Third Thursday: An Extravagant Street Fair in Pittsfield
Posted by: Dan Shaw
Posted on: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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Marge Bride’s watercolors will be at Museum Facsimiles on North Street
Every third Thursday from May through October, the city of Pittsfield gives itself the equivalent of an over-the-top Bar Mitzvah. Director of Cultural Development Megan Whilden manages to outdo herself each month, coordinating the creative community to turn the downtown into what was known in the go-go sixties as a happening. Whilden stages a street fair that reflects the city’s diversity and celebrates its can-do spirit with live music on the sidewalks, performance artists roaming the streets and stalls selling locally-made ethnic food as well as barbecue and a farmer’s market. This Thursday, September 18, she has arranged for tethered hot-air balloon rides over The Common ($15/$10 for kids under 12) and the debut of something called the FlipFlip Chorus, and anyone wearing flip flops is invited to participate.
Cultural Pittsfield’s 3rd Thursday
September 18; 5 - 8PM




