Join Robert Oakes for Tales of Haunted Pittsfield. Complete details here.
September 9 – Paradise or Plight? Melville and Berkshire Industry, 5:30 pm
Actor Marcus Kearns and historian John Dickson team up for a program discussing Herman Melville’s influence on industry in Berkshire County during the nineteenth century. Learn more here.
September 13 – Ice Glen Walk, 11 am
Guided hike through Laurel Park, across the Housatonic River, and up into the hills of Ice Glen in Stockbridge. FREE EVENT. Learn more 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.
Berkshires250
Read about this exciting new program in the Berkshire Eagle.
