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Family and Kid Friendly Food Related Activities & Events, and Things to Do in the Berkshires, Berkshire County Massachusetts

GUEST POST: ‘Day Into Night’ festival set for May 5 at MCLA is full of family fun

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By TAMMI LEE OAK NORTH ADAMS — On Sunday May 5, MCLA Presents!, a performance series of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, will host the fourth annual PAM show titled “Day into Night.” This festival will take place starting in the MCLA Quad from 3 to 10 p.m., ending in the Venable Gym. “Day Into…

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Berkshire Family Eats: The Shaker Mill Tavern

April 16, 2013
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Editor’s Note: Berkshire Family Eats is a column by Berkshire resident, foodie and mom Monica Bliss. The column will feature family-friendly restaurant reviews, recipes, family-friendly party snacks and more. WEST STOCKBRIDGE — As a stay-at-home mom cooking three meals a day for a family of six, I love an opportunity to dine at a restaurant…

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A Q&A with MOMables™ founder Laura Fuentes

March 11, 2013
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Last year, sick of listening to a semi-picky then-10-year-old complain about the disgusting school lunches (they are I know), I decided I needed to do better at sending him off to school at least a few days a week with healthy mom-made lunches. The problem: When it comes to making creative school lunches, my creativity…

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Moments House to host Slice of Life Pizza Fundraiser to benefits its programs for families affected by cancer

March 6, 2013
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  PITTSFIELD — A year or two ago, I began hearing rumblings of a new organization looking to get off the ground, whose mission was to offer programs  and events for Berkshire County families affected by a cancer diagnosis. Their name? Moments House. Approximately a year after I first heard of Moments House my 11-year-old son…

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Berkshire South Taste of the Community to benefit its free community suppers program set for March 7

February 27, 2013
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GREAT BARRINGTON — A community center is a place to come to together, recreate and visit with neighbors — add some food and libations into the mix and you’ve got a recipe for fun. This time that fun is to be had by grown-ups in the Berkshires attending Berkshire South Regional Community Center’s “Taste of the…

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Williams College to present sustainable food lecture/event

February 26, 2013
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WILLIAMSTOWN — At the mention of English food, people usually wince, and then make jokes. Yet it wasn’t always this way and some would say it isn’t now either, and on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m. Williams College  Sustainable Food and Agriculture Program will host Dr. Diane Purkiss for “The Most Underrated Food in Europe,…

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PHOTO GALLERY: Celebrating Purim 2013 in the Berkshires

February 21, 2013
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The Jewish holiday Purim begins in the evening of Saturday, Feb. 23, and ends the evening of Sunday, Feb. 24, Purim is a festive holiday dating back over 2,500 years ago, celebrating the victory of the Jewish people who were in living in present-day Iran. The viceroy Haman wanted to kill all the Jews living…

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Hancock Shaker Village Celebrates Berkshire Flavors at Fall Shaker Suppers

October 25, 2012
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PITTSFIELD – Each year Hancock Shaker Village hosts an evening full of family fun featuring Berkshire-sourced ingredients, enduring farm recipes and Shaker music and cultural traditions through its Shaker Supper events. Two upcoming suppers are scheduled to take place this Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Nov. 24, both at 4 p.m. These community meals feature…

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