BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anguilla X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anguilla BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6027471:Event:22005 DTSTAMP:20130525T193309Z SUMMARY:Hoosic Riverfest May 26 DESCRIPTION:Hoosic  Riverfest  May 26\nRiverfest, the  annual celeb ration of the Hoosic held by the Hoosic River Watershed Association  (HooRWA), will be held at Cole Field on  the Williams College campus from 11AM to 4 PM on Saturday, May 26.  Admission  is $5 advance and $7 at the gate per person. Children 10 and under admitted  free. Riv erfest is a family  event that features live river animals, crafts an d games, pony rides, raft  rides, live music, drumming and a riversid e art exhibit. The traditional  Riverfest bird walk, led by Leslie Re ed-Evans of the Williamstown Rural Lands  Foundation, begins the day of celebration. (Meet at 7:30 at Ephs Pond opposite  Cole Field.) Eve nts for kids and adults are scheduled throughout the day.            Healing Winds, a not-for-profit Native American cultural and  educational organization, will set up a tepee and invite children to h elp  erecting a wigwam. These will be settings for drumming, dancing, storytelling  and games.           Riverfest tickets have b een subsidized this year by over  $3,000 in contributions from area b usinesses, including title sponsor, the Williamstown  Savings Bank (W SB), and major sponsors Alton & Westall and the Williams  College Cen ter for Environmental Studies. Businesses have also donated $2,000  i n prizes. Admission tickets double as raffle tickets for an Old Town k ayak  from Berkshire Outfitters, a mountain bike from the Spoke, or o utdoor clothing  from Nature’s Closet.  The first-prize kayak is o n display in the lobby of  the Williamstown branch of WSB.  Tickets   can be purchased in advance at the bank, The Spoke, Nature’s Close t, Wild Oats  or from HooRWA board members.           Numero us other bucket raffle prizes are available.           Visito rs to Riverfest may want to end their day with a visit  to MASS MoCAâ €™s O, Canada exhibit, opening at 5:30 p.m. that day. The exhibit  wi ll showcase the vast expanse of art made in that country, spanning all media  and crossing generations and geography. Tickets for the recep tion are $10.           For more information, contact HooRWA at 413-458-2742 or office@hoorwa.org.\n\nFor more information visit ht tp://northernberkshiretransition.ning.com/events/hoosic-riverfest-may- 26 DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20120526T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20120526T160000 CATEGORIES:festival LOCATION:Cole Field WEBSITE:http://hoorwa.org/programs/upcoming-events/52612-riverfest/ URL:http://hoorwa.org/programs/upcoming-events/52612-riverfest/ CONTACT:413-458-2742 ORGANIZER:HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION (HOORWA) ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com:80/files/-4EdHE0nYS9TR Was8ZCwCMBt5F92TLqZ7DNcejbJ*FzVR9wYRakNcZvRhJL64boyTuwFoXvaKhzsPSbR1cq D-zG*OqlZ8Hcj/RiverfestHoowra.jpg ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Northern Berkshire Transition":http://northernberkshiretransition.ning.com/pro file/NorthernBerkshireTransition END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR