🌱 Baby Animals Festival: Lambs, Chicks, and the History of Shaker Farming and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! at Lenox Community Center
• Growing Wildlife-Friendly Gardens at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home
• Baby Animals Festival: Lambs, Chicks, and the History of Shaker Farming at Hancock Shaker Village

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 59 and low of 51 degrees.
• Thursday: Occasional rain, temps: high: 58, low: 48.
• Friday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 58 and low of 48 degrees.

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📸 Around Hancock

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hancock

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday May 17

• Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! →
  Lenox Community Center, 65 Walker St, Lenox
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 21

• Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! →
  UU Fellowship of Bennington, 108 School St, Bennington
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday May 13

• Growing Wildlife-Friendly Gardens →
  The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, 2 Plunkett St, Lenox
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Baby Animals Festival: Lambs, Chicks, and the History of Shaker Farming →
  Hancock Shaker Village, 1843 W Housatonic St, Pittsfield
  11:00 am
• Berkshire Honors Scholar Program Melville Fellows - Public Reading
  Berkshire Community College-Campus Events M213
  3:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Building Better Soil: A Three-Part Soil Health Intensive →
  Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc (BEAT) Mount Wachusett Community College, 444 Green St., Gardner, MA
  10:00 am
• Forms and Transformations in the Butterfly World
  Old Town Hall, 9 Main St, West Stockbridge
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Pittsfield Farmers Market
  Pittsfield Common, 100 First St, Pittsfield
  9:00 am
• Beginner Oval Box Making →
  Hancock Shaker Village, 1843 W Housatonic St, Pittsfield
  10:00 am
• Baby Animals Festival: Lambs, Chicks, and the History of Shaker Farming →
  Hancock Shaker Village, 1843 W Housatonic St, Pittsfield
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Wildflower Alliance – Open Hours + Art & Alternatives to Suicide Peer Support Groups (Holyoke, Springfield & Pittsfield) →
  Wildflower Alliance: Pittsfield Center, 361 North St, Pittsfield
  12:00 pm
• On-Site Career Center Seminar →
  MassHire Berkshire Career Center, 160 North St, Pittsfield
  1:00 pm
• WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WRITING GROUP →
  Dalton Free Public Library, 462 Main St #1, Dalton
  6:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• Gentle Yoga, with Mary Edgerton →
  Milne Public Library, 1095 Main St, Williamstown
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Pittsfield

• Roundup: Wahconah, Pittsfield girls lacrosse; Greylock girls tennis pick up Monday wins (berkshireeagle.com)
• Pittsfield school officials hear parents describe racial insults, slurs among students (berkshireeagle.com)
• Hackers access personal information of Pittsfield school community (wamc.org)

Dalton

• Dalton cuts ties with Hinsdale police following January 7 shooting (wnyt.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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