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Berkshire Family Focus Days at Hancock Shaker Village begin tomorrow

April 19, 2013
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PITTSFIELD — Get ready for Berkshire Family Focus Days at Hancock Shaker Village this Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21! We have partnered with the village to offer $3 off of admission for up to 2 adults this weekend per coupon to the village’s Baby Animals at the Farm. This spring celebration is one of the most exciting times…

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PHOTO GALLERY: Hancock Shaker Village’s Baby Animals are here

April 13, 2013
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PITTSFIELD — Earlier this month media personnel from around the Berkshires were invited to Hancock Shaker Village to learn about the upcoming programs for the 2013 season, as well as to catch a few of the farm’s first-born spring animals that will appear in this year’s Baby Animals on the Shaker Farm, opening today and…

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Berkshires Jazz, Inc. Student Art Contest ceremony set for April 11 at the Berkshire Museum

April 5, 2013
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2012 winner Ky Hong Le of Miss Hall's School

PITTSFIELD — The Berkshires is  yet again is providing opportunities for local teens to display their creative talents via the Berkshires Jazz, Inc. Student Art Contest. Thursday, April 11, more than100 student artworks from Pittsfield, Taconic, St. Joseph’s and Miss Hall’s high schools will be on display at the Berkshire Museum from 5 to 6 p.m.…

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GIVEAWAY: MASS MoCA Mamie Minch ticket giveaway & museum passes No. 3

March 4, 2013
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NORTH ADAMS —  Congratulations Samantha Crittendon you are the winner of the second family four-pack of tickets to Mamie Minch at MASS MoCa on March 9, as well as a family four-pack of museum passes to be used at any time of your choosing. Who is Mamie Minch? One of the youngest old-school blues guitarists…

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GIVEAWAY: MASS MoCA Mamie Minch ticket giveaway & museum passes No. 2

February 28, 2013
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NORTH ADAMS —  Congratulations Julie Street you are the winner of the first family four-pack of tickets to Mamie Minch at MASS MoCa on March 9, as well as a family four-pack of museum passes to be used at any time of your choosing. Who is Mamie Minch? One of the youngest old-school blues guitarists…

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GIVEAWAY: MASS MoCA Mamie Minch ticket giveaway & museum passes

February 25, 2013
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NORTH ADAMS — Berkshire families prepare to get your dancing shoes on for an evening of musical family fun at MASS MoCA, Club B-10, on Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. when Mamie Minch comes to town. One of the youngest old-school blues guitarists and singers at just 32, Mamie Minch sings and plays songs…

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Berkshire Family Focus 5 Days of 24-Hour Giveaways — Day 4

February 14, 2013
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PITTSFIELD — It’s Day 4 of our 24-Hour Giveaways here at Berkshire Family Focus to celebrate the upcoming February School Break, and this giveaway is courtesy of the Norman Rockwell Museum. Running the from Feb. 18-23, the museum will be holding Vacation Week drop-in art workshops, the 27th Annual Berkshire County High School Art Show is on…

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Berkshire Family Focus’ 5 Days of 24-Hour Giveaways — Day 3

February 13, 2013
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PITTSFIELD — It’s Day 3 of our 24-Hour Giveaways here at Berkshire Family Focus to celebrate the upcoming February School Break, and this giveaway is courtesy of the Berkshire Museum. Beginning tomorrow, Feb. 14, as part of Pittsfield’s 10×10 Festival the museum will be hosting WeeMuse — 10 Days of Play: A Pop-up Adventure Playground…

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Quarry Hill Farm to offer mixed-age family music class

February 13, 2013
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POWNAL, Vt. — Berkshire homeschool families are in for a musical treat this winter and spring, with Quarry Hill Farm’s (in nearby Pownal, Vt.) mixed-age family music class offering  Susan Matsui. The program begins Feb. 28, and will run for eight Thursdays through April 18, from 10-11 a.m.  This class will be open to children ages…

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Local high schoolers take over the Berkshire Museum during Science and Innovation Fair

February 11, 2013
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PITTSFIELD –Tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 12, marks the Berkshire Museum’s ( in collaboration with SABIC and Pittsfield Public Schools) third annual Science and Innovation Fair, featuring the Taconic High School Science and Engineering Academy and Pittsfield High School Quark Science Club. Approximately 170 Pittsfield Public High School students will exhibit more than 80 projects that demonstrate skills…

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