Berkshire Yoga Festival Returns to Jiminy Peak

HANCOCK, Mass. — The Berkshire Yoga Festival returns to Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort from June 11–14, 2026, for four days of yoga, meditation, music, wellness, and community in the Berkshires.

Now entering its third year, the festival will feature 85+ presenters, 200+ sessions, live music, immersive wellness experiences, and a vibrant vendor village across indoor and outdoor spaces throughout the resort.

Designed for dedicated practitioners and first-time attendees alike, the festival offers movement classes, workshops, recovery experiences, outdoor adventures, and evening community gatherings.

"Our festival is the ultimate expression of yoga community,” said co-founders Andrew Tanner and Scott Kleinfeld.

Single-day, multi-day, and drop-in passes are now available at www.berkshireyogafestival.com

Northern Berkshire United Way: 1970s Has Its Ups and Downs

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
06:17PM / Wednesday, June 03, 2026

The Northern Berkshire United Way sets its highest goal yet in 1979, and the first time going over $200,000. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Over three decades, the Northern Berkshire United Community Services had raised some $3 million for its affiliated agencies. 

 

That number was announced that the organizations "fifth" annual meeting in 1974, marking the time since Adams had joined, and counting the funds raised by the North Adams Community Chest and the North Adams and Adams United Funds and Northern Berkshire United Fund. 

 

The report that year was dedicated to past 24 volunteer campaign chairs, of whom 17 were still in the area and three — Russell Lanoue, George Higgins and G. Churchill Francis — had since died.

 

The amount of money raised seemed significant for the time, but the united fund found itself struggling in the early '70s as the economy dipped and its the need for its services grew. 

 

The campaign in 1970 saw an ambitious goal of $184,952 to support 16 agencies, with Northern Berkshire Child Care as the latest addition. The drive kicked off that goal at the Midway with Chair George Bateman, but it reached only 80 percent of its goal by the end. 

 

Batemen said it might not be a financial success but "I believe it was a spiritual success" because of the hard work and enthusiasm of so many drive volunteers.

 

But President Henry Pierpan said there would be allocation cuts for 1971 despite "a substantial sum" voted from reserve funds.