Past Events

Captain Ahab in the form of a three-foot tall, 40 pound, bright yellow, wooden fisherman/wannabe pirate captain!  Geeg Wiles will have an exhibit including the famous garden gnome, starting July 4 (closing July 18) in the big red barn at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead.  Learn about the evolution of Ahab’s adventures: How a 74-year-old “Big Fish” story about a boy, his grandfather and a lawn gnome evolved into a motivational movement.

Natural habitats for fairies!  Led by Betsy Sherman and Marilyn Manning, create your own fairy environment in a hanging terrarium.  Designed as an program for adults, but families are more than welcome!  All materials supplied.  Large: $25; small $15.  At Arrowhead, Tuesday July 11 from 1 to 3.  Space is limited, e-mail fairies@berkshirehistory.org for information or to register; call 413.442.1793 x13 to pre-pay by credit card.

Bring your fairy wings to a children’s workshop on Sunday, July 16, from 1 to 3:00. Artist Betsy Baczek will demonstrate how to make a wearable gnome hat, to take home.  $5.00 donation for materials.  At Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield.  Questions – please e-mail fairiesberkshirehistory.org.

The free presentation (donations welcome!) will give each poet a chance to shine reading poems from the book as well as other poems they have written. Hot off the press copies will be available for sale for only $8.50 and, of course, the authors will be on hand to autograph their work. Refreshments will be served.

The Captain Ahab Garden Gnome has traveled around the world! Captain Ahab and Geeg are the perfect team to show you that: If a 3 foot tall, 40 pound, bright yellow, wooden fisherman/wannabe pirate captain can accomplish his goals, so can YOU. https://ahabsadventures.com/ (fee charged)

Join us at Arrowhead to hear what our inaugural class of Mastheads residents got up to this July. John Babbott, Justin Boening, Greg Allendorf, Maria Pinto, and Mariam Rahmani will all read from their latest work.

Professional sailors can take a free tour on Tuesday, August 1. So if you’ve served in any country’s navy or coast guard, worked a commercial fishing boat, merchant ship, or if you can give a convincing story about the time you were a pirate, come on board!  www.mobydick.org for tour times. Herman Melville was born on August 1, 1819. To celebrate, the Berkshire County Historical  Society at Arrowhead is holding an "Old Salts" Day. In addition to serving on a merchant ship and three whaling…

Join the marathon reading of "Moby-Dick" in the place it was written!