Drury High School Students to Perform 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'

NORTH ADAMS, Mass – The Drury Performing Arts in collaboration with the 21st Century Afterschool
Program announced performance dates for its production of "The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comic Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson" adapted by Kent R. Brown and inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel.

According to a press release: 

Sherlock Holmes and his faithful sidekick, Dr. John Watson, have left on an extended holiday throughout
Europe, leaving their nieces—Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson—to keep an eye on the famous flat at
221B Baker Street. Shirley, studying logic, and Jennie, studying medicine, are busy preparing for
upcoming exams when there's a knock on the door. It's Dr. Maxine Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville,
who've come to seek the assistance of the famous Sherlock Holmes. Sir Charles Baskerville has died a
mysterious death. Is he the most recent victim of the Curse of the Baskervilles—a curse linked to the
nightmarish tales of a supernatural hound that haunts the murky moors of Devonshire? The young Sir
Henry, the only surviving heir to the Baskerville legacy, has received a threat against his life. Something
must be done so Shirley and Jennie take on the case and follow the trail of evidence and intrigue until, at
last, they are confronted by the ravenous Hound itself!

North Adams Planners OK New Event Space for Tourists Resort

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
05:34AM / Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Tourists' owners say they've been in need of a gathering space for years, based on the number of requests they get. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tourists Welcome resort was approved on Monday for construction of a building to serve gatherings and the Airport Rooms.

 

"This is our first opportunity to like fix the biggest thing we screwed up in building Tourists, which was not making a big room," said representative Eric Kerns. "The first year we opened, we got 1,200 event requests the first year, and we've continued to have almost 1,000 event requests every year."

 

The 140-seat event building will be constructed adjacent to the Airport Rooms on the east end of the State Road property, which operates at Blackinton Operating LLC. The 91-foot-long structure will include a kitchen to serve both the event space and the Airport Room, which will be connected via an enclosed corridor. Overflow parking will be at the Blackinton Mill, also owned by the partnership, with shuttle service for events. 

 

The new building will be set on piers to minimize excavation and will include a deck that will extend behind the Airport Rooms. The building also will utilize an all-electric mechanical system with high-efficiency heat pumps and energy recovery ventilation.

 

Kerns noted the resort has been erecting tents on that space for events — this will just make the use of the space permanent. He described the trailer being used as a "kitchen" for the Airport Rooms "a very clever two-year solution that has lasted seven years."

 

"It's just been a a real struggle to find a building that we can build that makes the math make sense given current, you know, construction costs we have come across," he said. "We've come upon a design that works for us, and it's really a continuation of the business that we've been doing. This site is where you've probably seen us put up a tent before, so we already have events of this size on the site."

 

Tourists was built as a minimalist resort, with the rooms facing the Hoosac River; the new structure will continue that aesthetic with a blank wall facing the road and large windows looking out on the river.