Issue #56 | Friday, December 23, 2022

Happy Festivus!

Today 12/23 at 2 p.m. at Tunnel City Coffee in Williamstown

2022 LumiNAMA Winners

Thank you to our sponsor National Grid for helping to make our first LumiNAMA possible!

Thank you to the following commercial real estate owners for making windows available to artists to decorate:

GCAM Group, especially Fozia Murphy + Dustin Capek
Dean Manuel
Skip Ponte
Dexter Eames
Campoli Law

Thank you to the following artists who created holiday window displays:

Livia Linden
Keith Kurman + Amillie Coster of the Thrill Guild
Matt Brogan + Kat Hand of Berkshire Cider
Jennifer Lemieux
Tiffany and Dan Weissbrodt
Justin Wagg, Julie Blake and Suze Helme
Pine Cobble School

Thank you to all the businesses downtown who made North Adams a little brighter this holiday season!

Remember, lights are on through January 1, so invite your family and friends to talk a walk downtown to check out all the holiday displays!

FIRST Friday 2023

Please provide feedback in this short survey about your experience with FIRST Fridays North Adams to better strategize for the new year. The first event in 2023 is Friday, January 6 with the theme of “Fresh Start.”

North County Happenings

>>Monthly Events<<

Every First Saturday | 9-1 p.m. | North Adams INDOOR Market at Terra Nova

Every Friday | 8-close | Karaoke at State Street Tavern
Every 1st & 3rd Sunday | 7 p.m. | Karaoke Night at The Log in Williamstown
Every 2nd Saturday | 8 p.m. | Comedy Night at Bright Ideas Brewing

Common Folk Artist Collective
Every Friday | 6-8 p.m. | Common Craft Night
Every 2nd Tuesday | 5-7 p.m. | Herbalist Meet-up
Every 2nd Sunday | 3-5 p.m. | Adams Artist Meet-up | St. Marks Church in Adams

Through the end of the year
November 25-December 31 | Free Service | Berkshire Regional Transit Authority | Try Transit Initiative

December 24 | 1-4 p.m. | Free Tours & Concert at All Saints Episcopal Church in North Adams
December 31 | 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. | NYE Party with CJ Field at the Purple Pub
January 6 | Live Music by JJ Slater at Hearts Pace in North Adams
January 6 | 5-8 p.m. | FIRST Fridays North Adams
January 14 & 15 | Bay State Winter Figure Skating Competition | Williams College

EforAll 2023 Business Accelerator Program
Applications Due January 25

February
Fundamentals of Coffee Classes | Berkshire Community College & Barrington Coffee Roasters

This class is about fundamentals and includes lecture, practice in cupping, a cursory understanding of roasting and the third and final class will be 3 hours and be an in depth training for professional Barista training.

Feb. 7, 14 and 21

More information

NAACP Berkshires | White Learning Programs
Every other Sunday from October to May

Want your event listed? Submit the listing here

Save The Dates

Funding Opportunities

Massachusetts Cultural Council

Cultural Facilities Fund - grants supporting the sound planning and development of cultural facilities. Office hours: Thursdays. 
Deadline: Feb. 2, 2023.

• Dec 31 Grant | Puffin Foundation

• Jan 20 Grant | Mass Humanities "Reading Frederick Douglass Together"

• Feb 2 Grant | Cultural Facilities Fund (for Cultural Orgs)

• Jul 23 Grant | Martha Boschen Porter Fund

• Aug 1 Grant | Berkshire Taconic Artist Resource Trust (for individuals)

• ongoing Grant | Hilary Teachout Covid-19 Relief Grant

• ongoing Grant | The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

• ongoing Grant | Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Grants

• monthly Awesome Foundation Grant

• rolling Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism

• rolling Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants

• rolling Creative Capital x Skoll x Kickstarter Funds for Asian/Black/Indigenous/Latinx Creators

• rolling A.P.E. Open Call for Project Proposals

• rolling BridgeSong Fund: Emergency Relief for Women, Nonbinary, and Genderqueer Artists of Color

• rolling New England Musicians Relief Fund

• ongoing NEFA Grant Finder List
  
  Provided by the Artist Impact Coalition

Workshops & Webinars

PrixFixe Accounting Winter Webinar Series

Accounting for Offsite Events
December 27 at 2 p.m.

Full schedule of webinars

Assets for Artists

Full Schedule of Workshops for 2023

Connect with Us!

North Adams Chamber Business Development Team

Community Engagement: Stephen Warley
Marketing: Makayla-Courtney McGeeney
Business: Nico Dery