Events Calendar

Creative Crossroads: Seeing Like an Artist

Explore your creativity and learn to see the world through an artist’s lens in this engaging, hands-on program for middle school students. Throughout the course, participants will build core drawing skills, experiment with artistic techniques, and gain inspiration from a variety of artistic movements.

By the end of the program, each student will leave with a personalized drawing portfolio and the confidence to express their own unique style.

Schedule: Wednesdays, 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM
Location: DYC
Ages: Middle School

Join us for a creative journey and discover your artistic voice!

May Day Races

Lace up your sneakers and join us for one of the most exciting days of the year—the CRA May Day Road Race! This annual community tradition and fundraiser is more than just a race—it’s a celebration of movement, community, and outdoor fun for all ages.

Mark your calendar for Sunday, May 3, and plan to be part of this beloved spring event. Whether you’re running, walking, cheering from the sidelines, or supporting the cause, it’s a great way to kick off the season with friends and neighbors. Register Now!

Reading Shakespeare – As You Like It

Our new summer series starts with As You Like It, a lighthearted romp in the Forest of Arden. Romantic and witty, it also has an unheard of female protagonist who is not a queen or monster. Of course, she must be a he in order to lean in fully.

📍 Mill + Main (444 Main St, Dalton — enter/park on Mill St). Doors open 1:30 p.m.; please arrive by 1:50.
Contact bareboneswill@gmail.com to let us know you will be attending, if you want to read, and if you have a character preference.

Mobile Food Bank

Stop by for our mobile food bank distribution, happening the 4th Wednesday of the month in partnership with the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Fresh food, pantry staples, and friendly faces — all free and open to the community!

📍 Community House, 400 Main St, Dalton — back parking lot.

Reading Shakespeare – Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing is a sparkling romantic comedy centered on two contrasting couples: the witty, banter-driven Beatrice and Benedick, who claim to despise love, and the young, naive Hero and Claudio. Through schemes, eavesdropping, and false accusations, they fall in and out of love, all culminating in a joyous, chaotic resolution.

📍 Mill + Main (444 Main St, Dalton — enter/park on Mill St). Doors open 1:30 p.m.; please arrive by 1:50.
Contact bareboneswill@gmail.com to let us know you will be attending, if you want to read, and if you have a character preference.