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Berkshire County Historical Museum

Grandmother’s Wedding Dress

Berkshire County Historical Society at Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA

The Berkshire County Historical Society will host historian Lorraine German for the lecture Grandmother’s Wedding Dress.  German uses the swatches and clothing information found in a small late-nineteenth century scrapbook filled with fabric swatches to reveal a story of fabrics and fashion in nineteenth-century Vermont, as told by three generations of an ordinary family.

History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

Yiddish Book Store Open House

Yiddish Book Center Open House

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA

October marks the second anniversary of the Yiddish Book Center’s landmark exhibition Yiddish: A Global Culture. To celebrate, we’re hosting a full day of activities, including the launch of the exhibition’s catalog, Yiddish: A Global Culture: Bold Lives, Boundless Creativity (White Goat Press). Activities throughout the day include: •    Pop-up performances throughout the exhibition •   […]

Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibits, History and Heritage

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Robert Oakes
Ventfort Hall Ghost Tours

Ventfort Hall Ghost Tours

Ventfort Hall Mansion & Gilded Age Museum 104 Walker Street, Lenox, MA

Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand accounts of those who experienced them, and maybe even experience something unusual yourself. This is not an […]

History and Heritage, Performing Arts & Entertainment

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Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook

Becky Libourel Diamond to Speak at Ventfort Hall

Ventfort Hall Mansion & Gilded Age Museum 104 Walker Street, Lenox, MA
$45

Step back in time with culinary historian Becky Libourel Diamond, as she returns to Ventfort Hall to talk about her newest book, The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook. A tea featuring some of the treats from her new cookbook will follow her talk. The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook bridges the past and present, bringing back sugar plums and other […]

Arts and Culture, Food and Drinks, History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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enjoy the Hancock Shaker supper
Shaker Supper Series

Shaker Supper Series

Hancock Shaker Village 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA

The popular Shaker Supper series will return to Hancock Shaker Village for the 2025 season. The four-part series includes special presentations from a variety of compelling Shaker experts sharing their unique perspectives on the many fascinating ways the Shakers lived and thrived throughout the years. Depending on the discussion topic, short tours of the historic […]

Food and Drinks, History and Heritage

NRM to present Visions of a Nation exhibit

Visions of a Nation

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Route 183, Stockbridge, MA

In commemoration of America's 250th founding, Norman Rockwell Museum will present Visions of a Nation: 250 Years from Revolution to Rockwell, from June 6 through October 26, 2026. This sweeping exhibition will portray how artists - from the Revolutionary War era to today - emblazened the ideals and evolving story of America. Organized around nine […]

Arts and Culture, Berkshire250, Exhibits, History and Heritage

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