“Want to make a difference?” Take: MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID workshop–Thu, Feb 27, 8am-5:30pm in Pittsfield

Berkshire Area Health Education Center & the Berkshire C0alition for Suicide Prevention present this day-long workshop of Mental Health First Aid on Thursday, Feb. 27, 8am-5:30pm at Hotel on North, Pittsfield. For more info:  413-842-5160.

SOLARIZE PLUS PROGRAM for N. Adams & W’town EXTENDED to Jan. 31! Site visit deadline is Jan. 24.

Learn about this cost-saving-home-solar program this TUE- 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Jan 14) at Freight Yard Pub. Food & Drink served…OR, email your local contact at: solarizeNorthAdams@gmail.com or SolarizePlus@williamstownMA.gov
OR, CALL: 413-732-1948

Images Cinema: “ONE WOMAN, ONE VOTE” documentary on Sat, Jan. 18, 2:00pm

This 1993 documentary takes a sweeping look at the women’s suffrage movement — from Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Seneca Falls call to arms to the passage & ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women voting rights.  Guest Speaker Bette Craig represents the Northern Berkshire Suffrage Centennial Coalition.  Screening at Images Cinema at 2pm, Sat. Jan. 18!

Harper Center COAT COLLECTION continues thru January 31st!

Donate to the COAT COLLECTION – drop off at the Harper Center, 118 Church St., W’town through January 31!

We had always believed that it would not be an annual event as folks certainly must have given away their stock of spare coats, or so we thought. The coats kept coming, from folks we have never met before to people who have gone out and bought brand new coats to help in this cause. Absolutely amazing. Thank you!

The Harper Center
118 Church Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
Phone: 413.458.8250

“A Layman’s History of Williamstown’s Trees” at Paresky Center Auditorium @ 11:00am, Sat, Jan. 18

W’town Rural Lands Foundation & Williams Outing Club present this lecture by Dustin Griffin:  “A Layman’s History of Williamstown’s Trees” on Sat., Jan. 18, 11:00 am at Paresky Center Auditorium, Williams campus.

The illustrated lecture begins with the accounts of early travelers in 18th century, continues through the clearing of land for farms, and subsequent reforestation when farms were abandoned, the loss of trees to natural as well as human causes, tree planting projects, and the heyday of Main Street as a leafy avenue lined with majestic elms. It includes stories of famous old trees and photos of many of the biggest surviving trees today.