Weekend Outlook: Make Sure to Wear Green

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
02:16PM / Thursday, March 12, 2026Print Story | Email Story

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

The 35th annual Irish Festival starts off with a parade from Wood Memorial Park and around the downtown with more than 40 units, including the Taconic Pipe Band and the Fifes and Drums of Olde Saratoga, and concludes with food and brew at the armory with the Burns Moore Bridge band and Hubbard Hall's Irish Dance Class.

Other businesses, taverns and restaurants will also be celebrating with a pub crawl, corned beef and cabbage at the Hoosick Falls Country Club, Reubens at the Society of St. Stanislaw, and outdoor grilling at the Sand Bar.

Parade line-up and participating businesses can be found here.

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

Glow at a blacklight party with DJ Kane and DJ R.P. Express. Includes 50/50 raffle, charcuterie buffet, a glowing chocolate fountain, cotton candy, and pizza. Highlighters, glow sticks and other glow items available.

This is fundraiser for PopCares and is for ages 21 and older. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Cashapp or Venmo djkane01220 or contact Kane Robert at 413-347-3976.

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.

The Seven Wonders

Stationery Factory, Dalton

Time: Friday & Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

Tribute band the Seven Wonders pay homage to the music of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. Charlotte Morris opens.

Tickets are $27.38; 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'

Future Labs, North Adams

Time: 8 p.m.

Dance on the bottom of the ocean floor in this blacklight installation at 43 Eagle St. Mix of DJs and music, and snacks and drinks. Feel free to bring some to share.

Sliding scale admission $10 to $25. More information here.

'Dark Side of the Moon'

Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tribute band Beyond The Wall delivers a Pink Floyd experience for one night only, peforming the band's signature album "Dark Side of the Moon" and other Pink Floyd classics.

Tickets are $30 and up, plus service charge, and are available here. More information here.

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.

Molly & Herbs

Clarksburg Town Library

Time: 10 a.m.

The Agricultural Commission hosts this circle of frends community talk on the use of common herbs to support the nervous system, ease stress and help you stay balanced and calm.

Free and open to the public; more information 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.

Irish Dancers

Store at Five Corners, Williamstown

Time: 1 to 3

Dancers from the Scoil Rince Breifne O Ruairc, the Irish school of dance in Pittsfield, will be joined by musicians for a traditional jam

Free and open to the public; 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.

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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.

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