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Do You Need to Read the Confidence Man – July 17
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesPerformer, playwright and great, great, great grand daughter of Herman Melville Elizabeth Doss returns to Arrowhead to “talk back” to The Confidence Man, the last published and completed novel by …
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Do You Need to Read the Confidence Man – July 18
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesPerformer, playwright and great, great, great grand daughter of Herman Melville Elizabeth Doss returns to Arrowhead to “talk back” to The Confidence Man, the last published and completed novel by …
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Bird Banding – July 23
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesBird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of …
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The Mastheads Lantern Party
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesFrom July 7-July 28, five writers across disciplines, from throughout the country, have been invited to live in Pittsfield and work in The Mastheads studios at Arrowhead. BYO picnic to …
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The Ghosts of Broadhall: Ghost Tour and Paranormal Investigation of the Country Club of Pittsfield
Country Club of Pittsfield 639 South Street, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesRobert Oakes, ghost tour guide and author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, will team up with paranormal investigator Drew Babineau, The Haunted Raven, to offer a combined ghost tour and …
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Bird Banding – July 30
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesBird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of …
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Alex Harvey and Shinbone Alley
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCelebrate Herman Melville's birthday with a rousing evening of sea shanties and street blades performed bu Arrowhead favorite Alex Harvey and Shinbone Alley. You'll be encouraged to sing along and …
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Monument Mountain Hike
Monument Mountain Rte 7, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesCelebrate 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 …
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Marking the Knox Trail
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesBCHS welcomes historian Ben Haley to discuss the fascinating, but not well-known story of the creation of the Knox Trail. The six-week endeavor by twenty-five year-old Henry Knox to haul …
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Strange Fancies – Stories of Hauntings and Ghostly Inspiration at Arrowhead – August 15
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesWell-known ghost tour guide Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, will discuss the supernatural influences on the imagination of author Herman Melville, as well as the ghostly writings of …
$20 – $25

