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August 2019
Annual Moby-Dick Marathon
The third annual Moby-Dick marathon reading will commence in the barn and continue for the next three days until we finish the book. The reading is interrupted, for the morning of Sunday the 4th, so that people can attend the Monument Mountain walk celebrating the day that Melville met Hawthorne. The marathon concludes on Monday, August 5.
Find out more »Community Day Celebration!
Community Day Celebration Weekend: 10am-5pm Due to the forecast, Delilah will be swimming into Pittsfield on Sunday from 10am-4pm Celebrate Herman Melville’s 200th birthday with a FREE event at Arrowhead! Come meet Tom Whalen and learn to tie some nautical knots. Herman Melville sailed on a whaling ship before he wrote Moby-Dick and would have known how to tie these same knots! Also, for kids of all ages, we will have an inflatable bounce house! Bring a picnic and…
Find out more »Annual Monument Mountain Hike
On Sunday morning, take a walk up Monument Mountain in Great Barrington to celebrate the historic meeting of Melville and Hawthorne. It's sponsored by the Trustees of the Reservations, the stewards of Monument Mountain, and includes a reading of William Cullen Bryant's historic poem about the mountain as well as a champagne toast.
Find out more »MEET DELILAH!
Community Day Celebration Weekend: 10am-5pm Due to the forecast, Delilah will be swimming into Pittsfield on Sunday from 10am-4pm Celebrate Herman Melville’s 200th birthday with a FREE event at Arrowhead! Melanie Mowinski will demonstrate letterpress printing, 11am-1pm Also, for kids of all ages, we will have an inflatable bounce house! Bring a picnic and play croquet on our lawns! Thanks to Whale and Dolphin Conservation of Plymouth, MA and to generous support from Cultural Pittsfield. Special thanks to Carr…
Find out more »Poetry Reading: Pequod Poems
Wilda Morris, poet, reads from her book "Pequod Poems" at Arrowhead, in the barn, at 6:30pm. Copies of her book will also be for sale that evening. Author of "Szechuan Shrimp and Fortune Cookies: Poems from a Chinese Restaurant" and other books, she is a former President of the Illinois State Poetry Society. She is a winner of the 2009 Prairie Poetry Award and has received two Pushcart nominations. Free event.
Find out more »Book Release: Cement Dust
Tuesday, August 27, J. Peter Bergman will read from his new novel, "Cement Dust," at Arrowhead, in the barn, at 6:30pm. Copies of the book are on sale in the gift shop at Arrowhead. Author of the Charles Dickens Award winning collection of short stories, "Counterpoints," this is his second published novel. Kirkus Reviews said, "its portrayal of complex, unique relationships is impressive... a rewarding novel about unexpected family ties and the pain of mental illness."
Find out more »May 2022
Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
Due to inclement weather, the walk has been POSTPONED until Saturday, June 11, at 11am. See you then! Veteran tour guide John Dickson and Executive Director Lesley Herzberg lead an enlightening walk through Arrowhead and the surrounding grounds. John Dickson will provide an overview and evolution of the architectural features of the building from the 1780s to the present. This talk is followed by Lesley Herzberg’s walk through the north field to discuss the cultural landscape where the entire Melville…
Find out more »June 2022
Spring Bird Walk
Join Rene Wendell, president of the Hoffmann Bird Club for a spring migration bird walk. This will be a gentle, slow hike around Arrowhead’s fields and forests appropriate for beginners and experienced birders alike. We will be looking for newly arriving spring migrants such as warbler and flycatcher species like yellow warbler, blackburnian warbler and least flycatcher. Please bring binoculars if you have them, water, and appropriate footwear. Heavy rain will cancel this event. This FREE event is presented in…
Find out more »Moby-Dick Monologue
Herman Melville learned about the art of soliloquy from his reading of Shakespeare and after reading the Bard, he re-wrote his whaling epic. Actor and educator Stephen Collins expands on this tradition by performing monologues from Melville’s expansive novel. This performance features the musings of Ishmael, Father Mapple, Captain Peleg, Starbuck, and Ahab. FREE This event is sponsored by Pittsfield Cooperative Bank and Lee Bank Foundation
Find out more »Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
Veteran tour guide John Dickson and Executive Director Lesley Herzberg lead an enlightening walk through Arrowhead and the surrounding grounds. John Dickson will provide an overview and evolution of the architectural features of the building from the 1780s to the present. This talk is followed by Lesley Herzberg’s walk through the north field to discuss the cultural landscape where the entire Melville family participated in the cultivation of the farm and gardens in the 19th century. FREE This event is…
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