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Real Estate

Set The Bar

Located in Lenox, this home has an entire lower level dedicated to leisure with a huge wood wet bar, game room and family room. The custom-designed house has living spaces on three levels, a grand vaulted entrance, solarium, formal dining room, library and a large country kitchen. The master suite

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Real Estate

Top Shelf

A bookshelf may be a fairly obvious place to hide a safe, but it's also the perfect disguise for this home wet bar. Located in the library with walls of bookshelves, a secret door opens to the bar, which is just one of many unique features in this

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Real Estate

Spirits By The Lake

After a day on the lake, this bar is the perfect place to relax with a drink. The Canaan seven-bedroom home is sun-drenched on 250 feet of water frontage on Lake Queechy, with a huge dock just waiting for a boat. There is also a gourmet kitchen with generous cabinets

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Real Estate

Entertain With Ease

This house was designed for entertaining guests, from the large living spaces, outside deck with views and the hardwood wet bar with bar stools. This Garrison Colonial is statuesque in Great Barrington, set far back from Route 7 and nestled on a 10-acre property right next to a state forest.

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Arts

Review: "Merrily We Roll Along" at Sharon Playhouse

By Dan ShawWalking out of the Sharon Playhouse after its exhilarating production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, it’s impossible to comprehend how this musical was a flop when it opened on Broadway in 1981, closing after 16 performances. The story of three best friends — composer Franklin

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Style

You Can Be As Sweet As Honey, But The Bees Still Might Swarm

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by Brian Cruey, who as General Manager of Naumkeag for the Trustees of Reservations, knows about beautiful gardens. Last week during one of my evening garden walks, I noticed something funny on

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Wellness

Fitness From The Field: Swimming At Sand Springs

The Rural Intelligence region offers a plethora of fitness and healing modalities, but it can be hard to know which is the one that fits your needs, your body type and your schedule. Enter Paula Boyajian, a yoga instructor certified in Interdisciplinary Yoga and Yoga for the Special Child, who

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Community

The Rural We: Bob Rasner

Bob Rasner and his wife Marie are the owners of Elijah Slocum, which designs and crafts fine handmade cabinetry and furniture. The store is now located in Hudson, but it wasn’t always so: until fairly recently, the Rasners lived in Los Angeles and had a showroom in New York.

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Food

Recipe: Northern Thai-style Pork Shoulder

This week's recipe is from Berkshire-based duo The Butcher & The Baker. The Butcher is Jake, a nose-to-tail butcher/artist, who loves to cook and grew up in the woody hills of Western Massachusetts where his passion for local, fresh food was first instilled in him. The Baker

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Parties

Mass Live Arts Kicks Off Its Third Season With A Bang And A BBQ

Amy Krzanik reports from Great Barrington. “I thought I was done being surprised by theater," marveled an audience member after Friday, July 10th’s performance of Andrew Schneider'sYOUARENOWHERE at Mass Live Arts (MLA). Schneider, a 2015 OBIE winner, uses technology (some self-created), cleverly timed sounds and visuals,

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Food

Fish & Game Turns Tasting Into An A La Carte Option

By Jamie Larson When star chef Zak Pelaccio opened his Hudson restaurant Fish & Game in the spring of 2013, he took the “farm-to-table" ethos and aesthetic to its pinnacle with a seven-course, tasting-menu-only dining experience. It was all about taking one hundred percent local ingredients and presenting them

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Parties

BART Charter School Grows Bigger And Better

Amy Krzanik reports from Adams. With the students away for the summer, Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School (BART for short) finally had a chance to show off its newly built wing to the adults in the community on Friday, July 10. Teachers, administrators and trustees past and present

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