St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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GREAT BARRINGTON - David Heath of Pittsfield, will speak on "The Berkshires in the Civil War," at the Great Barrington Historical Society (GBHS) annual dinner Nov. 5.
Heath will use a computer Powerpoint presentation, with music, discussing local regiments. He is a Monument Valley Regional Middle School teacher and Civil War enthusiast.
Thus, he has been a reenactment soldier with the Tenth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment which included Company A -- consisting of many former Great Barrington soldiers.
Great Barrington supplied men to Harris Light Cavalry; Tenth, 12th, 16th, 24th, 27th, 28th and 31st, also 34th, 40th, 46th, 49th and 57th Massachusetts Regiments; also the famed all-black Mass. 54th. One Great Barrington soldier, Frederick N. Deland, received the Medal of Honor for heroism in the assault on Port Hudson, La., in 1863.
Reservation deadline is Oct. 17 for the event at Crissey Farms (436 Stockbridge Road, Route 7, at the Jenifer House complex). Cost of the meal, due at this time, is $30 for members; $40 non-members.
From 6 to 7 pm. there will be a cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres, followed by an extensive buffet; dessert and coffee are included, as are tax and gratuity.
Payment should be sent to: GBHS Dinner, P.O. Box 1106, Great Barrington, MA 01230. For more information, see www.greatbarringtonhistoricalsociety.org about how to become a member.
