Weekend Outlook: Art Walk, Musical Performances, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:38PM / Friday, June 09, 2023 | |
 Berkshire County is having a variety of events this weekend including Art Walks, musical performances, and more. *Do you want your market or event included in the outlook? Email info@iberkshires.com. Editor's Pick
Main Street sidewalk and Lilac Park, Lenox Time: Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 11 to 4. There will be a Spring Art Walk event that features a curated show of artists and artisans representing various mediums including paintings, drawings, photographs, ceramics, fiber arts, jewelry, clothing, and more. More information here. Friday Town Hall, Great Barrington Time: 5:30 until 7:15 p.m. Lay in the grass and >> Read More |
Berkshire Athenaeum Short Story Contest| 03:38PM / Thursday, June 01, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum and the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum announced the 45th Annual Short Story Writing Contest for Children and the 26th Annual Short Story Writing Contest for Young Adults. The contest opens Thursday, June 1, 2023, and closes Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. In anticipation of the contest, on July 11 & July 25, Young Adult author Brittany Czarnecki will be hosting a creative writing workshop for teens 12-18. The Berkshire Athenaeum will accept submissions in-person, via mail, or by email. Children's entries can be emailed to childrens@pittsfieldlibrary.org and Young Adult entries to >> Read More |
Pittsfield to Create Cultural Plan with National Endowment for the Arts Grant| 08:12AM / Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield Office of Cultural Development, in partnership with Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, has been recommended for a $75,000 Our Town award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support a Cultural Plan for the City of Pittsfield. This is one of 57 grants nationwide, totaling $4,175,000, that the NEA has recently announced in the Our Town category. These creative placemaking grants support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into local efforts to strengthen and authentically engage communities, center equity, advance artful lives, and lay the groundwork for long-term systems >> Read More |
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