BCHS/Arrowhead Annual Meeting
2018-05-05 15:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
It will be held on Saturday, May 5 at Arrowhead, with a culinary treat and a literary adventure! We will release Berkshire Victuals, a Literary Cookbook – 2018. Samples from the books contents provided by local chefs and fans of the Historical Society will be available and the house and grounds will be open for self-guided tours.
Find out about the year ahead as we plan a busy and exciting season. We’ll open the doors at 3:00, have our meeting at 3:45, introduce the cookbook and let you roam through the world of Herman Melville until 5:30. This event is FREE,

Arrowhead open for house tours
2018-05-06 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-12 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-13 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-19 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
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.)

Arrowhead open for regular season!
2018-05-21 09:30 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Open 9:30 – 5, guided tours on the hour, last tour at 3; self-guided tour at 4.

Melville in Love - world premiere of new film
2018-05-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Berkshire Museum, South Street, Pittsfield, United States
At the Little Cinema, Berkshire Museum.
$5.00 for BCHS/Arrowhead members
A special screening of the film Melville in Love on Thursday, May 24, at 7 p.m. The event will include a Q&A session with Melville biographer Michael Shelden and the film’s director Seth Newton. Admission is $7.50; $5 for members of the Berkshire Museum and the Berkshire Historical Society.
A new account of Herman Melville and the writing of Moby-Dick, written by a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Biography and based on fresh archival research, which reveals that the anarchic spirit animating Melville’s canonical work was inspired by his great love affair with a shockingly unconventional married woman.

Billy Budd in the Breadbox - a BTG production
2018-05-25 14:00 - 15:30, 2018-05-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
The new play from the Berkshire Theatre Group, based on the book by Arrowhead Writer-in-Residence Jana Laiz. In the big red barn. Reservations required; e-mail pr@berkshirehistory.org or buy online.
$25/adults, $15/children

Fanfare Brass Concert
2018-06-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Free. In the big red barn.

The Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter
2018-06-15 | Oldcastle Theatre
Opens June 15, runs through June 24 at the Oldcastle Theatre in Bennington, VT. From the Oldcastle’s website: The season kicks off with Herman Melville’s captivating novel “THE ALMOST TRUE AND TRULY REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL POTTER” that has been transformed into a rollicking new play by Joe Bravaco and Lary Rosler. Join young Israel as he goes from a small Berkshire town to the American Revolution then on to motherland England and back again. Along the way he meets historical figures, falls in love, fights the British, becomes a spy, escapes imminent death a few times and sings some songs. The cast will include long time Oldcastle veterans Richard Howe the company’s Associate Artistic Director, Christine Decker, and Gary Allan Poe. The play will be directed by Nathan Stith who directed Oldcastle’s production of”39 Steps”.
For a review, go to Berkshire Bright Focus.

Author Event: The Great Snail Race
2018-06-26 17:30 - 18:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Don Jordan and Juliana von Haubricht discuss their children’s book. FREE.

A World of Fairies: Across the Seven Seas – The 2018 Fairy House Village
2018-07-21 09:30 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Village of artist-created fairy houses opens for the season. Open until September 9.
Extra fee to visit the village only; free if you take the Arrowhead house tour.

Fairies Hops and Vines - a Berkshires gathering - CANCELLED
2018-07-22 16:00 - 19:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Note: this event has been cancelled.

Book Release Event: "I Will Never Forget... Memoir of a B-26 Pilot"
2018-07-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
The Berkshire County Historical Society is proud to present a new memoir by a WWII B-26 pilot, Abraham “Artie” Artig. In the big red barn at Arrowhead. Free. Books available for sale.

Mastheads writers read from their works
2018-07-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
The writers leave their studios in Arrowhead’s North Field to read from their work, in the big red barn. For more information, see Mastheads’ website.
FREE.

Sailing Towards my Father - a dramatic poem by Carl A. Rossi
2018-08-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
SAILING TOWARDS MY FATHER
a dramatic poem about Herman Melville
written and staged by Carl A. Rossi
Melville will be portrayed by local actor Stephen Collins, known for his portrayal of Walt Whitman. Stephen’s website is http://www.unlaunchedvoices.com.
SAILING TOWARDS MY FATHER is a dramatic poem on the life of Herman Melville (1819-1891), the American author best known for his whaling epic Moby-Dick; the poem concentrates on Melville’s evolution as both man and writer and his complex relations with God, parents and siblings, wife and children, and father-figures.
The performance will run 60-65 minutes. Adults $25; BCHS members $20; Seniors $18. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.

Moby-Dick Marathon Reading
2018-08-02 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-08-03 10:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States

Woods to Writing Table - a special tour
2018-08-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
A hiking tour starting with a view of Mt. October, ending in Melville’s Study. Click here to purchase tickets online, or call 413/442.1793 x12

Moby-Dick Reading Marathon
2018-08-04 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-08-05 13:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States

In Melville's and Hawthorne's Footsteps: Hike Monument Mountain with Gordon Hyatt
2018-08-05 09:00 - 23:30 | Monument Mountain, Rte 7, Great Barrington, MA, United States
The annual celebration of the famous literary hike up (and down) Monument Mountain. In August, 1850, Herman Melville met Nathaniel Hawthorne at Monument Mountain, striking up an immediate friendship. Commemorate that occasion with a guided hike, “champagne” toast, and a reading of “Monument Mountain” by William Cullen Bryant. Meet in the Monument Mountain parking lot on Route 7 at 9:00. The hike is free; parking fees may apply. Led by Gordon Hyatt, co-sponsored by The Trustees of Reservations and the Berkshire County Historical Society. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water.

workshop: create your own fairy
2018-08-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Build your own small fairy with Betsy Sherman, using frames created by Michael Melle.
Workshop fee: $25 per fairy, limit 2 fairies per family. If interested, e-mail fairies@berkshirehistory.org

Special tour - Woods to Writing Table
2018-08-31 16:00 - 18:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Hike from the field to Melville’s writing table, with Jeff Aldrich. Call 413.442.1793 x13 for information. This is the last guided hike of the season.

Tag Sale
2018-09-08 08:30 - 14:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
End of the season fund-raiser for the Berkshire County Historical Society. Free parking. No early birds, please.
Rain date (if heavy rain): September 15.

Last day of regular season
2018-10-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States

Open for tours
2018-10-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Guided house tours at 10:00 and 12:00.

Open for tours
2018-11-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
House open only for guided tours, at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 1:00. Museum shop open 10-2; grounds open daylight hours.
