• Play: Mr. Noble Meloncholy

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Maryann Sherman’s play, Mr. Noble Melancholy, starring John Trainor as Nathaniel Hawthorne. $20; $15 for members

    $15 – $20
  • Play: Mr. Noble Meloncholy

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Maryann Sherman’s play, Mr. Noble Melancholy, starring John Trainor as Nathaniel Hawthorne. $20; $15 for members

    $15 – $20
  • Play: Mr. Noble Meloncholy

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Maryann Sherman’s play, Mr. Noble Melancholy, starring John Trainor as Nathaniel Hawthorne. $20; $15 for members

    $15 – $20
  • Poetry Release: Red Barn, volume 4

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    We are releasing the fourth volume of RED BARN, our homegrown poetry anthology by poets who have met here all winter and spring to create new work. FREE

    Free
  • Tea and Talk: Historic Lace

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

     Irish lace expert Beverly Wolov will speak to the participants at a classic tea party about the lace collections at the Berkshire County Historical Society and answer questions about the customs and use, importance and provenance of lace in the mid-19th century. $20 includes tea and snacks.

    $20
  • Mastheads Annual Reading

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    The third annual reading of new work by the five Mastheads authors. This is a FREE event.

    Free
  • Film – The Act of Reading: Moby-Dick

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    On Wednesday, July 3rd, at 7pm, come celebrate the eve of Herman Melville's 200th birthday with his great-great-grandson Peter Whittemore and the filmmakers behind The Act of Reading! We will 'sneak peek' the 87-minute long film in the Arrowhead barn in anticipation of its fall premiere and in honor of the author's bicentennial. The film takes the form of a 15 year-late book report/documentary

    $20
  • Old Salts Day

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Free admission at Arrowhead to any career sailor, marine, merchant marine, cruise ship worker, or pirate. Take a tour where Moby-Dick was written and lift a pint of rum (you bring the rum!).

    Free
  • Herman’s 200th Birthday Celebration

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Thursday, August 1, all day. Herman’s 200th birthday with a multi-event, day-long extravaganza co-presented with the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. Starting with free tours of the Athenaeum’s Herman Melville Memorial Room at noon, a 1pm dedication of the Literary Landmark plaque at the Library, then tours at Arrowhead. At 4:30, the party begins at

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  • Benefit for the Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead

    Country Club of Pittsfield 639 South Street, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Join us as we celebrate Herman's birthday at the Country Club of Pittsfield. This benefit will assist in funding the restoration work needed to preserve our historic red barn, built in 1840 and used by the Melville family. Restoring the exterior cladding and improving drainage will ensure that the barn can be enjoyed for years

    $85