🌱 Festival of Trees: Barn to Be Wild and 11 more events

Good day Hancock! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Festival of Trees: Barn to Be Wild
• Whose Tracks Are These? at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
• Mutts Gone Nuts

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A snow shower; windy, colder, with a high of 27 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Cold with areas of low clouds, temps: high: 26, low: 10.
• Saturday: A bit of afternoon snow, with a high of 27 and low of 13 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hancock

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Haunted Hancock Tour
  Hancock Shaker Village, 1843 W Housatonic St, Pittsfield
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 14

• Festival of Trees: Barn to Be Wild
  Hancock Shaker Village , 1843 W Housatonic St , Pittsfield
  11:00 am
• Whose Tracks Are These?
  Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary , 472 W Mountain Rd , Lenox
  1:00 pm
• Mutts Gone Nuts
  The Colonial Theatre: Berkshire Theatre Group , 111 South St , Pittsfield
  2:00 pm
• Tantalizing Talks with Tea & Toddies
  Herman Melville's Arrowhead , 780 Holmes Rd , Pittsfield
  2:00 pm
• Haunted Hancock Tour
  Hancock Shaker Village , 1843 W Housatonic St , Pittsfield
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Berkshire Green Drinks: "A New Vision for Protecting the Environment" with Berkshire Environmental Action Team Staff
  Berkshire Environmental Action Team , 20 Chapel Street , Pittsfield
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Tracking Winter Wildlife for Beginners
  The Mount , 2 Plunkett St , Lenox
  10:00 am

Sunday December 21

• Crescendo's Second Holiday Production: A Tapestry of Traditions: Unraveling the History of Christmas
  Saint James Place , 352 Main St , Great Barrington
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 12

• Berkshire Harm Reduction Training
  Second Street Second Chances , 264 Second St , Pittsfield
  1:00 pm
• Pittsfield Christmas Concert
  United States Postal Service , 212 Fenn St , Pittsfield
  7:00 pm
• âThe Winter's Taleâ Performances
  Robert Boland Theatre
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Holiday Shindy 2025
  Masonic Temple , 116 South St , Pittsfield
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Lanesborough

• Calif. convict pleads guilty to Western Mass. kidnapping, VT murder from the 1980s (masslive.com)
• Culture to Do: Dec. 10, 2025 (nepm.org)

Pittsfield

• Pittsfield Recognizes Firefighters of the Year, Outgoing Councilors (iberkshires.com)
• Pittsfied Councilors See Dalton Ave. 'Walk Audit' for Safety Improvements (iberkshires.com)
• After securing fifth term in office, Pittsfield city council Vice President Earl Persip enters 2026 as the top vote getter for the first time (wamc.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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