Personal Enrichment Workshops 2025

Community Education Workshop Refund Policy: If you withdraw at least one week before the first meeting, you will receive a 100% refund less a $15 processing fee. No refund is given for withdrawals made less than one week before the course starts. If BCC cancels a workshop, you will receive a 100% refund of all fees. Please allow at least three weeks for processing refunds.

Teach a Workshop

Email lmorelli@berkshirecc.edu with your name, workshop title and brief description.


Art

Paint brushes in cups of pain

Bottle Painting

  • Instructor: Lisa Mendel, Consultant
  • Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025
  • 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • BCC Room K118
  • $25

Bottle Painting

Easel with a landscape painting

Landscape Painting

  • Instructor: Leila DiGirolamo, Artist
  • Saturdays, Sept. 13 and 27, 2025
  • 12 – 3 p.m.
  • BCC Room K118
  • $75

Landscape Painting

Monstera leaves

Mosaic Monstera Leaf Plant Stand

  • Instructor: Lisa Mendel, Consultant
  • Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
  • 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC Room K118
  • $45

Mosaic Monstera Leaf Plant Stand


Culinary and Hospitality

Bartender

Bartending and Mixology

  • Instructor: Victoria Spencer, Consultant
  • Mondays, Oct. 20 – Nov. 24, 2025
  • 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
  • Polish Falcons, 32 Bel Air Ave, Pittsfield, MA
  • $189

Bartending and Mixology

Person decorating a cake

Beginner’s Cake Decorating

  • Instructor: Melissa Albano, Consultant
  • Saturdays, Sept. 27 – Oct. 18, 2025
  • 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $145

Beginner’s Cake Decorating

Holiday dinner

Holiday Cooking

  • Instructor: Katie Hickey, Chef
  • Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025
  • 6 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC, Susan B. Anthony Center, lower level, Kitchen
  • $65

Holiday Cooking

Person holding a loaf of sourdough bread

Introduction to Sourdough

  • Instructor: Scout Swonger, Consultant
  • Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025
  • 10 – 12 p.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $50

Introduction to Sourdough

Cook chopping vegetables

Knife Skills

  • Instructor: Katie Hickey, Chef
  • Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025
  • 6 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC, Susan B. Anthony Center, lower level, Kitchen
  • $65

Knife Skills

ServSafe logo

ServSafe Certification

Instructor: Nancy Ruderman, Consultant

  • Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 30 and Oct. 2, 2025
  • 5 – 9 p.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $185

ServSafe
(September session)

  • Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025
  • 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • BCC Susan B. Anthony Center, lower level, Room G12
  • $185
ServSafe
(November session)
Person kneading dough on a bench

Sourdough Discard Exploration

  • Instructor: Scout Swonger, Consultant
  • Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
  • 10 – 12 p.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $50

Sourdough Discard Exploration

Person carving a turkey

Thanksgiving

  • Instructor: Katie Hickey, Chef
  • Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025
  • 6 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC, Susan B. Anthony Center, lower level, Kitchen
  • $65

Thanksgiving

Person kneading dough

Vegan Baking

  • Instructor: Scout Swonger, Consultant
  • Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025
  • 10 – 11:30 a.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $30

Vegan Baking


Foreign Languages

Diners sitting in an outdoor cafe

Conversational French

  • Instructor: Danielle Steinmann, Consultant
  • Tuesdays, Sept. 2 – Oct. 14, 2025 (no class Sept. 23)
  • 5:30 – 7 p.m.
  • BCC Hawthorne Hall, Room 201
  • $75

Conversational French


Music

Choir singing on stage

Berkshire Showstoppers — A Musical Theatre Choir Like No Other

  • Instructor: Ellen Shanahan, Professor of Music
  • Mondays, Sept. 8 – Dec. 8, 2025 (no class Oct. 13 and 20)
  • 5:30 – 7 p.m.
  • BCC Koussevitzky Arts Center, Room 111
  • $95

Berkshire Showstoppers


Professional Development

Person getting a hand massage

Body's Blueprint for Orthopedic Massage Techniques: Arm, Elbow, Wrist and Thumbs

  • Instructor: Anna Gammal, LMT and Joe Frazer, LMT
  • Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025
  • 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • BCC Hawthorne Hall, Room 302
  • $1,000

Body's Blueprint for Orthopedic Massage Techniques

Upper body massage

Body's Blueprint for Orthopedic Massage Techniques: Overcome Mobility Issues, Tension and Aches in the Head, Neck and Shoulders

  • Instructor: Anna Gammal, LMT and Joe Frazer, LMT
  • Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025
  • 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • BCC Hawthorne Hall, Room 302
  • $1,000

Body's Blueprint for Orthopedic Massage

Person getting a shoulder massage

Dr. Vodder School Level 1 Practical

  • Instructor: Sondra Willis, OTR/L, CLT-LANA
  • Thursday – Sunday, Sept. 11 – 14, 2025
  • 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • BCC Susan B. Anthony Center, lower level, Room G12
  • $1,000

Dr. Vodder School Level 1 Practical

Close up of a microphone

Getting Paid to Talk: An Introduction to Professional Voice Over

Instructors: Voice Coaches, Consultants

  • Monday, Aug. 11, 2025
  • 6:30 – 9 p.m.
  • BCC Room G12
  • $50

Getting Paid to Talk
(August session)

  • Monday, Oct. 20, 2025
  • 6:30 – 9 p.m.
  • BCC Room G12
  • $50

Getting Paid to Talk
(October session)

Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative logo

Introduction to Film Production Assisting

  • Instructor: Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative Staff
  • TBA
  • $85
Construction home site

Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License (CSL) Exam Prep

  • Instructor: Construction Supervisor Training LLC Staff
  • Tuesdays, Sept. 23 – Nov. 4, 2025
  • 6 – 9:30 p.m.
  • BCC Melville Hall, Room 213
  • $525

Registration link coming soon.

Speaker on stage with an audience

Mission-ready: Designed for Nonprofit Leaders, Educators and Changemakers – Systems for Clarity, Flow and Follow-through

  • Instructor: Patrick Danahey, Consultant
  • Tuesdays, Oct. 7 – 21, 2025
  • 6 – 7:30 p.m.
  • BCC Melville Hall, Room 102
  • $50

Mission-ready

Reiki treament tools

Reiki for Healthcare 1

  • Instructor: Ann Shacar, RMT
  • Tuesdays, Sept. 30 and Oct. 7, 2025
  • 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC Room H204
  • $189

Reiki for Healthcare 1


Self Care

Tree with moss

Introduction to Ecopsychology

  • Instructor: Arleta Mongue, MA
  • Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
  • 4 – 6 p.m.
  • BCC Hawthorne Hall, Room 202
  • $35

Introduction to Ecopsychology