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    10:00 am Lenox, MA–Mass Audubon – Nature ... @ Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
    Lenox, MA–Mass Audubon – Nature ... @ Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
    Jun 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Instructor: Bess Dillman – Sancturay Volunteer Audience: Adult Members: Free for members Nonmembers: $5.00 A relaxing walk in the woods can be the perfect way find balance in your life. Bess will help you connect[...]
    6:00 pm Mt. Greylock, Lanesboro/Adams, M... @ Bascom Lodge at the Summit of Mt. Greylock
    Mt. Greylock, Lanesboro/Adams, M... @ Bascom Lodge at the Summit of Mt. Greylock
    Jun 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
    Music by this local, all male, a cappella group. ESTABLISHED IN 1898, THE RESERVATION WAS THE FIRST LAND PRESERVED-IN-TRUST FOR THE CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS AS A WILDERNESS PARK; THE FLAGSHIP PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF[...]
    6:15 pm BECKET, MA–FREE OUTDOOR “INSIDE/... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
    BECKET, MA–FREE OUTDOOR “INSIDE/... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
    Jun 26 @ 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm
    BECKET, MA--FREE OUTDOOR “INSIDE/OUT” DANCE PERFORMANCE @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival | Becket | Massachusetts | United States
    Bring family and friends of all ages to the Inside/Out series, offering free outdoor performances by emerging and established dance companies and presentations by dancers of The School at Jacob’s Pillow every Wednesday through Saturday[...]
    6:30 pm Lenox, MA–Mass Audubon – Evening... @ Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
    Lenox, MA–Mass Audubon – Evening... @ Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
    Jun 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
    Audience: All (suitable for children 3 & up) Members: Adult $6.00, Child $3.00 Nonmembers: Adult $8.00, Child $4.00 Visit our beaver ponds with a naturalist, and search for beavers and other animals attracted to these[...]
    8:00 pm Becket, MA–COMPAÑÍA IRENE RODRÍG... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
    Becket, MA–COMPAÑÍA IRENE RODRÍG... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
    Jun 26 @ 8:00 pm
    FEATURING: LIVE MUSIC & A WORLD PREMIERE Compañía Irene Rodríguez is a revered voice in the emerging contemporary Cuban dance scene, known for a particular vision of flamenco that is both Spanish and Cuban. Rodríguez,[...]
    8:00 pm Lenox, MA–Tanglewood Learning In... @ Tanglewood (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
    Lenox, MA–Tanglewood Learning In... @ Tanglewood (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
    Jun 26 @ 8:00 pm
    Linde Center Studio E and Cindy’s Café,  Lenox MA The String Quartet MasterPass takes you on an immersive, highly interactive journey with current and former members of the Juilliard String Quartet that focuses on the[...]
    8:15 pm Becket, MA–ABBY Z AND THE NEW UT... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
    Becket, MA–ABBY Z AND THE NEW UT... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
    Jun 26 @ 8:15 pm
    Abby Zbikowski makes her Pillow debut with abandoned playground, an adrenaline-inducing sequence of hyper physicality and extreme virtuosity. Creating an intimate setup, nine dancers are pushed to the brink of their capabilities and endurance. Recipient[...]
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    Sunday, June 23, 30 july 7 at 3 PM Crazy For You is a zany rich – boy – meets hometown-girl romantic comedy. It tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who[...]
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      Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center – Gt. Barrington, Mass

      The Mahaiwe Theater opened in September 1905 and is one of the oldest surviving theaters in the country. In its early years, the theater presented touring vaudeville acts and performers such as John Philip Sousa. It was transformed into a movie palace in 1930 and has been in continuous operation for over 100 years. Celebrated […]
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      Colonial Carriage and Driving Society – Orleton Farm – Lenox, Mass

      The Colonial Carriage and Driving Society welcomes everyone to join the club, whether you drive carriage horses or just have a interest in the history and traditions of carriage driving. Open meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm in Stockbridge, Mass. Some meetings feature an informational speaker as well […]
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      Pittsfield State Forest – Pittsfield, Mass

      Streams, waterfalls and flowering shrubs abound in Pittsfield State Forest. 65 acres of wild azalea fields are a profusion of pink blossoms in June. The forest has two camping areas, and two picnic areas. Fishermen frequent scenic Berry Pond, one of the highest natural water bodies in the state at 2,150 feet in elevation. The […]
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      Mount Greylock State Reservation & Scenic Byway to Summit – Lanesborough,MA

      At 3,491 feet in elevation, Mount Greylock is the highest point in Massachusetts and southern New England. Mount Greylock State Reservation became Massachusetts’ first wilderness state park in 1898, to preserve its natural environment for public enjoyment. It is wild and rugged, yet accessible to visitors for hiking, camping, and overnight meals & lodging at […]
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      Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival – Becket, Mass

      Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, lauded worldwide as a “hub and mecca of dancing” (TIME Magazine) and “one of America’s most precious cultural assets” (Mikhail Baryshnikov), is home to America’s longest running international dance festival. The Pillow is a designated National Historic Landmark. National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of […]
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      Ashuwillticook Rail Trail – Lanesborough, Cheshire, Adams, No. Adams, Mass

      The  11-mile Ashuwillticook Rail Trail wends its’ way through the back woods history and natural beauty of 4 Berkshire County communities, tracing roughly the same travel route Native Americans and later early settlers used centuries ago.  It was an abandoned railway corridor that was then transformed into a paved trail for walkers, bikers, rollerbladers and […]
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      The Mount – Edith Wharton’s Estate – Lenox, Mass

      The Mount – Edith Wharton’s Estate – Lenox, Mass The Mount was the home of Pulitzer-prize winning author Edith Wharton, who designed the house and gardens with the same intelligence and sensitivity that distinguishes her writing. Edith Wharton created her gardens as architectural compositions, divided into rooms, and planned in concert with the house and […]
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      Hancock Shaker Village – Hancock, Mass

      About The Museum—The Village today consists of 18 historic buildings set amongst farm, field, meadow and woodland, and a collection of 22,200 objects. The Hancock Shaker Village is a designated National Historic Landmark. National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality […]
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      Naumkeag Museum and Gardens – Stockbridge, Mass

      One of the Berkshires’ original gilded-age “cottages”, Naumkeag is famous for its eight acres of terraced gardens and landscaped grounds surrounded by forty acres of woodland, meadow, and pasture that stretch to the Housatonic River Valley. The gardens and landscaped grounds, first designed in the late 1880s by Nathan Barrett, were transformed and expanded between […]
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