Bennington is hosting its annual garlic festival this Saturday in celebration of all things garlic and agriculture.
Just 20 minutes from North County, the event will feature bands, beer, food trucks, and a curated group of more than 120 vendors.
The festival will run in two areas, or "cloves," on Main Street at the old Greenberg's and on Depot Street near Bennington Station. Participants can walk or take a shuttle between cloves.
Tickets are $12; $5 for kids 12 and younger. For more information, visit the website.
Multiple Days
Columbia County Fair
182 Hudson Ave, Chatham, N.Y.
Aug. 28 to Sept. 2
The fair returns this week, featuring rides, competitions, food, animals, and agriculture.
The event will have three daily demolition derbies on Thursday and Friday, a monster truck pull, live performances including Grammy-nominated artist Sammy Kershaw, and much more.
General admission is $15 or free for active military personnel, with ID or uniform. More information here.
Three County Fair
54 Fair St., Northampton
Time: Friday to Sunday
The 207th consecutive Agriculture Fair opens Friday at 4 p.m. with rides, exhibits, shows, livestock and more.
Tickets are $10 to $15, children 11 and younger free; discount on advance tickets here.
Friday
Robbins-Zust Family Marionettes
Dotties Coffee Lounge, Pittsfield
Time: 11 a.m.
The Robbins-Zust Family Marionettes will be performing "Peter and The Wolf." The performances are free and take place on the side patio. More information here.
Berkshire Opera Festival: Faust
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington
Time: 7:30 to 10:15 p.m.
There will be a performance of Charles Gounod's five-act opera "Faust." The opera tells the story of Dr. Faust selling his soul to the devil to regain his youth, leading to devastating consequences.
Tickets are starting at $20. There are $15 tickets for those 30 and under. More information here.
Saturday
Ice Cream Train Rides
4 Hoosac St., Adams
Time: Saturday-Monday, departure times at 1:30 and 3 p.m.
Take a journey on a train and have ice cream. Tickets cost $22 for adults, $15 for children 3 to 13 years of age, and are free for infants and toddlers two and under.
Acoustic band Rusted Chains will be performing a number of bands such as "Nirvana," "Alice In Chains," "Stone Temple Pilots," and more, serving up a tribute to 90’s grunge, alternative rock, and pop rock.
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.
Heart & Soil Collective is hosting its first Farm-To-Table Dinner Party to raise funds for delivering fresh produce from local farms to homes in Berkshire County.
The event will feature a dinner menu including a variety of dishes, and tickets are priced at $150 each, which includes a Local Produce Guide and a raffle ticket for a bag of goods from partner farms.
To celebrate the Guillaume Lethière exhibition, the orchestra will play a double violin concerto by the artist's contemporary, the Chevalier de Saint-George, plus a new composition by Kyle Sanna. Held at the reflecting pond; brigh a chair or blanket to sit.
Free and open to the public. More information here.
Sunday
Photography by Matthew Lerman
9 Eagle St., North Adams
Time: 4 p.m.
Opening reception for Matthew Lerman, who will be showing his photography at Gallery North. The exhibit will accompany new work by permanent gallery artists Marilyn Cavallari, Ghetta Hirsch, Sean McCusker, Mallory Rich, and Barbara Patton from Sept. 1 to 30.
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Colegrove Park Recognized as Top 10 School Statewide in Attendance
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Superintendent Barbara Malkas, left, Colegrove Principal Amy Meehan, Mayor Jennifer Macksey and Dean of Students Jonathan Slocum pose with the Celtics basketball award on Friday.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Boston Celtics gave gold to Colegrove Park Elementary School on Friday for scoring in the top 10 schools for attendance statewide. The school saw its chronic absenteeism numbers drop by 11 percent last year.
Tim Connor, assistant director for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's west and central district, arrived with a gold basketball signed by the champion team to reward the students for their achievement.
"An award like this doesn't come easy. It takes a lot of work from all of you, the students, the parents, and especially Ms. Meehan and her wonderful staff, so a big round of applause," said Mayor Jennifer Macksey, after leading the assembly in the gym to chants of "Colegrove rocks!" "I am so proud of this school and the community that all of you have built. So everyone should be really excited about today, and this is an excellent way to start your school."
Superintendent Barbara Malkas asked last year's fifth-graders at Colegrove to join her at the front of the gym for a special applause.
"When we track attendance of all the students in the whole district, these students have the highest attendance rate, the lowest chronic absenteeism rate in the entire district," Malkas said. "While all Colegrove students have been recognized as attendance all-stars, these students led the way in being attendance all-stars, so let's give them one more round of applause."
Colegrove switched this year to house Grades 3 to 6, so some of the younger students who helped earn the award are now at Brayton Elementary. However, all three elementary schools open last year saw improvement in attendance.
Schools statewide have been working to reduce chronic absenteeism — the percentage of students missing 10 percent of the school year, or 18 days — which peaked during the pandemic.
The Boston Celtics gave gold to Colegrove Park Elementary School on Friday for scoring in the top 10 schools for attendance statewide. The school saw its chronic absenteeism numbers drop by 11 percent last year. click for more