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'Moby-Dick' Read-a-thon
11:21AM / Monday, July 29, 2024
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society's annual Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon will begin Thursday, Aug. 1, at 10 a.m., continuing daily until the book is finished.
 
Participants will read aloud for 15 minutes with the next participant picking up where the prior reader left off. The event is held at Melville's historic home Arrowhead where the novel was written. Advanced sign up is required by using the BOOK NOW button at berkshirehistory.org. Participation is free, but a $5 donation is suggested. 
 
The annual event commemorates Melville's birthday August 1, 1819.
 
On Aug. 4 beginning at 9 a.m., hikers are invited to celebrate the day (Aug.5,1850) Melville met Nathaniel Hawthorne on a literary hike up Monument Mountain to read local poet William Cullen Bryant's Monument Mountain, by joining BCHS for a similar hike and literary talk. The guided hike takes approximately 2 1/2 hours and is appropriate for families. Hikers should meet at the Monument Mountain Reservation Parking lot on Route 7 and should be prepared with their own water, proper footwear, hiking gear and bug repellent. Parking is free for members of the Trustees of Reservations only.
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