Registrations for local children's camps for the summer are beginning to open. As we learn of them, they will be added to this list. Check back for updates. Berkshire Botanical Garden: Register here for all camps. Berkshire Horseworks: Ranch Life 101 Summer program - register here. Bousquet Mountain: Vacation Camps and the Rippers and Riders […]
The 18th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival runs April 18-18, 2024. As close followers know, our festival is a highlight of Jazz Appreciation Month, a national observance that was conceived by the Smithsonian Institution in 2001, and later sanctioned by Congress. It also falls on the eve of another celebratory event, Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday anniversary, […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Performing Arts & Entertainment
Spend the weekend with Brian Gilbert of Hilltown Anglers learning the basics of Fly Fishing! This day-and-a-half retreat includes: * Friday night accommodations at Blue Vista Motor Lodge with access to firepits, hot tubs and sauna * Friday evening workshop (6pm - 8pm) introducing anglers to equipment and gear, flies and rigging, and casting on […]
Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event
Join us at Drifters Bar & Restaurant for great music and food! Mar. 23: The Riverside Brothers Mar. 29: Melissa Brinton Apr. 5: Chris Merenda Apr. 19: Melissa Brinton Apr. 26: Tony Lee Thomas
Arts and Culture, Performing Arts & Entertainment
On the tour you will visit this year’s calves, lambs, kids, piglets, and chicks in the Round Stone Barn, Dairy Ell, and barnyard. Special tickets are required and must be reserved in advance on our website. Hurry, as this popular feature sells out quickly!
Family Friendly, Outdoor Event
Explore the captivating worlds of mystery and wonder in this exhibition featuring highlights from the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Permanent Collection, which now holds almost 25,000 illustrations by prominent artists working across genres and time periods. On display are cover art for award-winning novels and mysteries, children’s book illustrations inspired by classic tales, fantastical anthropomorphic drawings, […]
Arts and Culture, Family Friendly
In conjunction with the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) will present newly commissioned and recent works by Sadie Barnette, Alfred Conteh, Maya Freelon, Hugh Hayden, Letitia Huckaby, Jeffrey Meris, and Sable Elyse Smith in a new exhibition visualizing Black freedom, agency, and the legacy of the Civil […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Family Friendly, History and Heritage
The Clark Art Institute’s Manton Study Center for Works on Paper invites writers of all experience and skill levels to find inspiration in thematic selections from the Clark’s collection of works on paper. April’s open writing session theme, “Art and Writing,” features prints, drawings, and photographs exploring the relationship between images and text. The selection […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Printmaking by hand is never perfect and that is part of its beauty. We'll carve intricate drawings into reusable blocks to create stamps for printing artwork. Templates will be provided to get the mind moving, as well as linocut tools, ink colors, handheld brayers, and cardstock. Take home finished prints and reuse your stamp to […]
Arts and Culture, Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Hancock Shaker Village opens for the 2024 season with the Baby Animals Festival, an annual signal of spring for many Berkshire residents. A family favorite for more than twenty years, visitors are invited to experience the ritual of renewal by welcoming this year’s baby animals and the newest arrivals – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks, and […]
Arts and Culture, Family Friendly, Outdoor Event