Alex Harvey is an old-world folklorist who performs street ballads and songs of the sea in a project he calls Shinbone Alley. At his performances listeners learn to celebrate the haunting intercultural exchange of 18th and 19th century maritime music - whose ingredients travelled from the furthest corners of the globe to be remade and stitched anew by sailors of every shade and shape at port and at sea. By teaching the audience to join in on most of the…

Join us for an evening of Pittsfield ghost lore in this talk by Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires and ghost tour guide at The Mount and Ventfort Hall. In addition to Pittsfield ghost stories, Oakes will discuss Herman Melville's own "strange fancies," and the ghost writings of his friend and frequent Arrowhead visitor Nathaniel Hawthorne. The talk will be followed by a lantern-lit tour o Arrowhead. Use the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets;  $20 for BCHS…

From July 13-17 writers attended a playwriting intensive with with great, great, great granddaughter of Herman Melville and playwright Elizabeth Doss. Join us for a  free reception and readings of site-specific works created during this workshop.  This event is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Performer, playwright and great, great, great grand daughter of Herman Melville returns to Arrowhead to “talk back” to THE CONFIDENCE MAN, the last published and completed novel by Melville in his lifetime. Set on a steamboat cruising down Mississippi, Doss jumps aboard, probing this text to grapple with her own encounters with “Confidence Men”, not to mention her own flagging confidence, and what the hell Melville is really getting at in his perhaps strangest, most provocative and perplexing work. Still…

Bird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding.  Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of wild birds in their natural habitat. Arrowhead’s woods, fields and shrub land make it an ideal site to monitor a broad range of breeding bird species.  Join the BBO researchers as they leverage the wonder of a bird in the hand to spark a curiosity about the natural world…

Join us for an evening of Pittsfield ghost lore in this talk by Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires and ghost tour guide at The Mount and Ventfort Hall. In addition to Pittsfield ghost stories, Oakes will discuss Herman Melville's own "strange fancies," and the ghost writings of his friend and frequent Arrowhead visitor Nathaniel Hawthorne. The talk will be followed by a lantern-lit tour o Arrowhead. Use the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets;  $20 for BCHS…

Quilter Francesca Olsen hosts an open studio n Arrowhead’s historic piazza as part of the Berkshire Artists Residency Program. She will talk about her craft and demonstrate her technique.  FREE event Francesca Olsen is a quilter, writer, and consultant. Her creative work focuses on storytelling, heritage, ritual, magic, and the power and significance held in objects and stories. Olsen is a connector whose work aims to build community by holding space for others and creating a dialogue around legacy, history,…

Bird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding.  Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of wild birds in their natural habitat. Arrowhead’s woods, fields and shrub land make it an ideal site to monitor a broad range of breeding bird species.  Join the BBO researchers as they leverage the wonder of a bird in the hand to spark a curiosity about the natural world…

Picnic on the lawn of Arrowhead’s historic barn as The Mastheads eighth-annual summer residents perform new fiction, poetry, and theatre created in the studios this month. $10-$20 donation suggested to support public programming, including poetry workshops in Pittsfield Public Schools.  This event is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Join us at Arrowhead to celebrate Herman’s birthday and the launch of a brand-new audiobook  Billy Budd, Sailor, read by Paul Giamatti. We’ll have light refreshments, drinks, and cake. Listen to selections from the book and toast to the work that brought Herman out of obscurity when it was published in 1924. FREE This event is sponsored by Guido's Fresh Marketplace

Join us for an evening of Pittsfield ghost lore in this talk by Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires and ghost tour guide at The Mount and Ventfort Hall. In addition to Pittsfield ghost stories, Oakes will discuss Herman Melville's own "strange fancies," and the ghost writings of his friend and frequent Arrowhead visitor Nathaniel Hawthorne. The talk will be followed by a lantern-lit tour o Arrowhead. Use the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets;  $20 for BCHS…