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  • writing workshop

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    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

    $20

  • Cancelled – Lecture: Professor Dennis Patrick Slattery, “Melville and the Personal Myth”

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    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 …

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    Free

  • Author Series: Adriana Millenaar Brown

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Brown will discuss her book about her father, Adrianus Millenaar, a Dutch farmer turned diplomat in WWII.   FREE.

  • The “Herman” Plays: “Hawthorne & Melville”

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    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.

    $20

  • Fairies and Foam Beerfest – cancelled

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    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

    $75

  • The “Herman” Plays: “Poor Herman”

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    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

    $20

  • book series: Fairytales of the Fiercer! Sex

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Alison Larkin will read from Fairytales of the Fiercer! Sex, talk about her editorial process, and discuss future projects. FREE event at Arrowhead.