
CATA 'Garden Dreams'
Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge
Time: 11 to 3 
 
The exhibit features more than 40 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures created through Community Access to the Arts' year-round workshops serving children, teens and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Works are professionally matted, framed and available for sale, with proceeds supporting commissions for the individual artists.
 
Exhibition hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free.
 
More information here. 
 
'Dance the Blues Away'
Stationery Factory, Dalton
Time: 5 p.m.
 
The 5th annual "Dance the Blues Away" Gala to support Love of T and peer-to-peer suicide prevention services in memory of Teresa Fitzgerald. Features Dave Bartley Jazz Quartet, a silent auction, food by KJ Nosh and DJ Connor Ryan to cap off the night.
 
Tickets are $95, $750 table; more information here. 
 
Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy: Chapter Two
Monument Arts & Cultural Center, Bennington, Vt.
Time: 6 p.m.
 
The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy returns for a haunting sequel that delves even deeper into the macabre. Four new tales from Poe's dark imagination, each paired with a fresh selection of classic cocktails.
 
Tickets are $65; more information and tickets here. 
 
Flannel Kings
Proprietor's Lodge, Pittsfield
Time: 8 p.m.
 
From grunge and alternative to power pop and punk, the Flannel Kings play all the hits that made the era iconic in their debut at the lodge. 
 
Admission is $10 at the door. More information here. 
 
Sunday

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.


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Letter: Chamberlain: Thank You, North Adams

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

Thank you North Adams!

It has been an honor to serve on your School Committee these past years. I am living in Vermont now and so am unable to continue serving, but I wanted to take this opportunity to express my appreciation, as well as my concerns, for the city and the commonwealth.

I have engaged actively in Massachusetts politics for many years, but this was my first experience holding public office, and I could not have hoped for a more inspiring experience. I was privileged to work with many of the most caring, dedicated, and passionate elected officials I have ever met, and I’m eager to see what the city will accomplish in the years ahead as civic participation continues to grow and flourish.

I see so much potential being realized in North Adams, but I remain frustrated by the behavior of governments at higher levels. Most of my concerns have been shared by voices louder and more articulate than mine. But one has not, and it is the source of nearly every failure of government we experience now: that we have allowed two private political machines to take and hold every lever of political power that exists.

While one machine in Washington undermines every principle of republican government our country has ever claimed to hold, the other machine in Boston betrays our democracy in order to separate their power from any check, balance, audit, and every other form of accountability to voters. They offer favors for loyalty, policy outcomes for campaign contributions, and retribution for dissent. And for all the feigned animosity we observe between them, they have colluded successfully to convince nearly every American that they have no choices in their government’s leaders save those ordained by them.

I hope that the years to come will see the esteem enjoyed by these machines continue to dwindle, and that we may eventually reclaim the tools of democracy from them and their corporate sponsors. Until then, we must make a conscious effort to distinguish between the candidates who seek to work for us (despite the political necessity of their affiliation) and those who seek to work for the privileges of party status.

I was tempted to list the names of candidates that I would be supporting if I still lived in Massachusetts, but I suspect they will be obvious to any who have or will consider this year’s elections. Further, I know that the concerns I raise above will take far longer than a single election cycle to remedy.

So thank you for your trust in me these past years, and for your consideration now.

Cody Chamberlain

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