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May 2018
Billy Budd in the Breadbox – a BTG production
The new play from the Berkshire Theatre Group, based on the book by Arrowhead Writer-in-Residence Jana Laiz. In the big red barn. Reservations required; e-mail pr@berkshirehistory.org or buy online. $25/adults, $15/children
Find out more »June 2018
The Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter
Opens June 15, runs through June 24 at the Oldcastle Theatre in Bennington, VT. From the Oldcastle's website: The season kicks off with Herman Melville’s captivating novel “THE ALMOST TRUE AND TRULY REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL POTTER” that has been transformed into a rollicking new play by Joe Bravaco and Lary Rosler. Join young Israel as he goes from a small Berkshire town to the American Revolution then on to motherland England and back again. Along the way he meets historical…
Find out more »Author Event: The Great Snail Race
Don Jordan and Juliana von Haubricht discuss their children's book. FREE.
Find out more »July 2018
A World of Fairies: Across the Seven Seas – The 2018 Fairy House Village
Village of artist-created fairy houses opens for the season. Open until September 9. Extra fee to visit the village only; free if you take the Arrowhead house tour.
Find out more »Fairies Hops and Vines – a Berkshires gathering – CANCELLED
Note: this event has been cancelled.
Find out more »Book Release Event: “I Will Never Forget… Memoir of a B-26 Pilot”
The Berkshire County Historical Society is proud to present a new memoir by a WWII B-26 pilot, Abraham "Artie" Artig. In the big red barn at Arrowhead. Free. Books available for sale.
Find out more »Mastheads writers read from their works
The writers leave their studios in Arrowhead's North Field to read from their work, in the big red barn. For more information, see Mastheads' website. FREE.
Find out more »August 2018
Sailing Towards my Father – a dramatic poem by Carl A. Rossi
SAILING TOWARDS MY FATHER a dramatic poem about Herman Melville written and staged by Carl A. Rossi Melville will be portrayed by local actor Stephen Collins, known for his portrayal of Walt Whitman. Stephen's website is http://www.unlaunchedvoices.com. SAILING TOWARDS MY FATHER is a dramatic poem on the life of Herman Melville (1819-1891), the American author best known for his whaling epic Moby-Dick; the poem concentrates on Melville’s evolution as both man and writer and his complex relations with God, parents and…
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