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SOLD OUT – Tantalizing Talks, Tea and Toddies – Michelle Young
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe Berkshire County Historical Society welcomes you to a special series of fund-raising readings featuring four authors with strong ties to the Berkshires. The readings take place in Herman Melville’s …
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The Noble Train of Artillery Returns to the Berkshires
Various locationsBetween December 1775 and March 1776, Henry Knox was ordered by General George Washington to do the unthinkable—transport artillery that had been captured at Fort Ticonderoga and Fort George in …
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Snowshoe at Arrowhead
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesClose out Pittsfield’s 10 x10 Upstreet Arts Festival with a free family-friendly snowshoe hike around the grounds of Herman Melville’s historic house and farm, Arrowhead. This easy walk includes an …
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Melville in Scotland: From the Pacific to Glasgow, to Fife and Beyond
Virtual EventHerman Melville is one of the greatest writers in world literature and his own quest to understand more of his Scottish ancestry has been noted but rarely explored to any …
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Film: The Sea Beast
Beacon Cinema 57 North Street, Pittsfield, United StatesThis special presentation of the first screen adaptation of Herman Melville’s epic novel Moby-Dick includes an introduction by Professor Richard Matturro. The iconic 1926 silent film stars John Barrymore …
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Poor in the Berkshires: Poverty and Public Relief Before 1935
Berkshire Community College West Street, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe Pittsfield Town Farm, or Poor Farm, now the site of Berkshire Community College. In this lecture presented by the Berkshire County Historical Society and The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, …
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Ghosts of Broadhall
Country Club of Pittsfield 639 South Street, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesSOLD OUT Robert Oakes, ghost tour guide and author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, will team up with paranormal investigator Drew Babineau, owner of The Haunted Raven, to offer …
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Arrowhead Opening Day
Arrowhead 780 Holmes, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCelebrate Arrowhead’s summer opening with free fun for the whole family. Activities include free wagon rides, story hour featuring children’s books based on classic Melville tales, silk screening demonstrations with …
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Author Talk – Gail Gelburd
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe Berkshire County Historical Society welcomes Gail Gelburd to Arrowhead for a talk about her new book, The Liberation of Sue Moody: Slaying Dragons. Based on the journals and letters …
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Author Talk – Barbara Viniar
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesBarbara Viniar, author of Little Bird, will discuss her unexpected path to writing historical fiction, inspired by an old photograph of her grandmother. She will talk about combining research and imagination …
$5 – $10