PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire County Historical Society's yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Herman Melville's "Billy Budd, Sailor" is coming to a close. Before the ...

IT is the centennial year of "Billy Budd, Sailor," Herman Melville's last book, a novella. Melville wrote it in the last five years of his life, but it was published posthumously only in 1924.

When a new seaman, Billy Budd (Terence Stamp), is pressed into service from a passing merchantman, his innocent, happy-go-lucky attitude quickly endears him to his messmates as well as the ship's ...

Earlier, there was a marathon reading and a new I.P.A. from Hot Plate Brewing Co. called “Handsome Sailor,” and BCHS will screen Peter Ustinov’s film version at the Beacon Cinema on Nov. 13. A new ...