Events
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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 …
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Strange Fancies – Stories of Hauntings and Ghostly Inspiration at Arrowhead, Home of Herman Melville – May 29
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesEVENT CANCELLED Well-known ghost tour guide Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, will discuss the supernatural influences on the imagination of author Herman Melville, as well as the ghostly …
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Author Talk – Julie Dobrow
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesAuthor, biographer and Tufts University professor Julie Dobrow’s new book, Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage, tells the complicated story of the lives …
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Bird Banding – June 4
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesBird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of …
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