Events
Week of Events
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village welcomes visitors to meet their newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kid goats, and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village.
Meet me at the Clark
Meet me at the Clark
People living with dementia and their care-partners can join the museum on select Mondays for open-ended conversations about art.
Haiku on the Hoosic
Haiku on the Hoosic
The Hoosic River Watershed Association invites everyone in the communities along the river to celebrate the waterway and write haiku inspired by the river and its surroundings.
Williamstown Library 150th: The Library of Babel
Williamstown Library 150th: The Library of Babel
What would happen if a library could hold every book that ever can be written? Everyone is invited to a free, open conversation about the mystical library in Jorge Luis Borges' story, 'The Library of Babel.'
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village welcomes visitors to meet their newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kid goats, and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village.
Reflections: Introspective conversation
Reflections: Introspective conversation
The Clark invites visitors to look contemplatively as a way to engage with works of art from the museum’s collection.
The Future of The Spruces
The Future of The Spruces
Are you interested in the future of the Spruces? Come chat with members of the Williamstown Conservation Commission about the park.
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village welcomes visitors to meet their newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kid goats, and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village.
Sprouting with Seeds artmaking workshop
Sprouting with Seeds artmaking workshop
Celebrate spring and Earth Day at the Clark with an art-making activity that incorporates indigenous pollinator seeds that you can take home and plant.
Haiku on the Hoosic
Haiku on the Hoosic
The Hoosic River Watershed Association invites everyone in the communities along the river to celebrate the waterway and write haiku inspired by the river and its surroundings.
Awardwinning novelist and poet Phillip B. Williams
Awardwinning novelist and poet Phillip B. Williams
Acclaimed poet and novelist and former Bennington faculty Phillip B. Williams gives a reading from his new novel, Ours, followed by a Q&A and book signing at Bennington College.
Dewey Drop-in — Storytelling
Dewey Drop-in — Storytelling
Dewey Hall holds storytelling events with a group discussion exploring themes, similarities and contrasts within the stories as a whole
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village welcomes visitors to meet their newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kid goats, and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village.
Acclaimed novelist Julia Alvarez
Acclaimed novelist Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez, one of America’s most acclaimed and best-loved fiction writers and poets, reads from her magical new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, exploring what happens to tales left unfinished.
Saodat Ismailova films @ the Clark
Saodat Ismailova films @ the Clark
Journeying across natural, mythological, and sacred spaces, Saodat Ismailova’s films mark cinematic time through Central Asian songs of everyday survival.
Naumkeag daffodil and tulip festival
Naumkeag daffodil and tulip festival
Naumkeag's annual Spring Celebration returns for its 5th year, as the eight acres of gardens bloom with bulbs to celebrate spring in the Berkshires.
Earth walk with dogs — Stroll to Crystal
Earth walk with dogs — Stroll to Crystal
Celebrate nature by going on a walk with dogs from the Berkshire Humane Society on Stroll to Crystal, a leisurely mile-long walk.
Earth walk with dogs — Woodland challenge loop
Earth walk with dogs — Woodland challenge loop
Celebrate nature by going on a walk with dogs from the Berkshire Humane Society on Woodland Challenge Loop, a two-and-a-quarter-mile journey.
Earth walk with dogs — Stone Bench trek
Earth walk with dogs — Stone Bench trek
Celebrate nature by going on a walk with dogs from the Berkshire Humane Society on Stone Bench Trek, a moderate, one-and-a-half-mile hike.
Print room popup — Dogs and nature
Print room popup — Dogs and nature
Inspired by the morning’s Earth Walk with Dogs, the Clark offers a free display of works on paper in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper.
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village welcomes visitors to meet their newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kid goats, and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village.
Williams Grad Art @ the Clark
Williams Grad Art @ the Clark
A Williams College graduate student takes a new look at the Clark’s permanent collection, sharing their take on an object (or two).
Spring Plant-Based Cooking
Spring Plant-Based Cooking
Rachel Portnoy will lead a workshop on demystifying plant-based ingredients and recipes, resulting in incredible flavor combinations to taste and explore.
Joanne Shaw Taylor performs live
Joanne Shaw Taylor performs live
Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor shows why she has become one of the hottest live acts on the modern Blues scene, in a night of soul and blues-rock.
Williamstown winter farmers market
Williamstown winter farmers market
Williamstown Farmers Market opens a new Winter Farmers Market with Hexagon bagels, winter vegetables, eggs, cheeses, locally raised meats, maple syrup, artisans and more.
Naumkeag daffodil and tulip festival
Naumkeag daffodil and tulip festival
Naumkeag's annual Spring Celebration returns for its 5th year, as the eight acres of gardens bloom with bulbs to celebrate spring in the Berkshires.
Gardening for Hummingbirds
Gardening for Hummingbirds
Make your yard a haven for hummingbirds with a great selection of native plants that provide food sources and nesting sites.
Berkshire Grown winter farmers market
Berkshire Grown winter farmers market
Berkshire Grown brings indoor Winter Farmers Markets with locally-grown fresh greens, winter squash, root crops, apples, meats, cheeses, honey and maple syrup, baked goods and more.
Sheep Shearing weekend
Sheep Shearing weekend
Celebrate the arrival of spring with the village's merino sheep as they get their annual haircuts in a woollyweekend of family fun with all the baby animals.
Family storytime @ Mass MoCA
Family storytime @ Mass MoCA
Families with children up to 6 years old are invited to join Mass MoCA museum educators for a storytime and related exploration in the galleries.
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village welcomes visitors to meet their newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kid goats, and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village.
Print room popup — La Rondine
Print room popup — La Rondine
Before the broadcast of The Met: Live in HD’s La Rondine, step across the hallway for a one-day presentation of prints, drawings, and photographs.
Cyanotype Tote Bags @ Berkshire Botanical
Cyanotype Tote Bags @ Berkshire Botanical
Cyanotypes use an alternative photographic process with sunlight and pressed plants to make beautiful botanical images.
Gallery tour @ the Clark
Gallery tour @ the Clark
A Clark educator will lead a tour of the permanent collection galleries to talk about the Institute's history and work.
Native Groundcovers workshop
Native Groundcovers workshop
Kick mulch to the curb! Replace it with a beautiful tapestry of foliage and flowers that are more visually appealing and ecologically valuable.
BIFF winter film series — Cinematic Adolescence
BIFF winter film series — Cinematic Adolescence
BIFF presents a series of American auteur film directors — Cinematic Adolescence: Coming of Age Films will highlight the work of John Sayles, John Waters, Greta Gerwig and Taiki Waititi.
65th Street Ensemble plays live
65th Street Ensemble plays live
Returning to The Foundry after their fall performance, the Juilliard School's 65th Street Ensemble will perform contemporary and classical.
Naumkeag daffodil and tulip festival
Naumkeag daffodil and tulip festival
Naumkeag's annual Spring Celebration returns for its 5th year, as the eight acres of gardens bloom with bulbs to celebrate spring in the Berkshires.
Sheep Shearing weekend
Sheep Shearing weekend
Celebrate the arrival of spring with the village's merino sheep as they get their annual haircuts in a woollyweekend of family fun with all the baby animals.
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Baby animals @ Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village welcomes visitors to meet their newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kid goats, and enjoy events and activities throughout the Village.
In Focus: British art @ the Clark
In Focus: British art @ the Clark
A Clark educator leads a thematic tour of the permanent collection examining how British artists and artists working in 19th-century Britain used realism.
Yarn / Wire and Patrick Higgins
Yarn / Wire and Patrick Higgins
Acclaimed new music ensemble Yarn/Wire plays the US premiere of “Three Lines of Flight” by composer Patrick Higgins, a multi-movement work of adventurous new classical music.