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VOL. VI NO. 02 02/01/2025

From the Peter Dillon Superintendent Berkshire Hills Regional Schools

Stockbridge Library UPCOMING EVENTS
Monthly Slime Squad (email rnicholson@cwmars.org to sign up)
Tuesday, February 4 @ 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Cookbook Club featuring A Very Chinese Cookbook by Jeffrey and Kevin Pang
Thursday, February 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Playdough Playdate (Children 2+)
Friday, February 7 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Book Club featuring Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Thursday, February 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Valentine’s Day Book Party and Fundraiser
Shop in person or online at Valentine bookshop
Friday, February 14 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Valentine’s Day Children’s Craft
Friday, February 14 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
5th Annual Stockbridge Library Ice Festival
Saturday, February 15 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Join us on the front lawn of The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives to view sculptors craft solid blocks of ice into magnificent sculptures! This event is free and open to the public! The Stockbridge Ice Festival will also feature an outdoor Museum exhibit featuring historical ice-harvesting tools! In addition to sculptures and the exhibit, we will be joined by ice harvesting expert, Dennis Picard, who will discuss the history and process of ice harvesting for commercial trade. Take and make crafts for children will be offered by the Library youth department.

Berkshire OLLI – Free lecture open to all – “Ukraine-Russia War in the Era of Trump 2.0” with James Brooke – Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 7pm 

Norman Rockwell Museum presents “Shining a Light on Norman Rockwell” – Family Programs, February 17, 18, 20, 21, 11am – 3pm Join us for a week of special family-focused programs where art and science come together to inspire wonder and imagination. Family Tours at 10:15AM, 11:30 AM, 1 PM Recommended for ages 5-12 Museum Admission: Adult $25; Senior $23; Child 18 and under Free; Veterans $23; Active Military/Front Line Medical Free; MA Teachers $22; College Students $10. Tickets online at NRM.org

Berkshire Botanical Garden presents 28th Annual Winter Lecture: Garden Designer Jacqueline van der Kloet, Sunday, February 16, 2pm, Lenox Middle and High School Register at BBG. org

Photo: Jon Wojcik - flower
Photo: Jay Wojcik – Flower

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