Friday, July 15 (rain date, July 22)
Eagle Street Beach Party!
Eagle Street | Between Main St & Center St 
(413) 664-6180
3:30 PM - 10 PM
Free!
for more information

We don't need an ocean to have a beach! Visit North Adams on a Friday in the middle of July as more than 250,000 pounds of sand, donated by Specialty Minerals and delivered by the City of North Adams, is spread - curb to curb - the entire length of Eagle Street. The family-friendly beach party runs from 3:30 – 6:30 and the adult-oriented fiesta, complete with margaritas served on the beach, takes place from 7-10pm. Lita Williams will be dj-ing from 3:30- 6:00 and performing live in the evening.

Community Sewing Bee
Makers Mill | 73 Main Street
(413) 749-2073
5 - 8 PM
Free! 
for more information - Please RSVP 

Join Williams Artist-In-Residence Emily Johnson for a Community Sewing Bee at The Makers’ Mill! We are creating a series of 84 hand sewn quilts. When completed, the quilts will be laid outdoors for an all night performance filled with dance, storytelling and stargazing! For more information on the project please visit the project website. ALL ARE WELCOME. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! We provide all materials as well as beverages and snacks. Feel free to bring drinks or snacks to share. We will be holding Wednesday evening Sewing Bees at Makers’ Mill every other week of the summer. Please join us for any or all of them!

Concerts at Windsor Lake
Champagne Jam  
Windsor Lake | 200 Windsor Lake Road
(413) 664-6180
6:30 PM
Free!
for more information

Join the community for the next free installment of the Windsor Lake summer concert series! Bring the family, beach chairs, blankets, and a positive vibe to this uplifting community-based concert! THIS WEEK: Featuring the musical precision of Champagne Jam, a returning favorite!

DownStreet Art - Meet Your Neighbors!
Downtown North Adams | Main St.
5 PM – 8 PM
Free! 
for more information

It's finally time for DownStreet Art 2016! Join us as we kick off the 9th Annual DownStreet Art summer of Arts, Culture, & Community in Downtown North Adams. Meet Your Neighbors is the theme of DownStreet Art 2016 and we're all about keeping it local - highlighting Artists of all stripes living and working within 20 miles of our little city. 

Don’t forget to stop by the Common Folk GRAND OPENING at 33 Main St as they debut their new space, the new exhibit Brick & Mortar | Flesh & Blood, the band Cactus Attack! And an end-of-night Common Folk Jam!! 

Opening Receptions
Berkshire Art Museum
159 E. Main St.
6-9 PM
for more information
 

Three new exhibitions for 2016.      

Berkshire Artists of the Contemporary Artists Center 1990 - 1999. This exhibition showcases the work of nine artists who had a close association with the Contemporary Artists Center and to the Berkshires. With works by: Dale Bradley, Christopher Gillooly, Brandon Graving, Robert Henriquez, Henry Klein, Barbara May, Robert Schechter, Maria Siskind, David Zaig.  

Colors - Sarah Sutro

Art and Architecture: Keith Bona, Peter Dukek, Howard Itzkowitz, William Sweet

Steeple Cats Home Game 
Joe Wolfe Field | 310 State Street 
steeplecats@gmail.com
6:30 PM 
5yo & Younger - Free | 6-12 - $1 | Students & Seniors - $5 | Teens & Adults - $8
for more information

COME ONE, COME ALL! Watch the Steeple Cats take on the Mystic Schooners! Show up to cheer on your very own home team as they bat their way to victory this Baseball season. Show them a home-field welcome and bring the whole family! 

Additional ticketing information & combo discounts here

Evening LEGO Group 
North Adams Public Library | 74 Church Street 
(413) 664-4700
6 PM - 7 PM
Free!
for more information

Join us for an hour of LEGO fueled fun!

Drop-In Family Time 
Haskins Community Center | 210 State St
(413) 664-4821
10 AM - 12 PM
Free
for more information

Drop in at The Family Center and play with your child and friends on Friday mornings.

Meet us at the Airport: Around the World in 80 Days 
Harriman-West Airport | 836 State St
(413) 662-2111
8:30 AM
$14 per Car |OR| $7 Adults | $3 Kids 12 & Younger
for more information

Programmed  by MASS MoCA. Travel Around the World in 80 Days as we screen this epic Academy Award-winning adventure film on the largest movie screen in all of New England—the door of an airplane hangar at the North Adams airport! We’ll start the night with classic flight-themed shorts, balsa wood gliders, and hot coals… so come hungry. Lickety Split serves up hamburgers, hot dogs, popcorn, and ice cream as we settle in for this technicolor caper under the stars. B.Y.O.C. (bring your own chair), but don’t B.Y.O.B. (full bar on-site).

The North Adams Farmers Market is a producer-only market. We accept CC, Debit, and EBT payments and proudly DOUBLE SNAP benefits thanks to generous funding of our SNAPx2 Program.

This week at the market: Clarksburg Bread Co., Gray Raven Farm, Hop Hollar Farm, Jaeschke’s Orchard, Many Forks Farm, MonArtistic Pet Products, Morin Gardens, Mountain Girl Farm, Natalya's, North Yeast Bakery, Senecal's Sugarhouse, Mark Smigel, Square Roots Farm. Live music from 10-12. Join us!

The North Adams Farmers Market is generously supported by: Adams Community Bank, Berkshire Bank, Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Greylock Federal Credit Union, MountainOne Bank, The Porches Inn, and Moresi & Associates.

Steeple Cats Home Game
Joe Wolfe Field | 310 State St
steeplecats@gmail.com 
6:30 PM 
Children 5 and Under - Free | Children 6-12 - $1 
Students & Seniors - $5 | Teens & Adults - $8
for more information 

COME ONE, COME ALL! It's time to cheer on your very own home team as they take on the Winnepesaukee Muskrats! Show them a home-field welcome and bring the whole family!

Additional Ticketing Information & Discounts can be found here

Ghost Train Orchestra
MASS MoCA | 1040 MASS MoCA Way
(413) 662-2111
8 PM
$12 Students/Advance | $18 Day of | $24 Preferred
for more information

Reimagining the wild jazz that came pouring out of speakeasies and cabarets of Chicago and New York City in the 1920s — forever changing the face of American music — Ghost Train Orchestra swings by for a prohibition-era party that will have everything but the smoky haze. Check inhibitions at the door.

Steeple Cats Home Game
Joe Wolfe Field | 310 State Street 
steeplecats@gmail.com
6:30 PM 
5yo & Younger - Free | 6-12 - $1 | Students & Seniors - $5 | Teens & Adults - $8
for more information

COME ONE, COME ALL! Come watch the Steeple Cats take on the Sanford Mariners! Show up to cheer on your very own home team as they bat their way to victory this Baseball season. Show them a home-field welcome and bring the whole family! Additional ticketing information and combo discounts here

COME ONE, COME ALL! Join us as the Steeple Cats take on the Upper Valley Nighthawks! Show up to cheer on your very own home team as they bat their way to victory this Baseball season. Show them a home-field welcome and bring the whole family!
Additional Ticketing Information & Discounts here

Fireworks are an integral part of America’s Fourth of July celebrations all over the country, and our local show in North Adams is one of the most prestigious in Western Massachusetts. Our celebration draws thousands of viewers from the Capital region of New York State, Southern Vermont, and Berkshire County. For an evening of all-American fun, grab some tickets to the annual 4th of July SteepleCats game, and stick around for the fireworks, which start immediately afterward, at approximately 9:30pm.
Fireworks are set off by Joe Wolfe Field, but are visible from numerous locations throughout North Adams.

COME ONE, COME ALL! Join us as the Steeple Cats take on the Valley Blue Sox! Show up to cheer on your very own home team as they bat their way to victory this Baseball season. Show them a home-field welcome and bring the whole family!
Additional Ticketing Information & Discounts here

The Studios at MASS MoCA

The Studios at MASS MoCA, an initiative by MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program, offers residencies up to 8 weeks. Applications are currently accepted through July 8, 2016, for residency sessions between October 2016 and March 2017. To apply, visit our online application page (there’s no application fee!) 

Deadline: 11:59pm, July 8, 2016.
 

WANTED - Vendors and Crafters

Lenox, MA

We are seeking vendors and crafters who make handmade creations which they may wish to sell at The Holiday Craft Connection, November 19, 2016 from 9 am - 3 pm at The United Methodist Church of Lenox, 6 Holmes Road, Lenox, Massachusetts (located behind NBT Bank). Free admission. For more information please call 413-243-2640 ~ 413-464-2659 or email alliekatt0328@verizon.net. Registration and payment received by July 1, 2016 will be eligible for reduced fees.

Friday 7/1

First Friday's Artwalk!  
Cultural Pittsfield | 28 Renne Ave, Pittsfield 
5 PM - 8 PM
Free!
for more information

Enjoy over fifteen different art shows featuring work by over two dozen accomplished regional artists in Downtown Pittsfield’s bustling Upstreet Cultural District during the First Fridays Artswalk and all month long! In most venues, artists will be present from 5 to 8 pm on Friday, July 1st! Join us for a free guided tour beginning at 5pm on July 1st at the Intermodal Center @ BRTA, 1 Columbus Ave!

Sunday 7/3

Quaker Meeting House Tours
Quaker Meeting House  | Maple St Cemetery, Adams 
1 PM - 4 PM
for more information

The Quaker Meeting House, built in 1782 by the East Hoosuck Meeting of the Society of Friends, essentially unchanged since its construction, was the place of worship of the family of Susan B. Anthony, born in Adams in 1820. Free tours will be offered by members of the Adams Historical Society and the Adams Historical Commission on Sundays from July 3 to Oct. 9. It is located in the Maple Street Cemetery.

Monday July 4

Williamstown Celebrates the 4th of July!
Throughout Williamstown | location listed for each event
(413)458-9077
Free
for more information

4th of July Events:

8:15 AM – Morning Meditation at the Clark Art Institute

9:30 AM – Second Annual Run for Independence starting at Berkshire Fitness Company

11:00 AM – Hometown Parade on Spring St. with community BBQ and live music!

1:30 PM – Founding Documents Come to Life – featuring WTF actors –WTF Sawyer Library, Williams College

Tuesday 7/5

Wednesday 6/29

Tinkergarten Trial Class 
Margaret Lindley Park | 1201 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown 
10 AM - 11:15 PM 
Free! 
for more information

Tinkergarten is super excited about the activities we have planned for summer! Sign up for this free trial class today and your child is guaranteed to have a wonderful morning of outdoor fun!

Thursday 6/30

Firefly Frolic 
Mt Greylock State Reservation | 30 Rockwell Rd, Lanesborough 
(413) 449-4262  
8 PM - 9:30 PM  
Free!
for more information

Hello to all our lovely Mount Greylock Firefly fans, friends and families! Due to the overwhelming interest in attending our "Firefly Frolic" Interpretive Event at Mount Greylock State Reservation, we have set up a FREE REGISTRATION program to allow for a safe and fun experience for Firefly fans and families with small children to attend. The "Firefly Frolic" 90 minute long Interpretive Event includes an indoor group introduction, a name game, a brief informative talk with scientific fun facts about fireflies, and an audience participation "kids of all ages" friendly game called "Firefly Safety Charades" which will help identify safe and appropriate "catch and release" techniques for the fireflies, and the humans who enjoy them.

Saturday 7/2

Shire City Ramble  
Bousquet Ski Area | 101 Dan Fox Dr, Pittsfield
(413) 442-8316
9 PM
$10-12
for more information

Be prepared- Bella's Bartok is bringing their Bohemian Folk Punk dance party to the Shire Mountain Ramble in Pittsfield, MA! And this time we'll be joined by the unconquerable Alchemystics! Come celebrate Summer and forget about everything at this insane night of music and dancing. This show is sure to be one for the books- Come dance with us!

21+ ONLY. Featuring music by Bella’s Bartok and the Alchemystics!
Tickets here

Monday 7/4

4th of July Parade
South St | Pittsfield
7 AM
Free!
for more information

Pittsfield Police Lt Mike Winston has requested CERTs help for approximately 3 hours anybody can HELP PLEASE LET me know who can help

Tuesday July 5

Annie and the Hedonists
Clark Art Institute | 225 South St, Williamstown
6 - 8 PM
for more information

Annie and the Hedonists interprets the songs of the great female blues artists of the '20s, '30s, and '40s: Bessie Smith, Sippie Wallace, Memphis Minnie, Billie Holiday, Rosetta Tharpe, Blue Lu Barker, Ella Fitzgerald and others. Other styles include western swing, bluesy country, and roots Americana. Band members include Annie Rosen on lead vocals, Jonny Rosen on guitar and vocals, Peter Davis on clarinet, tenor guitar, piano, and vocals, and Don Young on upright bass and vocals.