Community Calendar

The Summit is a free, one-day conference that provides learning opportunities for the community. This year, we take a look at how climate variability has been measured through time, and how last fall's drought impacted NY.

Certificates are provided to municipal staff and board members to support the fulfillment of annual training requirements.

Register by Monday, April 7th.

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.

Biweekly farmer's market in the heart of Woodstock. Shop for locally grown produce, fresh fish, ethically raised meat and handcrafted gifts. New location at the Woodstock Community Center on Rock City Road, now with live music!

Join us for this new workshop by expert basket weaver Sandy Salada. In this workshop you'll create an Oval Storage Basket, which has a filled bottom and a diamond accent on both sides of the basket and 2 oak side handles. Several color options will be available, including blue, brown, green, brugundy, and black.

No experience needed. Suitable for ages 14 and up.

There will be a 30 minute lunch break, please back lunch or snacks.

Materials fee required.

Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor highlights selections from Rockwell’s most amusing artworks drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection.

Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor runs concurrently with What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine, this summer’s landmark exhibition of original art from one of America’s oldest humor publications. These thematically linked exhibitions juxtapose and illuminate two strikingly different veins of American humor, from the gently comical to the outrageously satirical. The underlying unity, however, is apparent in the brilliance of the illustrations and the successful intent to prompt viewers’ laughter and, perhaps, invite rueful self-recognition.

“Once a Tree: Continuity, Creativity, and Connection” explores the deep-rooted significance of trees in Haudenosaunee culture, tradition, and creative expression. Featuring the work of 42 artists and more than 100 objects—including decorative and utilitarian baskets, cradleboards, snowshoes, ladles, lacrosse sticks, toys, instruments, carvings, and sleds—this exhibition highlights the important relationship between nature and artistry. Selected from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition was created with guidance from curatorial consultants Terry Chrisjohn III (Oneida), Preston Jacobs (Mohawk), and Sheila Ransom (Mohawk).

"Separated but Unbroken: The Haudenosaunee Boarding School Experience" explores the lasting impact of the Thomas Indian School, once located on the Cattaraugus Reservation south of Buffalo, NY, and The Mohawk Institute near Branford, Ontario. These institutions, which enrolled a significant number of Haudenosaunee students, were part of a larger system that sought to erase Indigenous identities while deeply shaping the lives of those who endured them. Co-curated by Erin Keaton (Mohawk), the exhibition sheds light on Haudenosaunee resilience.

ExtraSpecialTeas will celebrate its ninth birthday of providing vocational services to special needs adults and celebrate Autism Acceptance Month. It's our Blue Birthday Party! Dress blue! Face painting, music by Berkshire Bateria at 2pm, tea and gluten-free snacks. ExtraSpecialTeas supports, trains, and empowers young adults with diverse learning differences, such as autism, Down syndrome and sight/hearing impairment, to learn, work and thrive in the Berkshires. It's a community party so bring a friend.

On Saturday, April 12, 2025, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Crailo State Historic Site and Friends of Fort Crailo invite the public to the last “Colonial Kitchen” event, which will complete this year’s series.

Join us for a program about that favorite of topics: beer. Fermented beverages have been part of the human experience for millennia and in early America, this simple fermented beverage was considered a daily food item. This presentation will focus on 18th century brewing and beer and will examine the tools used, procedures and practice of making it. How beer was created, consumed and by whom in colonial American will also be explored.

This program will be presented by Harvey Alexander and Kevin Richard-Morrow, both who have been volunteering at historic sites and events throughout the northeast for many decades. For the last 20 years, they have researched and recreated the roles of an 18th century itinerant brewmaster and his apprentice.

Admission: Free*

*Registration required! Space is limited, reserve your spot today by calling Crailo at (518) 463-8738 by Friday, 4/11.

Location: Crailo State Historic Site (9 ½ Riverside Ave., Rensselaer NY 12144)

Check out our windows where Joanne Pagano Weber "Portraits of Saugerties” will be on display for the month of April for Poetry Month. Joanne started this project a few years ago and wanted to let each portrait spring from her desire to communicate through the heart of each person, so they tell their stories visually.

Will Nixon is a local poet who wrote “If Not in Heaven, Then in Saugerties” which came out in late 2024. Will’s poetry book has acrostic poems, when the first letter of each new line spells out the word, in this case the businesses in Saugerties. On the cover of Will’s poetry book you will find Joanne’s portraits because they wanted to celebrate the people and places of Saugerties.

You will be able to purchase “If Not in Heaven, Then in Saugerties” by Will Nixon in the front of Newberry Artisan Market and when you check out the windows to see if you know the locals that Joanne painted!

The Season at Art on Main opens in April with "Flora Fauna Stone" representing 6 Berkshire Guild ceramic artists, Anne Ferril, Moira O'Grady, Ingrid Raab, Caryn King, Barbara Roth and Paula Shalan

April 3- 27

Show Hours: Thur - Sun, 11am - 4pm

Reception- Saturday April 5, 2- 4pm

38 Main Street, West Stockbridge, MA

Reception: Saturday April 5, 2 - 4pm