BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Berkshire County Historical Society - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://berkshirehistory.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Berkshire County Historical Society
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20210314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20211107T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20220313T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20221106T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20230312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20231105T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220911T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220911T120000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20220830T143937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T143937Z
UID:5795-1662894000-1662897600@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
DESCRIPTION: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).\nThis free event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union and is presented as part of the Housatonic Heritage Walks program.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/architecture-and-landscape-at-herman-melvilles-arrowhead-3/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20220830T144804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T170627Z
UID:5798-1663176600-1663180200@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:1930s Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: The Genesis of Our State Parks System
DESCRIPTION: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.\nBernard 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.\nThis free program is sponsored by Berkshire Bank and Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/1930s-civilian-conservation-corps-camps-the-genesis-of-our-state-parks-system/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220917T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220917T160000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20220830T145601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T154001Z
UID:5800-1663408800-1663430400@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Arrowhead Community Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of free activities and fun celebrating local history! \nArchitectural 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.  \nBCHS 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. \nThe 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.  \nSpecial musical performances by:\nBobby Sweet and Lara Tupper\, 11 am – 12 noon\nBobby 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.\nDavid Hodge\, Guitarist\, 12:30 – 2:30 pm\nDavid 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. \nSpare Parts\, 2:30 – 4 pm\nLiz Stell (flute) and Bill Matthiesen (keyboard) will perform music popular or published in the mid-19th century. \nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/arrowhead-community-day/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20220914T201412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220914T201412Z
UID:5829-1664386200-1664389800@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Up from the Depths: Herman Melville\, Lewis Mumford\, and Rediscovery in Dark Times
DESCRIPTION: 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. \n \nAaron 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. \nUp 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. \nThe 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. \n“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 \n 
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/up-from-the-depths-herman-melville-lewis-mumford-and-rediscovery-in-dark-times/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221008T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221008T150000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20220920T182720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T144454Z
UID:5875-1665237600-1665241200@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Cemetery Tour of Hillside Cemetery
DESCRIPTION: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? \nJoin 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) \nClick here for tickets; $10 members\, $15 non-members
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/cemetery-tour-of-hillside-cemetery/
LOCATION:Hillside Cemetery\, Brown Street\, North Adams
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221015T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221015T150000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20220922T174727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T153320Z
UID:5888-1665842400-1665846000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Stockbridge Cemetery Tour
DESCRIPTION: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) \nClick here for tickets – $10 members\, $15 non-members\nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/stockbridge-cemetery-tour/
LOCATION:Stockbridge Cemetery\, Main Street\, Stockbridge\, 01262
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221016T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221016T160000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20221004T150247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T153255Z
UID:5903-1665921600-1665936000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Cider Tasting and Orchard Walk
DESCRIPTION: 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.\nYou 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.\nKat 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.  \nThis event is FREE\, but registration is required – 413 442 1793 or melville@berkshirehistory.org\nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/cider-tasting-and-orchard-walk/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20221004T151146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T153223Z
UID:5908-1666805400-1666809000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Tour with Elizabeth Melville
DESCRIPTION: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.\n$10 for BCHS members; $15 for non-members.  Click here to reserve. \nThis project is sponsored by the Mass Humanities Bridge Street Foundation and is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union. \n 
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/virtual-tour-with-elizabeth-melville/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T120000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20221004T153253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T153153Z
UID:5910-1667385000-1667390400@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Lace Crochet Workshop\, part 1
DESCRIPTION: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.\nIn 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.\nLongtime BCHS and  Nan Pearson leads this workshop imparting over forty years of crocheting knowledge and expertise.  \nPart 2 of this workshop takes place on November 9.  \n$50 includes both workshops and all materials. Reservations are required; call 413 442 1793 or email melville@berkshirehistory.org.\nThis workshop is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/lace-crochet-workshop-part-1/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T120000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20221004T154637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T153119Z
UID:5916-1667473200-1667476800@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Architecture Tour of Arrowhead
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBCHS members $10\, non-members $15; click here to reserve. \nThis program is made possible by the Mass Humanities Bridge Street Foundation and is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union. \nImage: Tricia  McCormack
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/virtual-architecture-tour-of-arrowhead/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T120000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20221004T153434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T153043Z
UID:5912-1667989800-1667995200@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Lace Crochet Workshop\, part 2
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLace 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. \nLongtime BCHS and  Nan Pearson leads this workshop imparting over forty years of crocheting knowledge and expertise.  \nPart 1 of this workshop takes place on November 2.  \n$50 includes both workshops and all materials. Reservations are required; call 413 442 1793 or email melville@berkshirehistory.org.\nThis workshop is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/lace-crochet-workshop-part-2/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20221004T155544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T153016Z
UID:5920-1671039000-1671042600@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:A Christmas Journey: Yuletide Readings with Kevin O’Hara
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nReadings available at 5:30 and 6:30 pm\, tickets are limited. $10 BCHS members and $15 non-members.\nClick here to reserve.\nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/a-christmas-journey-yuletide-readings-with-kevin-ohara/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T193000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20221004T155815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T152958Z
UID:5922-1671042600-1671046200@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:A Christmas Journey: Yuletide Readings with Kevin O’Hara
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nReadings available at 5:30 and 6:30 pm\, tickets are limited. $10 BCHS members and $15 non-members.\nClick here to reserve.\nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/a-christmas-journey-yuletide-readings-with-kevin-ohara-2/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221221T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221221T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20221004T160913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T202423Z
UID:5924-1671643800-1671647400@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Holiday Lights
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThis 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.\nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/holiday-lights/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230120T161550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T161550Z
UID:6056-1674667800-1674671400@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture: “Why Here? The Rise of Berkshire County Industry”
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 25\, 5:30 pm \nWhy Here? The Rise of Berkshire County Industry \nDrive 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.  \nThis free event will take place on zoom – please call 413-442-1793 or email melville@berkshirehistory.org to request the zoom link.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/virtual-lecture-why-here-the-rise-of-berkshire-county-industry/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://berkshirehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mill.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230120T181557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T181557Z
UID:6059-1674667800-1674671400@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Why Here? The Rise of Berkshire County Industry
DESCRIPTION: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.   \nJohn 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. \nTo receive the zoom link\, please contact BCHS at melville@berkshirehistory.org or call 413-442-1793.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/why-here-the-rise-of-berkshire-county-industry/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230201T152233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T210216Z
UID:6062-1676568600-1676572200@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Reading of New Works by 2022-23 Melville Fellows
DESCRIPTION: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.\nAshton 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.\nJosie 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.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/reading-of-new-works-by-2022-23-melville-fellows/
LOCATION:Berkshire Athenaeum\, 1 Wendell Avenue\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T190000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230213T145641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T184315Z
UID:6069-1679592600-1679598000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Lecture and Craft Beer Tasting
DESCRIPTION:Click here for tickets.\nPittsfield’s commercial brewing history was over 60 years in\nthe 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.”\nJoin 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. \nBrown’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.\nMore 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.\nFollowing 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.\nImage: Berkshire Brewing Association ca. 1905\, from the collection of Berkshire County Historical Society
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/lecture-and-craft-beer-tasting/
LOCATION:The Garage at the Colonial Theatre\, 111 South Street\, Pittsfield\, Massachusetts
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230422T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230422T090000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230329T142622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T145809Z
UID:6118-1682150400-1682154000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Bird Walk with Ben Nickley
DESCRIPTION:Click here to purchase tickets.\n\nBirds 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.\nBen 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\nRegistration is required and limited; participants are encouraged to bring their own binoculars.  \nNot a member yet? Click here to learn more and begin saving on programs and events.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/bird-walk-with-ben-nickley/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T190000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230428T144618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T141705Z
UID:6181-1683993600-1684004400@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Historic Downtown Pittsfield Pub Crawl --- SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION: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!\nTickets are limited and must be purchased in advance online here or by phoning 413 442 1793.\n$20 for BCHS members\, $25 for non-members. You must be 21 years of age or older to participate in this event.\nNot a member?  Join here and start saving on programs and events.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/historic-downtown-pittsfield-pub-crawl/
LOCATION:Downton Pittsfield\, Pittsfield\, MA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230607T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230607T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230418T152715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T141738Z
UID:6145-1686159000-1686162600@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Book Talk and Signing with Author Lorraine German
DESCRIPTION: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.\nFREE\nSponsored by MountainOne
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/book-talk-and-signing-with-author-lorraine-german/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230621T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230621T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230418T154155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T162529Z
UID:6161-1687366800-1687372200@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Sailing Towards My Father
DESCRIPTION: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.\n$10 BCHS Members\, $15 non members. Use the Book Now button to purchase tickets. \nNot a member?  Join here and start saving on programs and events. \nSponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage \nImage: Mackenzie Arts and Design
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/sailing-towards-my-father/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T203000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230501T165859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T171739Z
UID:6195-1689233400-1689280200@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:ReWritten - July 13
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 13\, 7:30 pm\nPLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE\nReWritten\, 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.\n$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.\nNot a member?  Join here and start saving on programs and events. \nSponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage\, Pittsfield Co-Op\nNEFA 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
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/rewritten-july-13/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230714T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230714T203000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230501T170030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T171711Z
UID:6199-1689363000-1689366600@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:ReWritten - July 14
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, July 14\, 7:30 pm\nPLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE\nReWritten\, 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.\n$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.\nNot a member?  Join here and start saving on programs and events.\n\nSponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage\, Pittsfield Co-Op\nNEFA 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
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/rewritten-july-14/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T203000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230501T170301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T171641Z
UID:6201-1689449400-1689453000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:ReWritten - July 15
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 15\, 7:30 pm\nPLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE\nReWritten\, 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.\n$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.\nNot a member?  Join here and start saving on programs and events. \nSponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage\, Pittsfield Co-Op\nNEFA 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.\nPresented in partnership with MCLA Arts & Culture
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/rewritten-july-15/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230716T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230716T203000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230501T171024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T171606Z
UID:6209-1689535800-1689539400@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:ReWritten - July 16
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, July 16\, 7:30 pm\nPLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE RAIN OR SHINE\nReWritten\, 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.\n$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.\nNot a member?  Join here and start saving on programs and events.\n\nSponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage\, Pittsfield Co-Op\nNEFA 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.\nPresented in partnership with MCLA Arts & Culture
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/rewritten-july-16/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230426T191956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T170911Z
UID:6168-1689876000-1689876000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:The Mastheads Summer Finale
DESCRIPTION: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.\nFREE- BYOB and picnic  \nSponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/mastheads-final-reading/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230418T153334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T161935Z
UID:6155-1690479000-1690482600@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Author Talk and Book Signing: Mark Vanhoenacker in conversation with Kirun Kapur
DESCRIPTION:Mark Vanhoenacker is a native of Pittsfield\, a commercial airline pilot and the author of the international bestseller Skyfaring as well as a columnist for the Financial Times and a frequent contributor to the New York Times. In his latest book\, Imagine a City—“a love song to cities the world over\,” according to the Wall Street Journal—he explores the storied metropolises he visits as an airline pilot\, through the lens of the hometown his heart has never left. Vanhoenacker will be in conversation with the poet Kirun Kapur\, author of Women in the Waiting Room and the Director of Creative Writing at Amherst College. $10 BCHS Members\, $15 non members.  Use the Book Now button to purchase tickets. \nNot a member?  Join here and start saving on programs and events.\nSponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/author-talk-and-book-signing-mark-vanhoenacker-in-conversation-with-kirun-kapur/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230802T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230802T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230426T192958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T161858Z
UID:6170-1690997400-1691001000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Pulitzer Prize-winning author Debby Applegate in conversation with local author Kevin O’Hara.
DESCRIPTION:Please join authors Kevin O’Hara and Debby Applegate for an entertaining and wide-ranging conversation on literary life and the Berkshires.  O’Hara is a memoirist and columnist for the Berkshire Eagle (and former Writer-in-Residence at Arrowhead).  Applegate is a  Pulitzer Prize winning historian for  The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher who has written about the role of the Berkshires in creating the American literary renaissance of the 19th century.\n$10 BCHS members\, $15 non members.  Use the Book Now button to purchase tickets.\nNot a member?  Join here and start saving on programs and events.\nSponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage \n  \n 
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/pulitzer-prize-winning-author-debby-applegate-in-conversation-with-local-author-kevin-ohara/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T170000
DTSTAMP:20260529T141425
CREATED:20230518T192652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T161824Z
UID:6256-1691056800-1691082000@berkshirehistory.org
SUMMARY:Seventh Annual Moby-Dick Read-A-Thon
DESCRIPTION:Beginning Thursday\, August 3 \n“Call me Ishmael” and sign up to read part of Melville’s masterpiece on the site where it was written. Come on your own or bring a group to read with us until we finish the book. Or join online with people from around the globe.\nPre-registration is required\, sign up HERE.\n$5 recommended donation.\nThis event is sponsored by MountainOne\, MCC\, Housatonic Heritage\, Berkshire Bank\, and Adams Community Bank.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/seventh-annual-moby-dick-read-a-thon/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR