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Honoring a Legacy at Hotchkiss Tremaine Gallery

On Saturday, February 2, Hotchkiss alumnus Raymond McGuire (class of ’75) returned to his former prep school as the guest of honor. He was there for the closing reception of “I Am,” a Tremaine Gallery exhibit featuring works by African-American photographers that spans a half-century. The artwork on

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Arts

Covering Duncan: Sheik At Infinity Hall

If you prefer your love odes on the bittersweet side, Duncan Sheik is your man, and his upcoming Valentine’s Day show at Infinity Hall is just the ticket for you and your date — or just you and a fantasy one. “I’ve written a lot of songs that are

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Community

Another New Era for the Salisbury Ski Jumps

There are not many spectator sports that make it worth your while to stand outside in frigid weather, but the annual Salisbury Ski Jumps are an exception because they're so thrilling—and heartwarming. The venerable competition (February 8 - 10), which is an unofficial proving ground for future Olympians,

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Food

AgriCulture: Hay Fever

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. In winter it sometimes seems to us that our main function is simply to serve as movers of a mountain of hay. Farmers who raise grazing animals often describe themselves

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Hitting Home: Benefit Rock Concert for Columbia County Habitat for Humanity

Scott Baldinger reports from Hudson. Passive-solar housing for people of modest means is a very worthy cause for a number of reasons, both environmental and social.  But it’s hard to imagine it generating as much heat as it did Sunday, January 27, at Columbia County Habitat for Humanity’

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Style

Dawn Hill Also Rises

Sitting atop a rise across from the Falls of New Preston, Dawn Hill Antiques mirrors an airy, light-filled Swedish country manor. “On a trip to Paris years ago I saw a Swedish clock with its wonderful pale grey paint and carvings, and I just fell in love with it,

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Food

The Berkshire Wine Hunt

The wine-buying landscape in Berkshire, Columbia, Dutchess, and Litchfield counties is growing and evolving, with an ever- increasing number of well-edited wine stores with passionate proprietors making the search for that perfect bottle both an adventure and a pleasure. For this, the first of a series on the

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Food

My Own True Love

Our love affair began years ago. It was never one of those civilized, time-consuming "Harry Meets Sally" things, with platonic friendship origins, the inevitable glance, date, and eventually, relationship. No, ours has been a white-hot smolder that has yet to simmer down. To this day, from

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People and "Stuff": Carey Maloney Book Signing

Scott Baldinger reports from Hudson. “Tout Warren Street is here,” said the lovely couple at the book signing for  interior designer Carey Maloney’s Stuff,  held Saturday, January 26, at Stair Galleries. The auction house was all set up for an appropriately eclectic sale of  Deco, Art Nouveau and mid-

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Food

AgriCulture: Mommie, Dearest

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. As you heard from Mark last week, we are all abuzz here about animal behavior. and seem to be on the qui vive, as The New York Times recently featured

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At the Mount, A Literary Birthday with Cake and Quizzes

Sarah Todd reports from Lenox, MA. After last year's blowout bash celebrating Edith Wharton's 150th birthday, the Mount took a low-key yet festive approach to honoring literature's grand dame on Saturday, January 26. Free admission gave guests from Connecticut, New York, and the

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Food

Kickin' Ginger Cookies

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new 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

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