Berkshire County Historical Society

Monument Mountain Hike
2022-07-31 09:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Monument Mountain, Rte 7, Great Barrington, MA, United States
Celebrate the day (August 4, 1850) Melville met Nathaniel Hawthorne on a hike up Monument Mountain by joining BCHS for a similar hike and reading of local poet William Cullen Bryant’s Monument Mountain. The guided hike takes approximately 2 ½ hours and is appropriate for families. Hikers should meet at the Monument Mountain Reservation Parking lot on Route 7 and should be prepared with their own water, proper footwear, hiking gear and bug repellent. FREE
This event is sponsored by MountainOne Insurance.

ReWritten
2022-07-31 19:45 - 21:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
ReWritten is an immersive performance that explores the often-silenced intimate relationship between authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. Moving between their lives, work, and remaining letters, ReWritten reimagines an intergenerational queer love story that helped shape American literature. Through dance, live music, visual art, projection, and text this performance questions what happens when we say no to dreams when we want to say yes. Co-created and performed by Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie.
$10 for BCHS members, $15 for non-members, Use your EBT card and get 50% off, 12 and under free. Order tickets here. This event will sell out in advance.
This event is sponsored in part by Lee Bank Foundation and is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.

Artist talk with Christopher Volpe - Loomings: Melville, Art, and the Climate Crisis
2022-08-24 17:30 - 18:30 | Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 01201
Moving quickly past general background, process, and materials, this illustrated art talk highlights how Loomings addresses our world’s instability through the metaphors at work in Moby-Dick, Herman Melville’s apocalyptic vision of the American quest. Volpe finds in Melville’s account of the doomed commercial whaling voyage of the Pequod a dark, foundational myth of American materialism (and an even darker apocalyptic prophecy of what’s to come). He also finds a “terrible beauty” – and the hope that pairing tragedy and human shortcoming with beauty can redeem our faith in the whole.
This event takes place at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Downtown Pittsfield in conjunction with the exhibit Moby-Dick.
This event is sponsored by Berkshire Bank.
Image: Westward #13 (Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way), Christopher Volpe. Tar, oil, gold leaf on wood.

Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
2022-09-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Join long-time tour guide John Dickson and Executive Director Lesley Herzberg for a walk around Arrowhead’s grounds. John will provide an overview of the architectural features of the building and discuss its evolution from the 1780s to the present. This talk is followed by Lesley Herzberg’s walk through the north field where the Melville family cultivated the farm and gardens in the 19th century. Her talk will focus on Arrowhead’s cultural landscape. (Rain date: Sunday, Sept 18, 11am).
This free event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union and is presented as part of the Housatonic Heritage Walks program.

1930s Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: The Genesis of Our State Parks System
2022-09-14 17:30 - 18:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Local historian and author Bernard A. Drew will present a history of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Forest Army of the 1930s, a national program to provide employment, security, and training to young men during the height of the Great Depression. Drew will concentrate on Civilian Conservation Corps facilities in Great Barrington’s Beartown State Forest in and at York Lake in Sandisfield State Forest. Drew will present a visual history of recruit work and leisure utilizing 100 projected images most never shown in the Berkshires or reproduced in books.
Bernard Drew is a newspaper editor and columnist and the author of local Berkshire histories including books about Great Barrington, Monument Mountain, Lake Buel, Beartown, the Knox Trail and, nearing completion, 18th and 19th century water powered industry on the Housatonic River. He is a past president of the Berkshire County Historical Society.
This free program is sponsored by Berkshire Bank and Greylock Federal Credit Union.

Arrowhead Community Day
2022-09-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Join us for a day of free activities and fun celebrating local history!
Architectural tours of Arrowhead’s historic buildings will be offered throughout the day and the grounds will be open for hiking. In addition, a small presentation in the barn explores the sixty-year history of BCHS including highlights from past events, exhibits, and more. The presentation will feature highlights from the BCHS collection that are not normally on view.
BCHS will also welcome representatives from the Bidwell House who will discuss their work and mission and The Crane Museum of Paper Making and the Paper Arts who will assist visitors with papermaking and printing activities. They will be joined by our friends from the Baseball in the Berkshires Museum, whose mission is to present exhibits and educational programs that will assist in telling the story of Baseball in the Berkshires.
The Worthington, Massachusetts food truck Worthy-Que Smoke N’BBQ will be on hand offering smoked meats, fish, and homemade unique eats using farm fresh local ingredients. The Berkshire Cider Project, based in North Adams, will conduct tastings of their dry and sparkling ciders.
Special musical performances by:
Bobby Sweet and Lara Tupper, 11 am – 12 noon
Bobby Sweet (guitar and vocals) and Lara Tupper (vocals) achieve a complementary blend that’s packed with heart, soul, and fun, whether singing new interpretations of their favorite folk/pop songs or Bobby’s original compositions. Bobby, who toured with Arlo Guthrie for many years, is an award-winning singer-songwriter with seven albums. Lara has performed all over the world as a resident vocalist for Hilton Hotels International. With their rich harmonies and natural stage presence, they have a special way of connecting with listeners.
David Hodge, Guitarist, 12:30 – 2:30 pm
David is a long time resident of Egremont, a writer, music teacher, and guitarist “par excellence” who performs a wide range of oldies and current musical selections sure to please a varied listening audience.
Spare Parts, 2:30 – 4 pm
Liz Stell (flute) and Bill Matthiesen (keyboard) will perform music popular or published in the mid-19th century.
This event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times
2022-09-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Join author and historian Aaron Sachs for a free book signing and discussion of his latest book Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times (Princeton University Press) on Wednesday, September 28 at 5:30 pm. Sachs will be joined in discussion at Arrowhead by author and former University of Albany professor of literature Richard Matturro.

Aaron Sachs is professor of history and American studies at Cornell University. He is the author of The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism and Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition.
Up from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the most important writers in American history—the novelist and poet Herman Melville (1819–1891) and one of his earliest biographers, the literary critic and historian Lewis Mumford (1895–1990). Deftly cutting back and forth between the writers, author Aaron Sachs reveals the surprising resonances between their lives, work, and troubled times—and their uncanny relevance in our own age of crisis.
The author of Moby-Dick was largely forgotten for several decades after his death, but Mumford helped spearhead Melville’s revival in the aftermath of World War I and the 1918–1919 flu pandemic, when American culture needed a forebear with a suitably dark vision. As Mumford’s career took off and he wrote books responding to the machine age, urban decay, world war, and environmental degradation, it was looking back to Melville’s confrontation with crises such as industrialization, slavery, and the Civil War that helped Mumford to see his own era clearly. Mumford remained obsessed with Melville, ultimately helping to canonize him as America’s greatest tragedian. But largely forgotten today is one of Mumford’s key insights—that Melville’s darkness was balanced by an inspiring determination to endure.
“Up From the Depths takes up the dialectic method so central to Melville’s writing for its unique investigation of parallel lives. . . . Fittingly, Mr. Sachs’s chapters interweave periods of the two men’s lives, creating a dappled effect of shared shadows and light. Certain biographical overlaps are particularly striking.” —Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal

Cemetery Tour of Hillside Cemetery
2022-10-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Hillside Cemetery, Brown Street, North Adams
Where can you find a personal friend of two U.S. Presidents, an attorney who invented a railroad brake, the Father of Archaeological Photography, two physicians who started a school and an eyewitness to President Lincoln’s delivery of the Gettysburg Address?
Join veteran historian and guide Paul W. Marino for a walk through one of the historic cemeteries of northern Berkshire County. Children are welcome as a treasure hunt will accompany the tour. Please wear sensible walking shoes and meet at the top of the hill off Brown Street in North Adams. (Rain date: Sunday, Oct 9, 2pm)
Click here for tickets; $10 members, $15 non-members

Stockbridge Cemetery Tour
2022-10-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Stockbridge Cemetery, Main Street, Stockbridge, 01262
The Stockbridge Cemetery has been the burial site of Stockbridge residents for over 270 years. Join historian Elizabeth Dillman as we visit the headstones of notable residents and discuss their contributions to the town, the country and the world. And, of course, we’ll visit the Sedgwick Pie! (Rain date: Sunday, October 16, 2pm)
Click here for tickets – $10 members, $15 non-members
This event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

Cider Tasting and Orchard Walk
2022-10-16 12:00 - 16:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Join us at Arrowhead on a crisp fall afternoon to celebrate the history of cider-making in Berkshire County. During this walk you will learn about BCHS’s new orchard and partnership with the Berkshire Cider Project.
You will walk through the seedlings with orchardist Keegan Schelling and learn about the heirloom apple varieties, expected yields, and grafting practices utilized in the project.
Kat Hand and Matt Brogan, owners of the Berkshire Cider Project, will be on hand with a tasting of their ciders, and to discuss what they have in store for Berkshire County apples and specifically, plans for following in Herman Melville’s cider-making footsteps with Arrowhead’s orchards.
This event is FREE, but registration is required – 413 442 1793 or melville@berkshirehistory.org
This event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

Virtual Tour with Elizabeth Melville
2022-10-26 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual Event
Join actress and Arrowhead docent Francine Ciccarelli as she portrays Herman Melville’s wife Elizabeth and leads a special virtual tour of her house sharing anecdotes about life at Arrowhead, her children, her gardens, and her work as Herman’s copyist.
$10 for BCHS members; $15 for non-members. Click here to reserve.
This project is sponsored by the Mass Humanities Bridge Street Foundation and is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

Lace Crochet Workshop, part 1
2022-11-02 10:30 - 12:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
We all probably remember grandmothers or aunts who had “Antimacassars” or lace crocheted covers that protected the arms of chairs and sofas from wear and tear. This lace is created by working chains and other tall stitches to create beautiful openwork patterns. During this two-day workshop you will learn about various stitches, tension, and work on two specific projects.
In our first class, we will get acquainted with the stitches to be used and practicing tension. Crochet tension describes how loose or tight your crocheting is. It takes a little practice to keep your stitches/tension even throughout your project. The first project we be making a dishcloth using a worsted weight yarn. This size yarn and a size “H” crochet hook will make it easier to see and work the stitches.
Longtime BCHS and Nan Pearson leads this workshop imparting over forty years of crocheting knowledge and expertise.
Part 2 of this workshop takes place on November 9.
$50 includes both workshops and all materials. Reservations are required; call 413 442 1793 or email melville@berkshirehistory.org.
This workshop is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

Virtual Architecture Tour of Arrowhead
2022-11-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Take a virtual tour of Arrowhead, with a focus on its architecture. Themes will include how Arrowhead looked when Herman Melville and his family lived there, the changes over its 230-year history, and how the Berkshire County Historical Society has worked to preserve the site where Melville wrote Moby-Dick and three other novels, all of his short stories, and his initial works of poetry. The tour will be lead by John Dickson, Arrowhead docent and Chair of the Pittsfield Historical Commission.
BCHS members $10, non-members $15; click here to reserve.
This program is made possible by the Mass Humanities Bridge Street Foundation and is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
Image: Tricia McCormack

Lace Crochet Workshop, part 2
2022-11-09 10:30 - 12:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
In this second class of this two-part workshop, you will work with size 10 crochet thread and a steel size “1” crochet hook. The project will be a crocheted snowflake. We will be using some of the same stitches used in the first project in addition to learning some new ones.
Lace can be crocheted using any size yarn or thread. Once you’ve accomplished the second project, you can try smaller thread and crochet hooks to make even more intricate/delicate designs. Patterns are readily available online and elsewhere.
Longtime BCHS and Nan Pearson leads this workshop imparting over forty years of crocheting knowledge and expertise.
Part 1 of this workshop takes place on November 2.
$50 includes both workshops and all materials. Reservations are required; call 413 442 1793 or email melville@berkshirehistory.org.
This workshop is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

A Christmas Journey: Yuletide Readings with Kevin O’Hara
2022-12-14 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-12-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Please join us for an unforgettable evening as noted Pittsfield author Kevin O’Hara shares joyous and heartfelt tales of his Pittsfield childhood. Kevin will read a selection of his own Christmas tales from his illustrated book, A Christmas Journey, published last December by The Berkshire Eagle.
Readings available at 5:30 and 6:30 pm, tickets are limited. $10 BCHS members and $15 non-members.
Click here to reserve.
This event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

Holiday Lights
2022-12-21 17:30 - 18:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
A virtual program that offers a tour of Arrowhead decorated for the holidays, seasonal readings, 19th century holiday recipes, and a peek at some objects from our collection that are not often on view.
This event is free, but registration is required. Click here to register or call 413 442 1793 or email melville@berkshirehistory.org to receive the zoom link.
This event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

Virtual Lecture: “Why Here? The Rise of Berkshire County Industry”
2023-01-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual Event
Wednesday, January 25, 5:30 pm
Why Here? The Rise of Berkshire County Industry
Drive around the county, and it’s hard to miss the large, brick building on the corner, behind the trees, or down the street. They’re in almost every town, over 500 of them in the Berkshires by the end of the 1800s, producing glass, cloth, iron, paper, shoes, rakes, or dozens of other goods sold to the farthest reaches of the planet. Join historian John Dickson to explore the forgotten world of these mills, their owners and innovators and the ancestors who worked in them.
This free event will take place on zoom – please call 413-442-1793 or email melville@berkshirehistory.org to request the zoom link.

Why Here? The Rise of Berkshire County Industry
2023-01-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual Event
Drive around the county, and it’s hard to miss the large, brick building on the corner, behind the trees, or down the street. These massive factories were in almost every town, over 500 of them in the Berkshires by the end of the 1800s – producing glass, cloth, iron, paper, shoes, rakes, or dozens of other goods sold to the farthest reaches of the planet. This virtual lecture by John Dickson will explore the forgotten world of these mills, their owners and innovators and the ancestors who worked in them.
John Dickson is on the board of the Berkshire County Historical Society. He also serves on the Pittsfield Historic Commission, is a docent at Arrowhead and teaches classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Dickson is a retired Foreign Service officer with the US Information Agency from 1984–1999 and with the US State Department from 1999–2010.
To receive the zoom link, please contact BCHS at melville@berkshirehistory.org or call 413-442-1793.

Reading of New Works by 2022-23 Melville Fellows
2023-02-16 17:30 - 18:30 | Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
2022-23 Melville Fellows Ashton Bird and Josie Overbook, both students at Berkshire Community College, will present free readings of original works created during their time at Arrowhead as part of Pittsfield’s 10 x 10 Winter Upstreet Arts Festival. In addition, both fellows will present original artwork inspired by their time at Melville’s home. Reservations are not required.
Ashton Bird will be presenting a mixed-media piece that involves a digital rendering of Arrowhead’s Piazza, and an abstract component completed with acrylic paint. He will read an introduction about the piece’s inspiration and process, as well as a poem titled “The Dance Of Apollo” that reflects the experience of an artist, both in writing and painting. Bird is a Sophomore at BCC majoring in Psychology preparing to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
Josie Overbeck is a visual artist based in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Through her practice as a writer and painter, her primary interest is exploring the human condition and form. Her current project, “Bury Me Beneath the Apple Tree,” is a collection of poems, drawings, and paintings exploring grief, existentialism, and the universal experiences that make us human. Outside of her artistic practice, Josie is an avid outdoor and travel enthusiast. At the 10 x 10 festival Josie will be presenting an original illustration that captures the spirit of Herman Melville alongside a series of original short texts written at Arrowhead as part of her experience as a Melville Fellow.

Lecture and Craft Beer Tasting
2023-03-23 17:30 - 19:00 | The Garage at the Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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Pittsfield’s commercial brewing history was over 60 years in
the making when, in 1886, Jacob Gimlich, one of the principals of the successful Pittsfield brewery firm Gimlich and White, declared people should “use beer for their refreshment and invigoration in a temperate, manly, proper way.”
Join the Berkshire County Historical Society as it explores this history as well as contemporary Berkshire brewing with a lecture by Cynthia Brown, historian and BCHS President, and tasting from Hot Plate Brewing Co., Shire Breu-Haus, Big Elm Brewing, and Berkshire Brewing Company at Berkshire Theatre Festival’s “The Garage” at 111 South Street. Tickets are $25 for BCHS members, $30 for non-members and can be purchased in advance here. You must be 21 years of age to participate in the tasting, but the lecture is open to all ages.
Brown’s talk, Beer for Their Refreshment: Brewing in Pittsfield from the 18th Century to Prohibition, will present original research and images that will illuminate this fascinating part of Pittsfield’s history and culture. Gimlich’s 1886 proud proclamation was evidenced by the success of the firm, which employed over 100 workers and manufactured tens of thousands of barrels a year at its peak. Later known as the Berkshire Brewing Association, this long-time Pittsfield business was the apogee of a series of commercial brewing concerns that supplied Pittsfield taverns, inns, families and individuals with their beer, starting before 1800 and lasting into the first years of Prohibition.
More recently, Pittsfield as well as Berkshire County have seen the rise and success of several new breweries, growing out of the microbrewery movement that took hold in the 1990s. Exploring the early history of local breweries provides a connection between older brewing traditions and practices and provides rich stories and some intriguing mysteries still to be explored.
Following the lecture, Berkshire-based breweries Hot Plate Brewing Co., Shire Breu-Haus, Big Elm Brewing, and Berkshire Brewing Company will be providing free tasting samples. Additional flights and full pours will also be available for purchase.
Image: Berkshire Brewing Association ca. 1905, from the collection of Berkshire County Historical Society

Bird Walk with Ben Nickley
2023-04-22 08:00 - 09:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
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Birds are miraculous! Especially in Spring when they dazzle us with bright, nuptial colors and serenade us with a profusion of happy song. This Earth Day the Berkshire County Historical Society will host a bird walk at Herman Melville’s historic home, Arrowhead. Ben Nickley, Director of Berkshire Bird Observatory, will lead the walk, helping participants find and identify many newly arrived migratory birds. This walk will be a celebration of nature, renewal and all that birds do to inspire and uplift us.
Ben Nickley loves sharing his passion for birds and the natural landscapes they inhabit. He is a published scientist and master bird bander who has conducted field studies on birds across North America. Currently, he is the Director of Berkshire Bird Observatory, where he leads research projects that promote bird conservation in the Berkshires. He posts regular updates from the field on Facebook and Instagram @berkshire_bird_observatory
Registration is required and limited; participants are encouraged to bring their own binoculars.
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Historic Downtown Pittsfield Pub Crawl --- SOLD OUT
2023-05-13 16:00 - 19:00 | Downton Pittsfield, Pittsfield, MA, United States
Celebrate BCHS’s partnership with Berkshire Mountain Distillers and their Cultural Cocktail program with a pub crawl through downtown Pittsfield. We’ll begin at Patrick’s Pub and wind up at Methuselah Bar and Lounge where you can taste BCHS’s Cultural Cocktail developed with Berkshire Mountain Distillers. Along the way we’ll visit also visit Thistle and Mirth, Hot Plate Brewing Co., and Berkshire Palate and explore various aspects of downtown Pittsfield history. Learn about the famous “Fighting Parson,” a Revolutionary War prison, the once-prominent Union Station, and much more!
Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance online here or by phoning 413 442 1793.
$20 for BCHS members, $25 for non-members. You must be 21 years of age or older to participate in this event.
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Book Talk and Signing with Author Lorraine German
2023-06-07 17:30 - 18:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Local author Lorraine German discusses her book Soil and Shul in the Berkshires: The Untold Story of Sandisfield’s Jewish Farm Colony. Learn about the 1902 settlement in south Berkshire county and its final days when the congregation turned the synagogue over to the Sandisfield Arts Center in 1995.
FREE
Sponsored by MountainOne

Sailing Towards My Father
2023-06-21 17:00 - 18:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Sailing Towards My Father is a one-man play about Herman Melville. The play chronicles Melville’s life from youth to old age, concentrating on his evolution as a writer and his complex relations with God, his parents and siblings, his wife and children, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Performed by Stephen Collins, written and directed by Carl A. Rossi.
$10 BCHS Members, $15 non members. Use the Book Now button to purchase tickets.
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Sponsored by MountainOne, MCC, Housatonic Heritage
Image: Mackenzie Arts and Design

ReWritten - July 13
2023-07-13 07:30 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Thursday, July 13, 7:30 pm
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE
ReWritten, created and performed by Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie, is an immersive performance that explores the intimate relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Through dance, live music, projection, art installations, and text, ReWritten moves in and around the grounds of Arrowhead and reimagines an intergenerational queer love story that has shaped American literature. Our third year in residence at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead, this year’s production will prove to be (yet again) different from previous iterations, by weaving in the stories of some of the women central in the lives of Melville and Hawthorne.
$15 for BCHS members, $20 for non-members; children 12 and under free, $30 combo ReWritten ticket and tour of Arrowhead. Use your EBT card and get 50% off. Use the Book Now button to purchase tickets.
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Sponsored by MountainOne, MCC, Housatonic Heritage, Pittsfield Co-Op
NEFA supports ReWritten – Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. Presented in partnership with MCLA Arts & Culture

ReWritten - July 14
2023-07-14 19:30 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Friday, July 14, 7:30 pm
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE
ReWritten, created and performed by Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie, is an immersive performance that explores the intimate relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Through dance, live music, projection, art installations, and text, ReWritten moves in and around the grounds of Arrowhead and reimagines an intergenerational queer love story that has shaped American literature. Our third year in residence at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead, this year’s production will prove to be (yet again) different from previous iterations, by weaving in the stories of some of the women central in the lives of Melville and Hawthorne.
$15 for BCHS members, $20 for non-members; children 12 and under free, $30 combo ReWritten ticket and tour of Arrowhead. Use your EBT card and get 50% off. Use the Book Now button to purchase tickets.
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Sponsored by MountainOne, MCC, Housatonic Heritage, Pittsfield Co-Op
NEFA supports ReWritten – Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. Presented in partnership with MCLA Arts & Culture

ReWritten - July 15
2023-07-15 19:30 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Thursday, July 15, 7:30 pm
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE
ReWritten, created and performed by Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie, is an immersive performance that explores the intimate relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Through dance, live music, projection, art installations, and text, ReWritten moves in and around the grounds of Arrowhead and reimagines an intergenerational queer love story that has shaped American literature. Our third year in residence at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead, this year’s production will prove to be (yet again) different from previous iterations, by weaving in the stories of some of the women central in the lives of Melville and Hawthorne.
$15 for BCHS members, $20 for non-members; children 12 and under free, $30 combo ReWritten ticket and tour of Arrowhead. Use your EBT card and get 50% off. Use the Book Now button to purchase tickets.
Not a member? Join here and start saving on programs and events.
Sponsored by MountainOne, MCC, Housatonic Heritage, Pittsfield Co-Op
NEFA supports ReWritten – Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
Presented in partnership with MCLA Arts & Culture

ReWritten - July 16
2023-07-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Sunday, July 16, 7:30 pm
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE
ReWritten, created band performed by Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie, is an immersive performance that explores the intimate relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Through dance, live music, projection, art installations, and text, ReWritten moves in and around the grounds of Arrowhead and reimagines an intergenerational queer love story that has shaped American literature. Our third year in residence at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead, this year’s production will prove to be (yet again) different from previous iterations, by weaving in the stories of some of the women central in the lives of Melville and Hawthorne.
$15 for BCHS members, $20 for non-members; children 12 and under free, $30 combo ReWritten ticket and tour of Arrowhead. Use your EBT card and get 50% off. Use the Book Now button to purchase tickets.
Not a member? Join here and start saving on programs and events.

Sponsored by MountainOne, MCC, Housatonic Heritage, Pittsfield Co-Op
NEFA supports ReWritten – Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
Presented in partnership with MCLA Arts & Culture

The Mastheads Summer Finale
2023-07-20 18:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Join us at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead for a spectacular evening of award-winning music, reading, and performance by The Mastheads’ Summer Residents: Auyon Mukharji, Daniel Lavery, Elisa Gonzalez, Julia Mounsey, and Kristina Gaddy.
FREE- BYOB and picnic
Sponsored by MountainOne, MCC, Housatonic Heritage
