🌱 How a Becket writer helped revive Herman Melville’s Berkshire home.

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Becket writer helped revive Herman Melville's Berkshire home.

Also on today's calendar: Fun Sized Tiny Public Art Festival and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Increasing clouds, with a high of 70 and low of 49 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 78, low: 61.
• Thursday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., with a high of 77 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Eagle Archives, Sept. 15, 1975: Descendants of Melville visit his former home (berkshireeagle.com) — A look back to 1975 highlights Paul C. Metcalf of Becket, a great-grandson of Herman Melville, helping launch a restoration fund for Arrowhead, Melville's Pittsfield home. The piece recalls how Berkshire County Historical Society leaders envisioned turning Arrowhead into a literary destination while local descendants mingled with hundreds of visitors.
   

📸 Around Becket

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Becket

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 26
• Fun Sized Tiny Public Art Festival →
  Downtown Northampton, Main Street,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Plein Air in Becket — Becket Arts Center →
  Becket Arts Center, 7 Brooker Hill Rd, Becket
  10:00 am
• Mah Jongg Meetup →
  Becket Athenaeum, 3367 Main St, Becket
  2:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Game Night + Mah Jongg →
  Becket Athenaeum, 3367 Main St, Becket
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Route 8 Pub →
  Route 8 Pub, 3235 Main Street, Becket
  7:00 pm
• Rounders Revival live at Route 8 Pub →
  Route 8 Pub, 3235 Main Street, Becket
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Fresh Voices in Dance →
  Jacob's Pillow, 358 George Carter Road, Becket

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 15
• Tuesday Bridge →
  Monterey Community Center, 468 Main Rd, Monterey
  1:00 pm
• Tuesday Mahjong →
  Monterey Community Center, 468 Main Rd, Monterey
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Tai Chi with David Crowe →
  Monterey Community Center, 468 Main Rd, Monterey
  10:00 am
• Daytime Book Group: Stone Yard →
  Monterey Library, 452 Main Road, Monterey
  11:00 am
Thursday September 17
• Yoga with Ben Corbett →
  Monterey Community Center, 468 Main Rd, Monterey
  9:00 am
• Mary Kate →
  Monterey Library, 452 Main Road, Monterey
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hyatt Hotels Corporation posted a job opening for Female Spa Locker Room Attendant (Part Time) in Lenox. Apply here.
• Canyon Ranch posted a job opening for Food Purchasing Clerk in Lenox. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Becket here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lee

• Lee Founders Weekend Returns (iberkshires.com)
• Juju's in Lee has closed, but its Great Barrington location will remain open as owners eye expansion in North Carolina (berkshireeagle.com)
• State trooper transported to hospital after Pittsfield Road crash (berkshireeagle.com)

Lenox

• Traffic cams are back in downtown Lenox. What is their purpose? (berkshireeagle.com)
• Unpaved Cycling Event to Benefit Jimmy Fund (iberkshires.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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