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Daf Moby: A Voyage Through Melville's Talmud

Williams College Professors Jeffrey Israel and Eden Dekel Discuss Their Unique Approach to Studying Moby-Dick

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Berkshire County Historical Society Holiday Tea

The event takes place on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 pm

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Berkshire County Historical Society Forest Bathing

Start your Sunday with a one-hour guided, stroll on the nature trail at Arrowhead on Sunday, Oct. 29, beginning at 11 am.

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Berkshire County Historical Society Presents ReWritten

ReWritten explores the intimate relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne through dance, live music, projection, art installations, and text moving in and around the grounds of Arrowhead, reimagining an intergenerational queer love story.

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BCHS Musing with Melville Program

Musing With Melville sessions will have limited availability Tuesdays and Wednesdays, June through October.

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Pittsfield CPA Committee Supports Out of Cycle Arrowhead Application

On Monday, the panel approved a $10,000 allocation of Community Preservation Act monies for Berkshire Historical Society to repair a chimney that is compromising the former home of author Herman Melville.

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Berkshire County Historical Melville Fellows To Present Written Works

The free readings take place at the Berkshire Athenaeum at 5:30 pm; reservations are not required. In addition, both fellows will present original artwork inspired by their time at Melville's home.

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BCHS Presents Holiday Lights At Arrowhead

Herman Melville celebrated Christmas at Arrowhead in the late nineteenth century, a time that gave rise to new Victorian holiday traditions such as tree decorating, gift giving, Santa Claus, greeting cards, stockings by the fire, church activities and family-oriented days of feasting and fun.

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Arrowhead: Yuletide Reading's with Kevin O'Hara

Reservations are required for the readings which will take place at 5:30 and 6:30 pm, Tickets are $10 for BCHS members and $15 non-members.

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Arrowhead Workshop Gives Opportunities for Local History in Education

It was part of the countywide professional development day sponsored by Berkshire Educational Resources K12, which engaged more than 1,000 teachers in around 50 different daylong workshops.

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BHS Berkshire Writers Workshop Series

Each three-hour session will take place at Herman Melville's historic Arrowhead and be led by a different writer/facilitator of note for a series of informative, inspiring, and productive writing workshops.

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Virtual Tour of Arrowhead With 'Elizabeth Melville'

Tickets are $10 for Berkshire County Historical Society (BCHS) members; $15 for non-members.

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Reading of 'Thirty-Five Days To Baltimore' at Arrowhead

This free event takes place at Herman Melville’s Historic Arrowhead and is part of the Berkshire County Historical Society’s Underrepresented Voices initiative.

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Berkshire County Historical Society Presents 'Moby-Dick' Monologues

Presented by the Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville's historic Arrowhead, Collins's performance features the musings of Ishmael, Father Mapple, Captain Peleg, Starbuck, and Ahab.

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Berkshire Historical Society Birding Walk

This will be a gentle, slow hike around Arrowhead’s fields and forests appropriate for beginners and experienced birders alike.

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Berkshire County Historical Society Architectural and Agricultural Walk

Long-time Arrowhead tour guide John Dickson will begin with an enlightening tour of the Arrowhead grounds providing an overview and evolution of the architectural features of the building from the 1780s to the present.

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Berkshire County Historical Society Summer Season

Currently tours are available on Saturdays only.

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Berkshire County Historical Society: Perspectives on Berkshires Black History

Cynthia Brown is the president of the board of the Berkshire County Historical Society – Arrowhead. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Berkshire County Education Task Force, and as an Associate Member of Pittsfield's Community Development Board.