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Weekend Outlook: Musical Performances, Bingo, and More

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
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Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this warm weekend including live music, Bingo, outdoor activities, and more. Look for Easter egg hunts and scrambles here
 
Head to Downtown North Adams on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. for the monthly First Friday event. 
 
Galleries, businesses and organizations are participating in the April First Friday "Clean & Green" event. 
 
Second Chance Composting and the city of North Adams will be accepting recyclables and composting materials under the Mohawk marquee, the Hissing Booth is back at Plant Connector, WallaSauce will be making fanny packs out of old material and a number of galleries will be hosting receptions and works. 
 
More information here

Friday

Max Creek performance 
Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
 
The multi-genre band Max Creek is performing at 7:30 p.m.
 
Tickets cost $29. More information here
 
Live Musical Performance
The Foundry, West Stockbridge
 
The R&B groove and improvisational jam band What? will be performing at 7:30 p.m. 
 
Tickets cost $15. More information here.
 
Ballet Performance
Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield 
 
The Albany Ballet Junior Company and the Cantarella School of Dance will perform excerpts from the comic ballet "Coppelia." 
 
The event is free and starts at 4 p.m. More information here
 
Florence Dore
Apple Tree Inn, Lenox
 
Nashville-born, North Carolina-based singer Florence Dore will be performing at 7 p.m. 
 
More information here
 
Laufey
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington 
 
Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter Laufey will be performing at 8 p.m. 
 
Tickets range from $24 to $44. More information here

Saturday

Pre-Easter Bash
VFW Post 996, North Adams
 
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 996 will be having a pre-Easter celebration featuring drinks and cross generational music. 
 
More information here.
 
Mount Greylock Photography Group Meet-up
Roaring Brook Trailhead, Williamstown
 
New and experienced photographers have the opportunity to meet up and take pictures of Roaring Brook and mountain landscape. Participants will explore the west side of the mountain. 
 
Meet up at Roaring Brook trailhead, on Roaring Brook Road, at 1 p.m. The program is free and open to all ages. 
 
More information here
 
WildHeart Tribute
The Stationery Factory, Dalton
 
Tribute Artists Jami D, and Stevie Nicks will be performing at 7:30 p.m. 
 
The band performs songs from the band Fleetwood Mac and singer Stevie Nicks.
 
Tickets cost $20. More information here
 
Dancing Stories
Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield 
 
Children 4 to 12 are encouraged to explore reading and story-telling through movement with dancer and educator Olivia Martin. 
 
This free event starts at 10:30 a.m. More information here
 
Indoor Pittsfield Farmers Market
Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield
 
The region's first teen-run market, Roots Rising, will be having a indoor farmers market this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Zion Lutheran Church.
 
This market features live music, chief demos, workshops, children's activities and more.
 
More information here

Sunday

Drag Bingo 
Marjoram and Roux, Great Barrington
 
Join drag queen, Bella Santarella for Bingo and get a chance to win prizes like cash, gift certificates to local businesses, gift baskets, and tarot readings. 
 
There will be seatings at noon and 2 for a performance by comedian Shawn Hollenbach and Daire Rooney. Santarella will also be doing a number 
 
Tickets cost $5. More information here
 
Jazz Brunch 
The Stagecoach Tavern, Sheffield
 
Purchase a meal and enjoy music by the Don Mikkelsen Trio from noon until 3 p.m. 
 
The Trio will be playing classic jazz and American Songbook standards, and a few original compositions.
 
More information here

Multiple Days

Family Self-Guided StoryWalk
The Old Mill Trail, Hinsdale
 
Berkshire Natural Resources Council has opened a display on the Old Mill Trail to introduce children, ages 6 to 11, to ecological restoration. 
 
Take a self guided tour of the display from dawn until dusk. The display will be available until Sunday, April 30. 
 
More information here

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Dalton Green Committee Selects Greenhouse Gas Inventory Platform

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee has voted to use the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Greenhouse Gas Inventory Platform. 
 
At its August meeting, the board was presented with three options: ClearPath, an MAPC model, and an in-house Excel model. 
 
After reviewing each platform, the committee selected the MAPC model because of its consistency and comparability with the state, user-friendliness, and sources included.
 
The platform is completely free and was built by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in Massachusetts, said Cisco Tomasino, BlueStrike climate and events manager.
 
Since it was built in Massachusetts for Massachusetts, it is the most popular model used by many towns in the state, he said. 
 
Committee Chair David Wasielewski said MAPC is his initial preference as it will allow the town to compare its data with other towns. 
 
The state can "more or less control that kind of information" and the town has to keep monitoring the, Wasielewski said. The committee unanimously agreed 
 
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