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Community

The Rural We: Joseph Luzzi

Photo by Helena Baillie Joseph Luzzi, professor of Italian at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, is the author of four books including 2014’s My Two Italies. He will be discussing and signing copies of his soon-to-be-released memoir, In A Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the

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Food

Recipe: Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Yogurt Tart with Rye Crust

Twice a month, Berkshire County native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller status,

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Parties

Chesterwood's Season Opening Celebration

Amy Krzanik reports from Stockbridge.Chesterwood held its season opening party and fundraiser on May 23, giving guests the chance to tour sculptor Daniel Chester French’s former studio as well as this year’s Boston Sculptors Gallery site-specific exhibit installed throughout the grounds. Before enjoying dinner catered by Peter

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Food

Lenox Innkeeper Collaborates On Cookbook For B&B Foodies

By Lisa Green “It was like giving birth to an elephant," says Ellen Gutman Chenaux about the process of collaborating and producing Eight Broads in the Kitchen, a cookbook inspired by the friendship and recipes of eight innkeepers from across the United States. Chenaux, who owns and runs the

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Style

Wardrobe-Swapping Sale Is The New Sinterklaas Tradition

By Lisa Green “Love It or Swap It" sounds like the name of one of those reality shows on TLC. On Bravo, it might be called “The Women of Rhinebeck Who Created a Clothing Swap to Benefit Sinterklaas." Fortunately for shoppers looking for a good deal on better

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Wellness

Fitness From The Field: Berkcirque Circus School

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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Real Estate

Cold Spring Farm

Cold Spring Farm in Sandisfield is a rustic five-bedroom property sitting on over 48 acres and surrounded by outbuildings and a state forest. Located on a quiet country road, the circa-1820 farmhouse maintains its original elements: wide board floors, unique wood moldings and period hardware. The antique details are complemented

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Real Estate

Country Decor

This charming farmhouse, located on four acres in West Stockbridge, has been featured in Cottage Living magazine for its meticulous renovation and interior style. Built in 1936, the residence has a light, bright eat-in kitchen with high-quality appliances and French doors that open to the patio, a living room with

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Parties

The School Celebrates Its First Anniversary With An El Anatsui Retrospective

Amy Krzanik reports from Kinderhook. Local food trucks, cotton candy, curated cocktails, music, art world scholars and celebs, a photobooth — it sounds like a summertime music festival, and it practically was. As Jack Shainman Gallery: The School marked its first anniversary, guests from near and far flocked to Kinderhook to

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Arts

The Good Life: Documentary Finds True Happiness In The Shire

By Nichole Dupont The longer we live, the more essential it is to continue to drink from the elusive goblet of happiness. But where does the elixir come from? Documentary filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll (executive producer of "Born into Brothels" and director of "Who Does She Think

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Style

J. Seitz Celebrates 30 Years (And, Oh Yes, It's Tent Sale Time)

By Lisa Green Just this week, Home Accents Today, a retail trade publication, announced its annual 50 Retail Stars list, and to absolutely no one’s surprise, J. Seitz & Company of New Preston was on that list. Again. The family-run mini mega store has thrived for decades, not only

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Parties

Ready, Willing And Able: CATA Parties And Performs

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox.Community Access to the Arts (CATA), much like the world in general, doesn’t need you to be perfect, it just needs you to participate. Newcomers learn quickly that audiences who attend CATA’s annual performances aren’t shy about their participation, either. The crowd

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