Events
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Film – The Act of Reading: Moby-Dick
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesOn Wednesday, July 3rd, at 7pm, come celebrate the eve of Herman Melville's 200th birthday with his great-great-grandson Peter Whittemore and the filmmakers behind The Act of Reading! We will 'sneak peek' the 87-minute long film in the Arrowhead barn in anticipation of its fall premiere and in honor of the author's bicentennial. The film takes the form of a 15 year-late book report/documentary …
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Old Salts Day
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesFree admission at Arrowhead to any career sailor, marine, merchant marine, cruise ship worker, or pirate. Take a tour where Moby-Dick was written and lift a pint of rum (you bring the rum!).
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Herman’s 200th Birthday Celebration
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThursday, August 1, all day. Herman’s 200th birthday with a multi-event, day-long extravaganza co-presented with the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. Starting with free tours of the Athenaeum’s Herman Melville Memorial Room at noon, a 1pm dedication of the Literary Landmark plaque at the Library, then tours at Arrowhead. At 4:30, the party begins at …
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Benefit for the Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
Country Club of Pittsfield 639 South Street, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJoin us as we celebrate Herman's birthday at the Country Club of Pittsfield. This benefit will assist in funding the restoration work needed to preserve our historic red barn, built in 1840 and used by the Melville family. Restoring the exterior cladding and improving drainage will ensure that the barn can be enjoyed for years …
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Annual Moby-Dick Marathon
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe third annual Moby-Dick marathon reading will commence in the barn and continue for the next three days until we finish the book. The reading is interrupted, for the morning of Sunday the 4th, so that people can attend the Monument Mountain walk celebrating the day that Melville met Hawthorne. The marathon concludes on Monday, …
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Community Day Celebration!
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCommunity Day Celebration Weekend: 10am-5pm Due to the forecast, Delilah will be swimming into Pittsfield on Sunday from 10am-4pm Celebrate Herman Melville’s 200th birthday with a FREE event at Arrowhead! Come meet Tom Whalen and learn to tie some nautical knots. Herman Melville sailed on a whaling ship before he wrote Moby-Dick and would have …
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Annual Monument Mountain Hike
Monument Mountain Rte 7, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesOn Sunday morning, take a walk up Monument Mountain in Great Barrington to celebrate the historic meeting of Melville and Hawthorne. It's sponsored by the Trustees of the Reservations, the stewards of Monument Mountain, and includes a reading of William Cullen Bryant's historic poem about the mountain as well as a champagne toast.
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MEET DELILAH!
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCommunity Day Celebration Weekend: 10am-5pm Due to the forecast, Delilah will be swimming into Pittsfield on Sunday from 10am-4pm Celebrate Herman Melville’s 200th birthday with a FREE event at Arrowhead! Melanie Mowinski will demonstrate letterpress printing, 11am-1pm Also, for kids of all ages, we will have an inflatable bounce house! Bring a picnic and …
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Poetry Reading: Pequod Poems
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesWilda Morris, poet, reads from her book "Pequod Poems" at Arrowhead, in the barn, at 6:30pm. Copies of her book will also be for sale that evening. Author of "Szechuan Shrimp and Fortune Cookies: Poems from a Chinese Restaurant" and other books, she is a former President of the Illinois State Poetry Society. She is …
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Book Release: Cement Dust
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesTuesday, August 27, J. Peter Bergman will read from his new novel, "Cement Dust," at Arrowhead, in the barn, at 6:30pm. Copies of the book are on sale in the gift shop at Arrowhead. Author of the Charles Dickens Award winning collection of short stories, "Counterpoints," this is his second published novel. Kirkus Reviews said, …
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