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Family and Kid Friendly Halloween Activities, Events and Things to Do in the Berkshires, Berkshire County Massachusetts
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Three years ago I wrote a story for a local weekly publication on the 11th annual Washington Pumpkin Walk featuring the creative husband and wife team behind the walk (and my good friends), Washington residents John and Georgette Keator. John loved the article and was continually pulling me aside at the walk that…
BY JOE DURWIN THE BERKSHIRES — Move over, Salem. Berkshire County is replete with authentically spooky venues, where historic sightseeing will blend with plenty of opportunities for thrills and chills throughout the Halloween holiday season. The intrepid may tour the historic manor in Lenox where some say the beloved author Edith Wharton and some of…
If you’ve read Joe Durwin’s “A round up of eerily educational tours in the Berkshires” then you know all about 13 Nights at Jiminy Peak in Hancock. If not, check out Joe’s great read that explores all the hauntingly good family fun in the Berkshires leading up to Halloween. Now that you’ve read the article…
LENOX — On Oct. 31 Shakespeare & Company in Lenox will get into the Halloween spirit with a special one-night only special reading of a brand-new adaptation of Mary’ Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” Adapted and directed by Jonathan Croy (Director of The 39 Steps), “Frankenstein” tells the unsettling tale of Victor Frankenstein and his experiment to create…
PITTSFIELD — Its Halloween time and that means parents throughout Berkshire County and beyond are scrambling to figure out what their children want to be this Halloween. If your children are anything like those who make up the Berkshire Family Focus family, then chances are those costume ideas have changed over and over and over…
THE BERKSHIRES — From pumpkin festivals and haunted hayrides to Halloween parades, costume contests and more, the Berkshires is bursting with family fun Halloween-themed activities for all ages. Berkshire Family Focus has compiled a list of Halloween events and times, a calendar of Halloween events and local pumpkin patches to help you and your family plan…
On Saturday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m., Rooney will be part of a Tea and Talk based on her book “Berkshire Ghosts, Legends & Lore,” followed by a question-and-answer session and book-signing. “Not only are the Berkshire Hills beautiful, they have also supposedly been haunted for centuries,” Rooney said in a press release. “That’s one…
LANESBOROUGH — Bradley Farms and Healing Winds are coming together for three consecutive weekends in October to offer entertaining, educational and cultural Halloween/Fall family fun in Lanesborough in the form of a Pumpkin Fest. The Pumpkin Fest will run from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28, and 5…
Saturday, Oct. 13, noon-5 p.m. Noon: Drum Circle with Otha Day, drums provided or bring your own 1 p.m.: Live acoustic performance by Kri (Sat) on the SongCatcher Stage 2 p.m.: “Firebird” puppet show on SongCatcher Stage 3 p.m.: Jerry “Thundercloud” McDonald , a Mohawk cultural storyteller and traditional artist and singer at…
DALTON — When the last of your children has left home for college and you find yourself no longer consumed with sporting events, PTO meetings and volunteering for various booster clubs and school activities, what do you do?Well, Dalton moms Betsy Nichols and Joanne Farrell constructed a Haunted Hayride for the community with proceeds of the ride…
