Local author Kevin O’Hara will read from his new book, Ins and Outs of a Locked Ward: My 30 Years as a Psychiatric Nurse, in the Library Auditorium. The book recounts stories from O’Hara’s three decades as a psychiatric nurse at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Also the author of A Lucky Irish Lad […]
Veteran tour guide John Dickson and Executive Director Lesley Herzberg lead an enlightening walk through Arrowhead and the surrounding grounds. John Dickson will provide an overview and evolution of the architectural features of the building from the 1780s to the present. This talk is followed by Lesley Herzberg’s walk through the north field to discuss […]
To celebrate June, we are painting rainbows!! Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. will present Indoors Out! Free Kids’ Paint & Sip on Friday, June 3, 5 to 7:30 pm, at the parklet and outdoor seating area at The Marketplace Cafe - Pittsfield, 53 North Street. This free event is best suited for ages 5 to 12, although […]
Join Rene Wendell, president of the Hoffmann Bird Club for a spring migration bird walk. This will be a gentle, slow hike around Arrowhead’s fields and forests appropriate for beginners and experienced birders alike. We will be looking for newly arriving spring migrants such as warbler and flycatcher species like yellow warbler, blackburnian warbler and […]
Join Writer-In-Residence Emeritus, Jana Laiz and Author Alexis Portillo as they celebrate the release of their new book, Thirty-Five Days To Baltimore. This bilingual book explores topics of migration, immigration, poverty, and hope, through the story of an unaccompanied minor, as he makes his way from Honduras to Baltimore, ultimately arriving in the Berkshires. Part […]
Join us to discuss The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg. Copies of the book may be requested through the Reference Department. Location: Library Terrace (rain location: Athenaeum Room) For more information, contact the Reference Desk at (413) 499-9480 ext. 4 or [email protected]
Lace came to America more than 400 years ago. Lightweight, easy to pack, it was an expression of civilized European lifestyle, and brought with it the optimism for a similar life in the New World. Over time, lace defied hardship, celebrated socio-economic advancement, indulged the wealthy, often in unexpected format. During this talk, Irish lace […]
Celebrate the day (August 4, 1850) Melville met Nathaniel Hawthorn on a hike up Monument Mountain by joining BCHS for a similar hike and reading of local poet William Cullen Bryant’s Monument Mountain. The guided hike takes approximately 2 ½ hours and is appropriate for families. Hikers should meet at the Monument Mountain Reservation Parking […]
Historian William Hosley will discuss the history and economic impact of the western New England’s “marble corridor.” As early as the 1780s, western New England stonecutters, discovering high quality marble in the Berkshires and Vermont, soon began exporting artfully finished products to points south and beyond. At its height the marble industry along the Taconic […]