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June 2025
Lafayette: More Than A Rock Star lecture
Lafayette enthusiast Peter Reilly explores the nation’s obsession with the French General the Marquis de Lafayette – learn about his early life, his role in the American Revolution at just 19, and his famous tour from 1824 to 1825. Reilly will provide context and insight into the fascinating person who became George Washington’s confidante and later championed causes such as women’s education and abolition. Free event Programs commemorating the bicentennial of Lafayette’s visit to Pittsfield are sponsored by: The Feigenbaum…
Find out more »Bird Banding with Berkshire Bird Observatory -June 12
Bird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of wild birds in their natural habitat. Arrowhead’s woods, fields and shrub land make it an ideal site to monitor a broad range of breeding bird species. Join the BBO researchers as they leverage the wonder of a bird in the hand to spark a curiosity about the natural world…
Find out more »French Wine Tasting with Philippe Jeanjean. WSET-3 Certified Sommelier
Our celebration of the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Pittsfield continues with a a wine tasting with noted Berkshire sommelier Philippe Jeanjean. Jeanjean will guide us through a tasting of French wines from the regions cherished by the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson—two passionate wine connoisseurs of the American Revolution. Accompanied by an elegant selection of artisanal cheeses and delightful pâtés, this experience promises a celebration of refined flavors and revolutionary spirit. Join us in raising…
Find out more »Historic Songs of the American Revolution
The history of the American Revolution is detailed with many battles, conferences, and personalities. But it was also a time of patriotism, inspiration, and song. This program presented by award winning singer/songwriters Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudie includes historic songs performed with a variety of instruments. The duo will provide a brief narrative and anecdotes of the history of the songs as well as of the war of American independence. Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle are award-winning songwriters and singers…
Find out more »Bird Banding with Berkshire Bird Observatory – June 26
Bird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of wild birds in their natural habitat. Arrowhead’s woods, fields and shrub land make it an ideal site to monitor a broad range of breeding bird species. Join the BBO researchers as they leverage the wonder of a bird in the hand to spark a curiosity about the natural world…
Find out more »Family Bird Activities
We’re teaming up with Berkshire Bird Observatory, Berkshire Museum, and Berkshire Natural Resources Council for avian-themed fun including hands-on activities including bird kites, tactile experiences, bird banding demonstrations, walks and talks, and the Berkshire Museum Mobile Museum. Free event. The program is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Find out more »July 2025
Bird Banding with Berkshire Bird Observatory – July 3
Bird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of wild birds in their natural habitat. Arrowhead’s woods, fields and shrub land make it an ideal site to monitor a broad range of breeding bird species. Join the BBO researchers as they leverage the wonder of a bird in the hand to spark a curiosity about the natural world…
Find out more »Bird Banding with Berkshire Bird Observatory – July 10
Bird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of wild birds in their natural habitat. Arrowhead’s woods, fields and shrub land make it an ideal site to monitor a broad range of breeding bird species. Join the BBO researchers as they leverage the wonder of a bird in the hand to spark a curiosity about the natural world…
Find out more »Sea Shanties with Alex Harvey and Shinbone Alley
Alex 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 the haunting intercultural exchange of 18th and 19th century maritime music - whose ingredients travelled from the furthest corners of the globe to be remade and stitched anew by sailors of every shade and shape at port and at sea. By teaching the audience to join in on most of the…
Find out more »Showcase: Readings and Reception
From July 13-17 writers attended a playwriting intensive with with great, great, great granddaughter of Herman Melville and playwright Elizabeth Doss. Join us for a free reception and readings of site-specific works created during this workshop. This event is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Find out more »Public Workshop Performance
Performer, playwright and great, great, great grand daughter of Herman Melville returns to Arrowhead to “talk back” to THE CONFIDENCE MAN, the last published and completed novel by Melville in his lifetime. Set on a steamboat cruising down Mississippi, Doss jumps aboard, probing this text to grapple with her own encounters with “Confidence Men”, not to mention her own flagging confidence, and what the hell Melville is really getting at in his perhaps strangest, most provocative and perplexing work. Still…
Find out more »Open Studio with Francesca Olsen
Quilter Francesca Olsen hosts an open studio n Arrowhead’s historic piazza as part of the Berkshire Artists Residency Program. She will talk about her craft and demonstrate her technique. FREE event Francesca Olsen is a quilter, writer, and consultant. Her creative work focuses on storytelling, heritage, ritual, magic, and the power and significance held in objects and stories. Olsen is a connector whose work aims to build community by holding space for others and creating a dialogue around legacy, history,…
Find out more »Bird Banding with Berkshire Bird Observatory – July 24
Bird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of wild birds in their natural habitat. Arrowhead’s woods, fields and shrub land make it an ideal site to monitor a broad range of breeding bird species. Join the BBO researchers as they leverage the wonder of a bird in the hand to spark a curiosity about the natural world…
Find out more »Bird Banding with Berkshire Bird Observatory – July 31
Bird banding at Arrowhead allows visitors an up-close opportunity to see birds and watch the process of bird banding. Bird banding allows researchers the opportunity to study a wide array of wild birds in their natural habitat. Arrowhead’s woods, fields and shrub land make it an ideal site to monitor a broad range of breeding bird species. Join the BBO researchers as they leverage the wonder of a bird in the hand to spark a curiosity about the natural world…
Find out more »The Mastheads Summer Finale
Picnic on the lawn of Arrowhead’s historic barn as The Mastheads eighth-annual summer residents perform new fiction, poetry, and theatre created in the studios this month. $10-$20 donation suggested to support public programming, including poetry workshops in Pittsfield Public Schools. This event is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Find out more »August 2025
Billy Budd Audiobook Launch
Join us at Arrowhead to celebrate Herman’s birthday and the launch of a brand-new audiobook Billy Budd, Sailor, read by Paul Giamatti. We’ll have light refreshments, drinks, and cake. Listen to selections from the book and toast to the work that brought Herman out of obscurity when it was published in 1924. FREE This event is sponsored by Guido's Fresh Marketplace
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