Billy Budd, Sailor Gala – September 20

Celebrate the centennial of Billy Budd, Sailor with a gala evening at Tanglewood’s Linde Center.  Enjoy selections from Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd opera performed by Berkshire Opera Festival and readings from Melville’s classic novella.
More information here.

Arrowhead Community Day – September 28

Join us on Saturday, September 28, from 10 am to 4 pm.

Enjoy the fall season at Arrowhead with a food truck, music, hands-on activities, local history and preservation exhibits, Revolutionary War reenactors, ice cream from SoCo creamery, cider tastings, and more.

FREE (Tickets for house tours required)

Poor Herman, July 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 in us all. 
Details here.  Use the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets. 

The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire County (1830-2012)

The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire County was a project  of the Berkshire County Historical Society in the late 1990s. Ethnic groups, most notably the African-American community, have traditionally been overlooked in histories of Berkshire County. The Invisible Community project intended to collect information on the historic presence of African-Americans in Berkshire County, and the role that community has played in the county’s history. Partially funded by a grant from Mass Humanities, this collection includes information concerning specific Berkshire residents, oral histories, as well as institutions & events associated with the African-American community in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Click here to listen to oral history recordings or read transcriptions.

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