DALTON, Mass. — The Arch and Rose Quartz SPAtique, located at 395 Main St., opened its doors this weekend.    Cosmetic tattoo artist Ashley Ciepiela and licensed esthetician Rebecca Moore have worked together on this dual business venture to create an inviting space where people feel comfortable sharing their insecurities. Ciepiela and Moore said they have been working on the space since first seeing it in March. They opened for business on Saturday.    "Being a cosmetic tattoo artist, I'm asking people to come in and let me stare at their insecurities....

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — CJ Field went to Nashville more than a decade ago to focus on being a solo artist and a professional songwriter. His career has taken him all over the East Coast and country joints throughout the South. Despite his travels, he has kept the spirit of his hometown with him....

Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this weekend including Art Festivals, Comedy Nights, and Jazz Performances.    Lenox Jazz Stroll Lilac Park, Lenox   The third annual Lenox Jazz Stroll will be taking place this weekend throughout Lenox providing free jazz programming for through Sept. 17.    The programming starts this Thursday, Sept....

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Friends of the North Adams Public Library is bringing back a tradition that many community members and book enthusiasts missed during its two-year absence because of the pandemic.    "I just think that the community loves this. We get a huge amount of people that come in and buy boxes and boxes," Friend of the Library Susan Spooner said on Thursday.    This Friday and Saturday, community members can browse the sale offerings at St....

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Elizabeth Freeman Center's fall fundraiser Rise Together for Safety and Justice will include six small walks across the county between Sept. 14 and Sept. 22....

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Signs of survivors, fighters, and fallen angels from childhood cancer lined the parking lot of Walmart as community members gathered to "dunk" their peers in an effort to raise funds to fight the illness.    Two local moms, Christen Simmons and Stephanie Maschino, whose lives were greatly affected by childhood cancer collaborated with local organizations to gather funds for their cause....

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —The self-guided 9th Annual Berkshire Pottery Tour will take place the weekend of Sept. 24-25, 2022, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The potters and their locations include Daniel Bellow (Great Barrington), Ben Evans (Richmond), Ellen Grenadier (Monterey), Linda Skipper (New Marlborough), and Paula Shalan (Stockbridge), and The Berkshire Art Center (Stockbridge).  The tour is designed in a geographic loop and participants can start at any of the 5 studios....

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, local veterans gathered around the city's Iraq and Afghanistan War Memorial to honor the "true one percenters" who answered the call to fight for their country in a time of great need. "Today, it's been 7,665 days since that terrible day," Mark Pompi, who served in the Army as a sergeant, first class, said to a crowd of around 50 community members and veterans.  "In direct relation to those attacks, these men and millions more answered the call and volunteered to fight back against terror....

ADAMS, Mass. — The American Legion Riders will again be hosting the Fall Run this Saturday, Sept. 17, in Bowe Field to raise funds for military veterans in need throughout Massachusetts.    Last year, a group of local volunteers revived this long-standing tradition that ceased to roar through Western Massachusetts in 2017.    Originally a small group of friends, the ride quickly morphed into a 2,000-plus rider event that raised more than a half-million dollars for local charities, especially Shriners Hospital....

Williamstown, Massachusetts—The Clark Art Institute presents a book talk with author and filmmaker Alan Govenar On Thursday, September 15 starting at 6 p.m. in the Clark’s auditorium....

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community members last week celebrated W.E.B. Du Bois' legacy on the 59-year anniversary of his passing. The Saturday, Aug. 27, event, "W.E.B Du Bois: I've Known Rivers," included readings, music, and history at the River Park named after the late sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist. Clinton AME Zion Church, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is being renovated to become a cultural hub on the Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born in Great Barrington in 1868....

Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this warm, sunny weekend featuring concerts, fairs, festivals, and more.    Hawk Henries Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield   Start your weekend off early this Thursday by listening to original flute music by Hawk Henries, a member of Nipmuc's Chaubunagungamaug band, in Zion Lutheran Church's Common Room starting at 7 p.m.   His music has been described as being able to carry listeners across musical and cultural boundaries....

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the Clark Art Institute partners with Images Cinema to screen Summer of Soul, the Oscar-winning documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The film will be shown outdoors near the Clark’s Reflecting Pool at dusk, around 7:30 p.m. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, the Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). More than 300,000 people attended the summer concert series that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion....

Williamstown, Massachusetts—The Clark Art Institute continues its “Locals at the Lunder Center” series with a free concert on Sunday, September 11 starting at 4:15 in the  Lunder Center’s Moltz Terrace. The Philadelphia and New York City based band Elkhorn will perform followed by local musical group Sound For....

LENOX, Mass. — The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, will host a free dual-language concert and Storywalk at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, featuring beloved children's author and musician, MISTER G. The 2015 Latin Grammy award-winner for Best Children's Album, MISTER G is a star in the world of family music. Called "a bilingual rockstar" by The Washington Post, and "irresistible" by People magazine, Mister G has received national critical acclaim and won three Parents' Choice Gold Awards....

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tyler Street will be a haunted ground of 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....

LENOX, Mass.  The town of Lenox will host the 2022 Fall Art Walk event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 10 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 11.  The event is a collaboration with the Lenox Chamber of Commerce, the Lenox Cultural District and Gordon Fine Arts. This is the 5th Lenox Art Walk to be held.  The Art Walk is a curated show of artists and artisans who showcase their work throughout downtown Lenox. The Artists’ tents will be set up along the Main Street sidewalk and into Lilac Park....

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Local non-profit West Side Legends hosted its first soap box derby on Saturday, giving children and their families a chance to race down Robbins Avenue in handmade gravity racers.    Approximately 125 residents attended the races, cheering on their community members as they sped down the hill.    West Side Legends strives to improve the quality of life of others and revitalize the neighborhood on a local level through education, local events, and fundraisers....

Williamstown, Massachusetts—On Sunday, September 24 at 2 p.m. the Clark Art Institute will hosts meander-themed classical concert on the Lunder Center’s Moltz Terrace, performed in conjunction with the special exhibition Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu: Meander. Unlike traditional performances, this concert offers attendees a participatory experience of sound and exploration.  From 2 p.m. until 5 p.m....

Berkshire County and areas surrounding are hosting a variety of events this warm Labor Day Weekend, including artwalks, concerts, ghost tours, and more   FIRST Friday Community Picnic on Eagle Street Eagle Street, North Adams    Historic Eagle Street will be closed to traffic from 5 to 9 on Friday for music, food and events.    Beer and wine will be served by Desperado's Mexican Restaurant on the sidewalk next to the Eagle Street parklet, galleries and businesses will be open late, and DJ DUBTC will be spinning tunes all night....

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A new installation to open at 90 Main St. during First Friday seeks to bring new life to a former bank building.   This light and sound installation, "Exponential," will be on view this fall and winter in an effort to think about the future of the space and contribute to the atmosphere of the city's downtown, said architect and designer Karla Rothstein....

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — After completing two previous cycles of violin and viola sonatas, by Brahms and Beethoven, violinist Ronald Gorevic and pianist Larry Wallach will perform works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Sept. 4, at 2:00 p.m. in the McConnell Theater of the Daniel Arts Center on the campus of Bard College at Simon’s Rock. The program will include four sonatas, drawing on the three main periods of Mozart’s sonata production: no. 6 in D major (k. 306), no. 11 in G major (k. 379) no....