BASIC Berkshires

VIM Community Group
2024-06-13 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | MA
If you are new to the community — or you have been here for a while and want to get to know new people, learn about the important things happening here, participate in recreational activities, and live a healthy and fulfilling life — WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN our VIM community group. We will meet at the new clinic located at 199 South St. in PITTSFIELD.

Tinker Tots
2024-02-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, 012201
Come tinker and explore with the library and Pittsfield’s CFCE!
Each week children ages 0-2 (siblings welcome) and their caregivers engage in child-centered play, art, music, storytime, and sensory activities to encourage social, fine and gross motor, and pre-literacy skills.
¡Venga a jugar y explorar con la biblioteca y el CFCE de Pittsfield! Cada semana, los niños y sus cuidadores participan en juegos, arte, música, lectura de cuentos y actividades sensoriales centradas en los niños.
Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult 18+ at all times.
For more information call the Children’s Library: 413-499-9480, ext. 5.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
Attendance at library programs constitutes consent to be photographed; photos may be used in print or electronic publicity for the Berkshire Athenaeum.

Festival Latino of the Berkshires
2024-09-28 12:00 - 18:00 | Great Barringtown Town Hall Saint James Place, 352 Main St, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Experience a day filled with vibrant music, dance, and performances that will transport you to the heart of Latin America!

Halloween Parade
2024-10-31 10:00 - 11:00 | Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, 012201
Children 6 and under are invited to come trick-or-treat at the Library! Come in your costume, trick-or-treat at all of the service desks, and stay for fun activities.
Los niños de 6 años o menos están invitados a venir a pedir dulces en la biblioteca. Ven con tu disfraz, pide dulces en todos los mostradores de servicio y quédate para disfrutar de actividades divertidas.
Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult 18+ at all times.
For more information call the Children’s Library: 413-499-9480, ext. 203.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
Attendance at library programs constitutes consent to be photographed; photos may be used in print or electronic publicity for the Berkshire Athenaeum.

Day of the Dead with MASS MoCA
2024-11-01 17:00 - 23:59 | MASS MoCA, 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, 01247, United States
Public program, free with registration:
Join us for our annual celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the Mexican holiday of remembrance for those who have passed away. Bring your friends and family members to contribute to an altar with your own ofrenda including photos or tokens of past loved ones and participate in one of our art making activities. Enjoy Mexican specialty foods while you listen to the music of student performers throughout the night right in the MASS MoCA lobby.
At 5:15pm MASS MoCA’s Senior Manager of School Programs Rebecca Cuscaden Marvin will present a special-edition Family Storytime. Then, join us in the R&D Store at 6pm with writer and curator Elizabeth Ferrer for an in-depth look at a pioneering Chicano photographer, Louis Carlos Bernal, who preserved the legacy of his Southwestern community.
MASS MoCA presents Día de Los Muertos in collaboration with Latinas413 and other community organizations in Berkshire County.
More information here: https://massmoca.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos/

100 Years of Movies: The Grand Budapest Hotel
2024-11-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
Wes Anderson’s stylistic filmmaking takes on high crime in this star-studded comedy. The ensemble cast features Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, and Tony Revolori. (Rated R, 1h 39min.)
This event is part of the Mahaiwe’s 100 Years of Movies series — Join film director and educator Deborah Reinisch for a century of movies at the Mahaiwe, 1914 through 2014. Deborah will introduce a classic film from each decade, each dated 10 years apart, highlighting what was going on in Hollywood, the Berkshires and the world.

The Wizard of Oz(1939)
2024-11-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
$8 / $5 ages 12 and under
ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT Card to Culture*
Join Dorothy, Toto, The Tin Man, Scarecrow, and The Cowardly Lion in this all-time musical favorite about friendship, courage, adventure, and home. The Mahaiwe’s screening is a community tradition on the Saturday following Thanksgiving every year. (Rated G / 1h 42m)

Met Opera in HD: Mozart's The Magic Flute
2024-12-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
This was the groundbreaking broadcast that launched the Met’s heralded Live in HD series, seen by opera lovers in movie theaters around the world. Adults and children alike were enchanted by the whimsical humor and breathtaking puppetry of Julie Taymor’s hit production, presented in a shortened English-language version. Under the baton of Maestro James Levine, a winning ensemble cast – including Nathan Gunn, Ying Huang, Matthew Polenzani, Erika Miklosa, and René Pape – brings fresh life to Mozart’s timeless fairy tale.

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
2024-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
Celebrate the Mahaiwe’s annual tradition screening It’s a Wonderful Life for free! James Stewart is George Bailey in this holiday classic by Frank Capra. (Rated PG / 2h 10m)

Norman Rockwell Museum Holiday Week Programs
2024-12-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road Route 183, Stockbridge, MA, 01262, United States
Dec 23 – 29, 2024
Families with kids of all ages are invited to get creative at the Norman Rockwell Museum! Join us for gallery activities and make your own art inspired by works on view in the collection and current exhibitions.
Free with Museum admission; free for kids and teens.
