SBCC Newsletter

February 20, 2025

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Chamber News
February Spotlights
New Member Welcome
Library Events
News & Announcements
Special Summer Camps & Programs Section
Quick Guide to This Weekend
Event Calendar
Save the Dates
Job Openings

SBCC Mission Statement:

"To promote business prosperity and a healthy, inclusive community by providing information, services and advocacy for its members."

Southern Berkshire Towns: Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington, Monterey,

Mt. Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Sandisfield & Sheffield

Chamber News

Women In Leadership Luncheon & Awards

Friday, March 7

The 2025 Women In Leadership Awards celebration will take place on Friday, March 7 from 11:30am to 1:30pm at Crissey Farm in Great Barrington.

Join us to honor our 2025 Award Recipients, hear from our Power Panel and enjoy a delicious lunch.

Learn more about this year's award recipients here.

Annual Photo Contest

The Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce is calling on all photographers, amateur and professional, to submit an image or images that represent enjoying the Southern Berkshires.

We are looking for photos that show off the region as a four-season destination. To learn more and find out how to enter, click here.

Deadline March 10.

Read the February Spotlight Profiles

*Spotlights are drawn at random each month.

WELCOME

New Chamber Members!

Local Libraries

MOLARI Employment & HealthCare Services

Own Your Office

Rocky Ridge Excavation

Law Office of Kristina Z. Kisiel

BerkHub App Inc.

Native Habitat Restoration

Marjoram + Roux

Cove Bowling and Entertainment Inc.

Families Like Ours

Considine Leary & Arnold LLP

Miraval Berkshires Resort & Spa

POSY Vintage and Craft

Ramsdell Library

February 22 - Ramsdell Kids Create: Intro to Origami for ages 8-12 Link

Bushnell-Sage Library

February 25 - BSL Book Club: I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Unger Link

News and Announcements

W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Freedom & Democracy Announces Dr. John D. Lloyd as Interim Director

Pittsfield Cooperative Bank Appoints LouAnn A. Harvey as VP, Mortgage Originator for South County in Retail Mortgage Department

Town of Great Barrington: W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Festival Sunday, February 23

Great Barrington Public Theater Announces 2025 Summer Season

Norman Rockwell Museum Celebrates International Women's Day with Special Programming and Talks

Registration Open for ArtWeek Berkshires Artists and Presenters, Deadline May 2

The Clark to Screen Free Small Town Film Series, Starting March 6

2025 Summer Camps & Programs

Action Adventure Day Camp at Berkshire South

Ranch Life 101 at Berkshire HorseWorks

Eisner & Crane Lake Summer Camps

YMCA Camp Hi-Rock Summer Camp

Summer in the Studios

at Berkshire Art Center

Wa Wa Segowea Summer Camp

Quick Guide to This Weekend

Friday, Feb. 21

Panel Discussion: Emergency Medical Services in Crisis, 1pm at Dewey Hall

Bingo Night, 6pm - Fuel Coffee Shop

Film Screening: Warren Miller's 75, 7:30pm - The Mahaiwe

Saturday, Feb. 22

Intro to Origami (ages 8-12), 10am - Ramsdell Library

Tracking Workshop: Predator and Prey, 10am - Mass Audubon

Campus Tour of Westfield State University for First-Gen College Students

Ceramics Workshop at Flying Cloud Pottery, 1pm - Monterey Community Center

Wine Tastings, 1-4pm - Dare Bottleshop

Freedom Moves: Embodying the Legacy of W.E.B Du Bois, 2-5pm - Jacob's Pillow at First Congregational Church of Great Barrington

10x the Fun: Family Festival, 3:30-5:30pm - Berkshire United Way

OtherWords Poetry Reading, 4pm - Friends of Great Barrington Libraries

Opening Reception, 6pm - Du Bois Freedom

Family Valentines Dance Party, 6-8pm - First Congregational Church of Sheffield

Saturday, contin'd

Starlight Owl and Wildlife Prowl, 6:30pm - Mass Audubon

Kush n' Craftin, 6:30-10pm - Fuel Coffee Shop (21+)

London's National Theatre in HD: The Importance of Being Ernest, 6:30pm - The Mahaiwe

Sheffield Contra Dance, 7pm - Dewey Hall

Movie: Wild at Heart, 8:30pm - The Triplex Cinema

Sunday, Feb. 23

W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Day Convocation, 9am & Birthday Celebration Event in Great Barrington

Guided Winter Hike, 10am - Bidwell House Museum (Limited Avail.)

Jazz Brunch with Pamela Knowles, 12-3pm - Stagecoach Tavern

Book Release Tea & Talk: Harlem Rhapsody, 3pm - Ventfort Hall

Movie: Shampoo (Part of 1975 at 50), 4:30pm - The Triplex Cinema

Events Calendar

(Click image to go to event website)

Feb. 20 & 21 - Berkshire Bike & Board

February 21 - Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance Squad

Panel Discussion at Dewey Hall

Feb. 22 - Du Bois Freedom Center

W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Festival

Feb. 22 - LitNet of South Berkshire

Tours of Westfield State University

February 22 - Berkshire United Way

Family Festival

February 22 - Friends of Great Barrington Libraries

February 22 - First Congregational Church of Sheffield

Valentine's Family Dance Party (rescheduled)

February 22 - Mass Audubon

Evening Wildlife Hike

February 22 - The Triplex Cinema

Tribute to David Lynch Series

February 23 - Ventfort Hall

Book Release Tea & Talk

From February 25 - Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires

Professional Development Workshops

February 25 - Bard College at Simon's Rock

Annual Du Bois Lecture

From Feb. 25 - Laura Lin Healing Arts

Workshops at the Pilates Space

February 27 - Berkshire South

Winter Wildlife Tracking

February 27 - CHP Berkshires

Webinar: Maintain Your Brain

Feb. 27-March 4 - Berkshire Mountain Distillers

Mardi Gras at Brava

February 28 - CATA

Exhibition Opening

Save The Dates

March 1 - Norman Rockwell Museum

New Exhibition Opens

March 1 - Greenhouse Yoga

Women's Wellness Workshop

March 1 & 2 - Crescendo

March 2 - The Triplex Cinema

Academy Awards Watch Party

March 2 - Berkshire Opera Festival

From March 6 - Berkshire Pulse

Dance Classes at Stockbridge Senior Center

March 6 - Schumacher Center for a New Economics

Du Bois Fellowship Conversation

March 6 - Construct

Warm Up The Winter Concert

March 7-8 - Race Brook Lodge

Almost Spring Weekender

March 8 - Berkshire Children's Chorus

Benefit Concert

March 15 - BIFF

St. Patrick's Day Event

March 27 - Berkshire Community College / 1Berkshire

40 Under Forty Awards

March 28 - The Mahaiwe

June 5 - Great Barrington Public Theater

Summer Season Opens

Job Fairs and Job Openings

March 4 - MassHire Berkshire Career Center

Warrior Trading - Executive Assistant / Office Manager

Berkshire Natural Resources Council - Stewardship & Trails Intern

Gould Farm - Multiple Positions

Berkshire Pulse - Multiple Positions

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