EVENTS: First Friday in North Adams -- Nov. 4

Submitted by North Adams' city tourism office

The weather may be cooling down, but there’s a lot going on in the Steeple
City, especially in the downtown area. Merchants in North Adams will be open
from 7:00 – 9:00 PM on “First Friday,” November 4 with in-store specials.
Residents and visitors are invited to come to Main, Eagle, Marshall, and
Holden Street for some pre-holiday browsing, or just to take a walk around
the downtown North Adams area.

Special happenings include Mill City productions presentation of HONK, a
musical comedy, which begins at 7:00 PM at St John’s Episcopal Church at 59
Summer Street. There will be more performances of HONK in the coming days,
as well.

“An Evening of Autumnal Horrors,” playing at the Main Street Stage at 57
Main, with a curtain time of 8:00 PM “An Evening of Autumnal Horrors”
features work by Doug Wright and Don Nigro. The evenings consists of four
short plays, LOT 13:THE BONE VIOLIN and BABY TALK, both by Doug Wright and
directed by Alexia Trainor and WILDWOOD PARK by Doug Wright and SCARECROW by
Don Nigro directed by Bruce T. MacDonald. The evening's tales run the gamut
of possession, transformation, seduction and plain old downright creepiness
and promise to be fun-filled and appealing to those fans of such shows as
"Twilight Zone" and "Outer Limits".

Fiddle player Cassandra Cleghorn will perform at Galadriel’s clothing
Boutique beginning at 7:00 PM. Papyri Books will be holding an opening for
an exhibit by photographer Gillian Jones from 7:00 –9:00 PM. Beginning at
5:00, the store will host a special musical guest. There will be a Gallery
talk entitled “Art Damage versus Outsider Art,” at 6:00 PM at "Widgitz”
gallery on Eagle Street, owned by primitive folk artist Dan Field.

The sponsor for the November First Friday is Legacy Banks, with you every
step of the way, at 102 Main Street. First Fridays are made possible by a
select group of merchants with the support of the city of North Adams. The
next North Adams First Friday is also the date of the 2005 City Tree
Lighting, which will be held on December 2nd, from 5:30 – 6:00 PM, with a
visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus and Trolley rides around the downtown in
addition to Christmas shopping bargains from 6:00 – 9:00 PM. For details,
call the Mayor’s Office of Tourism at 664-6180.