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Weekend Outlook: Summer Pride

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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Check out the events happening in the Berkshires this weekend including festivals, pride night, free days, and more.

Editor's Pick

The Great Ladybug Release 
The Apple Barn, Bennington Vt.
Friday and Saturday
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Join The Apple Barn to learn about ladybugs and why they are good for the environment. Enjoy a storywalk with the kids and you will also be able to release some ladybugs as you enjoy the farm.

More information here.

Multiple Days

2026 Berkshire Yoga Festival
Jiminy Peak, Hancock
June 11 to 14

Another year of yoga in the Berkshires is back featuring yoga teachers from around the world sharing their knowledge as well as local vendors, hiking, art, and more.

More information and tickets here.

Friday 

North Adams Pride Night
Main Street
Time: 5 to 9 p.m.

Come downstreet for the annual Pride Night featuring a drag story hour, local food vendors, dance parties, and more.

More information here.

Common Craft Night
165 East Main St., North Adams
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.

Bring your crafts and work on them with others in the community.

More information here.

Lebanon Valley Drift
Lebanon Valley Dragway, 
West Lebanon, N.Y.
Time: 2 to 8 p.m.

All driving levels are able to participate in the drift or just come to watch others. The food stand will be open to sit and enjoy the show.

More information here.

Saturday

Fair Gardens: Family Programming
Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield


Time: 11 a.m.

Design a little home a fairy would love to reside in. Open to ages 8 to 18 with family, bring your own garden type supplies or use from the library.

More information here.

Mass MoCA Free Day
Marshall Street, North Adams
Time: 10 a.m.

Explore Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art for free on Saturday. There will be an author talk and an opening celebration for Amanda Lovelee's "Homecoming," thematic museum tours, art-making in Kidspace, and more.

More information here.

Lee Pride Dragstravaganza
The Starving Artist Creperie & Cafe
Time: 5 to 11 p.m.

Drag bingo from 5 to 7, $15 for adults and $5 for a child. Once the game is done, there's a after dark drag party for ages 18 and up. Enjoy performances and food and drink.

More information and tickets here.

TurnPark Summer Festival
2 Moscow Road, West Stockbridge
Time: 3 to 10 p.m.

TurnPark Art Space's annual summer festival with performance art, immersive installations, wearable sculptures, music, dance, and meditative rituals. This year's theme is "Myth."

More information and tickets here.

Sunday

MA250 High Tea and Speakers Event
Adams Theater, Park Street
Time: 2 p.m.

Enjoy an English style high tea with a savory selection of small treats. A selection of teas and other beverages will also be served. Hear about the history of tea and its consumption and how it led to an American Revolution.

More information and tickets at $16.99 here.

Free Family Sundays at The Mount
The Mount, Lenox

Free day at author Edith Wharton's The Mount filled with dancing, activities, storytelling, and more.

More information here.

Flag Day Celebration
191 Church St., Cheshire
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.

Flag retirement ceremony with music, food trucks, and a kid zone.

More information here.


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Q&A with State Representative Challenger Andrew Fitch

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On Sept. 1, voters in the First Berkshire District will decide whether they want to send a new representative to Beacon Hill in Boston.
 
Andrew Fitch, currently a city councilor in the district's largest municipality — and the commonwealth's smallest city — is challenging former North Adams Mayor John Barrett III, who won the First Berkshire seat in a 2017 special election, in the Democratic Party primary.
 
There is no Republican on the primary ballot for the First Berkshire seat so the primary will effectively be the election for the seat. 
 
The two candidates met for their only debate on Aug. 13 at Williams College. iBerkshires.com reached out to both candidates to follow up on some of the points raised in the debate and get their thoughts on some other issues facing the district.
 
Below are excerpts from a conversation with challenger Andrew Fitch:
 
Question: From the very beginning, you talked about the campaign as a listening experience, and this week you're continuing that with the bike tour …
 
Andrew Fitch: Knocking on doors that have never been knocked on before. … I was riding through, I believe it was Hinsdale coming into Windsor, and they started to yell at me, 'No!' And then the guy was like, 'Wait a second. That's Andrew Fitch.' They actually knew who I was, and they were actually wanting to chat with me.
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