Events
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Opening Day of the Summer Season
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesArrowhead will open for tours! A Touch of Melville Gold - En Plein Air painting event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Berkshire County Historical Society purchasing Arrowhead. The painting event is all day long with artists including Robert Selkowitz, Julie McCarthy, Keith Emerling, Karen Arp Sandel, and Diane Firtell. FREE to participate, and FREE to …
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CSA Farming 101 Class
Arrowhead 780 Holmes, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe farm at Arrowhead, now in its second year, is officially a replica in style of the agricultural work Melville had in motion during the thirteen years he and his family lived in Pittsfield. Crops will become available as the season progresses, many of them the same varietals Melville planted for his family's use. This …
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Fireflies!
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe north field is the home of thousands of fireflies. A talk on fireflies with farmer Kristen Laney and naturalist Hannah Sherman will cast a light on these interesting insects. Donations appreciated.
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Free Concert: Fanfare Brass Ensemble
Arrowhead 780 Holmes, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe Fanfare Brass is performing on Sunday 7:00 pm on 5/31/15 at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead – 780 Holmes Rd, Pittsfield MA. The 10 man group includes 4 trumpets, French horn, 4 trombones and tuba and is made up of the professional musicians, the best in the area and is a real crowd pleaser with a …
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Lizzie’s 195th birthday party
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCelebrate Elizabeth Knapp Shaw Melville's 195th birthday! If your name is Elizabeth or your birthday is June 13, you get a free tour of Arrowhead! Join the party at 780 Holmes Road this Saturday from 11 - 3 pm. There will be cake. Lizzie Shaw moved to Arrowhead with her husband Herman in 1850. Photo …
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Public Reading from new poetry chapbook, “RED BARN Volume One”
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCelebrate the publication of a new poetry chapbook, created by eight members of a poetry workshop held over the past year, right here at Herman Melville's Arrowhead. The public reading will be in the historic red barn at Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield MA. There will be refreshments, and information on applying for next year's …
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Design a Garden
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCome to Melville’s Farm at Arrowhead on June 27 to learn how to create a build a garden for your own home – while helping create the new Children’s Garden at Arrowhead. Participants are encouraged to b ring pads, pencils, and hand tools. Led by Farm Manager Kristen Laney, this is part of special farm oriented events …
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Lecture – The Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCarlo DeVito, editor and publisher of The Complete Illustrated Edition of the Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex will speak about the book -its inclusion of works by Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Thomas Nickerson, with artwork by Rockwell Kent, Gustave Dore, and many others. FREE; donations welcome.
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Running of the Goats
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesFlossie, Gertie, Peanut and their five kids work hard all day clearing the fields at Melville’s Arrowhead Farm. In the evening they are glad to return to their barn, in an event we’ve dubbed “The Running of the Goats.” On Thursday there will be a free open house at the farm at 780 Holmes Road. Meet …
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Grand Opening of the Children’s Garden
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesWith ice cream social, kids games, and music. Admission to the grounds is free.