Berkshire County Historical Society

Arrowhead open for tours 11 - 3
2017-11-25 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-11-26 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-12-02 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-12-03 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-12-09 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-04-14 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
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
2017-11-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2017-12-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2017-12-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
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 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
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, 2018-04-28 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-04-29 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-05 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-06 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-12 11:00 - 15:00 and 3 more dates | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States

BCHS/Arrowhead Annual Meeting
2018-05-05 15:00 - 17:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
It will be held on Saturday, May 5 at Arrowhead, with a culinary treat and a literary adventure! We will release Berkshire Victuals, a Literary Cookbook – 2018. Samples from the books contents provided by local chefs and fans of the Historical Society will be available and the house and grounds will be open for self-guided tours.
Find out about the year ahead as we plan a busy and exciting season. We’ll open the doors at 3:00, have our meeting at 3:45, introduce the cookbook and let you roam through the world of Herman Melville until 5:30. This event is FREE,

Arrowhead open for regular season!
2018-05-21 09:30 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Open 9:30 – 5, guided tours on the hour, last tour at 3; self-guided tour at 4.

Melville in Love - world premiere of new film
2018-05-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Berkshire Museum, South Street, Pittsfield, United States
At the Little Cinema, Berkshire Museum.
$5.00 for BCHS/Arrowhead members
A special screening of the film Melville in Love on Thursday, May 24, at 7 p.m. The event will include a Q&A session with Melville biographer Michael Shelden and the film’s director Seth Newton. Admission is $7.50; $5 for members of the Berkshire Museum and the Berkshire Historical Society.
A new account of Herman Melville and the writing of Moby-Dick, written by a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Biography and based on fresh archival research, which reveals that the anarchic spirit animating Melville’s canonical work was inspired by his great love affair with a shockingly unconventional married woman.

Billy Budd in the Breadbox - a BTG production
2018-05-25 14:00 - 15:30, 2018-05-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
The new play from the Berkshire Theatre Group, based on the book by Arrowhead Writer-in-Residence Jana Laiz. In the big red barn. Reservations required; e-mail pr@berkshirehistory.org or buy online.
$25/adults, $15/children

Fanfare Brass Concert
2018-06-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Free. In the big red barn.

The Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter
2018-06-15 | Oldcastle Theatre
Opens June 15, runs through June 24 at the Oldcastle Theatre in Bennington, VT. From the Oldcastle’s website: The season kicks off with Herman Melville’s captivating novel “THE ALMOST TRUE AND TRULY REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL POTTER” that has been transformed into a rollicking new play by Joe Bravaco and Lary Rosler. Join young Israel as he goes from a small Berkshire town to the American Revolution then on to motherland England and back again. Along the way he meets historical figures, falls in love, fights the British, becomes a spy, escapes imminent death a few times and sings some songs. The cast will include long time Oldcastle veterans Richard Howe the company’s Associate Artistic Director, Christine Decker, and Gary Allan Poe. The play will be directed by Nathan Stith who directed Oldcastle’s production of”39 Steps”.
For a review, go to Berkshire Bright Focus.

Author Event: The Great Snail Race
2018-06-26 17:30 - 18:30 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Don Jordan and Juliana von Haubricht discuss their children’s book. FREE.

A World of Fairies: Across the Seven Seas – The 2018 Fairy House Village
2018-07-21 09:30 - 17:00 | Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
Village of artist-created fairy houses opens for the season. Open until September 9.
Extra fee to visit the village only; free if you take the Arrowhead house tour.
