Berkshire Museum Held A Whale Of A Gala
The event took place beneath a tent and the stars at Arrowhead, where "Moby-Dick" was written.
Massachusetts State Senator Adam Hinds with Don Morrison, journalist and former editor of Asian edition of Time magazine, and Ann Morrison, a former editor at Fortune, Asiaweek and Time magazines
Story and photos provided by the Berkshire Museum. All photos by Greg Nesbit Photography.
The Berkshire Museum’s Whale of a Gala set sail Friday, Aug. 20 at Arrowhead, the Pittsfield, Mass. former estate of author Herman Melville and current home of Berkshire County Historical Society. Nearly 200 guests attended the outdoor celebration featuring shanty band Sharks Come Cruisin’, a bucking shark, and photobooth fun with Berkshire Mirror Moments. Together with the Benefactor Dinner in honor of Suzanne Nash held earlier this month, the Whale of a Gala raised close to $200,000 in support of education and culture at the Berkshire Museum, with a focus on the museum’s innovative new Mobile Museum Unit (MoMU) project, which will create new programming opportunities at the museum and throughout the community.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
- Oxygen House Photo
