Arrowhead Opening Day – May 16
Celebrate Arrowhead’s summer opening with free fun for the whole family. Activities include free wagon rides, story hour featuring children’s books based on classic Melville tales, silk screening demonstrations with Penny Arcade Press, and a book launch and signing for Herman Melville in the Berkshires by John Dickson. FREE EVENT Full details here.
Author Talk – Gail Gelburd, May 20, 5:30 pm
Author Gail Gelburd talks about her new book, The Liberation of Sue Moody: Slaying Dragons, based on the journals and letters of former Otis resident Sue Moody, a journalist in 1939 Paris. Full details here.
Author Talk – Barbara Viniar, May 27, 5:30 pm
Barbara Viniar, author of Little Bird, will discuss her unexpected path to writing historical fiction. Full details here.
Strange Fancies – Stories of Hauntings and Ghostly Inspiration at Arrowhead, 7 pm
Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires will discuss the supernatural influences on the imagination of author Herman Melville, followed by a lantern-lit tour of Melville’s historic home.
Full details here.
Melville in Downtown Pittsfield, May 30, 11 am
Join author and historian John Dickson for an engaging walk around downtown and learn about the places around Park Square that Herman Melville frequented and referenced in his writing. Full details here.
Author Talk – Julie Dobrow, June 3, 5:30 pm
Author Julie Dobrow discusses her book Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage and the fascinating way in which she first discovered this story. Full details here.
Bird Banding with Berkshire Bird Observatory, June 4, 11, 25, July 2, 16, 23, 30
An up close opportunity to learn about the process of bird banding and to see a broad range of birds in their natural habitat. Free, drop-in event 7 – 10 am, full details here.
Authors talk and book signing, June 10, 5:30 pm
Celebrate the publications of Ye Trodden Path by local authors and historians Bernard Drew, Gary Leveille, Rob Hoogs, Ron Bernard, and Tom Ragusa. FREE EVENT Full details here.
Downtown Pittsfield Walk – Neighbors and Strangers, June 13, 11 am
Led by Cynthia Farr Brown, this walk links a series of sites in downtown Pittsfield to the “big story” of America’s rapidly changing population during the 19th and early 20th centuries, as European immigrants flocked to the United States. Full details here.
Thomas Jefferson, Wine Lover and Collector, June 17, 5:30 pm
Join sommelier Philippe Jeanjean in retracing Thomas Jefferson’s exploration of France and northern Italy wine country and experiencing his discoveries through a thoughtfully curated selection of wines. Full details here.