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Arts

Actor Hamish Linklater Comes Home As A Playwright

By Tresca Weinstein Ever since he was a child cast in Shakespeare & Company productions (his mother was a founder of the troupe), actor Hamish Linklater  (best known for his roles in the TV series The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Crazy Ones and The Newsroom) has loved to

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Arts

Folk Legend Peggy Seeger: Ballad Of The Righteous Woman

By Robert Burke Warren When folk legend Peggy Seeger graces Hevreh of Southern Berkshire in Great Barrington on Tuesday, March 18, she’ll be playing and singing as she’s done for more than 60 years, but she’ll also be on a mission to restore dignity to female characters

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Food

Recipe: Baby Spinach with Roasted Cauliflower and Hazelnuts

Twice a month, Berkshire 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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Community

The Rural We: Kate Merrigan

To know Kate Merrigan is to know how deeply she loves her hometown of North Adams. She has built her professional life there, where she has been working since 2005 at the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, focusing on youth development work with teens. Since 2006, she has been a volunteer

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Parties

Free Legal Clinic Of South Berkshire County Dances For Justice

Rachel Louchen reports from Sheffield. The Berkshires has no shortage of charitable organizations; some target education, others provide food and, since 2006, the Free Legal Clinic of South Berkshire County has provided legal counsel to area residents. Twenty-four attorneys, two accountants and two mediators volunteer pro bono, as well

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Real Estate

A Barn Worth Storming

A modern antique may sound like an oxymoron until you see this Sheffield barn renovation. The house includes two fireplaces, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, antique elm floors and exposed beams. On the modern side, there is a new heating system, plumbing and air conditioning. Every window in the house offers

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Food

A Farm Of Your Own: Membership Has Its Privileges At A CSA

Eating locally grown food is valuable on so many levels -- ecologically, economically, nutritionally, sociologically, spiritually -- that it's no wonder many CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farms in our region report that new and returning members are signing up earlier every year and that waiting lists to join are inevitable.

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Real Estate

An Architectural Inspiration

Looking outside the box for your next home? This contemporary Ancram house was custom designed with inspiration from any number of architectural styles. The 3,200 square-foot house has an open floor plan, radiant heat, three bedrooms, three bathrooms and surrounding decks. Located down a long, private drive, the

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Real Estate

House In The Round

This modern and unique contemporary home sits on a secluded 20-acre parcel in Stanford. The main level has an enclosed foyer leading to a circular great room that incorporates the kitchen, dining room and living room. Additionally there is a family room that opens to a bluestone patio, three

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Real Estate

Birch Brook

Known as Birch Brook, this artist's compound in West Stockbridge features a post-modernist (though rustic) residence  with 4,000 square feet of living space on three stories.  The open-plan layout has a chef's kitchen, dining area with a wall of glass and towering chimney

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Real Estate

One-Of-A-Kind Design

On water's edge sits a modern vernacular house that allows all the beauty of nature inside with an abundance of windows in every rooms and decks directly overlooking Lake Washinee in Salisbury. Originally built in 1969 and completely rebuilt in 1994, the 1,5000 square-feet home has

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Real Estate

Over The Brook And In The Woods

This home is nestled in the woods down a long, private drive in Falls Village. Structurally one of a kind, the house was designed with nature in mind, made with only non-toxic and vapor-free products and passive solar energy efficiency. The large living room has a limestone fireplace,

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