Based on new research conducted for Berkshire Natural Resources Council, this presentation by property historian Joe Durwin explores the fascinating story of the land, its owners, and their impact on the larger story of the town. Free, May 7 at 6pm. Lanesborough Public Library. Macabre Pittsfield- s aka Dark Origins : A walk back in time through the dirt and cobble-stones of early Pittsfield, past its burial grounds and nefarious saloons, its brothels, opium dens, and other houses of ill repute.
Explore the religious battles over sex and alchohol that birthed the local police department; the grave desecrations that paved the way for downtown establishment; and the murders, mayhem and mercantillism that grew a colonial village to a city.
Macabre Pittsfield: Modern Mayhem This slideshow lecture installment of the MP series explores the highest crime period in local history, from the ss. A time of cultural clashes and moral panics, in a mobbed-up town led by corrupt officials. A reign of terror by the worst predator ever seen in these hills. Berkshire-based writer Joe Durwin's "These Mysterious Hills" has run on a semi-regular basis for over than a decade, first in the former Advocate Weekly and iBerkshires.
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