We’re happy to announce grants that will help preserve Arrowhead for future generations and enable us to create a more authentic experience of Herman Melville’s home for visitors from all over the world. Thanks to the Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust, Preservation Massachusetts and the 1772 Foundation, we will be replacing lost historic louvered shutters this year.
Arrowhead on WTEN NEWS
ICYMI – here is a video of WTEN’s Cassie Hudson and Ryan Peterson’s piece on Arrowhead. Thanks to everyone at WTEN News for this Hidden Gems segment!
Melville Fellows Readings – May 8
Join our three fellows for readings of new works created at Arrowhead. This event takes place at Berkshire Community College. Details here.
A House Restored, May 8
Old houses share their secretsonly if they survive.
Join author Lee McColgan for a free lecture and book signing during which he will share his renovation tales of the Loring House as detailed in his new book, A House Restored. Details here.
On Melville’s Linguistics, May 29
Lecture by Wren Wood demonstrating how we can hear, through linguistics, Melville’s dialect in samples of his work, even without audio recording.
Details here. Use the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets.
Bird Walk with Ben Nickley, June 2
Join us for a bird walk led by Ben Nickley, Director of Berkshire Bird Observatory.
Details here. Use the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets.
Sailing Towards My Father, June 26
A one-man play about Herman Melville performed by Stephen Collins and written and directed by Carl A. Rossi. The play chronicles Melville’s life from youth to old age.
Details here. Use the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets.
Sea Shanties with Alex Harvey and ShinBone Alley, July 24
Celebrate the haunting intercultural exchange of 18th and 19th century maritime music. The grounds are open for picnicking this evening.
Details here. Use the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets.
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.
Eighth Annual Moby-Dick Read-a-thon, August 1 – 4
Call me Ishmael and sign up to read part of Melville’s masterpiece on the site where it was written. Details here.
Use the BOOK NOW button to register.