Weekend Outlook: Make Sure to Wear Green

Check out the events happening in Berkshire County this weekend including St. Paddy's events, crafts, movies, and more.

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The St. Patrick's Day parade features marching bands and floats. 

Hoosick Falls St. Patrick's Parade & Festival
Hoosick Armory, N.Y.
Time: noon

Glow for a Cause
North Adams Elks Hall
Time: Saturday, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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.

'Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka'
Hoosac Valley High School
Friday through Saturday

This is a musical adaptation of Dahl's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" staged by the high school's theater group. Bring the family or friends to enjoy the childhood story come to life.

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

More information and tickets here.

Friday

Family Movie: 'Zootopia 2'
Milne Public Library, Williamstown
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.

Bring the family to see Disney's "Zootopia 2." There will be popcorn but attendees are encouraged to bring their own bowls. 

More information here.

Common Craft Night
165 E 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.

Saturday

Tea and Talk: Behind Closed Doors of Berkshire Cottages
Ventfort Hall, Lenox
Time: 3:30 p.m.

Local historian and author Cornelia Brooke Gilder will share from her book "The Houses of the Berkshires," about country houses in Lenox. A tea will follow.

Tickets: $45 More information and tickets here.

'Luminous Deep'

Cabin Fever Dance: BOOSTED
Wahconah Country Club, Dalton
Time: 7 to 10 p.m.

Fundraiser dance to support the student athletes and presented by the Wahconah Warriors Booster Club. There will be raffles, and make sure to bring your own snacks.

Tickets: $25 Single or $180 for a table of eight.

More information and tickets here.

Book Bedazzling
Lenox Library
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.

Lenox Library is bringing back adult craft events with a book bedazzle craft. Bring your book friend and your own book and pick from the supplies they will have to bedazzle your favorite book.

More information here.

Ghost Tour with Robert Oakes
Ventfort Hall Mansion, Lenox
Time: 7 p.m.

The Gilded Age Mansion hosts a tour with "Ghosts of the Berkshires" author Robert Oakes, who will lead guests through the rooms and halls of the estate, sharing tales of its hauntings.

Admission is $30 and the minimum age to attend is age 12. Reservations are required. Purchase tickets here. 

Sunday

St. Paddy's Day Party
Bousquet Mountain, Pittsfield
Time: Noon

Enjoy time on the mountain with live music, and more. Be sure to wear green.

More information here.

Dalton 3rd Annual St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl
645 Main St., Dalton
Time: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Dalton's pub crawl is bigger than before with new locations and more food, drinks, and more. There will be music and fun, with each place posting their own itinerary.

More information here.

North Adams Updated on Schools, Council President Honored With 'Distinction'

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
12:31PM / Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Superintendent Timothy Callahan gives a presentation on the school system at Tuesday's City Council meeting. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council got an update on what's up in the school system and its president was inducted into the mayor's Women's Leadership Hall of Fame.

 

Mayor Jennifer Macksey, as the city's first woman mayor, established the Hall of Fame in 2022, during March, Women's History Month, to recognize local women who have had a positive impact on the city. Past inductees have included the council's first woman president Fran Buckley, Gov. Jane Swift and boxing pioneer Gail Grandchamp. 

 

She described President Ashley Shade as a colleague and a friend and a former student. 

 

"Ashley is known not just for her leadership, but for her compassion, her ability to listen, to understand and to stand up for those whose voices are often gone unheard," the mayor said. "She has been a tireless advocate for the LGBTQ plus community and marginalized communities at both the local and national level here in North Adams."

 

Elected in 2021, Shade is the first openly transgender person to hold the role of council president in Massachusetts. She also leads the first-ever woman majority council in the city's history. 

 

The McCann Technical School graduate also has served on boards and commissions, "always working to make our city more inclusive, equitable and welcoming," said the mayor. "Ashley not leads not only with strength, but with a heart, and our community is a much stronger place because of it."

 

Shade, wearing her signature pink suit, was presented with a plaque from the mayor designating her a "woman of distinction."