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VIM's 2012 Summer Gala at Gedney Farm

Fiona Breslin reports from New Marlborough.There were plenty of doctors in the house, along with other medical professionals and supporters of Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) on Thursday, August 9, at Gedney Farm as the organization, which provides free healthcare to low-income, uninsured Berkshire residents, held its annual gala,

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Community

Homefield: A Shopping Extravaganza at Ventfort Hall

You don't see much bling in the Berkshires, which is ironic when you consider that Lenox was the summer capital of the Gilded Age. Today, inconspicuous consumption is the law of the land (except for the competitive picnics on the lawn at Tanglewood), so shopping and decorating rarely

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Arts

A Month in the Country at Williamstown

Kate Kearney-Patch, Jessica Collins, and Elisabeth Waterston It isn’t very often that the translators of a play receive the kind of star billing that Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky get for their work on the  Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Ivan Turgenev’s 1850 play,  A Month in

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Community

Word on the Street: WordXWord Festival Returns to Pittsfield

Gabriel Squailia; photo by Jennibeth Gomez Tension was high at Y Bar in Pittsfield on Tuesday, July 31. Eight contenders had entered the fray, and only two remained: Curtis Asch and Gabriel Squailia, aka DJBFG. After winning six consecutive rounds, Squailia was favored to win, throwing down incisive compositions, such

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Farm-to-Table Grazing at Taste of Hudson Valley Bounty Dinner

Lisa Green reports from Chatham.What began in 2006 as a matchmaking service between Hudson Valley small farms and chefs has flourished as farmers and eateries have created partnerships on their own. This successful farm-to-table pairing was on full, and delicious, display  at the Taste of Hudson Valley

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Food

Recipe: Savor Summer in Winter with Roasted Tomatoes

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 at the Great Barrington Farmers’ Market. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural

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Style

Fashion Alert: BerkChique, a Pop-Up Resale Shop Redux

Left, Bonnington in Ivan Grundahl, $350. Right, vintage Victor Costa, $200. Some of us want clothes that whisper nice things about us. And some of us want only as many of them as we need to get by. Retired attorney Vicki Bonnington, far left, comes at clothing from an entirely

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Garden View: Dapper Dahlia, the Extra Man at the Garden Party

Liza Gyllenhaal is the author of the novels “Local Knowledge,” “So Near,” and the forthcoming “A Place for Us,” all set in the Rural Intelligence region. She and her husband divide their time between Manhattan and West Stockbridge, MA where she writes — and putters around in her garden. We’re

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Arts

Tempest with a Twist at Shakespeare & Co.

Photos by Kevin Sprague What's in an "A"?  In Shakespeare & Company's rich and nimble production of The Tempest, it's the difference between Prospero—the exiled Duke, loving father, and generally embittered sorcerer at the center of the story—and Prospera, that

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Wassaic Project Hits the Five-Year Mark

Fiona Breslin reports from Wassaic. On most nights, all you can hear in this quiet hamlet of Wasssaic is the Metro-North train whistling by. But over the weekend of August 3 - 5, the joint was jumping with energy and music as more than 100 young artists from around the

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Food

Blueberry Hill Café: Stealth Sophistication in Humble Pie

There are loudly-ballyhooed, celebrity-chef-driven restaurant openings, and then there are restaurants that slip quietly into town, barely making a ripple until customers notice that something special is going on. “This is the best burger I ever ate.”  Such was the reaction of one recent diner at Blueberry

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Katchkie Farm Benefit Dinner for the Sylvia Center

Sarah Todd reports from Kinderhook. The Sylvia Center’s annual Farm-to-Table benefit dinner was love at first bite for 235 attendees on Saturday, August 4. The fundraiser, held at Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, NY, showcased the talents of regional farmers, chefs, bakers, and brewers. Partygoers kicked off cocktail

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