This year's festival will have a day filled with local vendors, artists, food, handcrafted zucchini games, contests, live music, and fireworks. Admission is free. More information here.
The following streets will be closed for the festival: Depot Street will be closed from Friday at 6 p.m. through Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Center Street will be closed on Saturday from 4:30 until 11 p.m.
Multiple Days
Corning Glass Mobile Hot Shop
The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Aug. 5 to 11; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In conjunction with one of the museum's newest exhibits, "Fragile Beauty" in the Michael Pavilion, the Corning Museum of Glass presents a Mobile Hot Shop. More information on the exhibit here.
This event allows visitors to see live glassblowing demonstrations by the Corning Museum's team of expert glassmakers.
There will be an evening of traveling punk-inspired folk and bluegrass duo Swamp Rats. More information here.
Outdoor Movie
Clapp Park, Pittsfield
Time: 8 p.m.
The city will be concluding its outdoor movie series with the showing of the Nickelodeon film "PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie." More information here.
Saturday
Teen End of Summer Reading Party
Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
There is a beach-themed party for teens to mark the end of Summer Reading. The event will feature crafts, games, snacks, and more.
The winners of the Young Adult Short Story Contest will also be announced. The party is open to all 12- to 18-year-olds, whether they participated in Summer Reading or not.
There will be a jazz and fund performance by guitarist Lonny Jarrett, drummer Ben Gross, saxophonist Aeden Madden, and bass player Fran Tokarz. There is no cover charge. Information here.
Outdoor Movie
Noel Field Athletic Complex, North Adams
Time: 8 p.m.
Northern Berkshire Community Coalition will be having a free outdoor family movie night. Information here.
Totally MAD! Artmaking Activities
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Join the museum for an afternoon of art-making inspired by the magazine MAD every Saturday this summer.
Projects will highlight different aspects of MAD magazine, featuring recurring characters, comic strips, bits, and other highlights of its history through drawings, collages, and more.
This event is free with museum admission. More information here.
Townwide Tag Sale
Adams
Time: 8 to 4
Look for bargains galore at the annual Adams Townwide Tag Sale. Find a map of all the registered tag sales here.
Open Farm Day
Second Chance Stables & Draft Rescue Inc, Savoy
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Visitors are welcome to visit Second Chance Stables & Draft Rescue for its open farm day, during which they can meet the crew and learn about the farm. The event has free entry, complimentary drinks, and snacks. More information here.
Folk Festival
Bousquet Mountain, Pittsfield
Time: 4 to 10 p.m.
There will be performances by folk musicians Session Americana with Kris Delmhorst, Johnny Irion & U.S. Elevator, and Glori Wilder.
Support your local crafters by visiting the fair featuring crafts, music, and food. Admission is free.
Annual Art of Brewing
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
Spend an afternoon sampling local and regional beer, wine, cider, distilled drinks, and coffee. Enjoy food from local eateries, start a friendly competition with some lawn games, and talk with the some of the brand artists. Free commemorative beer glass while supplies last.
Ages 12 and older; tickets $30 to $40. More information here.
Sunday
Walking with WordXWord
The Mount, Lenox
Time: 5 p.m.
WordXWord poets will lead an exploration of the grounds and selected works in the Sculpture At The Mount exhibition.
Poets scheduled to appear include CD Nelsen, Danielle Langin, Jaclyn Stevenson, Grace Rossman, Loren Nazarov, Kori Alston, Melissa Quirk, and Curtis Elfenbein.
The program meets at the Stable Auditorium, adjacent to the Upper Parking Lot. The event is free and open to all, but some poems may contain content or language suited for teens and adults. Participants should wear walking shoes as the event will involve standing and/or modest walks.
In case of rain, the event will take place in the large event tent. More information here.
North Adams Yoga
26 Holden St., North Adams
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
There will be a guided meditation session. More information here.
Berkshire Lyric Concert
Various times and locations
Berkshire Lyric will hold a concert to benefit local food programs. The young a cappella chamber choir will present Ubi Caritas in three choral concerts over the course of Sunday afternoon.
Concert 1: 3 p.m. at St. Mark's Church, Pittsfield,
Concert 2: 5 p.m. at Joseph's Church, Stockbridge,
The Triplex Cinema will host a one-day festival celebrating The Music Inn.
The event will feature panel discussions, a feature film, a lecture, a short film program, an interview with David Rothstein, and a feature-length documentary film. Musicians who played at the Music Inn will also participate in panel discussions.
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By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
Above, a cold Lithuanian beet soup featured on the website of North Adams' Wish Tree; below, a green curry made with fava beans, cubanelle pepper, bamboo shoot and basil and served with jasmine rice.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Six years ago, Benjamin Dinsmore and Tracy Rackauskas saw a hole in the restaurant market that hit very close to home.
"Denver needed good vegan tacos," Rackauskas said, referring to the Colorado city she and Dinsmore called home at the time. "We felt a need."
"So, our youngest son has a lot of allergies," Dinsmore picks up the story. "[Rackauskas] was a vegetarian before, and because [their son] has a milk allergy and an egg allergy and, for ethical reasons, everyone in our family became vegan.
"I was the last one to join them, which was like the day before we opened the taco truck."
That business, dubbed Migration Taco, later migrated itself from Denver to southern Arizona and, finally, to the Steeple City, where Rackauskas and Dinsmore established a new base of operations for the mobile eatery in 2023.
This year, the family took on a new challenge, purchasing the historic West End Market building at 437 West Main St. and opening the city's first vegan restaurant, Wish Tree.
The journey that began in 2019 has confirmed both the need for vegan dining options and the ability of Dinsmore and Rackauskas to fill that void.
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