Build a "fairarium“
2017-07-07 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
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.

fairy workshop for kids: gnome hats
2017-07-16 13:00 - 15:00
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 fairies[a]berkshirehistory.org.

RED BARN VOLUME THREE: “ROMANCE AND REMEMBRANCE”
2017-07-17 18:00 - 20:00
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.

Presentation: Geeg Wiles and the Captain Ahab Garden Gnome
2017-07-18 18:00 - 19:30
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.
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(fee charged)

The Mastheads: Resident Reading
2017-07-25 19:00 - 20:00
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.

Old Salts Day
2017-08-01
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 ships, Melville was a veteran of the US Navy.
There will be birthday cake!

"Moby-Dick" marathon reading day one
2017-08-03 10:00 - 17:00
Join the marathon reading of “Moby-Dick” in the place it was written!

"Moby-Dick" marathon reading day 2
2017-08-04 10:00 - 17:00

"Moby-Dick" marathon reading day 3
2017-08-05 10:00 - 17:00

"Moby-Dick" marathon reading day 4
2017-08-06 13:00 - 15:00

children's workshop - fairy fun!
2017-08-13 13:00 - 15:00
Bring your fairy wings to a children’s workshop on Sunday, August 13, from 1 to 3:00. Artist Betsy Baczek will demonstrate how to make fairy crowns, wings, wands, wearable gnome hats. $5.00 donation for materials. At Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield. Questions – please e-mail fairies@berkshirehistory.org.

Fairy Tea and Talk, with Jana Laiz
2017-08-15 16:00 - 17:30
Join Jana Laiz, Arrowhead’s writer-in-residence. Jana will tell fascinating tales about fairies while you enjoy a special tea with scones, clotted cream, strawberries, and tea. Historical Society members, $10; kids, $5; non-yet members, $20. For reservations, e-mail fairies@berkshirehistory.org This event is for the entire family.

Fairy House village opens
2017-08-19 10:00 - 17:00
Grand opening – all day Saturday August 19. See artist-created fairy houses! Refreshments.
Fee to see the village includes a guided tour of Arrowhead (on the hour 10 – 5; last tour at 4).
Fee for special tour, led by Fairy Queen WindRose Morris. WindRoses’s tours of village between 4 and 5.

Faery Queen WindRose Morris leads tours of fairy village
2017-08-19 16:00 - 17:00
Faery Queen WindRose Morris will lead tours of the Fairy Village at Arrowhead between 4 and 5 pm. Admission fee.

Author series: Amy Lafave and Jan Chague
2017-08-22 18:00 - 19:30
Two authors – two new books about the history of Lenox! Free.

writing workshop
2017-08-29 13:00 - 14:00
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

Cancelled - Lecture: Professor Dennis Patrick Slattery, "Melville and the Personal Myth"
2017-09-08 17:30 - 19:00
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 cursive writing. Lecture is free.

Author Series: Adriana Millenaar Brown
2017-09-11 18:00 - 19:00
Brown will discuss her book about her father, Adrianus Millenaar, a Dutch farmer turned diplomat in WWII. FREE.

The "Herman" Plays: "Hawthorne & Melville"
2017-09-19 18:30 - 20:00
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.

Fairies and Foam Beerfest - cancelled
2017-09-23 17:00 - 20:00
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 – fairies[at]berkshirehistory.org

The "Herman" Plays: "Kraken: A Story of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville"
2017-09-26 18:30 - 20:00
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

The "Herman" Plays: "Poor Herman"
2017-10-03 19:00 - 21:00
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

book series: Fairytales of the Fiercer! Sex
2017-10-16 18:00 - 19:00
Alison Larkin will read from Fairytales of the Fiercer! Sex, talk about her editorial process, and discuss future projects.
FREE event at Arrowhead.

Author Series: Jana Laiz reads from "Billy Budd in the Breadbox"
2017-10-20 18:00 - 19:00

Arrowhead closes for the season
2017-10-23 08:00 - 17:00

Arrowhead open for tours 11 - 3
2017-10-29 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-04 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-05 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-11 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-12 11:00 - 15:00
There is one guided tour each Saturday and Sunday at 11:15. The tour takes approximately one hour.
Parking and admission to the property are free. Rates for guided tours of Melville’s house are: adults $15.00, seniors $13.00, students $10.00 and children $8.00.
Rates for self-guided tours are: adults $10; seniors $10; students and children $8.00. Members of the Berkshire County Historical Society receive FREE admission.
Hands-on activities include sitting at Melville’s work table to write your own masterpiece. (Full disclosure: it’s not Melville’s original table; location of that is unknown.)
