Just Outside the Berkshires

Family and Kid Friendly Activities, Events and Things to Do in Just Outside the Berkshires, Berkshire County Massachusetts

Children are invited to participate in Northshire Bookstore’s World of Reading Bookmark Design Contest

May 17, 2013
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Northshire Bookstore World of Reading Bookmark Design Contest for Kids

Downloadable Contest forms can found at northshire.com.

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Free ‘Screen Time and Children’ class offered at Northshire Bookstore

May 15, 2013
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Girl with iPad and headphones

MANCHESTER, Vt. — Computers, iPods, iPhones, iPads, video games, television sets — how many hours does your family spend behind a screen? This Sunday, May 19, at 3 p.m., the Northshire Bookstore will host an afternoon session where parents can learn about ways to connect with your children and reduce your family’s screen time. The…

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‘Seeds, Shovels, Buckets and Boots’ farm and food festival in Manchester, Vt., scheduled for May 17 and 18

May 7, 2013
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gardening tools leaning against a shed at Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School

MANCHESTER, Vt. — Gardening is a great activity to do with your children, and this year let your garden shine with some master tips gained at the upcoming Seeds, Shovels, Buckets and Boots — a field, farm and food festival — in Manchester and the Mountains, Vt., on May 17 and 18. The weekend event…

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Crafters, sponsors and performers wanted for 7th annual Hilltown Spring Festival for families and children

April 30, 2013
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Hilltown Spring Festival

CUMMINGTON — In 2012 the Hilltown Spring Festival in nearby Cummington drew 2,000 people for an all-day celebration of regional arts, culture and sustainability. This year’s seventh annual festival is marked for June 1, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,  at the Cummington Fairgrounds and promises to be just as fun and full of family activities, creativity,…

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Third Annual 24hr Berkshire/Capital Region Theatre Project coming in May

April 26, 2013
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Alexia Trainor, Tony Pallone, Erin Ouellette in 2012 24 hour theater project

JUST OUTSIDE THE BERKSHIRES IN SCHENECTADY, N.Y.— People can pack a lot of anything into 24 hours — you could play a approximately 12 football games with halftime breaks included, you could complete a six-hour school day four times or a family could drive from the Berkshires to Florida. But on Friday, May 17, WAM Theatre…

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Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vt., to celebrate National Autism Awareness Month

March 22, 2013
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Raising Cubby by John Elder Robison

MANCHESTER, Vt. —  When John Elder Robison published his memoir, “Look Me in the Eye,” in 2007, readers were given a window into the life of a man who spent 40 years knowing that he was different, but not knowing why. It was not until he learned that he had Asperger’s syndrome — a diagnosis…

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Quarry Hill Farm to offer mixed-age family music class

February 13, 2013
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musical notes

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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Art classes for ages 8 and up offered at Quarry Hill Farm in Vt.

January 16, 2013
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POWNAL, Vt. —  Do you like to draw faces? Do you enjoy seeing your own expressions as you ham it up in front of the mirror? Do you notice the ways people use body language? What about clothing? Well Quarry Hill Farm in nearby Pownal, Vt., is offering weekly art classes for children and adults ages…

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Quarry Hill Farm to offer Winter Wilderness classes for Berkshire-area homeschoolers

January 2, 2013
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a family walking in the snowy woods

POWNAL, Vt. — Quarry Hill Farm in Pownal, Vt., has scheduled its biweekly 2013 Winter Wilderness classes for homeschoolers beginning Jan. 18, with registration set for this week. Quarry Hill Farm is a working farm that specializes in creating living-arts enrichment programs for homeschoolers. With several barns, pastures and animals (including goats, sheep, chickens and…

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The annual Hometown Holiday celebration in Spencertown, N.Y. has only just begun

December 1, 2012
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Holiday wreath made out of silver and gold ball ornaments and a set of bells

SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. — Each year the Spencertown-Austerlitz (N.Y.) community kicks off the holiday season with the beginning of its annual door decorating contest and this year’s contest kicked off on Nov. 26. But the real festivities begin at the towns’ weekend-long Hometown Holiday celebration set for Dec. 7-9, at which prizes for the best decorated doors…

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