Food Recipe: Haven's Morning Glory Muffins If you’re in the Berkshires and need to meet with someone, in a place where you can get a nice pastry and coffee or a local/organic/homemade meal in a convivial (and wired) setting, where do you go? Very likely, it’ll be one of the two Haven By Editor
Parties L'Atelier Berkshires Joins The Art Community In GB Lisa Green reports from Great Barrington. It will please many to learn that the jewelbox building on Main Street that formerly housed McTeigue and McClelland’s showroom has been inhabited by another artistic venture. Bronze and glass sculpturist Natalie Tyler has opened L’Atelier Berkshires, a contemporary art gallery and By Editor
Community The Rural We: Peter Steiner Peter Steiner has had a variety of careers and lived in a handful of cities. The former German professor and longtime New Yorker cartoonist (he's published over 400 cartoons in the magazine and his drawing captioned 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.' By Editor
Parties The BAA Real Art Party: A Raffle Where Everyone Wins Amy Krzanik reports from Pittsfield. Normally, whenever there’s a raffle, there’s a winner and, therefore, many losers. That’s simply not the case at Berkshire Art Association’s (BAA) annual Real Art Party (RAP). Launched in 2013 as part of the 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival, the RAP relies By Editor
Real Estate Equestrian Opportunity Hilltop Stables, located in Falls Village, encompasses 8.5-acres, a barn and a four-bedroom Cape-style house. The residence has two full bathrooms, living room with a fireplace and pellet stove, fully equipped kitchen with breakfast bar and a spacious dining room with French doors opening to a large deck. The By Editor
Real Estate In The Hamlet Turn this building into an art gallery, boutique or workshop, and live in it, too. Located in the heart of the hamlet of Ancram, this real estate investment has a large first-floor studio/workshop. Living space includes two bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, eat-in kitchen and living room with hardwood floors. There By Editor
Real Estate Wake Up On Warren Street This townhouse commercial space presents a unique opportunity to live and work on Warren Street in Hudson. The residence portion, which has been complete renovated, is a loft space with exposed brick walls. The first floor has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, laundry area and a deck off the master bedroom. By Editor
Real Estate Cottage Industry Located in the historic hamlet of Claverack, this 1840 cottage is convenient to Hudson and many other Columbia County towns, so it has great client access for a business. Calling back to the time it was built (yet fully-restored), the house features detailed hand-painted finishes throughout. It has two bedrooms, By Editor
Community The Rural We: Daniel Seward Daniel "Dan Bunny" Seward, the central and only permanent member of the amorphous and prolific noise/punk/performance group Bunnybrains (New EP now available on Bandcamp) has run some incarnation of a record/vintage shop for 20 years. He’s been in 10 different locations, most of them By Editor
Food Knead To Know: Take A Class In Bread Making Bread making is one of those activities that can feel intimidating. The yeast, the kneading, the waiting …it just seems easier to go out and buy bread at one of the many good bakeries and farms in the Rural Intelligence region. But there’s really nothing like making your own, By Editor
Food 'Specials' Night Out: A Roundup Of Restaurant Deals By Lisa Green Does anyone ever need a reason to dine out? Not really. But there are some very savvy restaurants in the Rural Intelligence region that are reeling us in simply by rustling up something just a little different on one night of the week. Some are meals at By Editor
Style The Value Of Annuals: Versatility In The Garden The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. This week, we welcome Madaline Sparks to our gardening column. She is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years By Editor