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August 2017
writing workshop
Melville was inspired by Arrowhead - and you can be, too! Join writer-in-residence Jana Laiz for a writing session at one of the most beautiful places in the Berkshires. With writing prompts we will write about our own feelings of place. For information or to make reservations, melville@berkshirehistory.org
Find out more »September 2017
Cancelled – Lecture: Professor Dennis Patrick Slattery, “Melville and the Personal Myth”
This lecture has been cancelled due to illness. Our Daily Breach: Exploring Your Personal Myth Through Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick offers both a way of understanding what has generally been called the greatest novel of the American myth while simultaneously exploring one’s own personal myth. Its added feature is that it is an interactive book in allowing reader’s to meditate on one question per page for each day of the year and to undercover many facets of one’s personal myth through…
Find out more »Author Series: Adriana Millenaar Brown
Brown will discuss her book about her father, Adrianus Millenaar, a Dutch farmer turned diplomat in WWII. FREE.
Find out more »The “Herman” Plays: “Hawthorne & Melville”
Staged reading of "Hawthorne & Melville," by Carl A. Rossi, directed by J. Peter Bergman. Kirk Jackson as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mel Cobb as Herman Melville. In the big red barn at Arrowhead.
Find out more »Fairies and Foam Beerfest – cancelled
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please come see the fairy village any day until October 15. Join the revels, ..."where fairies dance." Faery Queen WindRose Morris, Piper Nancy Tunicliffe, and more! Beer tastings in a hand-crafted mug created for the occasion. Costumes encouraged! Reservations and questions - fairiesberkshirehistory.org
Find out more »The “Herman” Plays: “Kraken: A Story of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville”
A staged reading of the play by Len Jenkin; directed by J. Peter Bergman. Kirk Jackson as Hawthorne; Mel Cobb as Herman Melville. In the big red barn, Arrowhead
Find out more »October 2017
The “Herman” Plays: “Poor Herman”
A staged reading of the play by Elizabeth Doss; directed by Dustin Wills. Elizabeth Doss is the great-great-great grand-daughter of Herman Melville. In the big red barn, Arrowhead
Find out more »book series: Fairytales of the Fiercer! Sex
Alison Larkin will read from Fairytales of the Fiercer! Sex, talk about her editorial process, and discuss future projects. FREE event at Arrowhead.
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