Events
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Community Day Celebration!
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCommunity Day Celebration Weekend: 10am-5pm Due to the forecast, Delilah will be swimming into Pittsfield on Sunday from 10am-4pm Celebrate Herman Melville’s 200th birthday with a FREE event at Arrowhead! …
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Annual Monument Mountain Hike
Monument Mountain Rte 7, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesOn Sunday morning, take a walk up Monument Mountain in Great Barrington to celebrate the historic meeting of Melville and Hawthorne. It's sponsored by the Trustees of the Reservations, the …
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MEET DELILAH!
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCommunity Day Celebration Weekend: 10am-5pm Due to the forecast, Delilah will be swimming into Pittsfield on Sunday from 10am-4pm Celebrate Herman Melville’s 200th birthday with a FREE event at Arrowhead! …
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Poetry Reading: Pequod Poems
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesWilda Morris, poet, reads from her book "Pequod Poems" at Arrowhead, in the barn, at 6:30pm. Copies of her book will also be for sale that evening. Author of "Szechuan …
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Book Release: Cement Dust
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesTuesday, August 27, J. Peter Bergman will read from his new novel, "Cement Dust," at Arrowhead, in the barn, at 6:30pm. Copies of the book are on sale in the …
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Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesDue to inclement weather, the walk has been POSTPONED until Saturday, June 11, at 11am. See you then! Veteran tour guide John Dickson and Executive Director Lesley Herzberg lead an …
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Spring Bird Walk
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJoin Rene Wendell, president of the Hoffmann Bird Club for a spring migration bird walk. This will be a gentle, slow hike around Arrowhead’s fields and forests appropriate for beginners …
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Moby-Dick Monologue
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesHerman Melville learned about the art of soliloquy from his reading of Shakespeare and after reading the Bard, he re-wrote his whaling epic. Actor and educator Stephen Collins expands on …
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Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesVeteran tour guide John Dickson and Executive Director Lesley Herzberg lead an enlightening walk through Arrowhead and the surrounding grounds. John Dickson will provide an overview and evolution of the …
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Hester Blum on Moby-Dick
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesMoby-Dick has a monumental reputation. Less well known are the novel's unexpectedly weird, funny, tantalizing, messy, and wondrous moments. Hester Blum, leading Melville scholar and editor of the new Oxford …
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