Join Robert Oakes for Tales of Haunted Pittsfield. Complete details here.
September 27 – The Noble Train Arrives, noon – 2 pm
Costumed living-history interpreters portraying frontier traders, oxen drivers, timber men, carpenters, blacksmiths, and merchants depict what it was like to be part of “the noble train of artillery.” FREE EVENT Learn more here.
October 8 – A Whale Ship was My Yale College and My Harvard: Herman Melville’s Whaling Years, 5:30 pm
This talk by Arrowhead docent and researcher Peter Hacunda will explore Melville’s life during the early 1840s. Full details here.
October 11 – Fall Fest at Arrowhead, 10 am – 4 pm
Join us for an afternoon of free family fun. Learn more here.
October 15 – Author to Author: Laurie Gwen Shapiro in Conversation with Debby Applegate, 5:30 pm
Learn more here.
November 12 – The Sea Beast at the Beacon Cinema – 7 pm
1926 adaptation of Melville’s epic novel Moby-Dick seen on the big screen. Complete information here.
Lafayette Paper in Williams Library
Click here to read Williams College Library’s post on Lafayette-related documents in their collection.
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Read about this exciting new program in the Berkshire Eagle.
The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire County (1830-2012)
The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire County was a project of the Berkshire County Historical Society in the late 1990s. Ethnic groups, most notably the African-American community, have traditionally been overlooked in histories of Berkshire County. The Invisible Community project intended to collect information on the historic presence of African-Americans in Berkshire County, and the role that community has played in the county’s history. Partially funded by a grant from Mass Humanities, this collection includes information concerning specific Berkshire residents, oral histories, as well as institutions & events associated with the African-American community in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Click here to listen to oral history recordings or read transcriptions.