Events
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Annual Meeting
Country Club of Pittsfield 639 South St., Pittsfield, MA, United StatesAnnual Meeting of the Berkshire Historical Society will be held on May 6, 2015 at the Pittsfield Country Club. Enjoy a fabulous buffet dinner, learn what's going on and hear …
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Opening Day of the Summer Season
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesArrowhead will open for tours! A Touch of Melville Gold - En Plein Air painting event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Berkshire County Historical Society purchasing Arrowhead. The painting event …
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CSA Farming 101 Class
Arrowhead 780 Holmes, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe farm at Arrowhead, now in its second year, is officially a replica in style of the agricultural work Melville had in motion during the thirteen years he and his …
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Fireflies!
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe north field is the home of thousands of fireflies. A talk on fireflies with farmer Kristen Laney and naturalist Hannah Sherman will cast a light on these interesting insects. …
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Free Concert: Fanfare Brass Ensemble
Arrowhead 780 Holmes, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe Fanfare Brass is performing on Sunday 7:00 pm on 5/31/15 at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead – 780 Holmes Rd, Pittsfield MA. The 10 man group includes 4 trumpets, French horn, …
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Lizzie’s 195th birthday party
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCelebrate Elizabeth Knapp Shaw Melville's 195th birthday! If your name is Elizabeth or your birthday is June 13, you get a free tour of Arrowhead! Join the party at 780 …
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Public Reading from new poetry chapbook, “RED BARN Volume One”
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCelebrate the publication of a new poetry chapbook, created by eight members of a poetry workshop held over the past year, right here at Herman Melville's Arrowhead. The public reading …
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Design a Garden
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCome to Melville’s Farm at Arrowhead on June 27 to learn how to create a build a garden for your own home – while helping create the new Children’s Garden …
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Lecture – The Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCarlo DeVito, editor and publisher of The Complete Illustrated Edition of the Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex will speak about the book -its inclusion of works by Herman Melville, …
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Running of the Goats
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesFlossie, Gertie, Peanut and their five kids work hard all day clearing the fields at Melville’s Arrowhead Farm. In the evening they are glad to return to their barn, in …
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