Berkshire County Historical Society

Candlelight and Chocolate Tour
2017-02-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2017-02-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Visit Herman Melville’s Arrowhead by candlelight! Following the guided tour, enjoy delicious desserts and camaraderie. By reservation only, $25/person.

Workshops
2017-05-13 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Photography workshop with Shelby Adams
Writing workshop with Arrowhead’s Writer-in-Residence, Jana Laiz

Berkshire County Historical Society Annual Meeting
2017-05-16 17:00 - 19:30 | Country Club of Pittsfield, 639 South St., Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
at the historic Country Club of Pittsfield. Details tba.

Arrowhead opens for the season
2017-05-22 10:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Starting today, open seven days a week until October.

Michael Melle installs Scarecrow Figures
2017-06-03 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Artist Michael Melle installs fairies at Arrowhead. www.michaelmelle.com

Jazzbones Concert
2017-06-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States

Berkshire County Resident Day
2017-06-17 09:30 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Free admission for Berkshire County residents, with proof of residency.

EXHIBIT OPENING JUNE 27: PROPS FROM THE MOVIE “MOBY-DICK” (1956)
2017-06-27 09:30 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Help us celebrate the 61st anniversary of the release of the movie “Moby-Dick” (the one with Gregory Peck, of course). A collector has loaned some amazing props from the movie, including a 6-foot long model whaleboat. After seeing the display, settle in for a free showing of the movie, all in the big red barn at Arrowhead.

build a fairy house
2017-07-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Bring your fairy wings to a children’s workshop on Sunday, July 2, from 1 to 3:00. Artist Betsy Baczek will demonstrate how to build a fairy house, to take home. Materials provided. Workshop is free, though donations greatly appreciated! At Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield. Reservations not required.

Exhibit Opens: Captain Ahab visits Arrowhead
2017-07-04 10:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Captain Ahab in the form of a three-foot tall, 40 pound, bright yellow, wooden fisherman/wannabe pirate captain! Geeg Wiles will have an exhibit including the famous garden gnome, starting July 4 (closing July 18) in the big red barn at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead. Learn about the evolution of Ahab’s adventures: How a 74-year-old “Big Fish” story about a boy, his grandfather and a lawn gnome evolved into a motivational movement.

Build a "fairarium“
2017-07-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Natural habitats for fairies! Led by Betsy Sherman and Marilyn Manning, create your own fairy environment in a hanging terrarium. Designed as an program for adults, but families are more than welcome! All materials supplied. Large: $25; small $15. At Arrowhead, Tuesday July 11 from 1 to 3. Space is limited, e-mail fairies@berkshirehistory.org for information or to register; call 413.442.1793 x13 to pre-pay by credit card.

fairy workshop for kids: gnome hats
2017-07-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Bring your fairy wings to a children’s workshop on Sunday, July 16, from 1 to 3:00. Artist Betsy Baczek will demonstrate how to make a wearable gnome hat, to take home. $5.00 donation for materials. At Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield. Questions – please e-mail fairies[a]berkshirehistory.org.

RED BARN VOLUME THREE: “ROMANCE AND REMEMBRANCE”
2017-07-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
The free presentation (donations welcome!) will give each poet a chance to shine reading poems from the book as well as other poems they have written. Hot off the press copies will be available for sale for only $8.50 and, of course, the authors will be on hand to autograph their work. Refreshments will be served.

Presentation: Geeg Wiles and the Captain Ahab Garden Gnome
2017-07-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
The Captain Ahab Garden Gnome has traveled around the world!
Captain Ahab and Geeg are the perfect team to show you that:
If a 3 foot tall, 40 pound, bright yellow, wooden fisherman/wannabe pirate captain can accomplish his goals, so can YOU.
Frontpage

(fee charged)

The Mastheads: Resident Reading
2017-07-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Join us at Arrowhead to hear what our inaugural class of Mastheads residents got up to this July. John Babbott, Justin Boening, Greg Allendorf, Maria Pinto, and Mariam Rahmani will all read from their latest work.

Old Salts Day
2017-08-01 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Professional sailors can take a free tour on Tuesday, August 1. So if you’ve served in any country’s navy or coast guard, worked a commercial fishing boat, merchant ship, or if you can give a convincing story about the time you were a pirate, come on board! www.mobydick.org for tour times.
Herman Melville was born on August 1, 1819. To celebrate, the Berkshire County Historical Society at Arrowhead is holding an “Old Salts” Day. In addition to serving on a merchant ship and three whaling ships, Melville was a veteran of the US Navy.
There will be birthday cake!

"Moby-Dick" marathon reading day one
2017-08-03 10:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Join the marathon reading of “Moby-Dick” in the place it was written!

"Moby-Dick" marathon reading day 2
2017-08-04 10:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States

"Moby-Dick" marathon reading day 3
2017-08-05 10:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States

"Moby-Dick" marathon reading day 4
2017-08-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States

children's workshop - fairy fun!
2017-08-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Bring your fairy wings to a children’s workshop on Sunday, August 13, from 1 to 3:00. Artist Betsy Baczek will demonstrate how to make fairy crowns, wings, wands, wearable gnome hats. $5.00 donation for materials. At Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield. Questions – please e-mail fairies@berkshirehistory.org.

Fairy Tea and Talk, with Jana Laiz
2017-08-15 16:00 - 17:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Join Jana Laiz, Arrowhead’s writer-in-residence. Jana will tell fascinating tales about fairies while you enjoy a special tea with scones, clotted cream, strawberries, and tea. Historical Society members, $10; kids, $5; non-yet members, $20. For reservations, e-mail fairies@berkshirehistory.org This event is for the entire family.

Fairy House village opens
2017-08-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Grand opening – all day Saturday August 19. See artist-created fairy houses! Refreshments.
Fee to see the village includes a guided tour of Arrowhead (on the hour 10 – 5; last tour at 4).
Fee for special tour, led by Fairy Queen WindRose Morris. WindRoses’s tours of village between 4 and 5.

Faery Queen WindRose Morris leads tours of fairy village
2017-08-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Faery Queen WindRose Morris will lead tours of the Fairy Village at Arrowhead between 4 and 5 pm. Admission fee.

Author series: Amy Lafave and Jan Chague
2017-08-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Two authors – two new books about the history of Lenox! Free.

writing workshop
2017-08-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Melville was inspired by Arrowhead – and you can be, too! Join writer-in-residence Jana Laiz for a writing session at one of the most beautiful places in the Berkshires. With writing prompts we will write about our own feelings of place. For information or to make reservations, melville@berkshirehistory.org

Cancelled - Lecture: Professor Dennis Patrick Slattery, "Melville and the Personal Myth"
2017-09-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
This lecture has been cancelled due to illness.
Our Daily Breach: Exploring Your Personal Myth Through Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick offers both a way of understanding what has generally been called the greatest novel of the American myth while simultaneously exploring one’s own personal myth. Its added feature is that it is an interactive book in allowing reader’s to meditate on one question per page for each day of the year and to undercover many facets of one’s personal myth through cursive writing. Lecture is free.

Author Series: Adriana Millenaar Brown
2017-09-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Brown will discuss her book about her father, Adrianus Millenaar, a Dutch farmer turned diplomat in WWII. FREE.

The "Herman" Plays: "Hawthorne & Melville"
2017-09-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Staged reading of “Hawthorne & Melville,” by Carl A. Rossi, directed by J. Peter Bergman. Kirk Jackson as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mel Cobb as Herman Melville.
In the big red barn at Arrowhead.
