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Weekend Outlook: Dancing, Comedy, Music

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
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There are several events this weekend, including a weeklong dance festival, bazaar, live music, and more.
 
Editor's Pick 
 
Wandering Dance Festival
Downtown Pittsfield
Nov. 17 to 23
 
This weeklong community dance initiative celebrates movement and culture in an effort to foster community connections. 
 
The festival features a variety of dance styles, free workshops, and opportunities for participants to showcase their dancing. It will culminate in a showcase performance at the Colonial Theatre with both professional and local artists. 
 
Schedule and information here
 
Multiple Days
 
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Bazaar
70 Marshall St, North Adams
Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
 
The parish’s annual two-day bazaar will feature white elephant, craft tables to get Christmas shopping done, raffles, food, and homemade desserts. More information here
 
Pinecone Nature Crafts 
Mount Greylock Visitor Center, Lanesborough
Time: Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. 
 
Create a turkey using ingredients found in nature along with art supplies. More information here
 
Clue: On Stage Performance 
Taconic High School, Pittsfield 
Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. 
 
The school’s theater department will be performing the “farce-meets-murder mystery,” Clue: On Stage. 
 
Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students. More information here
 
Friday 
 
Standup Comedy 
Bounti-Fare, Adams 
Time: 8 p.m. 
 
There will be a stand-up performance hosted by Charlie Nadler, featuring headliner Jason Choi and an act by Quentin Davis. 
 
Tickets are $15. More information here
 
Tile Mural Unveiling 
Burbank Place, Pittsfield 
Time: 3 p.m. 
 
There will be an unveiling of the "Shapes of Togetherness" tile mural created by Pittsfield High School students. 
 
The Pittsfield Let It Shine! Public Art Partnership, led by artist in residence Huck Elling, collaborated with Pittsfield High students for this initiative. 
 
The celebration kicks off with students walking to the mural at 2:35 p.m. and a ribbon-cutting at Burbank Place at 3 p.m. 
 
More information here
 
Ultimate Musical Bingo
The GOAT, formerly Mingo's, North Adams 
Time: 6 to 8:30 p.m. 
 
Play musical bingo to help fundraise for Northern Berkshire United Way. Tickets cost $25 a person, and they include two bingo cards. Additional cards are $5 each.
 
More information here
 
Latin Night at Dottie's 
Dotties Coffee Lounge, Pittsfield
Time: 6:30 to 11 p.m. 
 
Enjoy an evening of Latin music and dance. The coffee shop and bar will be offering dance classes and a party.
 
More information here
 
Saturday 
 
The Artful Jewelers Opening
16 Ashland St., North Adams
Time: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 
 
This new store will showcase jewelry and gifts including works by local artisans. They will also be setting up its stained glass artist display.
 
More information here
 
Potluck Dinner 
Lanesborough Council on Aging
Time: 5 p.m. 
 
The Council on Aging is holding a pot luck in its community room. More information here
 
Adult Craft Night 
Lenox Library
Time: 4 p.m. 
 
There will be an evening of crafting to create a centerpiece using retired library books. More information here
 
Rusted Chains Performance 
220 W Housatonic St, Pittsfield
Time: 8:30 p.m. 
 
Local band Rusted Chains will perform a tribute to '90s grunge and alt-rock. The band focuses on acoustic renditions of groups like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots, with some electric vibes. More information here
 
Music Bingo 
Berkshire Hills Country Club, Pittsfield
Time: 7 p.m.
 
Bingo fundraiser for the Berkshire Running Foundation. Tickets are $25 per person, which gets participants four cards and an entry for the door prize. 
 
More information here
 
The Refrigerators Performance 
The Stationery Factory, Dalton
Time: 7:30 p.m.
 
A 10-piece horn-fueled party band New York's Capital Region will be performing. Tickets are $27.38. More information here
 
The Polar Express Showing
The Beacon Cinema, Pittsfield 
All Day
 
The classic Christmas tale is returning to theaters for one day only for $1 admission. Santa will also be making a visit. Advance tickets are recommended here
 
Sunday 
 
Domingo Brunch
Dottie's Coffee Lounge, Pittsfield
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
 
Berkshire-based, acoustic Ameri-Grass-Y band, The Juckets, will be performing at the coffee shop. More information here
 
Pancake Breakfast
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Time: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
 
Every Sunday in November, the farm is hosting a pancake breakfast. 
 
The all-you-can-eat buffet includes pancakes, eggs, hash browns, sausage, and more. Free kids' crafts and wagon rides are available, weather permitting. 
 
Pricing is $16.95 for adults, and kids aged 2 to 12 pay their age. More information here

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Letter: Dalton Board Should Not Stop Special Election

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

I would like to comment on the travesty that is taking place in the Town of Dalton. The Selectboard chooses not to set a date for a special election. Even a petition of over 200 voters to have a date scheduled for a special election is not persuading them.

This special election is due to the resignation of a Selectboard member on Oct. 1. This past Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Selectboard voted once again to suppress a date for a special election. In doing so they tried to discredit the procedure used by a dedicated elected public servant, our town clerk. The procedures she followed were through the guidance of a state official and Mass General Laws.

This date should have been set a month ago after the resignation took effect. There should not have been a reason for the petitioners to even have to come forward. This issue should have been the first thing on the agenda for the Selectboard meeting on Oct. 9 that was held prior to the special town meeting. Considering that the letter of resignation was sent in early September.

Please call the Selectboard office, go to the town web site and use contact to reach the Selectboard.

This special election will give us our opportunity to choose our representative. This is a right given to us by the Constitution of the United States of America, bylaws of the town and Mass General Laws.

Peace be with you and God Bless the USA.

William Drosehn
Dalton, Mass.

 

 

 

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