BASIC Berkshires

VIM Community Group
2024-08-08 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-09-12 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-10 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-14 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-12 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
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.

Family Resource Fair in Great Barrington
2024-08-24 10:00 - 14:00 | Great Barrington Family Resource Center, 141 West Ave, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
Bring your family to the Great Barrington Family Resource Center on Saturday, August 24 for a Family Resource Fair organized by Clinical & Support Options! Get connected with over a dozen community organizations that can help your family, get free backpacks and school supplies, and enjoy live dance demonstrations, a taco truck, and games for the whole family.
See flyer for details: Family Resource Fair 2024

Fiesta Latina
2024-08-25 15:00 - 19:00 | The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States
The Mount invites you to a free musical celebration of Berkshire LatinX culture and artistry on Sunday, August 25 at 3 pm! Bring the whole family and enjoy a performance under the tent from Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra, whose original blend of Afro-Caribbean rhythms draws from Salsa, Merengue, Cha-cha, Bomba, Plena, and Latin Jazz to bring the sounds of Latin America to this corner of the Berkshires. Bring a picnic or visit La Chalupa y La Enchilada Mexican food truck parked on site. There will be face painting, bubbles, and craft activities for the kiddos. Join us!
See flyers in Spanish and English below.

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/

Shakespeare & Company Free Community Day
2025-05-24 11:00 - 16:00 | Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, MA, 01240
Shakespeare & Company will hold its second-annual free Community Day on Saturday, May 24 from 11 am – 4 pm, Memorial Day Weekend! This event features live demonstrations and performances, scavenger hunts, film screenings, food trucks with lunches and snacks for purchase, and dozens of other local nonprofits sharing the many ways we all serve the Berkshires – and beyond. For more information, call the Box Office at 413.637.3353 or visit shakespeare.org.

Community Day at The Mount
2025-08-10 11:00 - 17:00 | The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States
Featuring live music, readings and performances, a resource fair, book exchanges, children’s activities, and food trucks, Community Day at The Mount’s celebrates the vibrant, multicultural diversity of the Berkshires.
