Events
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Writer’s Salon
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJoin us in Herman Melville’s historic barn at Arrowhead for an evening of new and inspired writing. Participants from our recent and highly successful Writers Workshop Series will celebrate the …
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Arrowhead Community Day
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesEnjoy the start of the fall season at Arrowhead with a FREE day of food, fun, music, history, hands-on activities, traditional craft demonstrations, and more! House tours are available by …
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Fall Fundraising Dinner
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesEnjoy a special farm to table dinner in Arrowhead's historic barn. Brennan's Catering has created a menu highlighting the bounty of fall including pork, brisket and butternut squash ravioli. Dinner …
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Author Talk with Tom Piazza
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesNoted author Tom Piazza will discuss The Auburn Conference, his new historical novel that features Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and other notable figures appearing at a fictionalized tiny upstate …
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Planting Lucretia’s Elm
BCHS Park SquareJoin us on Park Square for the ceremonial planting of a young elm tree on Plant a Tree Day. The tree will be planted to honor the Berkshires’ first known …
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Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJoin veteran tour guide John Dickson and Executive Director Lesley Herzberg for a FREE enlightening walk around the grounds of Arrowhead. John Dickson will provide an overview of the evolution …
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Virtual Discussion with Dayswork Authors
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesPlease join us online as we discuss, Dayswork, a new novel written collaboratively by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel. The novel is about a woman, who during the pandemic quarantine, becomes …
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Highlights of Massachusetts Archaeology
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesWhen you think of archaeology, you might think of Egypt, Ancient Greece, or Mexico before considering Massachusetts. But here in our state we have some fascinating archaeology and some sites …
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Tour of the Church on the Hill Cemetery in Lenox
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJoin Tyringham resident and historian John Hanson on a walking tour of significant gravestones in this historic Lenox cemetery. Hanson has been collecting epitaphs and studying early New England gravestones …
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Theater: Bartleby Prefers Not To – October 13
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJoin us at the Arrowhead barn for a theatrical performance of one of Herman Melville’s most iconic and enigmatic short stories – “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street.” …

