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dents published by citation needed available to the public for the very first time with a special party discount view event jul 31 7 00 pm 19 00 lantern party at arrowhead thursday july 31 2025 7 00 pm 9 00 pm 19 00 21 00 melville s arrowhead map google calendar ics 10 recommended donation byo picnic on the lawn at arrowhead for a resident showcase of the work they completed this summer lanterns for evening strolls to the studios familiar trees pop up drinks oysters for all view event jul 17 7 00 pm 19 00 summer resident reading at the bookstore thursday july 17 2025 7 00 pm 8 30 pm 19 00 20 30 the bookstore in lenox map google calendar ics making their first public appearance of the summer our five artists in residence poets matt broaddus sylvia jones experimental playwright justine gelfman fiction writer lily goldberg and multimedia artist writer sofi thanhauser will read brief selections from their work and join the audience afterwards for drinks and conversation view event jun 3 4 00 pm 16 00 party in kellogg park student artist book release tuesday june 3 2025 4 00 pm 6 00 pm 16 00 18 00 kellogg park map google calendar ics our 4th annual family arts party at 44 lincoln street featuring music by johnny irion the fireside poets poetry performance by morningside students free brick oven pizza by soma science art projects with flying cloud berkshire art center face painting by the amazing barbara plus six student artist books created by pittsfield public school students published by citation needed available to the public for the very first time with a special party discount view event jul 20 6 00 pm 18 00 season finale thursday july 20 2023 6 00 pm 7 30 pm 18 00 19 30 melville s arrowhead map google calendar ics byob to melville s yard for the most beautiful evening of the year as our writers in residence stand in melville s barn and perform what they ve been working on in the studios since july 1 free and open to the public view event jul 14 6 00 pm 18 00 meet and greet and concert friday july 14 2023 6 00 pm 7 00 pm 18 00 19 00 the lion s den at the red lion inn map google calendar ics grab a burger and a beer and hang out for a brief performance by our 2023 residents then get a chance to talk to them about their work our residents this year work across genres novels poetry historical fiction nonfiction singing songwriting playwriting and acting the performance will be followed by a concert by eliot lewis of hall and oates free and open to the public view event jul 2 6 00 pm 18 00 words and words and music sunday july 2 2023 6 00 pm 9 00 pm 18 00 21 00 the foundry map google calendar ics our season kicks off at the foundry with performances by multi talented residents danny lavery elisa gonzales auyon mukharji kristina gaddy and julia mounsey paired with wild and wonderful music click here for tickets residents will perform fiction poetry theater and songs in between short sets by benjamin jaffe an international touring and recording artist whose songs have garnered over 10 million streams a member of pop and country singer kacey musgraves band jaffe also recently released enlightenment a new record with bill e that sent him on a two month national tour the evening wraps up with a performance by vandal flag the side project of south county native asher putnam whose band bella s bartok has become a staple of the northeast festival and touring scene view event jun 13 4 00 pm 16 00 party in kellogg park tuesday june 13 2023 4 00 pm 6 00 pm 16 00 18 00 kellogg park map google calendar ics children and families are invited to the free second annual party in kellogg park 44 lincoln street on tuesday june 13 from 4 00 6 00pm right after school wood fired pizza straight from soma s pizza oven face painting live music by johnny irion arts science activities by berkshire art center and flying cloud short performances by morningside berkshire theatre group students and our fireside students giant letter sculptures by group au rain date thursday june 13 check back here for updates view event aug 6 6 00 pm 18 00 gala saturday august 6 2022 6 00 pm 11 00 pm 18 00 23 00 herman melville s arrowhead map google calendar ics 10 years ago we wrote our first grant to start the mastheads in pittsfield join us for our first gala and support our programming and studios for another 10 on saturday august 6 we ll be in herman melville s barn with folk music from 6 7pm by johnny irion performance by mastheads residents from 7 8pm dance party with dj senecca from 8 11pm lantern lit explorations of the mastheads studios pop up bookstore by familiar trees and food from berkshire farms view event jul 23 3 00 pm 15 00 guided tour of mohican miles saturday july 23 2022 3 00 pm 4 00 pm 15 00 16 00 the mission house map google calendar ics tribal historic preservation manager bonney hartley opens the mission house for a discussion of the many trails of the stockbridge munsee mohicans and current engagements in her community s homelands view event jul 17 7 00 pm 19 00 summer kickoff at familiar trees sunday july 17 2022 7 00 pm 8 00 pm 19 00 20 00 familiar trees map google calendar ics join us at familiar trees in great barrington you ll hear work from our four writers in residence enjoy cocktails from moon cloud and check out a mastheads curated selection of favorite books view event jul 10 6 00 pm 18 00 resident reading at arrowhead saturday july 10 2021 6 00 pm 8 00 pm 18 00 20 00 melville s arrowhead map google calendar ics our five writers in residence read from new work playwright sam mayer and poets helene achanzar christine larusso amanda smeltz and keith s wilson are writing in the studios at arrowhead for the first two weeks of july come hear them read followed by drinks mingling view event jul 3 1 30 pm 13 30 the legacy of modernism in the berkshires and beyond a roundtable and community discussion saturday july 3 2021 1 30 pm 3 00 pm 13 30 15 00 westside riverway park map google calendar ics in this public roundtable scholars and mastheads team members will discuss the art and literature of the berkshires during the modernist period 1914 1945 and how modernist style continues to impact the region today we will hear horace ballard williams college williams college museum of art on modernist visual art tessa kelly mastheads arcade works architecture on modernist architecture and jeffrey lawrence mastheads rutgers university on modernist literature alex sayf cummings georgia state university will conclude with thoughts on the broader legacy of modernist style in the united states and how deindustrialization has changed the look and feel of the contemporary american city the roundtable will be followed by a q a period and community discussion view event may 20 7 00 pm 19 00 westside poetry workshop thursday may 20 2021 7 00 pm 9 00 pm 19 00 21 00 the mastheads map google calendar ics join poets sarah trudgeon don jea smith on zoom for a low key poetry writing session we ll focus on themes of food growth neighborhood and community participants will have a chance to publish their work in an anthology produced by the mastheads and select poems will be featured in a short film about the westside created by tessa kelly this summer you can also read your poem at block parties at the westside riverway park this summer so far this spring we ve written poems with westsiders teens at roots rising and elementary students at morningside community school we can t wait for you to join us click here to register view event jul 26 7 30 pm 19 30 summer finale and resident reading sunday july 26 2020 7 30 pm 9 00 pm 19 30 21 00 google calendar ics click here to register grab one more round and celebrate this strange summer with us our five writers in residence will give a reading of the brand new work they produced this july view event jul 19 3 00 pm 15 00 black artists who found their voices in the berkshires a talk by frances jones sneed sunday july 19 2020 3 00 pm 4 00 pm 15 00 16 00 google calendar ics click here to register we re thrilled to partner with the westside legends on another exciting event dr frances jones sneed is a professor of history and former director of women studies at massachusetts college of liberal arts in north adams massachusetts and she has taught and researched local history for over twenty five years her talks are endlessly engaging informative and inspiring and we can t wait to listen q a to follow this event will also be broadcast live on facebook view event jul 12 7 30 pm 19 30 community writing workshop 2 sunday july 12 2020 7 30 pm 8 30 pm 19 30 20 30 google calendar ics click here to register whether you write for a living or the last time you read a poem was in high school this workshop is for you have fun exercising those creative writing muscles in an upbeat friendly intellectually stimulating environment best part at the end of the hour we promise you ll have written a totally competent poem or two for our second workshop poet teacher extraordinaire chris schlegel and mastheads resident sasha debevec mckenney will teach us how to use randomization and chance to spark creativity including examples prompts and plenty of time to write and share do it view event jul 5 7 30 pm 19 30 community writing workshop 1 haibun sunday july 5 2020 7 30 pm 8 30 pm 19 30 20 30 google calendar ics click here to register whether you write for a living or the last time you read a poem was in high school this workshop is for you have fun exercising those creative writing muscles in an upbeat friendly intellectually stimulating environment best part at the end of the hour we promise you ll have written a totally competent poem or two for our first workshop poet teacher extraordinaire chris schlegel will lead us on a haibun adventure including a discussion of the form examples and plenty of time to write and share do it view event jul 1 7 30 pm 19 30 resident kickoff reading wednesday july 1 2020 7 30 pm 9 00 pm 19 30 21 00 google calendar ics click here to register grab a drink and turn on zoom it s our 2020 kickoff party meet our 5 writers in virtual residence and learn about their writing kendra allen sasha debevec mckenney jessica laser helen betya rubinstein and my tran will each give a 6 minute reading of their work including fiction poetry and memoir view event jul 1 to jul 31 july 2020 summer sundays and more wed jul 1 2020 12 00 am 00 00 fri jul 31 2020 11 59 pm 23 59 google calendar ics after our kickoff reading on wednesday july 1 we ll host a literary zoom event every sunday in july be sure to register links are in the event descriptions below keep an eye out too for our newspaper folds in the berkshire eagle our six text collage billboards and resident writing installed in essential pittsfield businesses including guido s harry s pittsfield health food carr hardware and elm street hardware view event feb 13 6 00 pm 18 00 10x10 festival reading at methuselah thursday february 13 2020 6 00 pm 8 00 pm 18 00 20 00 methuselah map google calendar ics for the third year in a row in celebration of pittsfield s literary past present and future the mastheads has asked 10 exciting local writers to read one short piece of their writing alongside a piece by a historic berkshire author admission is free for this time traveling literary revel and food drinks books and mastheads swag will be available for purchase view event dec 17 to dec 18 fireside poetry reading broadside show tue dec 17 2019 10 00 am 10 00 wed dec 18 2019 4 15 pm 16 15 the lichtenstein center for the arts map google calendar ics the very best poets are kids at 10 00am tuesday december 17 and 4 15pm wednesday december 18 conte and morningside elementary students will perform their original poetry not to be missed in addition students own photography and poetry broadsides will be on display through january 17 refreshments will be provided on event dates view event jul 30 7 00 pm 19 00 summer finale melville s arrowhead tuesday july 30 2019 7 00 pm 8 30 pm 19 00 20 30 melville s arrowhead map google calendar ics come celebrate the summer with us our five writers in residence will give a reading of the work they produced in the mastheads studios this july view event jul 20 2 00 pm 14 00 community conversation edith wharton s summer saturday july 20 2019 2 00 pm 4 00 pm 14 00 16 00 the mount map google calendar ics grab a copy of summer available at mastheads events the berkshire athenaeum and join our team scholar and professor jeffrey lawrence for a discussion of this berkshire novella in which the young charity royall born in the hills and adopted by an older man in town falls in love with the new york based lucius harney an architect who has come for the summer to study the region s houses some things never change jazz night follows free for all mastheads attendees view event jul 14 2 00 pm 14 00 westside summerfest du bois van der zee in the berkshires sunday july 14 2019 2 00 pm 4 00 pm 14 00 16 00 durant park map google calendar ics this july the mastheads is taking on the gilded age concentrating our programming on five cultural figures of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century writers edith wharton henry james and w e b du bois photographer james van der zee and mark twain who gave the era its title on sunday as part of the westside summerfest series hosted by the westside legends dr frances jones sneed will lead a discussion of writer and naacp co founder w e b du bois and photographer james van der zee in the berkshires afterwards we ll party of course with food and live music view event jul 1 7 00 pm 19 00 2019 kickoff party monday july 1 2019 7 00 pm 8 30 pm 19 00 20 30 hotel on north map google calendar ics come meet our 2019 writers in residence listen to the writers read from their work learn what s in store for our summer lecture series and grab a copy of the mastheads reader volume 3 all events are free and open to the public refreshments provided view event feb 16 5 00 pm 17 00 10x10 festival reading saturday february 16 2019 5 00 pm 7 00 pm 17 00 19 00 methuselah map google calendar ics once again for the annual 10x10 upstreet arts festival and in celebration of pittsfield s literary history the mastheads has asked 10 local writers across disciplines poets novelists pastors journalists to each read one short piece by a historic berkshire author alongside one short piece of their own admission is free food drinks books and mastheads swag will be available for purchase view event jul 31 6 00 pm 18 00 summer finale at melville s arrowhead tuesday july 31 2018 6 00 pm 8 00 pm 18 00 20 00 arrowhead map google calendar ics for our last event of the summer our five writers in residence will give a reading of the work they produced in the mastheads studios this july it promises to be a grand evening view event jul 24 6 00 pm 18 00 tuesdays on the terrace jaswinder bolina tuesday july 24 2018 6 00 pm 7 30 pm 18 00 19 30 the berkshire athenaeum map 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