There are a variety of events this weekend, including Pride celebrations, music, and more.    Editors' Pick    Berkshire Pride Week Various Locations, Berkshire County  June 1 through June 9   There will be various Pride events this weekend to celebrate the LGBTQIA-plus community.    On Friday, there will be a Pride Pageant at the Adams Theater, where kings, queens, and everyone in between will take the stage to showcase drag artistry and self-expression in a competition for the crown and a one-year stint as the leader of the Berkshire County LGBTQI…...

Mass MoCA Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams combines art and culture and presents it to its patrons to inspire, impact, and entertain.  This museum is known for its contemporary art, education programming and performance events including the bi-annual Solid Sound Festival, the annual FreshGrass Festival, and many more performances.  Mass MoCA hosts permanent and temporary exhibits in its 250,000 square feet of galleries....

Berkshire County has a variety of waterfalls that can take the breath away from any curious traveler willing to spend some time hiking.  Tannery Falls Savoy, Mass The hike to the majestic Tannery Falls is no easy feat....

Windsor, Mass. — Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center houses a rare spruce-fir Taifa habitat, which can be found in small pockets of high-elevation forests. The habitat is rare and declining in Massachusetts, as is some of the wildlife it inhabits. The center is home to many rare and declining Massachusetts wildlife species, including the white-throated sparrow, ruffed Grouse, and American woodcock. The boreal "northern" forests are also unique and are considered....

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Botanical Garden is a 24-acre botanical garden that showcases horticulture and garden design through its dozens of displays.   Starting May 1 the garden's grounds are open daily from 9 until 5 daily. Visitors can roam the grounds freely with no duration limit, but the average visitor often spends approximately two hours exploring.   The garden's mission is to educate and inspire the art and science of gardening and preserve the local environment....

Berkshire County unites the natural environment with the industrialized world. Its distinct area combines art, culture, technology, and nature, creating an eclectic range of activities for residents and visitors.   Berkshire County is generally divided into three sections: Northern, Central, and Southern. The Northern Berkshires comprise Williamstown, North Adams, Adams, Cheshire, New Ashford, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Savoy and Windsor. Each community has a unique history and offers explorers a variety of activities....

Wahconah Falls State Park Dalton, Mass.   Wahconah Falls is a must see when coming to Central Berkshire County. It is a world of its own that stands alone from other sites in the area, especially in the Fall. To many people, Fall is seen as the saddest season.   It is the season that warns us of the oncoming dreadful bone chilling winter. The season of death from the dying vegetation. But to me Fall is seen as the last moments of happiness before the oncoming storms....

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hancock Shaker village will decorate the historic village with light projections, music, live animals, and more for 20 nights throughout December. Visit Hancock Shaker Village’s farm animals as they celebrate Hancock Holiday Nights, running through December 31, 2022  Following the popularity of last year's inaugural event, Hancock Holiday Nights brings back artist Joe Wheaton to illuminate several historic buildings, including the iconic Round Stone Barn and Brick Dwelling....

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. There will be a holiday concert on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m....

PITTSFIELD -- Berkshire Concert Choir will present “Coming Home,” on Saturday, November 19, at 7 pm and Sunday, November 20, at 3 pm. in Common Room at Zion Lutheran Church.  This  60-voice choir is now in its 45th year and showcasing the music and poetry of New England. Directed by Matthew O Thomas and accompanied by Amy Renak, the program features "Frostiana", music by Randall Thompson and the poetry of Robert Frost....

ADAMS, Mass. — Final preparations are being made inside of Adams Theater as it prepares for an upcoming benefit concert by the piano group Two Piano Journey on Nov. 11.  The mother and son team, Michelle Chen Kuo and Christopher Kuo, is currently touring to raise money for philanthropic and charitable organizations. The duo has raised $1,456,000 for its partners since 2016. The concert is part of a fundraising effort by the theater, which it launched in August. As of Nov. 3, it has raised over $58,000 of its $80,000 goal online and $14,000 more in offline donations....

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of "La Traviata" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 12:55 pm in the second installment of The Met: Live in HD.  The award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary....

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents "It's a Wonderful Life" with new executive director Dan Hudson on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4:15 pm and Sunday, Nov. 6 at 1 pm.  Hudson will introduce each show and talk about why "It's a Wonderful Life"  is his favorite film. The Saturday show will be followed by a reception at The Log, down the street from Images Cinema. The reception is included with a ticket to the movie. Both presentations of the film are free for Images Cinema members. Regular admission prices apply to all others....

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at 10:15 am, the Clark Art Institute will host a tour of the permanent collection galleries for new parents.  The event is free. Participants will meet at the Clark's main Admissions desk. New parents and caregivers are invited to bring their infants into the galleries for an informal, guided visit....

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —On Friday, Nov. 4, guitar player Jason Vieaux will offer a varied recital of solo guitar music at the McConnell Theater, Daniel Arts Center, at Bard College at Simon's Rock on the South Berkshire Concert Series.  The performance will begin at 7:30 pm and admission is free; mask-wearing is required.   The program will include arrangements of works by Bach and Scarlatti, as well as original guitar compositions by Leo Brouwer, Augustin Barrios, Jorge Morel, and Vieaux....

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The community is invited to a concert on Nov. 2 with Jake Blount, an award-winning musician and scholar based in Providence, RI.  Blount will perform at 7 p.m. at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Church Street Center. The concert is open to the public with an admission fee of $10 for the general public, $5 for faculty/staff/MCLA alumni, and free for current students....

LEE, Mass. — Diane Pearlman, Executive Director of Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative, made the official presentation of a $5,000 Community Film Fund matching grant to Liv Cummins, Executive Director of Columbia Arts Team (CAT), toward their production of the musical comedy film "Band Boy," written and directed by Lee resident Sandy McKnight, and produced entirely in Berkshire County. Left to right: Marc A....

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Eagles Band's annual Community Concert returns to the Colonial Theatre next week, featuring a range of musical works from the 1700s to the modern day. On Friday, Nov. 4, the free event will include a more than 60-musician concert band and the stage band. It will be opened by the Eagles' trombone ensemble.   The concert begins at 7 p.m. and the trombone ensemble will begin shortly after doors open at 6:15 p.m....

Berkshire County is hosting a wide range events during the last week of the spooky season, including parades, pumpkin carving, and more  Pittsfield Halloween ParadeTyler Street, Pittsfield  Tyler Street will be a haunting ground for ghosts and ghouls once more this year. The city's annual Halloween parade returns on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last parade was in 2019. This will be the 76th Halloween parade in the city....

LENOX, Mass. — Shakespeare & Company's Center for Actor Training schedule of online workshops and intensives for Fall 2022 continues with Movement: Presence, Power and Freedom, led by Shakespeare & Company's Director of Training Sheila Bandyopadhyay. Workshops will be held on Nov....

LENOX, Mass. — Photojournalist and Photography Teacher David Lee will talk about the basic photo technology of the 19th century and how that affects the way the resulting pictures appear.  His talk will be followed by tea. According to a press release: in the Gilded Age exposures were made by both professional and amateur photographers in a time when there was no capability to photographically enlarge them. Today we have much faster darkroom photo paper and making photographic enlargements is relatively easy. But printing photos in the darkroom takes time and patience....

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nathaniel Silver assumed the role of Executive Director and CEO of Hancock Shaker Village on Sept. 19 and hopes to preserve the inclusive and diverse history that is ingrained in the 20 historic buildings on the campus.  "Everybody's been incredibly welcoming. And I'm really really grateful for the warm welcome since I've been here and especially fellow leaders of cultural institutions who have reached out to me in the last couple of weeks to meet and to welcome you to the area and so I'm incredibly grateful for everyone's support" he said....

IT'S AAAAALIVE! Well, it was at Pittsfield's Downtown "It's Alive" event on 10/21/2022!...

Berkshire County will be hosting a variety of events this cool cloudy weekend including Pub Crawls, festivals, and haunted hikes....

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Oct 29, at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a concert by Montreal-based pianist Gabriel Quenneville-Bélair.    The program includes nineteenth- and twentieth-century music selected from composers including Maurice Ravel, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Also premiering at this performance are three concert études composed by Williamstown resident Stephen Dankner.    The free performance is open to the public and takes place in the Clark's auditorium....