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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Applications for the 16th annual Berkshire Circus Camp for boys and girls, ages 8-15, are now available from Berkshire Community College. The three-week, day camp is scheduled for July 27 through August 15 at the college’s main campus in Pittsfield. Instruction is available for beginning and intermediate campers.
Circus activities focus on such performing arts as tumbling, artistic cycling, juggling, clowning, stilt and wire walking, trapeze skills, partner acrobatics, and pyramids. Intermediate campers receive additional instruction in acrobatics balancing, manipulation and clowning.
Campers also learn about the history of the circus and the arts in circus; makeup, costumes and prop construction; and circus publicity, tickets, concessions, and management. Regular day camp activities include field sports, cooperative games, trust and team-building activities, and outdoor water activities.
Patrick Ferri will serve as the ringmaster. Ferri is a performer of physical comedy and has been coaching circus camps for six years.
In addition to the fun and excitement of the circus, past experience has shown that most campers also gain hidden benefits in such areas as decision making, coordination, patience, concentration, self-motivation and discipline, teamwork, creativity, fear control and responsibility.
Campers display their newfound skills to the public during two “Grande Finale” performances scheduled for Friday evening, August 14, and Saturday afternoon, August 15.
Applications are available from BCC's Office of LifeLong Learning. The fee is $595 for regular campers and $675 for intermediate campers. Limited financial assistance is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. A deferred payment plan is also available.
For more information, call Linda Pierce, at 413-236-2122.
