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Pittsfield Walking Tour to Explore City’s Melvillean Heritage

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – A guided walking tour of public art with a nautical theme inspired by Herman Melville’s great American novel, Moby-Dick, which was written here in Pittsfield, will take place on Saturday, August 25, 2012, beginning at 1p.m. Led by artist and educator Craig Langlois, the 90-minute guided walk – which sets off from…

Historic Walking Tour of Great Barrington Launched As Cellphone App

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Great Barrington, the “best small town in America,” according to Smithsonian Magazine, now has an app to prove it. The Great Barrington Historical Commission has produced a smartphone historic walking tour of the town’s Victorian Main Street. The tour covers sixteen civic, commercial, religious and residential historic sites in Great Barrington’s…

Guided Walkabouts Explore Melville-Themed Public Art in Downtown Pittsfield

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Walking tours of Artscape, the public outdoor art exhibition in this city, begin on Saturday, June 23, 2012, at 1pm. The 90-minute tours of public sculpture, conducted by artist and educator Craig Langlois, leave from the Pittsfield Visitors Center located at the Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street. The new 2012 sculptures follow…

Artscape Hosts Walking Tours of Public Art in Downtown Pittsfield

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(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Artscape, a public outdoor art exhibition, resumes its monthly tours of public art in downtown Pittsfield on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. Artist and educator Craig Langlois narrates the 90-minute tours, which conclude on Oct. 8. Free of charge and made possible by a grant from the Pittsfield Cultural Council, the Artscape…