Real Estate Acres Await There's no mule, but 40 acres do come with the bungalow located in New Marlborough. The property is ready for moving in and includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room with huge stone fireplace and a dining area surrounded by windows so the sunset can be part of By Editor
Real Estate The City Bungalow If all the recent press about Hudson hasn't got you packing yet, maybe this arts and crafts bungalow will. Like the town, it is distinctively old fashioned, with many 1920s details, but stylishly renovated with open living and dining areas, original doors and light fixtures, well-preserved woodwork, By Editor
Real Estate On The Otis Waterfront Be prepared for visitors with this year-round lake cottage on the Otis Reservoir that has been lovingly cared for through the years. Located in a quiet bay on the reservoir, the home has ample space with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, large living and dining room and a spacious screened- By Editor
Community The Rural We: Colin Chambers Colin Chambers, an advertising executive from New York, first came to the Northwest Corner of Connecticut because one of his accounts was Lime Rock Park. Like so many of us, he fell in love with the area, and when the economy took that royal dip a few years ago, he By Editor
Arts Darlingside Rising: Indie Folk Quartet Brings Harmony to Pittsfield By Robert Burke Warren When Rural Intelligence last spoke to Massachusetts-based indie folk band Darlingside, they were upstarts who’d charmed noted producer Nate Kunkel (Maroon 5, James Taylor) into flying from L.A. to produce their debut CD, Pilot Machines, and were thrilled to be opening for The By Editor
Food Shunpike Dairy: Milk So Fresh, You Pour It Yourself By Don Rosendale Every day or so, Kelly Fierrevante drives to the Shunpike Dairy in Millbrook to fill a container of raw milk for her three sons. She says she makes the trip, and pays more than what she might for a quart of milk in the supermarket, not only By Editor
Parties The "Nude" Attitude Bares A Look At Sohn Fine Art Mark Williams reports from Stockbridge. Rain was pouring, but the diminutive Sohn Fine Art Gallery in Stockbridge was crowded with people who love photography on Saturday, January 11. The current exhibition, Nude, features photography and mixed media by John Atchley, Peggy Braun, John Clarke, Greg Gorman, Eric Korenman, Hildy Kronen, By Editor
Style It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s Real Estate’s Best Friend. By Lisa Green Residents of Richmond may have spotted an unidentified flying object hovering just a hundred feet or so above the Berkshire Equestrian Center and The Inn at Richmond earlier this week. It wasn’t a UFO from some distant planet, but it was a newcomer to the Berkshires: By Editor
Community Inside Rubi's: Living The Hipster Barista Fantasy Last winter, I had a bad case of yearning to be young. I was a middle-aged guy seeking a short cut back to the future. Inspired partly by a book called How Starbucks Changed My Life, I set out to become a barista, a hipster archetype that did not By Editor
Food Recipe: Kohlrabi Fries 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), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make By Editor
Parties Blue Plate Bash for Columbia-Greene Humane Society Jamie Larson reports from Chatham. It’s amazing to think that Saturday marked the 11th annual Columbia-Greene Humane Society Benefit hosted by the Blue Plate restaurant. Equally as amazing as the event, which raises thousands for the Humane Society each year through donations and a silent auction, was the By Editor
Parties A Tango Diary At Six Depot Rachel Louchen reports from West Stockbridge. Six Depot Roastery and Cafe presented a rare opportunity for guests on Friday, January 10 to enjoy a local artist's photographs of tango dancers followed by actually learning how to tango. The line was literally out the door for the opening night By Editor