Berkshire County Historical Society plans a Moby-Dick read-a-thon at Arrowhead to mark 175 years since the novel's publication. The event centers on the Holmes Road farmhouse where Herman Melville wrote his whaling epic in the 1850s, reportedly drawing inspiration from the view of Mount…

Pittsfield swimmers face an unguarded Onota Lake this summer after the city failed to fill lifeguard positions. The City of Pittsfield issued a formal swim warning for Burbank Park, confirming no lifeguards will be on duty at the popular lake beach, according to a Western Mass News repo…

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax will headline a Berkshires benefit concert, per a Berkshire Eagle report circulating Wednesday into Thursday. The city's arts calendar is filling out further with a Berkshire Eagle-covered book signing spotlighting suffragist Victoria Woodhull and a new Berkshire…