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Weekend Outlook: Flower Power

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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Check out the events happening this weekend including First Fridays, musicals, and more.

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First Fridays

North Adams: Holden Street will be closed to car traffic to make room for a variety of activities, including live music, food trucks, and vendors. This month's theme is Flower Power. 

Businesses in downtown North Adams will have extended hours, and many will have galleries or will be hosting openings, closings, and other special events focused on starting fresh. 

More information here.

Pittsfield: Downtown Pittsfield will be alive with activities, including a maker's market, an arts walk, and a Family Fun Zone. 

There will also be live entertainment at Persip Park and throughout North Street.

More information here.

Multiple Days

'The Prom Musical'
Berkshire Community College
Showings Friday through Sunday

A small-town prom is getting too much attention when a student wants to bring her girlfriend as a date. A troupe of Broadway stars arrive in the conservative community out on a mission to help in this musical comedy.

More information and tickets here.

Baby Animals
Hancock Shaker Village
Time: 11 to 4, through May 10

A sure sign of spring is the arrival of baby animals at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield. See lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kids and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village, from daily talks about the farm and the Shakers to craft demonstrations to walks along the Farm & Forest Trail.

Admission is $8 to $20, free for children 12 and younger. More information here.

Friday

Drag Open Stage
Door Prize, North Adams
Time: 8 to 10 p.m.

Hosted by Jackie Legs and Vuronika Baked, spend the night watching or even performing on stage no matter what talent you want to show off.

Tickets $10 in advance, and $15 at the door.

More information and tickets here.

Karaoke Fridays at Methesulah
Methuselah Bar and Lounge, Pittsfield
Time: 9 p.m.

Sing your favorite songs.

More information here.

Halfway to Halloween
Lenox Library
Time: 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.

Bring your kids to get in the spooky spirit and dress up, enjoy snacks, play games, and more.

More information here.

Saturday 

City of the Dead 

Pittsfield Cemetery
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Interested in learning about the history of the 175-year-old Pittsfield Cemetery? Hear about the tragic and fascinating stories of some of those buried there and more.

Cost is $10; RSVP to info@berkshirehomehistory.com.

More information here.

 

Sheep to Shawl Festival
Sheep Hill, Williamstown
Time: 11 to 3

Williamstown Rural Lands invites the community to have fun with sheep and more at the biennial Sheep to Shawl Festival. Will include demonstrations of border collie sheep herding, shearing, spinning, weaving and dying. Vendors include pottery, maple syrup, crafts, food and raffles. Held rain or shine.
 
Suggested donation $5 and up. Parking is limited so carpooling or other transport is recommended. Daily updates on social media and the website. 
 
More information here.

Kentucky Derby Night
Steeple City Social, North Adams
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.

Dress up in your best derby attire and enjoy snacks and drinks. Bring your best derby hat to win the hat contest.

More information here.

Birds of Prey with Tom Ricardi


Milne Public Library
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.

Bring your kids to enjoy a live birds of prey presentation.

More information here.

 

Sunday

Central Berkshire Record Store
The Stationery Factory, Dalton
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Central Berkshire Record Show is returns for the fifth consecutive year. 

Hosted by Berkshirecat Productions, it will feature DJ sets, food, drinks, and 1000s of Records, CDs and more from 30 tables of vendors from New England.  A line up of DJs will spin music throughout the day.   

Tickets can be purchased for $4 at the door, with VIP entry available for $10. 

More information here.

May Day Races
Nessacus Regional Middle School
Time: 9 a.m.

The annual fundraiser is back. Make sure to grab your running shoes and race the day away.

More information and tickets here.

All Ten and John
PortaVia, Dalton
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.

Enjoy this Sunday's music series with All Ten and John.

More information here.


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Letter: We Have Great Political Leaders, Let's Keep 'em

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

We are very lucky in Berkshire County. Our political leaders are the envy of voters around the nation and respected by their peers — and because of their experience, knowledge, and seniority they get stuff done for us.

Sen. Ed Markey once again faces a challenger whose entire campaign is founded on age. As WBUR in Boston observed, Moulton is running on age, but what else? Joe Kennedy had the same platform — and Massachusetts voters rejected him.

It seems to me a candidate's age is irrelevant if he's doing the job, and Ed Markey is doing his job — very well, in fact. He's no stranger to the Berkshires, and he's fighting Trump's fascist policies every single day.
He is also the Senate author of the Green New Deal legislation.

Congressman Richie Neal is in a similar fight. I've asked friends who oppose him to name one vote he's taken they disagree with, and they cannot. Remember, the great Nancy Pelosi trusted Richie and made him chair of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, which benefits us in the Berkshires as well as the nation. Richie is a powerful advocate for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, West-East Rail, and local investment. His opponent would be a back-bencher with zero clout.

The same arguments could — and should — be made for the rest of our Democratic contingent in Boston: Gov. Maura Healey's opponent is likely to be a Boston-centric MAGA billionaire. Do you think he cares about us? Our state Sen. Paul Mark and state Reps. John Barrett, Trish Farley-Bouvier, and Leigh Davis are all tried and true progressive Beacon Hill veterans who also know how to get stuff done. And Tara Jacobs, our representative on the Governor's Council, provides a Berkshire voice on that body that has been absent since the 1950s.

This is a nation on the brink. We have serious problems, and we need serious people to deal with them. Our Democratic contingent is made up of very serious people. That's why they all have my vote. I hope they have yours, too.

Lee Harrison
Williamstown, Mass.

 

 

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