Herman Melville's Arrowhead
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Wednesday June 25 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
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 Staudle includes historic s......More
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Thursday June 26 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
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 ......More
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Thursday June 26 8:00am - 2:00pm EDT
Family Bird Activities
We’re teaming up with Berkshire Bird Observatory, Berkshire Museum, and Berkshire Natural Resources Council for avian-themed fun. This free event will feature unique hands-onactivities for all ages, guided hikes, demonstrations, and more, while teachingvisitors about l......More
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Thursday July 3 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
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 ......More
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Thursday July 10 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
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 ......More
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Thursday July 10 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
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......More
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Sunday July 13 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
Strange Fancies: Tales of Haunted Pittsfield - July 13
Join us for an evening of Pittsfield ghost lore in this talk by Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires and ghost tour guide at The Mount and Ventfort Hall. In addition to Pittsfield ghost stories, Oakes will discuss Herman Melville’s own “strange fancies,” and......More
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Friday July 18 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
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 sponsore......More
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Saturday July 19 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
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......More
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Thursday July 24 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
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 ......More
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Friday July 25 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
Strange Fancies: Tales of Haunted Pittsfield - Jully 25
Join us for an evening of Pittsfield ghost lore in this talk by Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires and ghost tour guide at The Mount and Ventfort Hall. In addition to Pittsfield ghost stories, Oakes will discuss Herman Melville’s own “strange fancies,” and......More
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Sunday July 27 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
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 wor......More
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Thursday July 31 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
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 ......More
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Thursday July 31 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
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......More
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Friday August 1 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
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 o......More