Berkshire County Historical Society presents “Story Circle at the Berkshire Athenaeum.”
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
The Berkshire Athenaeum will host the second of two storytelling events at the library. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, we will commemorate the occasion by collecting stories of grandparents and grandchildren. Billy Budd was discovered and published by Herman Melville’s granddaughter, Eleanor, who shared a special relationship with her grandfather. We plan to record and collect special stories of grandparents and grandchildren, told in the Melville Memorial Room at the Athenaeum. We will invite the local community to sign up to participate and create a story circle so that the telling of stories becomes a group activity and a shared experience for two family generations. We will partner with the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College for organizational assistance, using their expertise as moderators of oral history interviews. We will archive the recordings and share them with the families.
