PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society will offer Architecture and Landscape at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead, a free walking tour with long-time tour guide John Dickson and Executive Director Lesley Herzberg at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11.

Dickson will provide an overview of the architectural features of the Arrowhead and discuss its evolution from the 1780s to the present. This tour is followed by Herzberg’s walk through the north field and woods where the Melville family cultivated the farm and gardens in the 19th century.

Herzberg's talk will focus on Arrowhead’s cultural landscape. In the event of rain, the event

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LENOX, Mass. — The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, will host a free dual-language concert and Storywalk at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, featuring beloved children's author and musician, MISTER G. 

The 2015 Latin Grammy award-winner for Best Children's Album, MISTER G is a star in the world of family music. Called "a bilingual rockstar" by The Washington Post, and "irresistible" by People magazine, Mister G has received national critical acclaim and won three Parents' Choice Gold Awards.

The concert and Storywalk on The Mount's grounds, at 2 Plunkett Street, will fuse music and storytelling based on MISTER G's picture

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LENOX, Mass. – Historian, retired Professor of Art and former Board Member Julie Agar will highlight Tiffany’s career and her family’s association with Tiffany during her presentation at Ventfort Hall on Saturday, September 10 at 3:30 pm. A tea will follow her presentation.

Agar will trace the history and development of Tiffany’s jewelry store from its founding in 1837 as a stationary and notions store. Emphasis will be placed on the expansion of selling Bohemian glass, porcelain, stained glass and jewelry of a quality and beauty far above any of its competition. It established its reputation as the nations undisputed first class jewelry merchant by 1848.

Agar is

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LENOX, Mass. — Join Ventfort Hall as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, returns in September and throughout the fall to lead guests through the rooms and halls of the estate sharing tales of its hauntings.

Stand in the places where the encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand accounts of those who experienced them, and maybe even experience something unusual yourself. This is not an active investigation.

Oakes is an author, teacher, storyteller, and singer/songwriter originally from northern New Jersey and currently residing in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. Since 2010 Robert has led the ghost tours at Edith Wharton's The Mount in

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Environmental Action Team is hosting a tree identification walk that will focus on individual tree species and the characteristics that help to identify them from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sept. 3. 

This walk will take place at Mass Audubon’s Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary. The walk will be between 1 to 2 miles on flat trails. 

Space is limited. To register, email chelsey@thebeatnews.org.

This walk is part of the annual Housatonic Heritage Walks, which are free, guided interpretive walks to historical, cultural, industrial, natural, and scenic sites in Berkshire County, MA and Litchfield County, CT. All ages

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The first-place winner of the 2022 Pittsfield Photo Challenge, as determined by a panel of local judges, is Brittany Hunter with her photo "Fountain Flowers."

The photo has won her a prize package donated by local downtown businesses, and her photo will be featured in Pittsfield’s 2023 Downtown Guide and a Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. social marketing campaign. 

"Many evenings I will walk North Street with my family," Hunter said. "While we were enjoying watching the sun go down at Park Square both my son and daughter noticed the beautiful flower gardens. They enjoyed looking at them and smelling them. That is where I

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield’s public library, in partnership with the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum, Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., and Pittsfield businesses and organizations is observing National Library Card Sign-up Month in September with a series of special promotions.

A variety of discounts are available to patrons who show their library cards at participating locations. A brochure outlining these offers is available at athenaeum service desks.

Additionally, those who sign up for or renew a library card can enter a raffle to win a $150 Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. gift card and two family memberships to the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum,

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Artscape Pittsfield will oversee a new mural project in the city in the early Fall of 2022 and is looking for artists for the project. 

The call is open to all US-based artists. Artists from the Berkshires are strongly encouraged to apply.

Artists will be responsible for providing all their materials required, including paint, to complete their design. Proposals should be submitted by September 9th 2022. 

If traveling from out of the area, transportation and housing is at the artist’s expense. The mural will be located in a prime, highly visible location in Downtown Pittsfield at street

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This week, over four days, Tanglewood concludes its 2022 classical programming, culminating with the always-anticipated traditional final concert, on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 28, featuring Beethoven’s glorious and triumphant Ninth Symphony, which will be preceded by Charles Ives’ masterful setting of the majestic Biblical Psalm 90 – assuredly a fitting tribute to cap this extraordinary and celebratory summer festival season, marking the full, post-COVID-19 return of the Boston Symphony and each of its constituent components to its hallowed Berkshire campus.

Preceding the 'Ninth,' there are exceptional programs you should consider attending in Ozawa Hall and in the

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LENOX, Mass. – After two years of reduced programming, Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training has announced a full schedule of workshops and intensives for Fall 2022, including both in-person and online offerings. 

Beginning Friday, Sept. 2, The Center for Actor Training will offer several different workshops and intensives throughout the autumn months, designed for theater professionals from around the world. In-person sessions will be held at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass., and at various locations in New York, N.Y., Raleigh, N.C., and San Jose, Calif. A selection of online workshops is also planned. 

Director of Training

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