Berkshire County Historical Society

Cancelled - Lecture: Professor Dennis Patrick Slattery, "Melville and the Personal Myth"
2017-09-08 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
This lecture has been cancelled due to illness.
Our Daily Breach: Exploring Your Personal Myth Through Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick offers both a way of understanding what has generally been called the greatest novel of the American myth while simultaneously exploring one’s own personal myth. Its added feature is that it is an interactive book in allowing reader’s to meditate on one question per page for each day of the year and to undercover many facets of one’s personal myth through cursive writing. Lecture is free.

Author Series: Adriana Millenaar Brown
2017-09-11 18:00 - 19:00
Brown will discuss her book about her father, Adrianus Millenaar, a Dutch farmer turned diplomat in WWII. FREE.

The "Herman" Plays: "Hawthorne & Melville"
2017-09-19 18:30 - 20:00
Staged reading of “Hawthorne & Melville,” by Carl A. Rossi, directed by J. Peter Bergman. Kirk Jackson as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mel Cobb as Herman Melville.
In the big red barn at Arrowhead.

Fairies and Foam Beerfest - cancelled
2017-09-23 17:00 - 20:00
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please come see the fairy village any day until October 15.
Join the revels, …”where fairies dance.” Faery Queen WindRose Morris, Piper Nancy Tunicliffe, and more! Beer tastings in a hand-crafted mug created for the occasion. Costumes encouraged! Reservations and questions – fairies[at]berkshirehistory.org

The "Herman" Plays: "Kraken: A Story of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville"
2017-09-26 18:30 - 20:00
A staged reading of the play by Len Jenkin; directed by J. Peter Bergman. Kirk Jackson as Hawthorne; Mel Cobb as Herman Melville.
In the big red barn, Arrowhead

The "Herman" Plays: "Poor Herman"
2017-10-03 19:00 - 21:00
A staged reading of the play by Elizabeth Doss; directed by Dustin Wills.
Elizabeth Doss is the great-great-great grand-daughter of Herman Melville.
In the big red barn, Arrowhead

book series: Fairytales of the Fiercer! Sex
2017-10-16 18:00 - 19:00
Alison Larkin will read from Fairytales of the Fiercer! Sex, talk about her editorial process, and discuss future projects.
FREE event at Arrowhead.

Author Series: Jana Laiz reads from "Billy Budd in the Breadbox"
2017-10-20 18:00 - 19:00

Arrowhead closes for the season
2017-10-23 08:00 - 17:00

Arrowhead open for tours 11 - 3
2017-10-29 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-04 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-05 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-11 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-12 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-18 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-19 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-25 11:00 - 15:00 and 5 more dates
There is one guided tour each Saturday and Sunday at 11:15. The tour takes approximately one hour.
Parking and admission to the property are free. Rates for guided tours of Melville’s house are: adults $15.00, seniors $13.00, students $10.00 and children $8.00.
Rates for self-guided tours are: adults $10; seniors $10; students and children $8.00. Members of the Berkshire County Historical Society receive FREE admission.
Hands-on activities include sitting at Melville’s work table to write your own masterpiece. (Full disclosure: it’s not Melville’s original table; location of that is unknown.)

Candlelight & Chocolate tour
2017-11-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2017-11-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2017-12-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2017-12-30 19:00 - 20:30
Reservations available online at the Arrowhead museum shop. Or you may call 413.442.1793 x12 or e-mail melville@berkshirehistory.org to make your reservation.

Archives Open House
2018-02-20 09:30 - 13:30
As part of Pittsfield’s 10×10 Upstreet Festival, the Berkshire County Historical Society will host an open house in their archives. Chat with one of the volunteer archivists, do a bit of basic research, and see our facility. Located at Arrowhead, the Society’s headquarters, at 780 Holmes Road. Contact us at 413.442.1793 x14 for more information. FREE.

Arrowhead open for house tours
2018-04-15 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-04-21 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-04-22 11:00 - 15:00
