• Writing Workshop – Inspired by Melville

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Be inspired! Come write in Melville's study with Arrowhead's writer-in-residence Jana Laiz. The $60 fee includes the workshop in the study and lunch on the grounds. Call 413.442.1793 x14 or

  • Play Ball! At the big red barn, Arrowhead

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    PLAY BALL! Reflections on the Origins of Baseball blends history, poetry, and a fantastic sense of humor to create an exciting and hilarious play. Written by E. Gray Simons III

    $15.00
  • Jim Davis poetry

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    In the big red barn at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead, Jim Davis will read his Melville-inspired poems, starting at 3 PM.  FREE.

  • Musica Historia – free concert

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    In Arrowhead's big red barn: Musica Historia Presents: Shakespeare: life, times and the music of his plays

    Free
  • Book release and Read – Red Barn Volume 2

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Hear the latest poems created at the annual Arrowhead Poetry Workshop. Copies available for purchase; the poets would be glad to inscribe your copy! In the Red Barn at Arrowhead.

    Free
  • Hike Monument Mountain with Melville and Hawthorne

    Monument Mountain Rte 7, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    Monument Mountain hike!  In partnership with The Trustees of Reservations, hike Monument Mountain to hear the story of Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne's first meeting.  Read from William Cullen Bryant's

  • Michael Shelden reading from his “Melville in Love”

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Biographer Michael Shelden has recently published "Melville in Love," exploring the relationship of Herman Melville with his Pittsfield neighbor, Sarah Morewood. Melville, who wanted nothing less than to write a

    Free