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Learn more at Bidwill House

A Personal Conversation in Mrs. Washington’s Bedchamber

Bidwell House Museum 100 Art School Road, Monterey, MA
Free – $20

Spend time with Mrs. Washington as she completes dressing for her day, in this interactive and informative program. During your time together, Mrs. Washington will share news of her family, and how the current events in which her husband is so deeply involved have impacted both her family and her developing nation. There will be […]

Berkshire250, History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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Everything Has a Story

Lee Senior Center 21 Crossway StreetLee,

Mary Philpott, President Emerita of the Lee Library Association Board of Directors, will give an illustrated talk, Everything Has a Story! at the Lee Senior Center (look for the lantern near the entrance). This fascinating and engaging presentation on the Lee Library Historical Collection, featuring interesting artifacts, rare scrapbooks, and vintage photographs, is perfect for […]

History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

enjoy the Hancock Shaker supper
Event Series 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

The Marquis de LaFayette

Lafayette: More Than a Rock Star

Arrowhead and Berkshire Historical Society 780 Holmes RoadPittsfield,

Lafayette enthusiast Peter Reilly explores the nation’s obsession with the French General the Marquis de Lafayette – learn about his early life, his role in the American Revolution at just 19, and his famous tour from 1824 to 1825. Reilly will provide context and insight into the fascinating person who became George Washington’s confidante and […]

History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

Marquis de Lafayette visits Pittsfield

Welcome the Marquis de lafayette to Pittsfield

Park Square Park Square - Center of Town, Lee, MA

On June 13, 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette visited Pittsfield as the “Nation’s Guest.” The only living general of the Revolutionary War, he arrived to great fanfare, music and speeches and thanked Americans for their generous hospitality. Join us on Park Square as we commemorate the bicentennial of his visit with a lively program of […]

Arts and Culture, History and Heritage, Performing Arts & Entertainment

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A room of her own - women artist-activists exhibit at the Clark
Event Series A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 features paintings, drawings, prints, stained glass, embroidery, and other decorative arts made by twenty-five professional women artists in Great Britain who were, in fact, answering Virginia Woolf’s call during her lifetime. The exhibition explores the spaces these women claimed as their own and which furthered their […]

Arts and Culture, Exhibits, History and Heritage

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Learn more at Bidwill House

Taverns in the Early United States

Tyringham Union Church 128 Main Road, Tyringham, MA

In the first of our four-lecture summer history talk series, Associate Professor of History at Florida International University, Kirsten E. Wood, will discuss her recent book Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States. This talk will explore how entrepreneurial, improvement-minded men went to taverns to raise capital and rally support for favored causes. […]

History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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A room of her own - women artist-activists exhibit at the Clark
Event Series A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 features paintings, drawings, prints, stained glass, embroidery, and other decorative arts made by twenty-five professional women artists in Great Britain who were, in fact, answering Virginia Woolf’s call during her lifetime. The exhibition explores the spaces these women claimed as their own and which furthered their […]

Arts and Culture, Exhibits, History and Heritage

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A room of her own - women artist-activists exhibit at the Clark
Event Series A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 features paintings, drawings, prints, stained glass, embroidery, and other decorative arts made by twenty-five professional women artists in Great Britain who were, in fact, answering Virginia Woolf’s call during her lifetime. The exhibition explores the spaces these women claimed as their own and which furthered their […]

Arts and Culture, Exhibits, History and Heritage

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A room of her own - women artist-activists exhibit at the Clark
Event Series A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 features paintings, drawings, prints, stained glass, embroidery, and other decorative arts made by twenty-five professional women artists in Great Britain who were, in fact, answering Virginia Woolf’s call during her lifetime. The exhibition explores the spaces these women claimed as their own and which furthered their […]

Arts and Culture, Exhibits, History and Heritage

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