by Jess Hoffman  I have a love of literature and an unshakable interest in the complex and problematic people who create it. Chaucer, Poe, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway are all deeply imperfect (to say the least) and remarkable men with whom I am endlessly fascinated. I am less familiar with the…
Play by Herman Melville’s great-great-great granddaughter, Elizabeth Doss, July 26-August 3 Pittsfield, Massachusetts—From July 26 – August 3, the Berkshire County Historical Society will present Poor Herman, by playwright Elizabeth Doss, Herman Melville’s great-great-great granddaughter. The play uses Herman Melville as a subject to speculate on the line between utter…
Pittsfield— On Wednesday, June 21st at 5:30 p.m., Berkshire Historical Society (BCHC) presents “Sailing Towards My Father”, a one-man play about Herman Melville. Performed at Arrowhead by Stephen Collins and written and directed by Carl A. Rossi, “Sailing Towards My Father” chronicles Melville’s life from youth to old age concentrating on his evolution as a…
PITTSFIELD — Dancers and performers aged 12 and older are being sought for a site-specific performance presented by choreographers Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie at Arrowhead August 13–15. Performance experience is not required, but welcome. Through “ReWritten,” Truss and Cumbie bring to life Arrowhead and Melville’s often-silenced, intimate relationship with Nathanial Hawthorne in…
