3rd Thursdays Returns July 18

01:48PM / Wednesday, July 17, 2013Print Story | Email Story



		Dive in at the July 18th 3rd.Thursdays! We're travelling "Under The Sea" thanks to our sponsor the Berkshire Eagle this month and celebrating island style! From 5pm-8pm, North Street is closed to traffic and open for fun from Park Square to Maplewood. Dive in to upstreet Pittsfield with family and friends. Click here to download your FREE printable map & guide to the July 18th 3rd.Thursdays! (Or pick one up downtown tomorrow.) Thursday, July 18th \| 5-8pm \| Pittsfield's Upstreet Cultural District \| 413-499-9348 \| FREE

		The Return of the Upstreet Beach! Everyone loves the Upstreet Beach! Bring the family and enjoy playtime on the sand. There'll be lots of shovels and pails to play with! This year it's in front of the YMCA. (Cross your fingers and maybe we'll have a fire hydrant or two open as well to help you beat the heat!)

		Island Music: Reggae, Steel Drums & More! Cool down with some terrific island sounds at this week's 3rd.Thursdays. Ras Moon and Monsoon (pictured left) brings Cape Verdean reggae upstreet, the Tropical Beat steel drum band livelies up the evening, and Trio Candela performs Caribbean music for your listening pleasure with special guest performers. Other musical performances include the Brooklyn Gypsies on the Spice Dragon stage, Kardia at the Crowne Plaza stage, and a new generation of young performers at the Berkshire Rocks stage at Maplewood & North Streets. Plus don't miss the YMCA breakdancers and gymnasts and the KidsZone Dance Team performing as well!

		Hoola Hooping, Free Night at Berkshire Museum & More for All Ages 3rd.Thursdays always has plenty of activities for families. On the lawn at St. Joseph's Church enjoy hoola hooping with the very fun crew from the Pittsfield City Hoopla Festival (coming up next Saturday), visit the Healing Winds tipi and try your hand at Barrington Stage Company's beanbag game for a chance to win free tickets. Down on South Street, Berkshire County residents receive FREE admission to the cool air conditioned galleries of the Berkshire Museum, open until 8pm during 3rd.Thursdays! And don't miss the cast of Barrington Stage's Little Mermaid Jr. performing!

		Great Restaurants Upstreet! There's plenty of great food at 3rd.Thursdays this month, including jambalaya and crawfish katrina from guest chef Carlos Neville (pictured left) at Mission Bar + Tapas. Enjoy barbeque sliders and more from MadJacks BBQ, Mary's Carrot Cake Cafe's locally baked treats, the Lantern Bar & Grill's burgers, Brenda & Company, J. Allen's Clubhouse Grille, and sushi and Vietnamese food at Spice Dragon. Plus outdoor seating at Patrick's Pub and the Crowne Plaza.

		Strolling and Noshing Outdoor food vendors at 3rd.Thursdays include For the Love of Pie, Lucia's Latin Kitchen, Zucchini's Restaurant and food trucks How We Roll and Amanda's Kitchen. Stop by the historic Popcorn Wagon, now on North Street at Depot or visit the open air Thistle & Mirth Beer Garden and enjoy local brews from Wandering Star!

		Da-dum, da-dum, da-dum....JAWS! Don't miss the 70s clasic beach thriller JAWS at the Beacon Cinema as part of its monthly Throwback Thursdays series for $5 at 7:30pm. (If you've never seen it on the big screen before, now's your chance!) There's lots more late night fun upstreet after 3rd.Thursdays. At 8pm head over to Patrick's Pub for Rakish Paddy's monthly set of Irish music or check out the Picky Bastards at Mission Bar & Tapas, a collective of rotating local folk, rock and Americana musicians hosted by Dave Brown and Chris Merenda. And Blue Jazz will be in the house at MadJack's BBQ from 7pm to 10pm. All are no cover. Click here to download your FREE printable map & guide to the July 18th 3rd.Thursdays!

		Live Theatre Upstreet! Enjoy live theatre at this week's 3rd.Thursdays. It's the last week to see the terrific Berkshire Theatre Group production of the classic musical Oklahoma! And it's your FIRST chance to see Barrington Stage's newest Main Stage production of the play The Chosen, with special preview ticket prices of just $15 & $20. Plus The Town Players of Pittsfield offer a FREE staged reading of a short new play by local playwright Jamuna Yvette Sirker entitled Mr. Madoff Meets the Crawfish Queen at the new Whitney Center for the Arts at 5:30pm and again at 7pm. Click here to download your FREE printable map & guide to the July 18th 3rd.Thursdays,

		Thank you to our sponsors! We are very grateful to the Berkshire Eagle for being our lead sponsor this month! Other 3rd.Thursdays season sponsors include Berkshire Gas, Guardian Life, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Sabic, Berkshire Health Systems and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Thanks also to our wonderful downtown business sponsors, vendors and volunteers who make 3rd.Thursdays a community favorite!

		Next 3rd.Thursdays: Weird Science August 15! Expect fun experiments, demos and surprises next month as Sabic joins us in celebrating science & more! Then look forward to the September 19th's 3rd.Thursdays with the festive theme Festa Italiano; and October 17: Monster Mash. 3rd.Thursdays are held rain or shine and there is plenty of free parking throughout downtown's Upstreet Cultural District. See you there!

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Pontoosuc Under Public Health Advisory

04:47PM / Friday, October 04, 2024

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A blue-green algae bloom was confirmed on Friday at Pontoosuc Lake that may present harmful health effects for users of the lake.

The city has issued a health advisory as recommended by the state Department of Public Health for both people and pets.

• Do not swim.

• Do not swallow water.

• Keep animals away.

• Rinse off after contact with water.

Warning signs are being posted around the lake.

Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, occur naturally in lakes and ponds throughout Massachusetts. These microscopic organisms are components of the aquatic food chain. In ordinary circumstances, cyanobacteria cause no apparent harm. However, warmer water temperatures and high nutrient concentrations may induce a rapid increase in their abundance.

This response is commonly called a "bloom" because algal biomass increases to the extent that normally

clear water becomes markedly turbid.

Harmful health effects from the bloom can result through skin contact with the algae tainted water, swallowing the water, and when airborne droplets are inhaled. Pets are especially prone to the health effects not only through skin contact, but also by ingesting significant amounts of the toxin by licking their wet fur after leaving the water.

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