Events
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Voices of Melville: The Linguistic Landscape of Nineteenth-Century America Through a Literary Lens
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesWe can’t know how Herman Melville sounded or hear his characters’ voices…or can we? In linguistics, the study of language, we can study how English has changed since Melville’s time …
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Bird Walk
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesBirds are miraculous! Especially in Spring when they dazzle us with bright, nuptial colors and serenade us with a profusion of happy song. Join us for a bird walk led …
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Sailing Towards My Father
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesSOLD OUT! The Berkshire County Historical Society presents Sailing Towards My Father, a one-man play about Herman Melville performed by Stephen Collins and written and directed by Carl A. Rossi. …
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Sea Shanties with Alex Harvey and ShinBone Alley
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesAlex Harvey is an old world folklorist who performs street ballads and songs of the sea in a project he calls ShinBone Alley. At his performances listeners learn to celebrate …
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Poor Herman – July 26
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJuly 26 -- August3 Herman Melville’s great-great-great granddaughter, Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss, uses the author as a subject to speculate on the line between utter genius and epic failure in …
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Poor Herman – July 27
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJuly 26 -- August3 Herman Melville’s great-great-great granddaughter, Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss, uses the author as a subject to speculate on the line between utter genius and epic failure in …
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Poor Herman – July 28
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJuly 26 -- August 3 Herman Melville’s great-great-great granddaughter, Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss, uses the author as a subject to speculate on the line between utter genius and epic failure …
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Poor Herman – July 31
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJuly 26 -- August 3 Herman Melville’s great-great-great granddaughter, Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss, uses the author as a subject to speculate on the line between utter genius and epic failure …
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Eighth Annual Moby-Dick Read-A-Thon
Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesEighth Annual Moby-Dick Read-A-Thon – August 1- 4 “Call me Ishmael” and sign up to read part of Melville’s masterpiece on the site where it was written. Come on your …
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Melville Symposium
Berkshire Athenaeum 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe Berkshire County Historical Society celebrates Herman Melville’s birthday with a symposium exploring a variety of topics including the Berkshires as inspiration, new research into his sources, and Arrowhead as …
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