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Family and Kid Friendly Library Activities, Events and Things to Do in the Berkshires, Berkshire County Massachusetts
PITTSFIELD — Attention Berkshire County kids between the ages of 5 and 10 — grab your paper, pencils, pens and laptops and get writing. It’s time for the 35th Annual Short Story Writing Contest for children sponsored by the Berkshire Athenaeum and the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. The contest opened earlier this week on…
PITTSFIELD — A series of early literacy workshops, Every Child Ready to Read, will be held at the Berkshire Athenaeum (Pittsfield’s Public Library) and the Mason Library in Great Barrington for families with children birth to age 5. The workshops are presented by Wee Read, the Pittsfield Coordinated Family and Community Engagement grant and supported…
WILLIAMSTOWN — It’s Lights, Camera, Action for kids in Berkshire County this April School Break at the Milne Public Library in Williastown when it hosts a Green Screen workshop at the WilliNet studio. The workshop for kids in grades three through six will run April 16, 17 and 18, from 10 a.m.-noon. During this 3-day workshop…
PITTSFIELD — Once again the city of Pittsfield is focusing efforts to enhance children’s early literacy skills in and around the Berkshires, and this time it has a little help from a Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care Coordinated Family and Community Engagement grant. The grant will allow Pittsfield Public Schools and Pittsfield’s Coordinated Family…
NORTH ADAMS — Berkshire families can beat the winter boredom blues on Saturday, Feb. 23, with the North Adams Public Libray’s annual Winterfest. The Winterfest runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature chowder competitions, horse-drawn wagon rides, ice-sculpting and more. The event free. For more information call 413-662-3133.
WILLIAMSTOWN — February School Break in the Berkshires is just around the corner and the Milne Public Library in Williamstown has scheduled a week of creative kid-friendly workshops to keep the kiddos busy, entertained and having fun, as well as a opportunities for middle-schoolers and high-schoolers throughout the month of February. The first workshop is…
ADAMS — February is African American History Month and celebrations are occurring all around the Berkshires. One such celebration especially geared towards entertaining and informing Berkshire County families and children is set to take place Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Adams Free Library, titled “African Americans and Native Americans — A Shared History of Drumming.” This…
LENOX — The Lenox Library is encourage Berkshire County to grab a good book and read together during its 2013 “Lenox Reads Together” program set to begin Feb. 1. This town-wide celebration of literacy encourages residents of Lenox to read of the Pulitzer prize-winning novel “Empire Falls” by Richard Russo. The project will provide an…
PITTSFIELD – What event has snowflakes, snacks and fun for families in the Berkshires written all over it? This Saturday’s “A Winter Snow Fest” at the Berkshire Athenaeum. Co-sponsored by the Berkshires’ Wee Read early childhood literacy initiative and Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum, A Winter Snow Fest, set to begin at 10:30 a.m., will…
GREAT BARRINGTON — Ole! If you, like some of us here at Berkshire Family Focus, would like to play a little catch up with your Spanish-speaking children the Mason Library will offer two opportunities for Berkshire residents to learn Spanish next weekend. Two Introductory Spanish classes are set for Saturday, Jan. 26, at which participants…
