The featured event for Downtown Pittsfield, Inc.’s Downtown Celebrates Spring will be Where’s Winston?, a spring scavenger hunt for images of Officer Winston, the Pittsfield Police Department’s comfort dog, at downtown locations. Game cards will be available at the Children’s Library at the Berkshire Athenaeum. Every Winston will have a unique word with him. Find […]
Family Friendly, School Vacation
Enjoy this free course from Simon's Rock - American Revolutions: The Nation's Unfinished Promise. These lectures are held each Monday night from January 27 to May 5 (except March 17, during spring break), at the Lecture Center, from 6-7:30 pm, with time for questions and answers and discussion beginning around 7:oo pm. The lecture schedule […]
Berkshire250, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Join one of Israel's most acclaimed contemporary writers, Maya Arad, in conversation with Barbara Viniar for a discussion of The Hebrew Teacher: Three Novellas, stories about three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seeking to overcome crises. Part of Jewish Literary Voices: A Federation Series in collaboration with The Jewish Book […]
Diversity and Inclusion, History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Mariel Capanna (b. 1988) plays what she calls “games of remembering” as a way of reckoning with loss. Working from home videos and family slideshows, whose runtime is her constraint, the artist races to record fleeting memory images in oil paint. She scatters these flat, pastel forms like confetti across deep, atmospheric surfaces, creating compositions […]
Below is a list of summer camps and activities for the Berkshires. This list will be updated as information is received. Berkshire Art Center - 2025 Young Artist Summer Program - registration opens 2/17/25 Berkshire East - Bement Mountain Bike Camp Berkshire Horseworks - Ranch Life 101 - registration opens 2/10/25 Berkshire Museum - Summer […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Family Friendly, School Vacation
You’ve come to expect the best of touring, local, and undiscovered talent from us, and this year will be no exception. Here is the lineup for the nineteenth Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, which runs from April 24 through May 4 in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the cultural capital of the Berkshires. 04/24: Open Jam Session 04/25: Jazz […]
Arts and Culture, Performing Arts & Entertainment
Meet the newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kids! Baby animals are the stars of the show, but you can also join in daily talks about the farm and the Shakers, craft demonstrations, and walks along the Farm & Forest Trail.
Family Friendly, Nature and Recreation
Join the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires for an informal coffee networking event to connect nonprofits with community members exploring board service. Muffins! Fun! Connections! Free! Get on Board! Berkshires is a free Board Matching Service.
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
The idyllic tranquility of the lives of shepherds became a prominent subject in literature, music, and the visual arts during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A new exhibition at the Clark Art Institute, Pastoral on Paper, explores artistic depictions of rural life by considering their representations of the people and animals who inhabited the landscapes. […]
Join Berkshire Art Center for “Paint a Pint” nights at Thistle & Mirthon the last Tuesday of each month. Enjoy delicious pizza and drinks while you paint your own pint glass!
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Food and Drinks