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SUMMARY:Writer’s Salon
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 series with readings of their works. Reception to follow\, FREE\nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union\, Massachusetts Cultural Council.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/writers-salon/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Arrowhead Community Day
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy 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 ticket only\,\nRevolutionary War reenactors will be interpreting camp life\, and visitors are encouraged to speak with participants about their activities and everyday life during the war. Drills will be performed\, along with three separate musket demonstrations throughout the day.\nRefreshments for purchase will be provided by SoCo Creamery. In addition\, Berkshire Cider Project will offer free tastings and bottled cider for sale.\nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union\, Massachusetts Cultural Council.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/arrowhead-community-day-2/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Fundraising Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy 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 will be served with cider pairings selected by Berkshire Cider Project. .\nOur special guest is  renown historian John Demos\, who will present the lecture  In the Shadow of the Founders: Greatest Generations in American History (see more info below). The event also includes a silent auction that includes food\, recreation\, art and history packages (see list below)..\nUse the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets. \n$150 for BCHS members; $175 for non-members\nALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT BERKSHIRE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION PROGRAMS.\n \nThe Evening’s Menu\nAppetizers\nAsparagus\, Gruyere and Caramelized Onion Tarts\nSpanikopita\nScallops Wrapped in Bacon with Maple Glaze \nBuffet Dinner\nPear\, Walnut and Gorgonzola Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette or House Salad\nRoast Pork Tenderloin with Apples\, Leeks and Cider Brandy Sauce\nBeef Brisket with Berkshire Brewing Coffee House Reduction\nRoasted Red Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary\nAutumn Vegetable Medley\nButternut Ravioli with Brown Butter Sage Sauce with Pistachios \nDessert\nWarm Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream \nAbout the Ciders\nGolden Russet Champagne\nA fine champagne-method cider featuring one of our favorite apples. Delicate acid and a nutty profile pairs well with cheese and lighter faire. \nWindy Hill\nSparkling barrel-aged cider selected and pressed right at the orchard in Great Barrington. Bright acid pairs well with pasta and fish with subtle oak finish. \nBittersweet\nDry and hazy\, inspired by our favorite draught ciders and cozy pubs. English bittersweet apples add bold tannins and warm cider notes\, pairs well with pork and slow-cooked meats. \nAbout John Demos\nJohn Demos\, Samuel Knight Professor of American History Emeritus at Yale University\, is an award-winning author and Tyringham resident. He is the author of numerous books\, including The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America\, and The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic\, a 2014 National Book Award finalist\, and most recently Puritan Girl Mohawk Girl. His book Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England (1982) won the Bancroft Prize.\nAt several strategic points in the American past\, events have cast a particular generational cohort in a special\, outsize role. The first colonial “settlers” (born 1580-1600); the nation’s “founding fathers” (born 1740-1760); the generation that fought the Civil War (born 1810-1840); and\, most recently\, the so-called “greatest generation\,” the one that overcame the Great Depression and won World War Two (born 1890-1920): those are the leading examples. Their lives and deeds have given a distinctive shape to our history\, a recurrent and transformative charge of renewal. In each case\, the immediately following generations have lived in their shadow–beholden\, as it were\, to their “greatness.” The regularity of their spacing is notable; with one omission they appear at 70-80 year intervals\, which might suggest that we’re about due for the next one. Born 1981-1996\, hello\, millennials. What have you got for us? \nSilent Auction Items \n \nFORE! Experience the beauty of fall golf in the Berkshires with a round of golf and cart for two at Miraval Resort and Country Club of Pittsfield. Sharpen up your game pre-round with tees and practice balls. \nThe Spirit of the Berkshires The Berkshires is fast becoming a hub for creative wine and spirit makers. Enjoy the bounty with a gift basket from Balderdash Cellar\, a tasting for six at Berkshire Mountain Distillery Tasting plus two Complimentary Bottles of Spirits\, and a gift basket from one of Berkshire County’s most respected food and spirits stores\, Spirited Wine and Liquor.  \nLet’s Get Cookin’  Restock your kitchen drawers and cupboards with Cutting Boards\, a vegetable peeler\, an ice cream scoop and towels and oven mitts from Berkshire County’s inimitable Blue Q.  \nCoffee’s on Us! Gift certificates from some of Berkshire County’s favorite coffee purveyors: Currency Coffee\, Panera Bread\, Dottie’s Coffee Lounge\, and Dory and Ginger. \nA Whale of a Time  Visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum (and bring a friend!)\, followed by a meal at The Black Whale Kitchen + Restaurant courtesy of a $50 gift certificate. \nHopping along with Brewers of the Berkshires  Explore the Berkshires craft beer scene with a $25 gift certificate from Downtown Pittsfield’s Hot Plate Brewing and a $50 gift certificate from Antimony Brewing in Lenox. Needing to chill after that?  We’re throwing in four tickets to the Beacon Cinema. \nA Hauntingly Fun Evening Do you love ghost stories? Have a frighteningly good time learning about some of the Berkshires famous hauntings with a haunted tour of The Mount\, and Ventfort Hall. Can’t get enough of spooky stories? This item also includes the book Ghosts of the Berkshires\, by Robert Oakes.  \nIt’s Doggone Pawfect  We know you love them. It’s time to treat your fur baby with a $50 gift certificate to Benson’s\, a doggie toy basket with accessories\, and a $75 gift certificate to Animal Inn. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/fall-fundraising-dinner/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Tom Piazza
DESCRIPTION:Noted 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 New York college in 1883.\nTom Piazza is celebrated both as a novelist and as a writer on American music. His twelve books include the novels The Auburn Conference and City Of Refuge\, the short-story collection Blues and Trouble\, the post-Katrina manifesto Why New Orleans Matters\, and the essay collection Devil Sent The Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America.\nHe was a principal writer for the innovative New Orleans-based HBO drama series Treme\, and the winner of a Grammy Award for his album notes to Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey.\n$10 BCHS members\, $15 non-members\nUse the BOOK NOW button to reserve tickets. \nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union\, Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nRead Elvis Costello’s interview with Tom here. \nRead Library of American interview with Tom here.  \nPhoto by Mary Howell
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/author-talk-with-tom-piazza/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Planting Lucretia’s Elm
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 environmentalist Lucretia Williams. Learn about the woman who threw herself before the woodsman’s axe to save the towering elm on Park Square in 1789. The tree planting is made possible with the help of the Pittsfield Parks Department and George and Alice Wislocki. \nImage: The Old Elm\, mid-19th century. Collection of the Berkshire County Historical Society.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/planting-lucretias-elm/
LOCATION:BCHS Park Square
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SUMMARY:Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 of the architectural features of the building from the 1780s to the present. This talk is followed by Lesley Herzberg’s walk through the north field to discuss the cultural landscape where the entire Melville family participated in the cultivation of the farm and gardens in the 19th century. (Rain date: Sunday\, October 1\, 11 am) \nThis event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union\, Massachusetts Cultural Council; offered as part of the Housatonic Heritage Walks.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/architecture-and-landscape-at-herman-melvilles-arrowhead-4/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
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