Re-Imagine Fourth Mondays With Us!
The Fourth Mondays crew is taking some time off our usual schedule to see what we’ve learned so far and better prepare for our short-term and long-term goals.
Come join the table on May 17th, 4:00PM at St. John’s Episcopal Church and let us know what you’d like to see grow out of this initiative!
Fourth Mondays Celebrates Poetry Month
April’s Fourth Monday is starting to shape up! Local Jake will be teaming up with UNITY to provide the opportunity for poets to workshop their work from 4-5:30.
At 5:30 there will be an unofficial poetry slam on the second floor featuring local youth.
Mark your calendars or April 26 and bring the family!
March Fourth Mondays
March 22 will see the second monthly Fourth Mondays event at St. John’s!
Come on by and bring your family and friends to enjoy a community dinner catered by Berkshire Food Project and sponsored by St. John’s, let the kids craft with Mass MoCA’s Kid Space, see the Barrington Stage Company’s Playwright Mentoring Project perform, and meet with over a dozen local resources to learn about programs, discounts, and services that are available for you!
As always, everything is for free!
Mass MoCA and Kidspace!
We’re thrilled to announce that Mass MoCA’s Kidspace will be orchestrating children’s activities at the fair from 4-5:30 on March 22. Bring the whole family!
From the web site:
Playwright Mentoring Project
The Barrington Stage Company’s Playwright Mentoring Project will be presenting at the March Fourth Mondays on the second floor. Everyone is welcome to watch these local teens present the culmination of six months worth of exercises: a theatrical piece inspired by participants’ real-life experiences and challenges.
From the PMP’s website:
PMP is an intensive, six-month, out-of-school activity that uses theatre as a catalyst to help at-risk youth learn valuable life skills that will aid them in developing positive self-images. Over the course of the program teens are enabled to create an original performance piece based on their own stories in a safe and confidential environment where they can express themselves, can develop conflict/resolution skills and together can create a supportive community.
Kelsey Trudo
At February’s Fourth Monday, Williams student Kelsey Trudo provided live music to diners. Over Winter Study, she took a class with local singer/songwriter Bernice Lewis. This was her final performance.
iBerkshires Article by Kathy Keeser
Kathy Keeser wrote a lovely article for iBerkshires here.
An excerpt:
“I was really happy with tonight’s success,” said Valerie Schwarz of Berkshire Food Project…
The free community event is open to anyone and offers a free hot meal, live music, workshops, youth programming and information about resources and services available in the community.
At the first one on Feb. 22, 88 meals of home-cooked lasagna (either vegetable or meat) and salad, both provided by Berkshire Food Project, and ice cream sundaes with all the fixings from Target: Hunger were served.
Helping to serve the food and drinks were MCLA and Williams students, along with staff and volunteers from the two food programs. For Diane Pike, a junior at MCLA, it was a chance to get involved. “I got an e-mail from the Center for Service. I run a program (Friends for Foster Care) at the college, and I came because I want to get more involved in the community, and get to know who they are,” she said.
Upstairs at St. John’s were workshops, especially geared to youth but attended by all ages. For the early part of the evening, attendees could try merengue dancing taught and led by Ritmo Latino, a Williams College group. This was followed live performances of writings by members of the UNITY teen writing workshop.
February 22
We had a very successful premiere of Fourth Mondays on the 22nd, and served eighty eight people.
